Stuff I Am Selling This Week

I have ten auctions running this week. I was very organised and uploaded them on Sunday.
I am selling two lots of old "Victoria" magazines and my now completed "Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows."


Georgeous shantung and sequins wedges. These are a little too small for me or I would be keeping them!


Four English fine bone china tea plates, vintage of course!


Cute Royal Show kewpie doll in my second favourite colour.


Vintage eighties brooches.

Next week I will be listing a puffy patchwork quilt and lots of clothes.

"The Secret" Works For Thrifting!

Most people have heard about the secret. Not really a secret, it is basically positive thinking and to be it you have to feel it.
So I haven't won a million dollars yet but I am working on it! It has been working for all my thrifting though! I have found amazing things lately.
Look at this haul from the Sunday swap-meet!


Plates, tureen and trio from the Alfred Meakin "Elegance" dinner set that I collect. The first time I have ever seen this pattern in "real" life.
Also a pretty green enamel bowl painted with pink roses, my two fave colours and fave flower!


The next two books in the "Shopaholic" series which I have been dying to read. Every time I have gone to buy them at the shops they have been out of stock or I don't have any spare cash.
Beautiful vintage tray with lots of roses!
The "Kai und Mia" book is a quirky gift for my brother, Kai.


I was over the moon when I spotted this thermos. Brand new and only $3! I collect these, I think this is number six.
And I couldn't believe it when I got these salt and pepper shakers, they are wooden and just the shade of pink I love!



The wicker mirror is a great shade of pink too. Probably needs to be repainted but who can complain for fifty cents?

Harry Potter, Tom & Cupcakes

I have been lost to the world recently due to the above book. I finished it yesterday and it is definitely my favourite of the series. I am not going to post any spoilers which was another reason I have stayed offline recently. It would have been awful to have the ending revealed before I had finished the book!


Tom has made a little friend, a neighbors kitten. He is rather neglected by his owner. Just skin and bone and filthy. He is very scared of people too. I give him food and cuddles because I feel so sorry for him. My husband gave him a bath last night and he is actually bright orange under the filth!


I bought these set of four cupcake and ballerina greeting cards from Gail McCormak recently. Too nice to use as cards. I framed them with clip frames from Ikea and they are now on my kitchen wall.

My Ebay Auctions This Week

I have ten auctions running this week and they all finish on Sunday. I am only showing a few in this post as basically I am feeling lazy and I want to play "Big City Adventure" on Big Fish Games. I am totally addicted to Big Fish Games, especially IQ type puzzles and hidden object challenges.


Wedgwood jasper ware trinket box. This one is in the rare blue on white colour way.


Vintage poodle tray. Aren't they adorable?


This is a combined candle holder and picture or plate stand. It caught my eye because of the little praying girl.


Vintage chandelier light shades. These are becoming so hard to find! This set is particularly pretty with the gold braid and feminine organza fabric.


Two cute pretty in pink flamingos, very retro!

Decluttering

The kids are on school holidays and I always use some of that time to declutter. I am very much a Virgo in that way; things have to be organised and they have to have somewhere they belong.
I also like moving things around as it gets rid of stagnant energy and adds a feeling of freshness.
I tackled a spot that always attracts junk and grime; the top of the fridge. I took everything off it, wiped it down and just left two fuchsia vintage canisters and an old salt shaker. The canisters are chock full of bits and bobs!



When I was sorting through my kitchen cupboards I came across the old blue anodised shopping basket you can see hanging in the background. I love it when you find things you forgot you had, it's like a surprise gift!



I hung this vintage string dispenser dolly from the shelf above the fridge. Found on a recent thrift at the church op-shop. Too cute!



This is the shelf above the fridge. I added the "chic" plaque I recently bought off ebay. The fairy cake sign has also been moved here.

My Coffee Table

I posted recently about the coffee table I bought from ikea. It was boring beige, so I painted it white. I wanted to paint the inserts white also but Jon put his foot down. I am working on him.
I am making a first attempt to put a movie on my blog where you can see lots of shots of the coffee table.
This was taken after I had gone to work on a Saturday. I thought Jon cleaned the house when I was at work but I was wrong!

The painting above the fire was done by me when I was sick with the flu. I was so fed up of not being able to go thrifting that I just had to do something creative.

Sorry I Have Been AWOL....

...I have had the flu and have been thrifting! I have taken some photos of my recent finds. Last weekend I managed to get out of bed before 6 am to go to the swap-meet. I was so excited to find some pieces of the Alfred Meakin "Elegance" that I collect, the first time I have ever found any in "real" life (not ebay.)
They were all in the yellow colourway, not my favourite of the six colours (that would be pink of course!) but still lovely.
The seller also had a soup tureen but I didn't have enough money on me. I totally meant to go back there this weekend and get it but I was too hungover (for shame).
I am hoping the $35 price tag has put most punters off as they all seem to want to spend fifty cents at most.

Thrifting

Went thrift shopping with my husband in tow recently, a very bad idea as he "hates all this old shit" as he so charmingly puts it.
He rushed me through the thrift shops but I did manage to grab this divine stool for $2. White, chippy paint with a roses tapestry seat.



The stack of books are old car manuals that my dad gave me to sell on ebay for him. I have more than enough of my own to sell at the moment. We want to put our place on the market so I need to sell all the things I am not in love with anymore in preparation for a house move.



I also bought this huge tray from the 1950's with lovely ballerina decorations.
It is currently on the bottom shelf of this ikea coffee table holding all the remotes and xbox accessories.


I just HAD to paint this coffee table white. It has inserts where you can display things under glass. At the moment I have put in old plates, sea shells, fairy stones and old photos. Even ikea can be made vintage chic!

Ebay Auctions This Week 21/6

I went for a job interview today to work at the Markets in an old fashioned toy shop. They had so many of the Russian nesting dolls that I love! I spotted a gorgeous pink and gold one.
This job would be great for me because it is in an affluent area with fantastic thrift stores! Is that an insane reason to want a job? Because of its proximity to my favourite op shops?
I am a bit late as usual posting this weeks auctions. They all finish on Sunday.

Old Carlton Ware tea set in a very dark green. I have never seen this pattern before!


Love the Missoni styling of this top!


Brand new Stella McCartney t-shirt. It has a bird print!


Pink kitchen scales. I used to use these as a display item in my kitchen but I was given another pink set for Christmas. I use my new scales as a fruit bowl and to weigh eBay parcels. As you can surmise, I am NOT a baker!


Pink enamel ware vase from my collection. I put the transfer on myself. It actually looks like a real painted rose!


New floral print shoes. Wish these fit me as they are SO shabby chic!


Pretty pink light weight knit.

Belated Wedding Picture & Plates

Lori recently had a wedding week and I meant to show some photos but never got around to it.



Jon and I got married in January 1999. It was a nice day. I am not a big wedding person, really. Funny really when my house is so girly that I have never been into the big white dress and overpriced reception. My Dad offered me $10,000 dollars at the time to elope and I so should have taken it. Mum would have been upset though.
Jon and I are posing here in the grounds of the University Of WA, not in a jungle!




Sandwich plates in Alfred Meakin "Elegance." My goal is to one day have one of each of the six different colours. Only three to go!

A Lovely Friend

My friend Jullie from Jullie's World sent me this lovely surprise package recently.




I was overjoyed that she had sent me this sweet little cup that matches the "Elegance" by Alfred Meakin pattern that I collect.


Jullie makes these tags herself. She designed them using some of my favourite photos. You can order these from her by contacting her at her blog. I am using these tags as thank you cards with my auctions. It makes me feel very professional!


Jullie also made this gorgeous glittery tag card about girlfriends and this cute primitive heart. Click on the picture to see what it says, very amusing!

Ebay Auctions This Week

Thanks for all the comments about my scrapbooks. I really enjoy flicking through magazines at the newsagency to see if they are "scrapbook worthy."
Ikea is having a big clearance sale so my friend and I are off to check it out. I want some of those glass clip frames for my daughters artwork (she loves to paint.)

Below are all the things I am selling on ebay this week. Click here to got to my auctions.

This is a gorgeous eggshell porcelain vintage tea set. In the harlequin style, popular in the 1950's.

The prettiest pinup girl heels! Wish they were my size!


Vintage pin cushion, made of old greeting cards with millinery flower decoration.


Old Italian Florentine tray.


Two "Bollywood Chic" cushion covers!


Gorgeous "Cafe" sign pour La Cuisine!


New black strappy heels.


And more measuring cups for those that missed out :)

My Scapbook and Ugly Betty

My husband picked up an exercise bike for me (on sale at Kmart - 50% off!) which is fantastic as it has been very stormy weather here and it has been difficult to go walking. It has also been challenging getting the washing dry (no dryer, we usually don't need them here) and certain family members, I am ashamed to say, have been forced to go commando!
I was using the exercise bike while watching Ugly Betty and although I love the show, her hair really bugs me. Why can't she tie it back and get that hair out of her eyes?
And another thing; her father seems to be unemployed, is an illegal immigrant, Betty and her sister don't have the best paid jobs but they can afford braces for Betty AND the sister's kid? Call me Cruise, but aren't braces really expensive? Like, thousands of dollars?

I can't post without pictures. Here are some of my "Dream Home" scrapbooks. I love adding all the gorgeous, inspiring things I find in magazines.