LAURA ASHLEY CURTAINS...& VINTAGE LINEN SUNDAY~~~

Hi ladies, well i had my hubby home this weekend...

So i had him driving me around to little haunts ...

Saw the gorgeous TAMARAH (www.shabbyvintagejunk.blogspot.com) at the Camberwell market today..

HER stall is YUMMY VINTAGE...

Apart from that I have just been listing some SUPERB cotton/lacey Vintage Laura Ashley curtains ...MADE in the USA...

& other vintage linen cutains...cloths...goodies on ebay..

looking forward to what i can find this coming week??

what have you found???

xx andrea

VINTAGE BOOK MAKEOVERS & PINK PEG THURSDAY!~~~

Well I have been quite busy today after my "trauma" at the dentist yesterday..

Okay...I am exaggerating....~~~~

I go to the dentist every 6 months and in ALL my nearly 54 years have hardly ever had any work done to my teeth..

I take pride in nice clean healthy teeth/gums...

BUT alas i did have a crack in my very back tooth (which had been fixed many a year ago)..

but had eventually gone "AWOL" this year...~~~

SO I did have to have a root canal...

I CANNOT begin to tell you HOW totally scared I was...(i thought I would rather give birth!!)..

well maybe not??

(hey its been 22 yrs ago since Mr C was born so maybe i have forgotten about having kids?? even though that labour was a mere 2 hrs!! & he was 9 POUNDS at that!!!)....

ANYWAY~~~~~~~~~~~~

my new dentist was AWESOME...I felt nothing...& he kept re assuring me...& telling me what was happening next..

NOT to mention he was quite a cute 40 something YOUNG man!!~~

Okay...enough of THAT !! slap my wrists..

I have been busy today painting LOTS of PEGS a nice SHABBY PALE PINK..

Stamping...

Bundling together to sell ....

& experimenting with some VINTAGE books...

Painted 3 x PINK...sanded back & embellished the spine with some replica bits of VINTAGE postcards...

(I had some gorgeous postcards a while ago...& I had them copied at office works....SO AS i had a heap of them.)..

I have cut up the roses part...mod podged....sealed...(along the SPINE)...

Experimenting with how it looks...then tying with something??

NOT sure what yet...

ANYWAY...that has been my Thursday..

cheers andrea

SATURDAY'S PROJECTS..VINTAGE BOOKS/FRENCH DICTIONARY PAGES??~

Well it has been a very humid kind of hot day here in Melbourne..

I have been busy getting my ebay store up & running again as i have been a bit slack the past few weeks.

so today has been a bit of a VINTAGE BOOK...VINTAGE frame...VINTAGE french dictionary theme...

Whatever!!~~

pics of what I have been up to this HOT HUMID saturday...

see ya...

FRIDAY HAS BEEN VINTAGE CROCHET DOILEY DAY!!~~

Hi ladies...hoping you all have a productive weekend finding lots of gorgeous goodies!!~~

Today I have been busy dyeing my vintage array of crochet cloths/doilies and then cutting them up into useful circles!!

And i made a little doiley crochet "bunting" with some vintage buttons and lace...

(this is just one little runner which I have folded in half and added some vintage buttons & lace...)..!

Better get back to listing ebay goodies..& cooking roast chook for dinner~~~

see ya next week..

xx andrea

LOVELY GIFTS FROM MY BLOGGING BUDDIES~~~

Yesterday I hosted a "blogging luncheon" for some gorgeous ladies I have met through "blogland"....

We all had a lovely time chatting and eating and talking about VINTAGE/SHABBY/CHIC/JUNK/HARD RUBBISH/BLOGGING..~~~~

It was lovely to share a lunch with "like minded" women...

ALL inspirational & ALL just a delight to count as a friend..

So I thank the ladies for coming & bringing me such GORGEOUS little pressies!!

Tamarah (shabby vintage junk)..

brought me a scrumptious vintage crochet tablecloth...

Alicia (time worn style)...

brought me her gorgeous coloured hydrangeas from her garden...

Gail (originals by gail & tony McCormack)...scrumptious personalised soaps..

Alison Gibbs..one of her exquisite knitted wrist bands...

Shelley (no blog..LURKER!!)...PINK champagne!!~~

I decorated the table in a "French" theme...

made a BONJOUR bunting...& added little touches to make it a SPECIAL day for the girls..

I think this may have to become a regular "get together"???

okay...off to do some more creations...or trying!!~~

xx andrea