LAST FEW PHOTOS OF SOME GOODIES BEFORE THE SHABBY VINTAGE FAIR~~

Well ladies, I have been busy again preparing my LOT of goodies for the upcoming..

SHABBY VINTAGE JUNK EXTRAVAGANZA...

I am NEARLY finished organising my items..

pricing them all..

packaging them all..

Van is hired to carry the LOT to the event...

Just showing some photos of a few more goodies preparing today...

Frames I have painted white & hung some rosette petals on a silk ribbon attached to each end of frame..

horizontal & diagonal..

Scrumptious VINTAGE ROSE TRAY...cane edging...A BEAUTY...

removed an OLD gorgeous PANSY embroidered cross stitch from a tatty frame...

SOOO please DO NOT MISS this event..

click on my sidebar for details...

THIS WEEKEND..

FRIDAY 3rd JUNE & SATURDAY 4th JUNE...

ASHBURTON SCOUT HALL...

melbourne...

WITH LOTS of other WONDERFUL STALLS from.

ladies with goodies who will capture your imagination with their array of goodies & their displays...~~~~

xx andrea

FINISHED PAINTING MY VINTAGE WASHSTAND & LOTS OF OTHER GOODIES.

I am so glad I have finished painting/bees waxing my vintage washstand for the upcoming SHABBY VINTAGE Fair, as it was stressing me out not having it completed..

sitting behind it is the old wooden mirror I madeover a few weeks ago..

painted a french grey colour and adorned with some lovely cherub decals I just had lying around!!~~

So along with that today, I have completed the look of the wire shade shown on yesterday's post, with vintage doilies and music sheet butterflies..

Just another means of displaying some goodies..

Also finished off the cane lampshade which i repainted white..(yesterday's post)....

it is now a FOOD COVER..!!!???

well that is what I think it would be awesome AS???

I have layered it with about 4 x different vintage doilies, in differing directions, so i think it would make a great cover for your scones?? cupcakes??

Ankle is sooo much better today...MUST have been yesterday's pedicure..!!!

Oh well..off to the kitchen with LOTS of painting yet to do..

xx andrea

AUTUMN LEAVES/VINTAGE MUSIC SHEET BUTTERFLIES/PAINTING..NON STOP FRIDAY FOR ME!~~

Well i shall try to keep this post short and sweet for a change.

I have been very busy today still preparing lots of goodies for the upcoming SHABBY VINTAGE JUNK EXTRAVAGANZA ..

Once again all this little painting business has crept into the KITCHEN!!~~

too cold in the garage/shed..

OH WELL!!~~

I have been painting lots of scrolly silver trays and other yummy bits & pieces of kitchenalia..

Painting a lampshade to display vintage doilies/linen thereon..or therefrom??..

(photo of painted shade & then with a few doilies just hung over the top to get an idea of what it will look like??)..

Making lots of cute vintage music sheet butterflies to embellish a lampshade frame..

Secaturing!! (or how ever you spell it & if indeed it is a word)~~~

more like yanking out... leaves from a grape vine in my backyard and making into a big display feature...

Along with collecting all the gorgeous coloured autumn leaves to use...

Sooo busy busy AGAIN...(nearly finished)..YEAH RIGHT!~~~

OH and I just had to have a pedicure to make my feet (especially my bruised/swollen sprained right foot) feel SOO much better......

Amazing what a little TLC on a sprained foot can do??

painted toe nails makes ALL the difference!!~

**** please note...picture of horrible foot is PRE MANICURE!! )..

AND I have forgotten to mention in previous posts...

PLEASE COME & SAY "HI" to me at my stall..

I will be up the back of the hall with the white marquee~~~

I would LOVE to meet people who read this silly little blog...(a tad embarrassed)..

see you ALL next week...

xx andrea

ENJOYING SATURDAY UNTIL I SLIPT ON THE STAIRS..OUCH!!~~

Hi ladies, well i was having a very productive day this saturday pricing & packaging (YES STILL!!~) my items for the Shabby Vintage Junk extravaganza..

the sun was shining its lovely magical glow in my room where I am packaging all goodies which added to my enthusiasm to get the job done!!...

( they say the weather is to become quite cold wintery this coming week)..

when low & behold i was walking down the stairs and reading what i had written on a card describing some plates..

AND VOILA~~ not looking where walking, my shoe slipped on the edge of the stair and i fell down a beauty twisting my right ankle/foot...

(jee wiz, my foot kind of looks like a pig's trotter??)~~

Big Lump appeared immediately so ice was applied~~

STILL...~~~~

I don't think i will be fitting into my size 7 shoe in the morning??~~~~

I have only ever done this once before at tennis...& this was equally as painful..

SOO I have to say I am feeling a tad sorry for myself..

& I was on such a roll getting things organised...

Nevertheless I am hobbling up & down the stairs still getting goodies priced & organised..

as they say.."the show has to go on.."..???

Yeah..I know that sounds a tad lame...But kinda true..~

xx andrea

THURSDAY'S LOVE OF VINTAGE SEWING~~~

Well I have to say my life at this minute is kind of revolving around the upcoming SHABBY VINTAGE JUNK FAIR...

All house cleaning has gone by the wayside..~~

All ebay has come to a complete HALT..~~~

But of course I still do my tennis 3 x times per week...(but sometimes I think i even need to cancel that as well!!~)..

But alas...today has been my packaging UP & packaging OF some of...

MY VINTAGE SEWING THEMED goodies for the event..

I have been packing LOTS of VINTAGE CARDED buttons on a cardboard backing, lined with some french dictionary pages..

Embellishing my decorated "mini" dressmaker's dummies...

Pricing cards of Vintage ENGLISH MADE lace...

Pricing bundles of vintage cottons embellished with vintage lace bits..

PLUS linen is drying on the line in a quite strong wind in Melbourne today..(ready to cut out lots & lots of lovely PINK crochet circles & pack)..

as well as in the midst of painting a lovely cedar washstand...~~

So just another little snippet of some goodies I am busy preparing..

xx andrea

BUSY BUSY BUSY ORGANISING FOR THE EVENT OF THE YEAR!!~~

Hi ladies, well I did do a post yesterday about what I am now talking about, however when i went to edit it I accidently completely deleted it...(as One does!!)...~~~

So take TWO!!~~

With the SHABBY VINTAGE JUNK EXTRAVAGANZA only about 2 weeks away (3rd/4th JUNE)...I am BUSY BUSY getting all my goodies together..

I am trying to pack them in like minded colour ways...

I am pricing everything & in between everything else, I am BAKING some Vintage records...(as you do??)~~~

making bowls..filling them with my music sheet decor balls I have embellished...

And still busy painting and buying more delicious vintage goodies on my shopping days to add to the lots i shall be selling!!~~

Having been an exhibitor last August at the inaugural SHOW, I am absolutely very very excited about this year's event, as there are more exhibitors and I know that some girls are building "sets" to enhance their stalls...

So i implore ALL lovers of SHABBY....VINTAGE....JUNK/FLEA MARKET UNIQUE ITEMS to NOT miss this event...

To be in FIRST before the doors open, EARLY BIRD tickets are available ...

Tamarah from SHABBY VINTAGE JUNK blog is handling ALL matters...or anyone can email ME for any details...

Soo just showing a little snippet of some of my "green" themed goodies I am working on...

little bit of PINK thrown in for good measure as well!!~~

& a few other bits & bobs...

well, better get back to pricing/packaging/painting/dyeing linen & anything else I can think of!~~

xx andrea

VINTAGE POSTCARDS/CROCHET GOODIES..I HAVE BEEN A BUSY LITTLE BEE!!

Hi ladies...

well i am working flat out to get my goodies organised for the upcoming..

SHABBY VINTAGE JUNK extravaganza fair ..

Packaging LOTS of vintage CROCHET centre circles cut from an OLD cloth..

I am packaging myself...finishing off with some "scrappy french chic dictionary pages along the top)..

Adding some buttons & other bits & bobs..

Music sheet BUNTING with vintage postcards attached..

I am doing LOTS of lovely goodies for this event..

so just another LITTLE sneak preview of my goodies...

xx andrea