VINTAGE INSPIRED DRESSMAKERS DUMMY & OTHER THINGS!!~~

Well I haven't really stopped doing "STUFF" since last evening~~~~

I am busy preparing for a little party in just over a week, and a girl just has to try & make things look nice??

well that's what I think anyway...

I like to try to make little events memorable & kind of unique to me...

(so we shall see what the guests think..cough!! cough!! say no more)..

ANYWAY....in between doing "MY STUFF"...I actually did this today...

1....covered a cute little paper mache dressmaker's dummy in VINTAGE dressmaking patterns ...

I then embellished her waist with a cute faux diamente buckle & glued some little buttons down her front..

finished off with a safety pin attached..

I kept her "neck" au naturaalll..just tying some string around it...(OHH that doesn't sound too good does it??)....you know what I mean??..

2....covered the paper mache letter "A" with vintage music sheet paper...

embellished with a faux diamond belt buckle..upon which i stuck a scrabble letter "A"...

So I have to say AGAIN...I am just LOVIN MY MOD PODGE...~~~

also went to my all time favourite NEW store..TYPO ... yesterday & bought this fabulous CANVAS letter/number print thingey..

which I have hung next to the TV...

Indulged in buying some lovely FRENCH inspired cutlery from TARGET!!!

as well as a NEW lamp/base from the above establishment..!!!

Anyway, thats it from me for the minute..

ps..No more bird attacks the last few days..so that's good!!~~

x andrea

I HAVE BEEN UNDER ATTACK!!~~

Hi ladies..

Well, I must say I have been a very scared shopper this past week...

Whilst walking down my LOCAL shopping strip, I have been attacked NOT once, NOT twice, NOT three times BUT FOUR times by a little bird...~~

Hey, I am a nature lover...

I know they are protecting their nest/young chicks...

But these birds are NOT native AUSSIE birds...

THEY attack our native birds..

let alone ATTACKING me whilst shopping!!

So I am ONE grumpy person....

being attacked from behind..pecking & lodging in my head...& Squawking AD NAUSEM in a HIGH pitch whilst pecking my head!!

WITHOUT NOTICE...

By some imported bird.... an "INDIAN MYNAH"~~~

I am literally very scared at the minute walking in my local shopping centre!!

I love birds , but i wish these would fly FAR FAR away~~~~~~

xx andrea

VINTAGE LADDERS..!! before & after..& MORE CRAFTING!!

Howdy girls... I shall try to keep it short & sweet..(ha ha!!)..

Anyway last evening in Melbourne we had the BIGGEST STORM/RAIN in memory..(left over apparently from the Cyclone which hit north queensland)..

lots of flooding ...showing a few pics at the start of the storm from my window....

Today I have painted/stencilled a Vintage cute little ladder I had...

photos show before & after...

I painted it white..blackboard painted the metal parts...stencilled some letters..sanded all down...& have just picked some rosemary from my "non existant" garden & placed them in little bottles...(these are left over cute little bottles from when you have the "sticks in the scent" aroma thingeys??

I hope you know what i mean...they are just super to keep for little floral arrangements...

als0 painted a suitcase a shabby pink...

Just HAD to modpodge a vintage music sheet candle to match my balls!!

did a little cute cupcake decoupage canvas print...

So i have had a busy crafty type saturday..

& with MR SOOTY being totally blind now...I bring him to where i am working & tell him to sit in his little "BED" & voila he is happy/comfy...close nearby..

Hope all this weather starts to improve for EVERYONE..

xx andrea

MY HANDMADE VINTAGE MUSIC SHEET INSPIRED DECOR...& A LITTLE MORE!!

Hi again ladies, well after recovering from a MINI heat wave in Melbourne..PHEW!!

I have done a little crafting...

Re last post re the SCRABBLE lettered Canvases...

They have found a space in my Baker's stand in the kitchen..

Inspiring me...~~~~~

I have brought out some matching Vintage Scrabble letters...spelling out "VINTAGE"...."CHIC".."JUNK"...

PLUS I have MADE a bowl FULL (still have about 6 x more to go)...

Of foam balls...

I have covered in Vintage MUSIC sheets...

I have been MOD PODGING???

tearing up music sheets AD NAUSEUM...

my hands are covered in MOD PODGE..

anyway...

COverered heaps...Sprayed with a sealer...looking kind of VINTAGE...

put in an ad hoc bowl for now...

xx andrea

MY FAVOURITE "NEW" STORE...& A FEW OTHER THINGS.. ~~~

Gee Wiz...

I cannot quite believe JANUARY is done & dusted, and we are now approaching February...~~~

AS the saying goes "TIME FLIES"~~!!

My watching the Australian Open Tennis has finished...OOHHH~~~

still a few more cricket matches... YEAH~~~~

(yep..I am a SPORTS FANATIC)...~~~

Anyway, I have to say I just LOVE LOVE this shop...

I have purchased a few goodies before..

BUT TODAY I HAD AN EXTRA GOOD TIME..

I think it is an Aussie owned store...

www.typoshop.com.au...

I had a TOTAL TREAT in there today...

New french chic TOUCHPAD...

MONOPOLY LETTERS on BIG CANVAS...

Awesome "TAPE MEASURE" ribbon...

RECYLCED cards...

& ALL just soo cheap...

The canvas letters were just $4.95 EACH~~

I LITERALLY could have bought sooooo much MORE stuff....

So to ADD to my little shopping sojourn...

with many highlights therein...

I came home to the postie having delivered TWO OF my ALL time FAV mags..

Jeanne d'Arc Living...Latest issue...

Where Women Create...Latest issue...

So I am in heaven with all my goodies today...

But I have to say my "ebay" desk area is ONE TOTAL MESS re my Cross stitching...knitting Rosettes...& other things...

have a great week...

& A special hello to ROCKATANSKY..!!(he knows what I mean!!)...

xx andrea