And the winner is...

Thanks for all your lovely birthday wishes everyone.

Using the Random Number generator we have found a winner, and the winner is...

ANTIQUE ROSE DESIGNS

Congratulations Carol, will be sending your goodies out to you real soon
Heres a peek of what will be coming your way!!!!

Hope everyone had a lovely weekend, cherubs are back at school tomorrow, will feel rather strange not having them home!

Currently available in my ebay store.....

Smocked vintage cushions...

Thanks for entering my birthday giveaway everyone, will have a winner on Sunday and will announce it here on the blog plus a picture of the prize so do check back!!

Don't you just love these old vintage cushions, they go under several names, pinwheel, smocked, round vintage and someone told me once that they made them at school as part of their home economic sewing lessons...

This is a real vintage one (above) I currently have available for purchase in my ebay store

And the one below is one I made myself. Yes folks I know how to SEW! Dont do much of it these days but used to sew everything from my own clothes to rabbits in Christening gowns to curtains and quilts when I was younger. Three kids later, not so much lol!

Got to feel pretty movtivated to do it these days and this was the result...

How did it start, well I came across an old Simplicity sewing pattern from the 1970's featuring these little darlings and thought what the heck I'll give it a go.

Made it from an old Damask vintage curtain, it took a few days as they are quite fiddly but here it is. They do require a lot more fabric than what you think too, surprisingly so.

I think it turned out ok. Have already sold this one but will make another soon, nice to do something different!

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TODAY..

Yess sur eee it surely is and it feels like its been my birthday all week. My friends took me out to dinner last night, lunch out tomorrow with some other dear buddies and a family dinner tonight.

So who's spoilt rotten, well me!

So I thought as a little birthday treat I would do a BIRTHDAY GIVE AWAY!!!

yes thats right one lucky blogger will be getting a present from me!

Not sure what it will be yet, stay tuned, I will rumage through my treasure chest and see what beautiful delight I can find to send in the post.

Just leave a comment and you are in (make sure to leave an email address if you are not a blogger!)

Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me (grin)

Just had to share...

Oh my, I have found the most gorgeous sconces on my treasure hunt this week.

And I didnt find just one but FOUR!!

And not only that they are DRESDEN CHINA

You can make a bid for them here and they could be yours!

Also found one of my latest passions, Victorian Domes, this one holds the decorations from a Wedding Cake, there is even a little Venetian mirror in there represents the point listed below. The Victorian bride planned their wedding down to the last detail:

WHAT DO THE SYMBOLS IN A WEDDING DOME MEAN?

OAK LEAVES ~ Longevity of Union

SHEAVES OF WHEAT ~ The gift of Life

RECTANGULAR MIRRORS ~ Years of engagement (only one in my dome so they married after a year)

DIAMOND SHAPED MIRRORS ~ fertility

LARGE CENTRAL MIRROR ~ Reflection of the soul

CLUSTERS OF GRAPES ~ Prosperity

ROSES OR DAISIES ~ Love (lots of daisies on the centre basket in my dome)

CHERRIES ~ Protection from bad fortune

IVY ~ Attachment to each other

CHESTNUT TREE LEAVES ~ Links to others.

This wedding dome is over 100 years old so parts of it have collapsed.

I would like to put some of the decorations back in place, a little dove has fallen off the gate and the etched mirror to the back is off to one side but I will have a good think about it first before lifting the dome off. Of course the colours have faded too, this is a genuine "time worn" piece.

You know as I go on with my collections I'm noticeing that I am drawn to more unusual and unique items, I've sold off many of my early collections, particularly the pink rosey shabby stuff from the early days. My tastes are changing and moving on, hope I dont end up going totally modern one day..... nah it will never happen ha!

So nice to spend time with friends...

Had a great girls weekend away up in some other hills out country (not the one I live on lol). The weather was beautiful for the whole weekend, so it was lovely to sit in the sun whilst we had breakfast each morning at the local cafe in town.

Me in front of the fish filled dam in front of the "shack"

Self contained out in the bush with a shed full of blood hounds a bit further up the hill. Yep it is deer hunting country around these parts. Of course we didnt! Did realise though that blood hounds are the cutest dogs, what expressive faces!

My friend Sue chopping wood for the fire, not sure she did so well with a whole tree!

Thanks Lainey for driving us there and back and thanks to E for great company. So lovely to chat into the night about everything and all. Love you girls :0)

Of course I have found more treasures for my ebay store too, take a look if you feel like browsing.

very pretty shabby chic style bedside cupboards, my husband is hoping someone will buy these or they may well end up in our bedroom!

The shades on these sconces are just divine, and look brand new (but are quite old)

Pretty dresser set with roses.

Danish biscuit tin


beautiful Sanderson fabric boudoir chair, how gorgeous!

thanks for visiting :0)

Time Flies.........

Thought I would do a quick blog post! I will actually be away over the weekend with three of my closest friends, off to a cabin out country, cant wait! These are real friends, not the type who start up a yahoo group just to be nasty about people they pretend to be friends with (sorry but it still hurts and learning curve or not it doesnt take the sting out of it especially as most of them were too gutless to make a heartfelt apology or obviously didnt give a shite anyway or were too busy throwing counter accusations to see clearly what a truely hurtful, nasty, incredibly immature and crappy thing they did).

But sorry I digress, this is going to be a lovely weekend to kick back and relax with real people who actually care about you, support you in good times and bad, are thrilled with the achievements you have made in life and also we will get to do a bit of antiquing too yay! So wont be able to answer any emails till I get back which will be weird not having a computer for a few days :0)

Just dont know where the time goes these days, to say I am "time poor" is an understatement! Just did a big post out of ebay parcels this morning though so am catching up. Of course having a cold doesnt help either but at least its not swine flu!!

Look what my husband brought home for me the other day as he knows I've been unwell for a bit. Cheered me up no end :0) I adore lillies and the climate and soil is perfect for them up here plus a friend of hubbys has a lillium farm just down the road so I am determined to fill the garden up with them as soon as I can.

Of course I still managed to find a few more treasures during the week, its gotta take more than a bad cold to stop me lol! In my ebay store if you are interested...

Who can resiste a vintage pink "frou frou" hat. Have you ever seen so many pink millinary flowers??

You hardly ever find these old celluliod vanity boxes in Australia and this one is just divine with all the gold scrolls and cherubs



Chalkware Crinoline Lady, just SO PRETTY!

And a matching pair of Italian crystal candleholders....

As usual I would love to keep everything myself but am being strong and can be found at my ebay store if you would like them for your own home!

And look what I found on the side of the road this week, out with the trash (I cant believe what people throw out) ~ A Victorian Sea grass chair in white and pink. I think it looks lovely near our front door!