Tuesday

A little sweet cabinet found for free.  Absolutely nothing was wrong with it - apart for those odd mismatching handles.  I did replace them with two of the same eventually.  I keep my little crafty bits and pieces in it - just perfect!

Free Childcraft books from the 1970's or 1980's.  I did see more of these (possibly the whole set) in the junk pile, but they were water damaged due to the fact that it had been lightly raining a few days before hand.  Oh well, four are better than none, right?

And lastly for today.... A free old top, turned into cute art.   As you can see, the top was stretched, a little faded and too ugly to wear so I salvaged and saved poor Winnie the Pooh in a frame.  How cute is that?

Monday

I found two Peter Rabbit egg cups, both at different times / op shops, and both for $1.  Notice the differences?  But of course I love them both just the way they are.  :) 

Now, I don't know much about copy right and trade marks etc. and I AM a little confused.  One of the egg cups is the real deal (Frederick Warne & Co.) and one is a fake (Made in China).  But both have 'tm' written after the name.  If an image/character is clearly copy right, then how can there be a fake and how do they get away with making and selling it?  Just curious is all, as they say in the U.S.  ;)

The only thing I can see that would make it different enough is the colour change.  Is that really enough though to rip somebody else's original idea?  

Well you may not find it so interesting, but obviously I do! 

Saturday

After collecting yarn for a few years now... I still don't get bored of finding a bargain.  Sometimes I know what I'll use it for, sometimes I don't.  Either way, it's all good and I will probably keep collecting it until the day my eye sight is no more.  I say that because my eye sight has diminished rapidly this past year and I fear the worst.

I've started wearing glasses to knit at night - something I shouldn't be doing because I make more mistakes when I'm sleepy/tired.  Thankfully day time is ok (notice I wrote 'ok' and not 'good').  Oh well, nobody can stay whole forever, this is true.  In the meantime I will enjoy finding yarn!  Found for $1 each (the Faith was both for $1) ...

Friday

  I must always be at the right place, at the right time when it comes to finding decorative plates and I can't believe they aren't snapped up quickly!  I must be one of the very few collectors in town.... or I'm just quicker at finding them which suits me just fine, thanks very much.

How can nobody love My Little Pony?  Found for a mere 50 cents.

 

 How sweet is this plate?  Found for only $1.

   

This 3D plate isn't without a couple of tiny chips, the type you really need to look hard to find but I can live with that.  I think even the most careful person would have a hard time keeping this in one piece and I'm surprised that it lacks more damage.  Still, a lovely one found for a whole $2.

Wednesday

Furga love of dolls.... 

I had a few dolls when I was a wee lass, but I don't remember being overly obsessed with them.  One special doll is this pretty ' Furga' which was given to me in 1970 (or was is 1971?) at the ripe age of 4, when the family arrived in Australia... all the way from Italy via ship.  I was told that the gift was from the actual ship company and apparently the little angels were given dolls and the little tyrants where given something else.  Everything was a blur back then on that big ol' ship along with very few vivid memories etched into my mind.  I don't remember receiving the doll, but I remember flashes of my father being ill on the bed.  I don't remember eating or sleeping or anything else for that matter, but I remember wearing an inflatable yellow life saving suit, not to mention remembering being petrified of having it on.  

Funny how we sometimes remember the more upsetting things from our childhood.

Today this doll doesn't have the original clothing and I have no clue why, but my dear mother did make a little outfit years ago to cover her shame.  The reason you see her naked is because I had washed her clothes before taking the shots.  She has a scar on her tummy from some kind of abuse, but I like to think that it was from tummy surgery long ago.  ;)  I still think she's pretty, after all these years.  And look at that massive hair! 

Saturday

You know what? I'm so glad I found this lovely vintage J & G Meakin dinner set.  From the research I've done, it's likely to be from the 1960's but I'll have to investigate further.  It's in beautiful condition with no chips or cracks at all.

Quite amazing to find something old in this condition!  It was priced at $30, but I got it down to $25.  Better than no discount at all, I say.  They don't make dinner sets like this anymore...

Consists of;

4 cups

4 saucers

4 little plates

4 large plates

4 bowls

Friday

Dear fellow free pickers, junk collectors, op shop finders and all other sorts of thrifty people,

It's finally come to that crucial point.  I've less to show you these days, yes that's right!  This past year or so I had been showing you all the cool stuff that I had accumulated these past few years (some much older) and now that I've been 'collecting' less because of lack of space for it all in and outside of my home, I'll have to blog less than usual.  

But don't fret my fellow trashies and treasure finders, because there will be a time in the near future when I'll gather more.  But in the meantime...

A good assortment of freebies found:

Magazines passed onto dear hubby.

No attachments with this Kodak camera where found, but easy enough to find.

Tee shirt in new condition.  Not my style, but for some unknown reason I'm holding on to it for now.  The sleeves are a little tight and it has an odd fit.  Maybe that's why they trashed it.

Are you looking at me, punk?

 It's plastic and I love it.  My mother has one just like it and I like to think that I found it's twin.  I might change the plant to something more lush to hide the ugly brown pot inside though.

Simply 'a fish'.  Wooden and golden and ready to hang somewhere, like in my car.