Collection

A collection of three purses I found today whilst thrifting/garage saling :)

Vintage wicker shoulder bag - $5 garage sale

Vintage black satchel - $8 garage sale

Vintage Oroton Silver Glomesh purse - $2.50 op shop

Funny story

Last weekend we went out to try a new cafe for breakfast Saturday morning and found ourselves lusting after a neighbouring timber table. We have been keeping an eye out for a new timber table for our deck for a while now and this one looked perfect. When we looked around we noticed that everything in the restaurant seemed to have price tags and be for sale. We asked about the table and yes, it was too. We decided to think about it a little more as.. well, it would have been the most expensive breakfast we have ever had! The next day we had decided that we couldn't imagine not having the table and headed to the cafe to ask to buy it. When we arrived there were customers at either end eating off it and since we wanted to see if it would fit in our car we asked if we could measure it. Putting a tape measure at the end, Mr Bejewelled measured while people were enjoying their breakfast! One guy said.. "um, can you at least wait until we've finished our breakfast before you buy the table?!" So funny. The owners ended up delivering it for us on Monday. And that is the story of our new table! 

Weekend-In

It's been great this weekend. Decided to take an extra long one and make the most of the Australia Day public holiday. The brief burst of sunshine for Australia Day couldn't have been better planned! 

And the rainy weather for the rest of the weekend has actually made us want to stay in, which, after quite a few busy weekends in a row, has felt just blissful. It has also provided the opportunity to appreciate some recent home purchases and reworks completed over the last few weeks.. Didn't realise this til now but it seems we have kind of been on a home improvement/refresh binge.. looking back, not quite sure how we have fit everything in! 

Grey skies... with no indications of change for at least the next week..

Fresh roses to brighten our days

Roses- just from Woolies

Wooden box - Vintage cigar box from great grandfather

Coaster - 8euro (for pack of 6) from streetstall in Paris

Some beautiful vintage childrens' books with whimsical illustrations

$4 each, op shop

Old church pew = large amount of seating on our deck

A very considered buy (not used to dropping this kind of moolah on stuff for the house!) $500 - Demolition yard

 A practical use for colourful old cans

Vintage cans - $2 each, Demolition yard

A bedroom makeover. 

New bedlinen (Country Road sale), curbside collected fold up chair painted navy and used as bedside table (free + paint)

Painted wardrobes.. no longer casting darkness in our bedroom! 

Paper lightfitting.. an incredibly inexpensive way to freshen things up, no electrician required

Paper shade: $9, Bunnings

Vintage ironing board as entry table
$40 - Demolition yard

Love the 'Instructions for use' sticker on reverse of ironing board..

Bookcase better organised

Our other two 'curbside collection' chairs.. brought back to life with a lick of paint. 
Free + paint

Raided the in-laws' wild tomato vines while they are overseas = one killer tomato sauce! 
Free! 

Saturday night in.. followed by Sunday leftovers. Yum! 

Hope you are having a lovely weekend! 

Keeping spirits high

Last week I had some surgery and have been feeling miserable staying at home. Not to mention guilty that I have missed more work than I thought I would. My days are a haze of painkiller dozes and bad daytime tv...  

Though here are some of the parts I have been trying to make the most of, while (pretty much) house bound.

Pink paddy cake from a local bakery on pretty china

A sweet 70's beach chair found recently during roadside collection - hubby thinks it is hideous but wasn't going to let that stop me! 

Beachy new Havaianas.. very impressed I was that I ordered these from General Pants online one morning and had them at my door the same time the next day! (and free postage I might add) PS: falling into online shopping is easy while house bound...

Dogs dropping the act that they don't like each other! 

Loving

Peach tea cordial

Vintage sign found at an antique shop

Pretty organisation

Silver & white

The abundance of herbs since Spring hit

My current guilty pleasure.. American Pickers

I find myself quoting the show while op shopping, searching for 'rusty gold'! 

Recap

It was not my intention to leave it so long between posts.. but alas, better later than never right? Here is a recap of the goings on.. at least the goings on caught on film :-)

Finally discovered music festivals (it's only taken me until I was 28) and rocked out like we were teenagers at Parklife. I think we could have been the oldest people there, but hey, still loved every minute!

Chilled out at Qpac's Greenjam Sessions whilst wondering where they bought all the cool cushions & rugs...

Was charmed by an antique trunk and decided to make it our new coffee table

Gave our laundry area a freshen up with a coat of paint for our vintage laundry cupboard and added a pretty plant on top

Watched our jasmine keep creeping in all directions! 

Celebrated our anniversary

And was spoilt rotten in the process

Escaped the city and enjoyed some much needed rest by the beach

And spotted a super cute wild bunny rabbit! 

Watched as talented truck drivers played tetris with fancy cars in the lead up to Indy

Gave ourselves a 'masterchef like' challenge.. no buying our weekly fruit & veg from fruit and veg shops.. instead only from roadside stalls.. Potato & avocado salad anyone? 

Admired tropical produce.. and broke the challenge to buy one chocolate pudding fruit. Yes. You heard that right. Nom noms.

Enjoyed the sunshine! 

Red, White & Blue

I didn't plan it this way but it turns out most of my weekend op shop purchases followed the red, white and blue theme.

Dresses, $5 each. 

Top: $4 / Skirt: $5 / Top: $4 / Shirt: $6

Yep... And I found another bike.. even fit into my theme! 

A bit more practical than my other bike, it has gears. It was like Christmas riding it over the weekend.

At a grand total of $39 I have to say, not bad!