vintage hand crocheted bedspread

vintage hand crocheted bedspread
Originally uploaded by H is for Home

H is For Home
has kindly added this to the group...

Just yesterday I was thrifting away...
out of town...
and came across a gorgeous
crocheted blanket myself...

I had to buy it,
an absolute bargain at $2
I will take some happy snaps soon...

I also came across a few plates...
A couple of doilies and some summer tops...
well worth the outing...

If you have any granny goodness pictures or
some great vintage finds...
Pop the pics in the group...
The more the merrier...

Sweet Treats

Sweet Treats
Originally uploaded by Betty Jo Designs

If you have ever loved vintage lino
as much as I do..
Then be sure to pop over and visit Betty Jo...
These amazing brooches and
so much more crafty lino goodness
can be yours...
I am very lucky to have some of Betty Jo's
creative goodies...
My favorite necklace ever is a Betty Jo bird...
I wear it all the time...

I am loving these cupcake inspired sweet treats thou...
Hmmmmm tea anyone!!!

rediscovered

rediscovered
Originally uploaded by LolaNova

When I spotted this picture
in the group today...added by LOLA NOVA...
I just had to share...
I remember these fisher price toys...
I'm not sure who in the family had one,
but they were played with a-lot...

A great treasure to find!!!

Cooking with Bella

Cooking with Bella
Originally uploaded by Loving The Vintage

Bella managed to cook some banana muffins...
and not cook them to a frizzle like my first attempt
with the bread and butter pudding...
I think we will work things out just nicely and get it just right in the end...

The salad is a mix of things from the garden...
Our own lettuce, carrots and coriander...
I really can't wait until all the other vegetables are ready...
then no more shopping at the supermarket for these things...

My new baby belling...

My new baby belling now called"Bella" for short is home and clean
and will soon take pride of place in the kitchen...

It is always funny how things work out...
and finding my new baby belling was just that...

 I was popping down the street today to pick up some milk and bread...
and on the way home and I spied a garage sale sign...
It was not really a garage sale, it was in fact a sale at the CWA building with a garage sale sign...
Yes the sweet dears from the Country Woman's Association were having a clean out...
and I had no idea...
Apart from nearly fainting at the thought of all the lovely sweet thrifty finds already running out the door, as it was 1pm by the time I went past, I tried to gathered myself and hope that something was left...
And there she was...
In the middle of the room...
and looking still as good as new...
Waiting for me...
My heart skipped several beats, and when I asked about her I found to my surprise
that she was in fact the original oven from the CWA rooms...
and had been in the storage room for as long as anyone can remember...

and the best part I am yet to tell...

 She works!!!
no even better than that...
Bella was only $5....
yes that's right....$5....
I can't quiet describe the joy I am feeling at the moment...
I have a oven...it works...and it was cheaper than the milk and bread I had just bought...
It really doesn't get any better...Does it!!!

This is a pic I found on the belling site...
I am off to e-mail them to find out as much as I can about mine...

I do hope your weekend is full of vintage goodness and thrifty finds this good...

Country Show

On the weekend we headed to the country show...

 

Lots of colour on the way...

Lots of games...

 Lots of food...

 No show would be complete without lots of animals...

These look like they are planing a breakout...

I think this one is keeping a close eye on me...

And low and behold!!!

Lots of crochet...

If I would have known I could have entered...

I will be making a note for next year...

But the winner was this amazing crocheted blanket featuring cats...

And of course lots of colour on the way home...

I love living in the country!!!

to bed to bed sleepy head

bedroom 4
Originally uploaded by LolaNova

This photo by Lola Nova...
sums up tonight...
I have managed to spend my day,
writing patterns, sending patterns,
finishing of projects and getting them ready to express post...
picking up after everyone but me...
making dinner and blogging and adding things
here there and everywhere...
Now!!!
To bed to bed sleepy head...

Poole Butterfly Plates 122

Poole Butterfly Plates 122
Originally uploaded by badhesterprynne

Feeling a little
fluttery myself this morning...
Lots going on...
Too much in fact...
Am I feeling the pressure!!!
Yes!!!
I was looking at all the lovelies in the group
this morning and spotted this...
And though it summed it up nicely...

I have so many projects going on and so many commitments...
which is finishing my patterns, taking care of the family with the Lurgy...
Cleaning the now contaminated house...From the lurgy...
A huge project for something "special" , will tell very soon...
But I have only 2 weeks to get it done...
and lots more that I will have to tell you all about...
But not this morning...
This morning I am waiting on the gas man...
We have run out, which means no hot water...
Which means I can't possibly function...
I have to have a shower to start the day..and think straight...
So till then...
Keep Loving the vintage...and thinking straight my dear...
Someone needs too...lol...

Twit twoo

Twit twoo
Originally uploaded by knitted owl

This is some serious
granny goodness...
What an amazing find by
"Knitted Owl'...
And for the rock
bottom price of a fiver...
I know quite a few
friends that would
LOVE this...

Dhal-ling Tutorial

I thought I would share a tutorial different to my usual...
This time it's all about my new favorite food...
Dhal...
I have only recently tasted this delight
and fell in love with it's yummy flavour
and ease in making...
So I have put together a little photo tutorial to help...
Well if you are like me and find it easy to look at pictures and understand
then read some long recipe that doesn't make sense that is...
so lets get started...

The ingredients are all here in the picture.
But I will list them below in the order they go...
But first I have to make sure I have the fire going
but I am sure you probably just need to turn the hot plate on...

So to start... heat oil and lightly fry onion with garlic and ginger till soft...
3 tablespoons of olive oil
2 tablespoons of minced ginger or fresh it you have it
1 teaspoon of crushed garlic
1 onion diced

Add

2 tablespoons Turmeric ground...
1 tablespoon Cumin ground...
1 tablespoon Coriander ground...
fry until all is fragrant and smelling lovely

Add
1 1/2 cups of diced vegetable like zucchini and squash

Add
1 1/2 cups of diced sweet potato
I do like to steam mine first in a plastic bag in the microwave
for about 3 minutes

It will look a bit like this
But be careful not to burn it at this point as it is very thick
and only needs to get tossed around a bit

 Add
 2-3 cups of vegetable stock
just enough to cover

 Add
1 cup of red lentils  non soaking variety
I like to give mine a rinse first
This will thicken up a lot when the lentils expand
so don't worry if you think that it is a bit soupy...

Now after about 40 minutes it's read to serve...
I like to add a bit of fresh Coriander and sometimes mint yogurt and boiled rice...
Perfect as an accompaniment  to a curry dish
or just by itself to warm you up...

Flower Garland shelf

Flower Garland shelf
Originally uploaded by mo + me

Oh my Goodness...
this is just the prettiest!!!

A amazing mix
of granny goodness
and thrifty finds...

There is a helpful link
to a "How To"
for the flower garland...

Just click on the pic
and follow the link from
MO + ME...

first aid vintage

the agony of defeat
Originally uploaded by LolaNova

When this delightful picture from
"Lola nova"
popped up in the flickr group
I could not resist posting it...

First aid vintage...
so cool!!!
It always amazes me
seeing the same company names
all over the world...
Johnson and Johnson...
I think of talcum powder...

The smell of talcum powder
reminds me of my grandma so much
She had a old fashioned powder puff
that was yellow...
and we would cover ourselves in powder after every bath
and it smelt so comforting and pretty...

When you think of Johnson and Johnson
what do you think of???

Just vintage loveliness!

Just vintage loveliness!
Originally uploaded by ticking stripes

I just love this picture...
Green glass...
and amazing doily!!!
Thank you "ticking stripes" for sharing
this with the flickr group...

playing house-

playing house-
Originally uploaded by oldflowers4me

I think if I were to play house anywhere...
This would be a great place
to start...
Picture courtesy of
Old flowers 4 me...
I adore the round cushion!!!

Birthday granny goodness

Knit Nook
Originally uploaded by blondiebluvintage

For a little birthday cheer
I looked at all the lovely
pictures that are growing
in the "Loving the Vintage" flickr group...
and thought this picture,
Knit Nook by Blondiebluvintage...
was just the prettiest thing to make me feel all warm and fuzzy...

Please take a look at this sweeties pictures
and follow her profile to her blog...
I am sure you all will love it...

And a quick mention that as a bonus
I am spreading the birthday cheer to all my follows and friends...
In my etsy shop you will find a sale to make you smile...
A two for the price of one on all of my granny patterns...
Just add a note in the checkout of what pattern you would like as a bonus and it's yours...

I do hope you day is as perfect as mine has been...
and will be sure to show lots more vintage goodness very soon...

Vintage home

vintage 1930s kitchen cabinet
Originally uploaded by H is for Home

This gorgeous picture
is the latest in the
" Loving The Vintage"
flickr group...

I would love my kitchen
to look this vintage...

I also love the way
"H is for Home"
has using this
vintage 1930s kitchen cabinet
and styled around it so well...

I really need to takes some pointers...

So for more vintage goodness or to add your pics...
Pop over to the group...

Loving The Vintage Too

Loving The Vintage Too
Originally uploaded by Loving The Vintage

So many gorgeous pictures
uploaded to the group already...


A huge thank you...
and please keep them coming...

I love seeing them and I am sure
everyone else will too...

I love the mix of old and new...

The amazing thrifty finds
lovingly cleaned and prettied up
and given a new lease on life...
and a very cozy place to spend there days I think...

Hmmmmmm
makes me want a pot of tea and a biscuit...
and maybe a comfy place to sit...

Flickr group for all that love Vintage...

river cottage
Originally uploaded by Loving The Vintage

I have added a new flickr group...

"Loving the Vintage" will be a place
to share your granny vintage style...

Everything from kitschy goodness to thrifty finds...
Anything that you love...

Interior and exterior...

Decor, crochet, knitting, clothes, handmade, colour,
quirky objects, flying ceramics, forsaken deer and
so much more
that makes your heart skip and want to go back to the thrifty shop for another look...

so if you enjoy sharing your pictures on flickr
please take a look and add some photo's...
and once a week I will share all the Loving the Vintage goodness
with my blogging friends...

Brightening up my day

Dear Friend...
How cold is it???
Freezing here at the moment...
Some nights as cold as -5 degrees...
Too cold to go outside I think...
But after a little inspiration from my dear friend and her peachy pages of summer sunshine
and with a package from the postman...
I was feeling much brighter...and warmer...

I took my African violet for a spot of sun baking and it is feeling just as warm now...
I do hope the sun is shinning and you are feeling just as bright and chirpy...
with lots of colour and granny goodness...
Regards my dear...
Michelle...
Loving the Vintage...

Oh Deer Me...

My dear friend...
After a very busy week of pattern writing and lots of printing...
I thought it was time to relax and do some rearranging and prettying up of
the kitchen wall at the cottage...

I added some more thrifty find plates...
with the help of a quick visit to the hardware store to get some plate holders and a bit of hammering, up they went...
I don't know how safe they are...but I hope they at least hold fast for a while...

and a unusual thrifty find of the most bizarre...
A felt covered deer...
I painted the antlers and back board white but might change it to a coloured back board if I can find some pretty paint...
I would have loved to show a better pic...but the lighting isn't very good...
He really is a treat...
I thought it might freak out Little Miss but she quiet likes him...
I think if it had a battery in it though she would have him thrown out quick smart...
She is having a bit of a problem with freaky battery operated toys that just seem to make a noise then they are not supposed to...
we have put quite a few in the thrifty bag to go to a "better" home...
which is all good as it does make the op shop ladies very happy...
and I like keeping them happy...
they are just treasures who not only stock the shelves with amazing finds...
but help out so many families who are finding it hard to manage in hard time...Bless them...

so for now I must dash...as I need to finish off a couple more Grandma Trees for my class...
regards my dear...
Michelle...
Loving The Vintage...

Dreaming of Turquoise

Dreaming of Turquoise
Originally uploaded by Loving The Vintage

Wishing it was warmer...
Nothing quite like a bit of flickr searching to do that...
Love turquoise...
I don't tend to decorate myself with it...
Pity really...
This images might change that...

Tovemichelle shop, Pynt

My shop, Pynt
Originally uploaded by tovemichelle12

Follow this lovely link to find some amazing pictures...
This shop looks beautiful...
Oh I could spend hours in it...
Just wish I lived near Pynt...
So colourful and just full of granny goodness...










also love the funky coloured spoons...
oh and the granny blankets,,,lampshade,,,flasks,,,bowls....
Finding the need to just breathe now!!!
Pop over and take a little look...

Gardening at River Cottage...

Gardening at River Cottage...
Originally uploaded by Loving The Vintage

I watched Oprah recently...
She had a man talking about healthy eating...
He had a book out...I wish I could remember the name of it...

He said...
'When you go to the grocery store, only buy food that your Grandma would recognize as food"
Point well said...

This is one of my Turnips in the vegie patch at River Cottage...
I can't believe that I have actually grown something...
Knowing my past record of killing everything that I try and grow...
I am impressed...
and would say if I can do it anyone can...

How Cool

Dear Friend...
How Cool is this book!!!
My Cool Caravan is just full of inspiration for us caravan devotees...
I went and saw the site and fell madly and deeply in love...
and after what seemed like no time at all it was at home with me...
I find that I am still flicking through the pages days later...and reading over and over again all about the treasures inside...
Like Constance...
One of my favorites...


It makes me want to fix up my sad looking Mr Vintage and Roma...
Oh the amount of work they need...
Maybe I just need to find a third one....hmmmmmmm...
After all you know I like collecting three of everything...
I do adore the Shepherds huts in the book...
How amazing ...I never knew of these...
One of them in the yard of River Cottage would be so sweet...

I do hope you have been keeping well my dear...Warming up with the fire going...
or sunning yourself by the sea...
If you are where it is warmer catch some rays for me...My feet are freezing at the moment...

Thank you too for thinking of me...
I know that my life has been rather hectic of late and I never seem to have enough time to spend chatting to you...
I do hope you are taking time out thou to enjoy everything around you...
Like a good book, a cup of tea and a few biscuits as a treat...
and you can always visit me and my granny ways as you know....
and I am sure to visit you too...
as I love catching up with your creative ways and absolute goodness...
Till then my dear....
just keep...
Loving The Vintage...

Tea Time

Dear Friend...
I have been very, very busy crocheting these past few weeks...
And did think it was time to just relax and sit for a day...
A quite time to just take it all in and have a tea...and bicscuit...
Oh well the truth a few biscuits...But I know you aren't counting so that's ok...

and planning of course what is to come...
Yes some very big news soon...
I am so excited I will burst but all will be told by the end of May...
and I know you will just be as thrilled as me...

We are starting to clear a little area for a outside spot...
To sit in the mornings and read the paper and chat and relax...
It just so happens to be the very spot where I take most of my pics so I am begin
very careful to instruct "digging Husband" just where to dig and where not to dig...
as I really love the ivy on this wall and would hate it to be chopped up...
and he does have a tendency to dig willy nilly...
and all of a sudden I end up with something total different to what I had planned in my mind...
Oh those husbands have to be watched closely...don't they...


and I did manage a fabby thrifty trip this week too...
The outfit was completed all in on op shopping trip...
Tights...just kind of like Tif's...less the pretty lace...
Wrap dress...
Singlet underneath...to keep me warm...
and shrug that although mass produced it has a lovely crocheted panel in the back
and is a very sweet colour...
Shoes from previous op shopping trip but still from the same place...
I get so chuffed when an outfit just falls into place...So I don't have to think too hard
about it all...
as I really hate spending ages wondering what to put with what...
And my sea of clothes seems to be a mile high as I think the amount I can get from
op shopping and the price I can manage to get more for my money than buying new...
and find lovely things that I know I would never be able to afford new...
Which also means that "penny watching Husband" doesn't mind either...
Well I think we both like putting our spare change into projects for around the house...
so it works out quite well...

But I really couldn't go past a thrifty find that is just amazing...above...LOVE!!!
Really needs a wash but I am rather worried about doing it myself...
That might get put aside for the dry cleaners...
I have only ever been to the dry cleaner twice in my life so I will be waiting
for the time when I have a few things to take...and that way when they all come back clean and smelling just lovely I will be able to tell myself that,"that wasn't so bad"...
and maybe not leave it so long the next time...
I do hope that your week is as thrifty as mine...
But if not maybe sitting with a cup of tea and a couple of biscuits in a pretty spot
will be just sweet and lovely...
Regards my dear...
Michelle...
Loving The Vintage...

Holiday mode

Dear Friend...
The school holidays seem to have gone so slowly this time...
Maybe now that all of them are at school I actually miss the time I have to myself when they are there...
We went to Nundle for the Chinese new year festival...and it was just the most amazing thing...Great street performances and so many stalls...and yummy food...
It was just lovely to now have weekends off to do that sought of thing...We missed so much when we had the pub...
We have been to the movies twice this holiday...and at the start of the first movie we realised that this was the first time "little miss" had been...Now that's just sad....I hadn't really thought about things like that until now...Like going places together as a family...It was always so much of a rush or just too hard when you have a business that was 7 days a week...
We all now know the importance of just saying...Make time!!!


We have also managed to finish of "my shadows"room, which was a huge job as the walls were horrid and the whole thing needed gaping and well cleaning...
He had to share with "little miss" until it was finished so we were all keen to get it done...
as "little miss" has so much "clutter" in her room there was really only room for a spare bed and all of his things were boxed up while it was getting finished...
Now he has a very spacious room and he "loves" it...
And to finish...I have been crocheting away in my spare time!!!lol...
yes I have spare time...amazing really...I think that is the spare time that I really should be cleaning up the house...folding the washing...or even making beds...
But crocheting seems to relax me...and that just helps!!!

and remember...crocheting can just make it all a little bit brighter...
Regards dear friend...
Michelle...

Loving the Vintage...