Tuesday, November 30, 2010

TUESDAY'S VINTAGE FINDS & OTHER THINGS!!~~






Hi ladies, well I did a little run to the op shop today to give them some goodies..
BUT came away with a little more!!~~

Love this rosey vase/JUG......lovely detailing & such a cute cute shape at just $5.00..
can see some nice flowers in this little delight...

Plus I purchased a very heavy marble topped pedestal table..lovely wooden curvy legs just needing a little paint makeover...
JUST $10.00~~~

Heaps of vintage crochet cloths and doilies...

PLUS I am listing on ebay some of my cut up crochet circles and presenting them in a nice paper cupcake case with some string...??

so a busy tuesday...

xx andrea


Sunday, November 28, 2010

VINTAGE SEWING PATTERNS CHRISTMAS WRAPPING!~~






Hi ladies.....

a few posts ago I mentioned I was going to wrap my CHRISTMAS presents this year in VINTAGE sewing patterns...

I found a HEAP of patterns the other day at the OP shop in Geelong for JUST 20 cents per packet...

SOO THIS IS the START of my pressie wrapping....(only 2 at this stage as I cannot quite get into the Christmas MOJO just yet)!!!

I think they look good...TIED with some string...

& MUCH MUCH cheaper than traditional christmas wrap???

may do some with lots of sheet music as well..

anyway...what do you think???

xx andrea

Monday, November 22, 2010

MY CHRISTMAS TREE ?? COLLAGE..BUTTONS/LINEN/LACE..



Hi ladies, well it was a magnificent day here in Melbourne today and cos I was feeling sooo much better...
Tennis was on MY agenda!! (first time in a week!)..

I am still feeling in some "MAD" crafting frenzy, so I made another lot of the air dry tags today...
BUT this time I stamped them with my gorgeous little set of Japanese Katakana symbols...(purchased from etsy)...

if they work out I shall show you the results..they look pretty good at the minute)....

I have never stamped something into these air dry tags before...!!

these are for my son to give to a japanese girl friend...(not girlfriend!!)..coming to stay with him for a few days next week...!!

I also did a "collage" of items occupying my interests at the minute..

from vintage crochet...doilies...buttons...butterflies!...my love of all things French...

So i bought an artists canvas..
tea stained it...

roughly drew the shape of a CHRISTMAS tree in a container...(although doesn't really look like it??)..

then just embellished with Lots of little bits & pieces suiting my mood at the moment..

staple gunned a big crochet edging from a tablecloth on either side to hang it..

MMM!!~~ what project tomorrow??

maybe CLEANING from ALL the MESS i have made over the last week!!~~

xx andrea


Sunday, November 21, 2010

SUNDAY'S LOVE OF PAPER BUTTERFLIES!!! & other things!!!~~





Hi ladies...

I am in a kind of "crafting" mood these last few days..?? maybe cos i have been sick just moping around somewhat...

BUT today the "drugs" /penicillin have kicked in & i am ALMOST back to normal except no hearing in my right ear!!~~

MMM!! hope the drops kick in soon..

ANYWAY...

TODAY I was in a BUTTERFLY mood...???

so what does that mean??

okay....I have a metal butterfly gorgeous tin hanging thingey...
I have used this as a template...

several posts ago i mentioned a "wallpaper" book i bought for $20.00..
It has heaps of gorgeous replicated wallpaper...containing A4 sheets....

So i wripped out some pages.....(don't be scared..just DO it..)...

put the template on...traced around...
cut out...
folded in half...
& stuck end result on my kitchen blackboard....(half finished)..

SOO I have a nice BUTTERFLY blackboard...??

also dyed lots of crochet cloths..
cut out the circles...
embellished with some other little crochet centres..

& they look soo cute...(listed on ebay)...

soo I have had a busy Sunday...

xx andrea

Friday, November 19, 2010

FRIDAY'S KNITTING & CROSS STITCHING!!~~~~~



Hi ladies ... a lovely pleasant day here in Melbourne today and I have achieved a bit of "CRAFTING"..~~~

No tennis & still just lying on 'the couch" .... BUT I have achieved a bit??

Knitted & sewed BIGGISH flowers/rosettes??~~~....

the base/bottom part of the rosette, I knitted in a nice rich red CHENILLE yarn...

(as it was a very thick yarn & very kind of yukky to knit , i altered the pattern a tad to make it easier to knit , and it did eventuate as a NICE BIG FLOWER/rosette.....

I then sewed other rosettes (as I call them!)...which I had knitted the other day...embellished a bit more..

to achieve a 3 x tiered BIG ROSETTE..??

great to add a brooch to the back??

Place on top of a xmas pressie??

OR as my mum would want...TO embellish one of her 100's of berets she has!!!

Soo I am quite happy with the result of these knitted goodies....
after lots of twisting & turning of my fab "cath kidston" wooden knitting needles...

passing slip stitches over...knitting 2 stitches together etc..

(my mum came to see me today...dad was here of course early to check "me out"..& mum was constantly talking whilst I was trying to count what stitches I had slipped/passed over/turned around...)...

Love you mum...BUT i had to COUNT what i was doing otherwise a slipped/lost stitch is a "NO NO"~~~~~~

Anyway...I also cross stitched in grey thread on cream 14 count Aida cloth...
the letter "A".....

I have LOTS of little cross stitch themed goodies to do in this colour scheme...
then frame in some gorgeous vintage frames I have..which I intend to paint in black chalkboard paint!!!

(well that is the EVENTUAL plan...)....

have a fab weekend everyone...

xx andrea


Thursday, November 18, 2010

LOVELY GOODIES WHICH CHEERED ME UP TODAY!!




Hi again ladies, I am sure you will be truly sick & tired of me posting every other day!! and when looking through my last few posts they all kind of started off... with "not feeling too well/lethargic" etc..

OOhh!! I am a bit embarassed by those comments starting off a blog..

Anyway today I received TWO packages of lovely goodies I had ordered from overseas last week...

1..ARTFUL BLOGGING magazine...BUT included were a gorgeous lot of vintage inspired Easter cards & lots of fab lace..

ALL from the lovely JO from goddess*of*the*last*minute EBAY store..

I had ordered the mag..BUT ALL THE extras were SUCH A Wonderful/delightful surprise...

2..My goodies I ordered from an ETSY store..FABULOUS VELVET letters...the cutest/tiniest little "numeral" stamps...(CANNOT wait to use these!!)..
they actually photo much bigger than they are...they are MINUTE!!~~

cardboard tags etc...little "hand made" stickers...& A FAB STAMP set of JAPANESE letters to send to my son who is a Japanese lingo guru!! (or sort of)..!!!!

thought they would be a lovely pressie for him re xmas to stamp stuff n that!!~~

Okay...I did go to the doctor's today as my throat has been sooo very sore & my right ear brought me to tears with the pain..

SOO I am taking THESE BIG TABLETS...(how do you swallow these..?? cut in half i guess)..
PLUS ear drops...(I think i have nearly emptied the bottle in ONE fell swoop as the ache was horrid!!)..

feeling better at the minute... (hope it lasts!!)....
gee wiz.. DRUGS kick in quickly!!~~

xx andrea


Wednesday, November 17, 2010

BUSY KNITTING TODAY...SORE THROAT!! & A FAB BIG NEW MAGAZINE!!






Hi ladies, well i am still feeling NOT my normal self..sore throat etc/not motivated & completely lethargic...

Even cancelled my tennis this morning...

so i have just been watching tv...

knitting some "rosettes'...(not fully finished them off...but knitted quite a few)..

when I had to venture down the shopping centre to get some groceries (mr C has been overseas for 2 weeks...coming home tonight....so dinner will be required!!)/\..

purchased A BIG THICK just released fab magazine..

"SPACES...by FRANKIE magazine..
where creative people live, work & play"...gorgeous pictures....
lots of VINTAGE stuff ...goodies..
just shown a few..

inspirational & full of gorgeous vintage home decor...

IS STUNNING...(but about $23.00 dollars)...

still well worth a look...& a keeper for ideas...

xx andrea