'Don't eat the Brown Mushrooms'

I've been tagged by the glamorous and talented Tam from Yakiddy Yak Yak to play along with this cute game.

Go to the closest book to you, not necessarily the book you have just read, or your favourite, but the closest. Turn to page 56 and copy out the 5th line, followed by the next 2 to 5 lines.

Closest book to me:

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carol, 5th line etc:

"After a while she remembered that she still held the pieces of mushroom in her hands, and she set to work very carefully, nibbling first one and then the other, and growing sometimes taller, and sometimes shorter, until she has succeeded in bringing herself down to her usual height."

I'd like to see what these girls have been reading:

Loz and Dinny

Bug and Pop

Hoppo Bumpo

Miss Smith at Home

I won!

I won!

Comfy & Cosy had a giveaway, I entered, and the prize was these 2 enormous, immaculate sheets .... there was so much more that came in the package, all beautifully wrapped, it was like Christmas here today!

Thanks, thanks thanks Comfy & Cosy!

One of the best things about blogging is that people really get to know your taste.

This is a gorgeous apron, love the colours and the needle work, amazing.

.... And this gorgeous table cloth, destined to be remade into something special!

Also some very cute vintage buttons.

I am over the moon!

Now to go and work out some projects!

Folksy Wednesday

Some folksy things from around the house.

I've a bit of 'retro thing' for folksy.

Not enough that I dream of seeing Big D in a pair of pantaloons though!

We are doing our orientation up at 'Big School' at the moment,

Little P has her uniform, and loves wearing it.

Nothing illustrates 'time flying' better than children.

She will be 5 next month.

Christmas Baubles from Vintage Books

I've been making these baubles from Vintage Children's books, it's really simple, if you've got any illustrated books you want to cut up.

Just 6 circles, as big or small as you like, I glued a whole page onto some card, then cut the circles, folded them (with the right sides in) to form semi-circles, then glued them together and looped some embroidery for a hanger!

Easy!! Bob's your Uncles, Fanny's your Aunt,

vintage baubles for Christmas!

Quite addictive to make.

Here's a close-up:

This gorgeous African doll made it's way into my heart and home today via the Op-Shop. Not sure which part of Africa, I'm thinking Masai because of the neck? Seems to be made from recycled fabric, and is all hand beaded. If anyone knows anything about these dolls I'd love to know more!

For The Tree ...

I've been making some deccies for the tree, these are last night's efforts, a cute way to show off some old embroidery and make use of scraps. As you know, I'm really not into minimalist Christmas Trees, the fuller the better for me, I also don't like seeing just one or two colours on a tree - too perfect, makes me nervous! I've some great shots of Halloween, but they are on the new camera and I haven't worked out how to download them yet, I'm slow with technology, but I get there in the end. We had a great time this year, there was a sense of community and all the kids dressed up and went off with the Dad's, whilst the Mum's has wine - win, win!

Shakedown 1994

I'm having a bit of a defenestration, and I happened upon an appointment diary from 1994.

I was working as a temp, doing admin stuff, disliked it, immensely, it paid the rent.

I worked at (amongst others):

Tracey, Brumpton & Hammond Ethnic Affiars Commission

Carlson's Marketing

Coopers and Lybrand

AMP

I went to watch, and listen to (amongst others):

Died Pretty (Vic on the Park)

Louis Tillett (The Sando)

The Verys (The Vulcan)

Charlie Owen (The Annandale)

Bug (The Annandale)

1994 Big Day Out:

The Breeders - massive highlight of the year!

You Am I

Cruel Sea

Bjork

Sound Garden

Smashing Pumpkins

I went to see (amongst others):

Blue Murder at the Belvoir St Theatre

Ate at (amongst others):

The Razor's Edge (Enmore)

North Indian Diner (Newtown)

Happy Chef (Newtown)

Sumali Thai (Newtown)

Betty's Soup Kitchen (Darlinghurst)

Sloan Rangers (Darlinghurst)

Lolita's (Glebe)

A funny snippet of my life, a reminder that I DID go out once - because last night it was pre-school music night, had a great time, not sure if it was as much fun as Big Day Out in 94, just a different kind of fun! It did make me realise just how long it's been since I went to see some live music, must rectify that (if I can handle the noise that is!!)

Pinni Show

Shirl, who used to work at the Oppy, told me about 'Pinni Shows'.

When she lived in the country, every Friday a group of women would get together to have morning tea, as part of the ritual, they would do a 'Pinni Show'.

Whoever had made a pinni during the week had the opportunity to show it off to all the other women! Kind of like a fashion show, I LOVE this idea, I'm keen to start my own 'Pinni Show'.

But in the mean time, I'll have one online. Here are my most recent finds!