Showing posts with label china. Show all posts
Showing posts with label china. Show all posts

Thursday, February 24, 2011

I've been a busy girl today so I'm posting this later than I usually would and it's also going to be lighter in content too. Sorry. I'll be more organised tomorrow. Hopefully... 
Here are some snaps of the treasure my husband bought back from Melbourne. Courtesy of his Great-Uncle Mac and his Aunty Claire. It's a slightly unusual collection of stuff...

Horned vases with winged feet.
Weird but I like them...

I love this little ramekin the colour, the lid, the label underneath...

Sweet Pooch.



Chipped, cracked, glued together but still lovely.


Marc Newson Mugs.
Thankyou Qantas. These are probably the only thing by Mr Newson I'll ever own! I can't believe my husband "stole" them! He says he thought I'd like them...I do.

And here's what I found today

Western Kids. Caprice Australia.

Pretty two dollar lampshade.

Rose "coloured" glasses.



I'll end with a tea towel


Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Our backyard is turning into a concrete jungle!
We found another nine pots to add to our collection at a great garage sale on Sunday (if it was up to me we would have twice as many, but two trips back and forth on a Sunday morning was enough and those suckers are heavy!)
The garage sale was at the loveliest 70's house-the wallpaper inside was amazing! (If I bought the house that wallpaper would NOT be coming down!) It was in such original condition and must have been pretty cutting-edge for it's time. The old lady told me that they'd had 41 happy years living there and you could tell.

Anyway even though there was some good stuff inside I made a bee-line for the garden because I just knew there would be some concrete pots out there and as I've already said there was! Here are pictures (very boring if you're not obsessed with concrete pots like me...)

Too boring if I show you all of them! I love the texture, the peeling paint, the patterns...I even love the old bore stains! Some people say "they'll look great with a coat of paint" but I would never paint them.

These also came home with us
five dollars! Almost impossible to find in Perth and usually expensive. We have two now. Yay!


I'll end today with something sweet...

Belmont Swap Meet.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

A jumbo-sized cup and saucer for my husbands morning cafe au lait...


At least twice the size of an ordinary tea cup so perfect for milky coffee. Great message to start the day with too!
Made in Japan. one dollar. Favourite op-shop.