Fathers Day

Happy Fathers day Dad

25.09.57-17.03.2001

Miss you like mad.

Hope your having a cold one & watching the rugby up there somewhere?

xxxx

Sewing therapy

 It has been nice to do some therapeutic sewing over the last few days.

Our house has had some major shifting around, including my beautiful studio becoming a teenagers sleep out! I know...insane, but a necessary decision. The front sun room ( the only room we've done up so far) is now Imogen's little nest & my sewing area. Mad as it seems I am actually getting some sewing done now! I remember reading one of Dee's post where she said the reality is sewing has to be done in the heart of the home. She was very right!

The bunting has been on my 'to do' list for a long time now. I've made it to tie to my gazebo for markets etc. I just need to cut out all the letters for my 'mushroom lane' to go on the flags.

I also have a little giveaway plan going over in my head, I turned 30 last month & intended to do a birthday giveaway...time has rolled on obviously, but watch this space as I'm feeling positively organized at the moment!

Hope your catching some Vitamin D rays this weekend

xxxx

Before & After

I've been doing a little bit of spring clean house pimping lately. It's so nice to have the windows open & the smells of fresh cut grass & flowers wafting in.

Our house is a 'work in progress!' The laundry & bathroom in most need of some DIY, so until the serious stuff happens I thought I'd do a bit of feminine fabric re-decorating, the kind women loved to do in the 70's!

Before...

After.....

It probably doesn't seen like much on here, but the difference is actually quite surprising at my end. Even walking past the bathroom is a nicer experience! Just call me Laura Ashley!

Now to wait till the kids decide drying their hands on my curtain is way more convenient than the hand towel?

The thrifty Fairy

I had a magic Salvo's day yesterday. I obvioulsy go in too much as we have a new lady at our local Salvo's. I went up to the counter, & she said 'have you seen the old belts down the back?, I was thinking of you today when I put these out'....Holy sweety Mother I NEVER see old tooled belts in any Oppy. They're so rare most of the time I don't bother looking, but this was my lucky day. The brown one's were $1, & the black one $2.50...SCORE...& in my size whipeeee

 

We also spotted these awesome puppets, with frocks like that who could resist?

Speaking of frocks, I think this pinny is way to cool to hide away in the kitchen?

I also scored an old woolen Scouts blankt with all the badges on it! $4.00. I'm going to make my sweets a man bag for Father's day out of it I think?

Knitting & A View

I finally managed to finish Imogen's knitted leggings last night, & phew they fit!

I used the softest wool I could find on the day at our local wool shop, it's lovely, but I kinda wish I had used Alpaca as this doesn't scratch babies skin due to the fact that the fibre has no barbs. I am however knitting THIS pattern now in a beautiful cream alpaca 8 ply which is awesome to knit with.

Spring is in the air around me. I'm feeling the spring cleaning urge which is always nice.

I took this pic from my laundry window, we have two huge magnolia tress in flower in the back yard. I posted THIS post when we first moved here 1 year ago, it's amazing how much the back yard has changed in that time. Eventually...like when we win the lotto or something....this will be the view from my kitchen. I can't wait as I currently look upon my neighbours shed, it will be nice to see the kids playing while I'm fluffing about.

Hope you have a lovely weekend, especially those of you lucky enough to get to the wearable arts last night.

xxx

BUBBLES BUBBLES BUBBLES POP

Imogen had her first bubble bath last night...

she kinda freaked out on them!

surprises

 Today was a very exciting day for me...the courier arrived with my vintage kitchen swap goodies & boy was I spoilt. My lovely swap Buddie was  Gabrielle, check out her awesome blog with goat loads of clothes to die for on her 'Vintage Wednesday' posts.

My goodies came wrapped up in funky retro wall paper with AWESOME typed (yes on a real type writer) labels & cards. My Bootee included very cool stainless steel S&P shakers, A stunning Irish linen tea towel, happily added to my collection! The purple pinny happily modeled by Alex, 4 white napkins, 2 friggen awesome durawear cups with saucers!!!!.......And..DA DA DAAAHHHH

the coolest, prettiest & down right most beautiful picnic blanket made with re-purposed linens. I can't wait to use it!

Man I feel totally spoilt Gabrielle! I'm in awe of your gratitude & creativity!

xoxooxoxoxoxox

Hope you are all having a fantastic week