Whatnot and Devine Intervention

While sewing and admiring my new 3/4 finished
Whatnot garland...
Which I will add is a very important part of the tutorial
and you will find all the details HERE...
I realized that I needed a few more
doilies to add to the charm...
Call it what you may but I had a immediate need to
grab my purse, jump in the car
and head straight to the op shop...
While wandering aimlessly around the shop
I thought that the pickings were very slim...
very slim indeed ,not a doily in sight...
and pondered the thought that I must have been wrong
and maybe I just needed to have a few minutes away
from my sewing to get perspective
or something like that...
As I reached the counter to pay for my very unexciting shirt find...
There it was!!!
Hiding behind the counter with a price tag on it...
I held my breath for a second and let out the ever so faintest...
"Is that for sale"
The lady took a look and said...
"I think it must be, it has a price tag on it...
I think it has been out the back for,
well as long as I can remember, it does seem strange that
suddenly they are getting rid of it"
My response...
"I'll take it"
I popped it in the car and ended that sentence with a
"THANK YOU"

Loving The Vintage...

Something so sweet

A little while ago I was thrilled to receive
a most amazing gift...Of the utmost kind...
Now most would think a gift so perfect as this surely
I would want to blog it to the world....
Well yes I have wanted to but as you can imagine
something so sweet as my very own
Dottie angel apron needed a pic to go with it...
And not just any "whip out the camera and snap" pic...
It needed more...
Hence my dilemma...


I have managed to take and discard about 40 shots so far...
and still I want a much better shot...
This last shoot I had the self timer on and propped the camera
on a chair...I really need to get a tripod...
or a assistant...
Of course today after all the pics were taken I spent the rest
of the day mowing and weeding this exact spot...
Oh well I am sure I can take more pics...you can count on it...

Cause this apron is more than just a apron
the hand embroidered "Mr Vintage" is amazing!!!
and the colour is just me!!!
and well it just feels so darn comfy on!!!

Thanks Tif for an amazing birthday swap...

Now I do have to let you in a something just a exciting
Dottieangel gift cards will soon be in her etsy shop,
Plus I am sure a whole lot more...
Just don't nab all of them as I am counting the days till
the update...Check out her etsy shop for details...

Now hopefully I will be able to spend the rest of the night catching up
on every ones posts...
and see what great things every ones been doing...
Loving The Vintage...

Caravan Community

Is you Ecological Footprint so big it is
squashing your community???


Well here is a Challenge of the Utmost kind...
For the next 365 days...Hmmmmm that's long!!!
I will try really, really hard to
Only buy handmade,handcrafted, vintage, secondhand
or no longer wanted goods for myself and my home...

Now I do have a few exclusions:
Underwear and socks...
Hair dye (I really don't want to be totally grey just yet)...
Gifts that are given to me...cause that's just plan rude...
And Crafting supplies...like wool and sewing needles etc
as I am really sure no one will buy my crocheted crafted creations if they were made out of used wool and stuffing etc

Now if I fall of the wagon I will let you know
But as with life I will just get back on and try again...

Now if you a keen to follow just checkout dottie's blog
and play along too...
And in some small way it will hopefully shrink my carbon footprint
from a paddock to a backyard...

Loving The Vintage...

Pot Holder

Absolutely Loving Emma Lamb's potholders...
Take a look at her photo steam at flickr...
It has inspired me to make (one)...

Well more would be nice
but I will start with one...

And of course the lovely Tiff's potholder wall is
just as delightful...

Now for quiet a read check out Emma Lamb's last post HERE
She was invited to put her pic of her potholder wall display
onto the apartment therapy site...which looks fab...I must say...
But the comments that people have left on this site are just shocking...
Really how can people be so opinionated...and not in a nice way...
I think if you don't like something that's fine but if you don't just don't leave a comment and let the people that do comment away...
But knowing all the lovely crafty girls out there like you, you will be amazed my the amount of work that Emma has put into this collection...
Well worth a look...
Loving The Vintage...