vintage bibs and bobs

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enjoying the prettiness …

Friday, January 30th, 2009

… of a newly arrived/purchased/”won” vintage tablecloth.  Such pretty colours - and I love the bubbles of red and blue.  Isn’t it delightful how many ways can be found to add decoration!

(btw, Julian just loves that last euphemism for my ebay triumphs, only he remains forever baffled as to why I then have to fork [...]

the yo-yo trick

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

Gosh you know, once I learn a new trick, I just cannot stop repeating it …. over and over and over … such is my love of making yo-yos at the moment :-)
And then there’s the whole lamp trick - ooooh!
So, Abigail left yesterday for a week’s camping with her gorgeous friend Sacha, and I [...]

days of beautiful patchwork and mad-lovely family

Monday, September 15th, 2008

[ these wee green things are avocado FINGERS - have you ever seen them before?  We haven't so we just had to buy some - they're a bit green still.  I'll let you know what they're like!]
We’ve had such a lovely afternoon and evening!  Cate and I sewed from lunch until dinner - Cate is [...]

on the kitchen table …

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

After a peculiar couple of days, there’s an equally peculiar mix of goodies on my kitchen table.
The belting rain of Friday, Sunday and Monday brought about a collapse of damp cardboard tea chests under the house - they were sitting in a gutter whose existence we’d overlooked after 4 years of drought.  As such, the [...]

yes I have vintage treats but I’ve lost my camera!

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

It’s Monday evening here in the tumbledown house - four evenings since I last posted - omg!  What’s happening!
I’ll tell you what’s happening!  I’ve lost my camera - well, kind of.  The Nikon D80 that Julian bought 18 months ago, over which I freaked out because it cost thousands of dollars and why did we [...]

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