Did somebody say 'heatwave'? No thanks. I can't believe how hot it's been lately and I can't even think straight from the heat. Dear Lord, please let it be over soon? Amen.
And I got it for half price at $2.50.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Wednesday
And I got it for half price at $2.50.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Sunday
Sweet mini hand painted plate found for $1;
Three little vintage plates that set me back $2 each, but I just had to have them;
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Thursday
It's the Australia Day holiday today, and it's stinking hot like it has been for days and days AND DAYS now. I don't think I can stand it anymore. Holiday or no holiday, I just want to hibernate in the fridge until summer goes away.
Onto more pleasant things...
Remember my free oil painting and wooden frame story?
If not, read here;
and here;
I've finally made some progress since then. All I need to do now is paint the fancy edge gold, then hang in up. Yay for me!
The wood stain ended up being a little darker than I wanted, but I still like it. And as you can see, the stain seeped through to the fancy edge even though I prepped like mad before hand! It matters not, because it is going to be painted gold anyway.
After staining the frame...
Monday, January 23, 2012
Tuesday
More lovely miniature plates found, the first one with complimentary dust and finger prints!
I always smile and think of the dear hubby when I find a collectible with a Tasmanian theme on it. Found for only 50 cents;
Lovely hand painted Wax Flower plate, found for $1;
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Sunday
Found for free but not very usable to anybody in Australia. This 'vintage' vegetable cutter obviously came from another country (see last photo) at some stage, and I'm guessing long ago. I can't plug it into the wall socket, so what am I going to do with it?? Option 1. would be to advertise it in the local rag and Option 2. would be to take it to the second hand store. There could be somebody out there that can change the plug to suit the wall socket, who knows. My own clever hubby can easily do this, but I really don't want to bother him with something that I probably wouldn't use anyway!
This is what I'm talking about;
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Thursday
Yesterday, I thought it was today. So I had made particular plans, but now I'll have to change them. Darn it! This morning hubby told me that our cat was playing with a gecko last night under the bed. Oh that's just great, I replied... now I will have to forever keep checking the floor for monsters! Ever had one of those days?
2 egg cups found for 50 cents each. I noticed the flower patterns were a little different to each other after I got them home, but who cares really?
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Monday
The last few days have been very uncomfortable. The humidity (and heat) has been overwhelming for me and I'm one of those people that doesn't handle it very well.
Although be it my imagination or not, I don't think we've quite had the usual amount of hot days here in W.A. this summer... but then again summer ain't over so there is still time for more heat to hit us.
Blah, yuk and BLAH to summer and please bring on winter!
A freebie found last year; small round cane table. I'm only guessing it's a table and not a sitting stool because I know the top certainly couldn't handle any body weight all that well.
I quite like all the cane furniture I've found in the past, as cheap as it looks. One of those thin pieces at the bottom was broken off, but resourceful me always keeps certain bits and pieces on hand and I just happened to have an exact piece of thin cane and fixed her right up. Can you see it? Of course not - because I did an excellent job. And it's not the part where 'you think' it is. lol. I've been using it for a few months as a plant stand out on the patio and it's still holding up very well, so I must have done something right. ;)
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