The Photobooth...

As promised, the pics from Talor's photobooth at the Jumble Sale...beautiful work.

The Sunday Best Jumble Sale...

Yesterday, the talented and amazing Miss Talor Browne hosted the Sunday Best Jumble Sale at Captains of Industry. There was helium balloons, fairy floss, bunting, cupcakes, beautiful girls and beautiful vintage. And a photobooth - pics coming soon!

This is the scene that greeted those who ventured around the corner into Sommerset Place... the lovely Ben and his roadster. And bunting! I wore a hat.



Inside...



I wore...




Congratulations and gratitude to Miss Browne. The next Jumble Sale will be on at the same place, in June. Find out more here.

Swap Meet Score...

We got up extra early to drive the hour or so to the Castlemaine Swap Meet.
For those who've never been to one, a swap is basically an oval, or similar large space, filled with stalls selling anything from old sewing machines to deadstock 1920's car parts. You can always find a bargain, but you have to get there early!
Here's what I found:

A 50's Pan Am "Junior Flyer" badge, a 30's (?) carved bakelite brooch and an amazing knotted plastic cord brooch. I know there's a name for this style of jewellery - I think women made them during the war...does anyone know?



A vintage Capstan cigarettes tin. (Quick google search reveals this one to be from 1910!)



And this...




It's Miss Bernice Ayres' friendship book. She got it as a Christmas gift. In 1907.



"I love you little, I love you big, I love you as a little pig." Ha!



As sure as the grass grows round the stump, you are my little sugar lump." Awww...

One more find, but it needs cleaning up before it makes an appearance here...soon!

Chewton Cemetery...

It's been a while since I've been to a good cemetery. One with old, old graves, tall trees and lots of shade. Garth and I went to the Castlemaine Swap Meet today - photos soon to come - and on the way home, we stopped at the Chewton Cemetery...(warning - image heavy!)I wore my new coat. It was freezing!
















If you've made it this far - well done. Pictures of the swap meet score tomorrow!

The Brown Hat...

It was a very brown day today... I wore my 40's "All American Rayon" dress, my trusty target NYC cardigan and this lovely brown felt hat. Sorry about the super grainy pictures...Don't know what happened there!




Goodnight.

WOW.

Today I...

Had coffee...



Visited Miss Gemma Jones @ Outre Gallery...(Garth's sister came down for the weekend, so we showed her some cool places. Nice dress, right?)







Went to Ben's and looked at our new furniture (taken from the Melbourne University chemistry lab)...




Coveted Ben's toys.



Markets tomorrow!

Misc...

Thanks to Gabriella over at Sewing is Hard for the lovely award!

Check out her cool sewing blog!

Yesterday, I met this little girl at the laundromat. She asked if she could keep the cardboard box that my recent ebay purchase (pics soon) arrived in. I said yes, so she wore it around on her head. When I pointed out to her that it looked like the box had a face, she said "It's a silly face. He has no nose." I thought it was cool anyway.



In other news, we found this on the side of the road. Welcome home, old cabinet!



Excellent.