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I may be busy but I'm still thrifting ...

Technically this is more shopping secondhand than thrifting but I promise I still hit the thrift stores with a passion ... on the way to work. Just a quick pic of Kelvin and Mickey dragging home my...

May 4, 2013 Like

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I'm still here

I'm just swamped with exciting developments. I'll be able to reveal all soon but for now please excuse my absence just a tad longer. Here's a little tease. Went to the trade fairs in Sydney weeks...

Apr 19, 2013 Like

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A little omen

Thank you for all your kind words. I have found it difficult to revisit the last post. The thought of that cheeky little feathered bugger still makes me tear up. Things will be OK though. The new...

Jan 28, 2013 Like

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Tears

It is a sad time in the new old house. My beloved feathered baby Puki died suddenly yesterday. My husband raced him to the vet but he was already gone. We don't know what was wrong and couldn't...

Jan 15, 2013 Like

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How does my garden grow?

Do you know I uploaded that photo above on January 1? Today is January 13. I had so many plans for the few days I had off after New Years Day. Then I came down with what could only be described as...

Jan 13, 2013 Like

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New art

Picked these up at the SIZE MATTERS III: the end is nigh exhibition at the SWICH Contemporary Art Space. A great source for small affordable art by local artists. Here's a closer look using images...

Dec 29, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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More rug and a peeved pooch

Mickey's on a diet. He needs to loose a couple of kilos. He's not happy because it is Christmas and there are tasty smells coming from the kitchen. He does like the new rug though. So do I. Still...

Dec 24, 2012 Like

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Merry Christmas me :)

Quick snap via iPhone of my new kilim. On sale online. I had a discount code too so I had to buy it. I promise. It's 4.6 m long and 1.6 wide and it's perfect for the breezeway. But ... we had to...

Dec 22, 2012 Like

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DQF dining table and 6 chairs for sale

Photo by Brismod of Fun and VJs when she came to take away some of my thrift scores It's time to let it go. I'm sad but my Danish Quality Furniture (DQF) table and chairs just don't work in my...

Nov 24, 2012 Like

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Are you cupboards still full Brismod?

Thrifting loot from today. Someone must have thrown out their Finnish and Danish glass in the past week. Of course I snapped it up in a heart beat. First a set of 4 Festivo wine glasses by Timo...

Nov 24, 2012 Like

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Religious kitsch

I have a confession to make. I have a thing for religious iconography. No let me be honest. For religious kitsch. Life size statues, little statues, paint by number Jesuses, crucifixes and rosary...

Nov 24, 2012 Like

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Me at 13.30 on 18.11.12

I had to take some new head shots for a magazine article. I hate having my photo taken. Thank goodness my husband is blind and can't take them for me. He would run in terror as I swore and cursed...

Nov 18, 2012 Like

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Thrifting

First up I have a disclaimer. These pics are from a couple of weekends ago. I just haven't had the time to get them up. I find myself drawn to a more limited colour palette lately. Or maybe that is...

Nov 13, 2012 Like

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Indian printing blocks

Part of me is tempted to stamp up some fabric with my printing blocks but I love the old paint colour that's on them already. I think I'll just leave them sitting on my table for a little while...

Nov 12, 2012 Like

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Rain and new growth and weeding

We have been slowly working on our garden since we moved in. At first it was dry and barren except for a few palms and some straggly mock orange trees. Many years of drought and an owner who didn't...

Nov 10, 2012 Like

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I was mugged this week ...

... but don't worry. I wasn't hurt. It was an actual mug. Well more like a demitasse. As I left for work on Thursday morning I found, sitting on my mail box, a brown paper bag with the words...

Nov 10, 2012 Like

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I'm still here ...

My weekends have been nuts. Too many irons in the fire I think. I'm exhausted and could do with a big nanna nap ... all the time, every day :) Think I need a faux fur hammock like the parrots....

Nov 7, 2012 Like

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Bolivian 10 Centavos, Soviet era badges and Furoshiki

I was asked at the last moment to help my friend Grant at another vintage fashion fair on Saturday. Hard work but I'm glad I did. Here are some of the treasures I picked up when not slaving over a...

Sep 9, 2012 Like

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Sunrise colours

Very, very early this morning I had a couple of visitors as I worked on the computer. Puki and Portia perched on Kelvin's shoulder. The light was just starting to slant through the windows of my...

Sep 7, 2012 Like

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Living room

Early morning light just before my visitors, Anita from Fun and VJs and Katherine from The Old Boathouse, arrived a few days ago. Nothing too precious (I have a blind husband and a big fat guide...

Sep 1, 2012 Like

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Spring cleaning

I have friends coming to visit tomorrow (I'm on a week's rec leave) and it was definitely time to spring clean. You know what happens when you start to clean? You start to rearrange the furniture....

Aug 29, 2012 Like

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The Freedom family and friends offer

15% off at participating stoes until Sunday 26 August. Terms and conditions apply (at the bottom of the flyer). Save the pic, print it out and head on down for the savings :) Thanks Freedom!

Aug 23, 2012 Like

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For no particular reason

Except that we like all things typewriter-ish. A court reporter's stenograph. Love how the long strips of paper fold out from the drawer. Part of the haul from two weekends ago.An old set of...

Aug 18, 2012 Like

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Head colds and 50's dresses

I had a great time yesterday helping my friend Grant at a vintage fashion fair. I managed to pick up some pre WWII kimino silk panels and a stunning men's kimino (a present for a friend), a bag of...

Aug 12, 2012 Like

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I've always wanted one of these ...

It's a newspaper holder/spreader/paddle. I remember travelling the first time in Europe in the early 80s (yes I am that old) and being super impressed by the newspapers hanging in cafes on these...

Aug 8, 2012 Like

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Hello Harajuku Girl

A pre peak hour ama-loli. Bad iPhone snaps from across the railway lines. My favourite bit was the pink bonnet with two large fabric roses either side and long flowing pigtails pulled up and out...

Aug 6, 2012 Like

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Woke up this morning and what did I find?

I bought an old table in a thrift store a month or two ago. Nothing special but it was solid wood and cheap - $30. I thought I would have it dipped (I'm sick of stripping paint off myself) and...

Aug 5, 2012 Like

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Second best

Apologies for not blogging here for a couple of weeks. So busy. So much going on but not much about the house unfortunately. I promise more photos tomorrow but for now here is a small trophy/dish I...

Aug 4, 2012 Like

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moments ago

Its 5 in the morning. I have been on this computer for an hour getting blog work done. Time to go get ready for work and then the daily commute. Look who is still in bed. Sorry for the blurry...

Jul 16, 2012 Like

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I may be busy but I'm still thrifting ...

I'm still here

A little omen

Tears

How does my garden grow?

New art

More rug and a peeved pooch

Merry Christmas me :)

DQF dining table and 6 chairs for sale

Are you cupboards still full Brismod?

Religious kitsch

Me at 13.30 on 18.11.12

Thrifting

Indian printing blocks

Rain and new growth and weeding

I was mugged this week ...

I'm still here ...

Bolivian 10 Centavos, Soviet era badges and Furoshiki

Sunrise colours

Living room

Spring cleaning

The Freedom family and friends offer

For no particular reason

Head colds and 50's dresses

I've always wanted one of these ...

Hello Harajuku Girl

Woke up this morning and what did I find?

Second best

moments ago

What I bought at one of the biggest vintage clothing fairs in Brisbane this year ...

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