MONDAY'S LOVE OF VINTAGE BOOKS~~~~~~~

Another glorious autumn's day here in Melbourne with the sun shining brightly and with not a breath of wind...

I literally have a car boot full of lovely vintage books i purchased from our local op shop for the mere sum of just 20 cents EACH~~

I figured if i messed up with some of my ideas for them, I wouldn't be too out of pocket!!

I already had other ones I had bundled up into like colours/tied with string/ribbon etc...

But today I experimented with covering one in good quality calico and them embellishing with a bit of my "endless supply" of crochet cloths/doilies etc...

PLUS I just had to scrunch up another page from my fabulous vintage french dictionary...& add a hand stamped french peg of mine..

I think I am quite happy with the result...??

Labour Day holiday here in Melbourne today so not much happening...to add to the lack of happenings..my foxtel has "carked" it, so I am unable to watch my lifestyle programmes...!!~~ boo hoo~~

a quick note to all my son's gorgeous Japanese friends..

we are ALWAYS thinking about you....lots of emails & text messages sent with most replying all are okay...

an extra SPECIAL thought from me to Ryoko....Kentaro...Namako...Jimmy & family...& all my other Japanese friends...

take care...

ps..original post was Sunday's love of books..OOOPS!!

forgot it is MONDAY!!~~

ppps.....just started listing some goodies on ETSY under user name of "cinnamonrose"...

first time listing on this site after sooo many years on ebay...

I think i am kind of getting the hang of it??..

xx andrea

READING GORGEOUS NEW MAGAZINES...DYEING CLOTHS & PAPER MACHE MANNEQUINS~~

Well i have had another busy day today...~~~~

Received my delivery of the AWE inspiring...

ARTFUL BLOGGING magazine...

Somerset HOME magazine..

Where Women Cook magazine..

ALL my Christmasssssss!! kind of came in one FELL SWOOP..so to speak..

SOO in between reading them..

I embellished another couple of my paper mache dressmaker's dummies...

(not finished yet)...& still have several more to do..

I use VINTAGE patterns to cover them...

& this process has now creeped up into my kitchen area..

My crafting stuff is SLOWLY but SURELY creeping into nearly every room of my home!!~~~

Dyed some gorgeous cloths in pinks/purples/greens...EYE CANDY MIX...

Plus dyed a piece of cream hessian a light mauve..just to see how it would look..

looks okay...so I have a few ideas as to what i would like to do with it.....

But to get back to the magazines...

GORGEOUS PHOTOs...

& I am just "hanging out" to find a cheapish vintage mirror which I can embellish with FRENCH script...(per photos)...

Anyway...that has been my Thursday (amongst other very important matters I DID attend to...~~)...

xx andrea

GREEN/PURPLE & RED ROSES ARE MY FAVOURITES THIS MONDAY~~~~

Well today i was in a green theme mood..

Maybe cos i purchased a lovely couple of vintage tablecloths yesterday in shades of green/cream with red roses..

But I think it really started last week when i bought 6 x gorgeous Johnson Bros..english "PAREEK" plates/bowls....

gorgeous pale green with roses images....

from the OP SHOP with Tamarah..(shabby vintage junk blog)...~~

So i put together a little vignette of like coloured goodies I already own..

stack of 3 x vintage books..

green lemons & apples..

jug/plate/ cup & saucers..

vintage scales..

& I had to throw in a touch of PURPLE...

I am NOT normally a "GREEN" coloured person..

But I think I am leaning towards it as a new favourite...??

Mixed with rich creams...red/rose...purple...??

have a lovely week ...

andrea

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