little bit of this little bit of that

I took Stephanie my babe garage saleing and treasure hunting today. I don’t usually take her as she starts to get fidgety by the second shop or stop but she is good company. She ended up with an impressive haul of goodies for her dollhouse and I came away with a deer and an old quilt (pictures to come soon). This is actually for my sister. We were in Adelaide a few weeks back and she noticed one of these in a chi chi Modern Danish shop priced as only Modern Danish chi chi shops can. In the right atmosphere, it looks outstanding , in my house this holds no ground, which despairs me a little as I would like a chi chi home. Just a tiny pinch of despair.

Have been doing a little bit of stitching which does not despair me. Quite satisfying and non stressful.

We, meaning the family, are going out for Lebanese food tonight. I don’t cook on Saturdays nights. It used to be that we had takeaway ( but I would have to go and get it to eat at home, still like cooking to me) but now we actually go out to eat which feels very civilised.

please come back

Between putting the rolled roast  and the potatoes in the oven yesterday , I made (term used loosely) this sunny’s case.  I found a pair on ray ban sunglasses in the os last week , near new….. except they are twenty years old.  I wore  an almost exact same pair in the eighties. I am in conflict weather this is a good or bad thing. They are very serviceable and good quality but I question my style sense. Surely they are due for a comeback. Surely.
Shan’t talk much about the making of the case, it was a horror from go to whoa. Who can make dinner, make binding and sew binding at the time? Not me. The machine got a tongue lashing.

At least the dinner worked out well.

dont look too close at the wonky stitching

on martha

About ten years ago I discovered Martha, through her decorating books. I really liked her (or her assistants) style and I still do. Its all so clean, polished and perfect, something that was/is clearly lacking in my life. I don’t think I was ever sucked in by the dream factory but does have some bearing on me. For example I bought this book. It was a buck fifty. I don’t entertain… it makes me tense. But one day I might and that one day I want to entertain like Martha because it looks like a happy day. I see no Smiths chips in her bowls or double dipping going on in this baby.

This is my Martha influenced wall of love of my family. The influence is the black frames BTW. My camera is dying a slow death, so scusi with the pics. It was a driving force to collect these frames over the years from the O.S, then the irony was that Spotlight started selling her brand frames and I ended up with some of them on the wall! Oh the bloody irony. I doubt if my life could get any deeper or meaningfuller.

I could give my opinion on her show but I will save that for another day.

try

I’ve been making a few things. I am going to try and sell some at the local markets this month. Don’t know how well they will fare, but I will give it a go. Instead of spending money there I will try and make some.

Speaking of the markets this is what I got there last month. I got all hyper blinded when I bought it - but upon better inspection once at home I fear that I have purchased one of those quilts that is made in India and usually sold through such establishments as Home…I can barely say it…art.
I will justify keeping it by saying I am recycling.

5 minutes AND

A quicky.The newest acquisition to the west german pot collection from the markets and was within my budget.

AND Donna from Sew Mad are you still there? Have you set up somewhere else?

Just things

A tin filled with lace and a template for lavender hearts.

A workbox of sorts.

two vases

Going through other peoples rubbish is not something one should really talk about but I will. I wasn’t really going through the rubbish, they were sitting on the front garden strip for the council pick up, strategically placed for anyone going past to admire and acquire, which I did.
The first one is I think Diana ware. I like it the most out of the two.

I think my mum had one of these but on a larger scale. I like the yellow on the inside. The flowers were a free contribution from someones nature strip as well.

Have had my fair share of chocolate today and then some. Seeing TLG is away I can gorge myself and not feel judging eyes and hear tut tut tut.

adornments

One week later….
I did enough cleaning of the house last week, so I tottered orf yesterday to garage sales. I found a British magazine from 1950. It talks alot about taking doses of salts. They must have been very poorly after the war in the UK.
I have very artfully placed my hand in the picture to include a new bracelet that I made.

Inside the magazine, stories with pretty drawn ladies. Again, my creativity has reached a new dizzy height. A pearl necklace. Why!… I never!.. placed over the neck of a pretty drawn lady.
I don’t think it has any great value but it has a nice quality about it. Does me fine.

wares

I am a sucker for black and white. I got these two pots/vases at a market on the weekend and the little tray at a garage sale last year. They are going to go in the bathroom as toothpaste,toothbrush and soap holders, as I can think of no other reason what to do with them, but I had to have them.