the consignment shop up the road...Finders Keepers

Me..all set to go...

Finders Keepers with good stuff out the front...Donna thought I might have liked the 'cow' chair in the window...but sadly we have no room for a cow chair..

a set of chairs out the front...quite cute

I really thought about buying this..it is probably form the 40s apparently...it is fine x-stitch on paper.

remind you of your chair?

some of the millions of lamps I see all the time.

a couple of Canadian animals in the window

sally annie's..or salvation army op shop finds..

bought these glass bits and pieces for 49c each less 20%....bit of a bargain...

Monday...hair cut and art table setup

a boxed set of old records...bought the box for the illustration and to use in altered art.

a lace shirt I bought in a funny old shop over the road...it looks nice on. another boxed set of records...to use in art...each box was $1.00 I love the artwork on these... pages in progress in my journal...I used the jolly green giant peas in the fried rice for our party and liked the labels...and the butterflies are stamps like the birds stamps.... work in progress on my table...see the mickey mouse type paint samples from the hardware shop?

fun finds at the thrift shop and an estate sale

a kids game from the op shop with clocks and times ...have used them already in my journal.. a nice old print of a (to me) typically Canadian painting style...pretty little lamp base..about a foot high and it works...3 gorgeous old hand embroidered table runners...about 4 to 5 feet long...$a collection of sewing paraphernalia....sewing basket etc for $10.

Saturday Morning

It's early Saturday morning and I am in the office working on Sarah's painting, I'm up to the hard parts now, the face and the hair and I am struggling a bit but I want to keep working on it so that I finish it before Christmas!
Trying to get the right shade of red hair is tricky!


I'm really looking forward to June, we have fun plans for every weekend which will be busy but lots of fun!
I will take some photos when we go out tonight and tomorrow at the Rummage.

I am taking Tom to the Myer stocktake sale today, he wants me to help him choose a heap of new clothes, he is so much slimmer than a year ago!

One bunch of the flowers you bought me are still alive 2 weeks later! They are looking a bit sad but I want to keep them as long as I can.

around the house and art in progress...

these 2 paintings are from last year and now I want to finish them off...sorry about the scary eyes on the people...any ideas?

My English grandparents...Greta and Louis...she is supposed to be my 'spiritual guide'.

first wildflowers I have picked this year...vrey pretty