Sweet Fabric:
the ranch

I was actually looking for blue stuff for my sister but this DIVINE set of mixing bowls had my name all over them.

Op Shop visits have been few & far between over the summer but I was well rewarded on my sneaky stop over the other day.

I confess that the red kitchen collection is getting a little out of hand but what's a girl to do?

Happy weekend lovely folk. Hoping that the Op Shops are good to you & Camberwell's Trash & Treasure is good to me. I do love a bargain.

PS: If you'd love a bargain of the fabric kind you'd better quick click here. It's the very last day of Aunty Cookie's super sale.

FINALLY there's a bit of action on the landscape front.

I had a picture of the type of thing I wanted in my flickr favourites but this is so much better than I could have imagined. I can't wait until the "sashing" is planted. Just hugely exciting really.

I'm going in search of an outdoor table top this arvo & then catching up on some creative spaces from yesterday.

Happy weekend lovely folk. x

Since my disastrous ebay chaise purchase I've been on the hunt for a little sofa/settee/love seat for the space under the window in the family room.

Most of our furniture has been handed down, rescued, opped or picked up on the side of the road. This was not. It was purchased from 20th Century Scandinavia, 79 Lygon Street in Brunswick (9387 2664). That place is like heaven on earth. I was spoilt for choice!

I'm very pleased with the way everything has come together. I whipped up the cushions yesterday from a Warwick Fabric sample.

Read Lucy's post on 20th Century Scandinavia here.

It's been a big long weekend.

Shopping, cooking, footying, coffeeing, gym competitioning.

The biggest news in this lot of "ings" is that there was no crafting to be had - not even at the gym comp & I'm usually very well prepared for the 4 hours of boring.

& this is the way the weekend ended. Crumpled heaps in front of Masterchef last night & then falling into bed.

I've been looking the other way in Op Shops when it comes to stackers lately. I've got more than my fair share & a girl can only drink so many cups of tea.

I can tell you, there was no sideways glance when I spotted these at the Camby Market yesterday. I reckon I probably knocked over about half a dozen people in my rush to grab them.

I've been a stacker fan for a good long time & I've never seen anything quite like these.

Off to make a cuppa now.

It's done!

Exhaling all over the place.

A good day for our little family.

twice.

When we moved from our first family home the only thing I was sorry to leave was our height chart.

Determined not to have the same regrets I made sure the height chart of the-then-new-house was moveable - on the inside of the linen press door.

This door is about to be fixed to the wall in the craft room.

Sentimental? You bet!

you bet!

These brass burners were pretty badly tarnished. They've come up wonderfully (& with very little elbow grease).

I just gave them a light buff with steel wool after they had soaked in Coke for a few days. If you're going to have a crack at this...

-Get an airtight container (to keep the bubbles bubbling longer).

-Place your burners in the container & fill with Coke until they are well covered.

-Regularly change the Coke over the next couple of days.

-Buff with steel wool (not jex...the real stuff).

& proud of it.

We've had a quote to replace the fence which is absolutely beyond our reach at the moment. So today I've fashioned myself a render look fence using shade cloth & cable ties.

I just wrapped the old cyclone wire fence in the cloth, pulled tight & then used my hand stitching skills with cable ties to hold everything in place.

Imagine my delight when I found that they actually make shadecloth in "Woodland Grey".

Proving that having a crafty mind is useful for all sorts of thing.

I've not been around much. It's all been smoke & mirrors...just logging on to update & then getting over to the old place to work. I'm hoping that it will all be worth it & I'll be able to justify another 12 months without paid employment because of all the "renovating" I've been doing. Anyway enough of the excuses.

It's poor & I'm sorry. I've really appreciated the lovely comments, favourites, visits & encouragement despite my "help yourself & slam the door behind you when you leave" attitude lately.

I thought you all deserved a little present & I reckon this is one you'll appreciate.

More signage!

I've sent it to Flickr nice & large so that you can download & print as you like. Ours is hung on the pantry door but I think nice for the studio/craft space or master bedroom if you've got co-sleeping issues you're trying to work through.

Anyway...lots of love to you all & see you soon (I hope). x

I purchased these about a year ago. I spotted them in Sally's sidebar & after a couple of quick clicks they were mine. I stored them away, waiting for the house to be finished & I finally put them up during the week & I'm thrilled with the way they look.

Very appropriately hung above the bar.

Trixie Delicious is one of my very favourite Etsy sellers. I've seriously got my eye on this plate too.