AWESOME VINTAGE SINGER SEWING BOOK..1954!!!

Hello again ladies..

I kind of felt a bit guilty starting of MY first post for the NEW YEARS with a whinge..

I was tempted to delete it..but figured I would just list a nicer post instead...!!

As said in my last post I did manage to find soo many lovely wonderful vintage flea market type goodies on saturday...

AND this book was one of them..

SINGER SEWING BOOK...published 1954~!!!!

I love love the colour plates....(could almost be re touched to be 2010 shabby chic??)..

the chapters are AWESOME...showing & explaining all aspects of sewing...which haven't changed over the years...!!

PLUS I just LOVE the DEDICATION written on the inside page....

"this book is dedicated to women & girls..

and especially to teachers of sewing everywhere.

who enjoy the feel of fabric, the beauty of textures,

the precision of stitches, the smoothness of seams

and who delight always in appropriate fabrics...

carefully cut and made up for a happy purpose.."....

I think that is just FABULOUS.. and I don't even sew!!!!!

SOO i think this is a bit of a HAPPIER BLOG start to the NEW YEARS!!

A simply TIMELESS gorgeous VINTAGE book....

xx andrea

LOTS & LOTS OF NEW YEARS VINTAGE FINDS..YIPEE!!

Hi ladies.....& happy NEW YEAR...

I have to say i am just sooo glad that the new years/xmas business is NOW all oVER...

on xmas eve we had a HUGE HUGE thunderstorm here in Melbourne...which I loved watching. & did cause the party in the city etc & outside my house to be a LOT more subdued....NOT that that worried me in the slightest..

BUT what did make me MORE THAN TOTALLY ANGRY/IRATE was.......

we had some stupid problems with people parking IN OUR driveway to watch the fireworks...

(hubby's dad had just had a suspected heart attack...& he had to get out of our driveway to go to the RMH..(royal melbourne hospital)..

BUT some woman LITERALLY BACKED into our driveway to watch the fireworks & wouldnt MOVE..??

My hubby approached her several times...BUT she refused to move OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY..

what tha?? where was this woman coming from???

her response was...OH why do you have to leave now..i want to watch the fireworks...

even after hubby pleading that his dad was in hospital???

she refused to move...

I DONT GET IT...NEVER WILL...why are some people JUST SOO PATHETIC/Inconsiderate...?? just to watch some silly lame fireworks???

we did ring the police...(but when arrived the fireworks had finished & she had since vanished)..

so that incident really tarnished our new years eve..

BUT the good news..

It wasnt a heart attack...just heart beating irregular etc...so at 80 yrs old..THAT was good news..

soo now that I have that off my chest...!!!!!

HUBBY took me vintage flea junk market shopping yesterday & I found JUST SOO MANY GORGEOUS Goodies...

little snippet of them....VINTAGE SEWING BASKET...COASTERS..PLACEMATS..SOO MUCH LINEN & LACE (havent photographed all)...roses tins....italian frames....ballet prints...other prints...

I had an AWESOME JUNK MARKET VINTAGE SHABBY

xx andrea

MY CHRISTMAS HAS BEEN FULL OF WONDERFUL SURPRISES!!

Hi ladies.....hope you all had a lovely Xmas and New Years is just around the corner...

I am quite fortunate?? in that i live on the water overlooking Melbourne so we get to see all the New Year's Eve fireworks without having to leave my front door..we all just sit on the balcony.....& watch it....

BUT the downside is that sooo many people park along my street to watch these fireworks..that is fine...but with NO toilets provided by the council..

GUESS whose front yard (and my neighbours etc)..becomes the local toilet??...

MMMM caught several "gonzos" urinating in our gardens...so that is the down side ...

ANYWAY thought i would share a little snippet of my surprises received at xmas.....

okay...provided Xmas Eve dinner for about 15...was cooking all day & just HAD to go to bed at 10.30 pm...THE OLD GIRL HAD HAD IT!!

just dozing off & the door bell rings...WHO IS THIS??? GRRR GGRRRR!!! GO AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hubby answered and the NEXT minute BYRON is approaching me to give me a big KISS...

YES!! my 22 yo so who lives interstate..finished work..caught a plane...flew home..TO SPEND XMAS day with us..

WELL that was AWESOME....(hubby knew about it but kept it under wraps...now I know why he kept saying to me ..."dont go to bed just yet..stay up for a while")..

BUT he had to fly out Boxing Day morning (early) as he has a part time job during his uni studies...

WELL he rang me at 7.00 am..(from the airport as he went to buy some newspapers to read...AND my gosh..he got such a "SHOCK" seeing his grandfather on the FRONT PAGE)....

and he said "GUESS WHO IS ON THE FRONT COVER OF THE AGE"...???

(the age is a melbourne newspaper...about 150 yrs old...an institution in Victoria).

YES !!! MY 86 yo DAD...!! byrons GRANDAD...

i knew he was going to be written up as my dad swims every summer...ALL the BAY swims...HE is the OLDEST competitor in the well known "LORNE PIER TO PUB"...swim...

we had a reporter at my house interviewing dad last week..BUT THOUGHT it would be ON the BACK sports page.

BUT MY DAD was on the FRONT PAGE of SATURDAYS AGE...

awesome feat for the OLD FELLA!!!

(other son said it must be a slow news day!!! smart ??????....he was joking)...!!

SOO I have had a lovely Xmas...

Lots of surprises...

Lots of perfume as well!!!

yes!! i DO LOVE my perfume..

xx andrea

MY VINTAGE FLEA MARKET FINDS..& HAPPY XMAS!!

Hi ladies.

well obviously the last post before christmas...as I have Christmas Eve at my house with about 15 people...

sooo have been frantic getting it all ready...

will be MORE stressed tomorrow with starting to cook cakes etc..

BUT...I HAVE been trying to get my upstairsEBAY area organised for about 3 MONTHS!!!!

SOOOOO did a BIG effort today...ONLY half way through...well a bit less!!

BUT getting there.!!!

Organising my material....linen...lace..hanging on lines for me to remember what I have stored away..

Old lace...vintage cross stitch??/embroidery...

AND LOTS/ LOTS MORE...TOO MUCH TO MENTION!!

(this is why my hubby is pressing me to get A SHOP AGAIN!!!)...

thinking about it???!!

MMMM !! I did have a shop for 10 yrs which was a great success....

This one would be totally different...with the VINTAGE HAT BOX theme...to go with my logo...

I have enough goodies NOW to open a fantastic vintage shabby flea market junky shop???

I can picture it now...

BUT paying BIG RENT/LAND TAX..RATES/ETC ETC..

IS A BIG COMMITMENT??? & A BIG RISK??

food for thought over summer....??

have a lovely xmas new years everyone...

xx andrea

MY CHRISTMAS DECOR..KIND OF UPSTAIRS & DOWNSTAIRS!!

Hello again ladies..

OKAY...suddenly realised Christmas was just ONE week away...i kept kind of thinking it was a few weeks away at least!! completely LOST track of time..

SOO the "old girl" had to get her little..(well maybe BIG BUTT into gear)!!

So i am kind of like the old tv show "upstairs/downstairs")...younger bloggers will NOT know what i am talking about..

ANYWAY...upstairs is my white/french chic type kitchen area ...I HAVE SHABBY PINK type decor featured for xmas....

Downstairs is the MALE DOMAIN!!! (yukky poos)...is the PROVERBIAL table tennis table..drum kit..brick walls......OKAY...this is the TESTOSTERONE centre.

where i have all my CHRISTMAS pressies wrapped under a little tree..

AND some chocolates..shortbread...mints...napkins...

AND this rooms opens OUT to the BBQ area...given this another little xmas makeover...(per 3rd/4th/5th photos..soo hard with water restrictions to make anything look good..BUT tied xmas decs around .... decorated the table a bit??_

soo think it looks OKAY???........ little lanterns to light for xmas eve...

I am quite happy with the wrapping scenario AS i have NOT been really TOO motivated..i think the photos show what my theme is??

mixed red/white..brown paper...PLAIN thick STRING!!

gave SOOTY his christmas bath yesterday...and a GOOD GOOD brush..

(in amongst the biting teeth...what are you doing to me ?? look!! he kind of says??)...

get over it SOOTY!!!

He has come up a treat...put his collar on with XMAS ribbon tied around..

(funny bit of an aside...sooty is 11 yo in feb...was going quite grey in colour...BUT he has suddenly come back with his original BLACK hair??? all over his back area...head is still greyish?? what tha?? not quite sure why..any answers are welcome)..

is it the TUNA??? which i feed him ? & which he loves...

anyway...I am having about 14 people over for Christmas EVE...getting ready for that..

MAY do a post on my XMAS tables?? whatever...

have a great chrismas...

xx andrea