My Ebay Buys

Haven't done one of these posts for a while!



I bid on these prayer ladies solely for the Instant Coffee jar. Love the prayer on this one, click on it to see.



Hand dyed vintage doilies. I put the aqua one on top of Jon's xbox much to his annoyance. Hey, at least it wasn't the pink one, right?



Robert Gordon polka dot enamel ware jug. This is huge, I don't actually have a use for it! A rose vase maybe.



I think this may be another Josef Girl for my collection. It is the same height and quality of porcelain with the same Japanese stamp but this one doesn't have the black eyes. It was a bargain and pretty too, whatever it is.



Vintage roses painting. It was the background colour that sold me.




I have bought one of these bowls before. In fact I LOVE this old chinese enamel ware with the blush edging. This bowl has a lilac edge, one I haven't seen before. Plus, it has my beloved birds. I have high hopes of turning one of these bowls into a sink one day.





Another lot that I bought because they look like Josef Girls.



And last but certainly not least, a brand new in box lavender christmas tree!

Favourite Colour Swap

I posted about this ages ago. I received a parcel but I never got a partner to send to. I thought it was because (a) - I joined quite late, (b)I wanted to post only to someone in my own country and this was mostly an American swap and (c) uneven numbers.
But I got an email saying my partner was upset because she didn't get anything from me!
Hello? What partner? And why didn't she ever contact me directly? This was all months ago!
Anyway, I never renege on a swap so I had fun finding things in my partners favourite colours of blue, red and green. It can be quite refreshing to shop for things outside your usual pallet.
I can only show the packaging at this stage to keep up the suspense :)

Happy Birthday Ana!

So I'm one of those weird pet parents that throws parties for their furbabies and since Ana turned 5 on the 24th and I worked that day I decided to throw her a party today! I don't think she knew what was going on - at first I can tell she did not appreciate any of the preperations since it included getting a bath and brushing her teeth, but she did enjoy the "party" part. She had 6 guests (mainly my cousins) and lots of belly rubs. I bought her a cake (mainly for us LOL) and I'm thinking that maybe next year I'll go to the doggie bakery and get her one made and maybe invite Kyle to celebrate, since as he's gotten older he's less animal and more calm. Here are a few pictures of her party...just to let you know she's not actually allowed to sit on the dining room chairs. I just put her there to take a picture of her with the cake - if you knew Ana then you'd know she has her scared face on and is probably afraid my mother is going to come downstairs any second LOL.

Summer Snapperland Update!

I finished one of my squares *yea*
Here's a picture...
I have plans for today. Ana's birthday was on the 24th so I'm cutting her a cake! (Yes I'm one of those weird pet parents, thank you very much!) I also have to buy some jeans for my concert on Saturday, I don't know what happened but it's like all of my jeans disappeared. Well I'm off, I'm going to try and stitch some more tonight. I work tomorrow so if I don't stitch tonight I probably won't stitch until I'm on vacation (just 4 more work days!!!) TTFN

Spring Swap Parcel

Here is the parcel I received from Sally.
So prettily wrapped and I love the handmade tags!

S - for soap (which I gave as my S item too!)
P - for pig. This is a gorgeous, vintage money box. My little girl swiped this from me straight away. She also took a surreal photo of the pigs eye - observe...


R - was for pretty pink and green ribbon.
I - was for Irish Tea (very clever Sally, I found this quite a hard one!



N - was for nail cream, another clever one!
G - was for green necklace, handmade by Sally. I put this on straight away,love it!




Thanks so much Sally for your generous and thoughtful gifts! The Timtams were especially appreciated:)

Pink & Green Spring Swap

I had so much fun putting this parcel together for Sally. The frame was so easy to do but so much fun! I loved finding the buttons in our colours of pink and green from various op-shops. The frame was harder to find as I needed one with no slope or decoration. For Aussies, I found this one at The Reject Shop (great shop for craft stuff.)

Sally sent me a fantastic parcel with everything beautifully wrapped. I have taken photos and will post about it tomorrow.

Hola!

Here's an update on Summer Snapperland...not much really, just another square. Maybe tomorrow I'll get more done. The stitching that goes inside the square doesn't seem to be much so maybe this will go fast. You can see the color of the fabric a little better in this picture, this is the first time I've changed fabric color without getting a second opinion (ie Kelly) so I'm a bit nervous as to how this will come out. So far I like how the grey (GAST Barn Grey) looks on it so let's keep our fingers crossed.

I'm off this weekend, which is great because the weather is nice. I haven't enjoyed it yet since this morning I went to get my hair done and then came back home to bum around, but just the fact that it's nice outside and I don't have to be at work is great.
Talking about work...I think I like it LOL. I had this patient that is a #1 PIA but really I noticed he just wanted company, after spending time with him, making him laugh and combing his hair he stopped ringing the call light every 2 seconds. Another one was certified crazy the night before (like we need a psych consult on her at 2am) but same thing - wanted someone to sit with her and talk. Thankfully I had time last night to do this because if I didn't I'd hate to imagine how'd they behave.

Wanted to ask for a favor from my blog readers. I have a co-worker (funniest, kindest, and anything else nice you can think of type of nurse) that has lost the battle against the big "C." I just wanted to ask to keep her in your thoughts. I saw her today and while she's unresponsive she did look comfortable and I'd love for her to go that way. Her family is at her bedside and everything was taken cared of before she became unresponsive, I feel bad that I didn't go see her last week when she was still around. I honestly thought that she'd be here longer, goes to show you that nothing is ever promised and that things change from one day to the next. Anyhoo, please think of her and her family, maybe say a little prayer if you pray.

And btw - thanks for the comments on my last finish, you wouldn't believe how much I appreciate them! TTFN

Freedom, I can taste you.

The Easter holidays are nearly finished, thank @#$%. Three weeks! Now that I am not at school myself, I think kids get WAY too many holidays.
I can so relate to the t-shirt above. My kids have been fighting, bickering and crying what seems like the whole day long. It doesn't help that I have been grieving my friend.
Hope to get back to ebaying this weekend. I have found some gorgeous things lately in the op shops!
Below are some tasters of what I will be listing this weekend.

A finish :)

My stitching date was today and it was really nice! I was able to finish Bluebird Message while there and now I can't wait to pick it up once it's framed.
Now onto my new project...Summer Snapperland. I love my fabric so far, I just hope it looks nice once I'm done.
Well tomorrow is a work day and I have to wake up early to drop off the rental car and run some other errands plus I'm dead tired! TTYL

Little L's Room

Jungle Dream Pagoda inspired me to take some photos of my little girls room after reading the post about her daughter wanting to change her pink palace. You know me, I would keep the pink! Just tone it down to pale pink and add some chandeliers, fur rugs and a French fainting sofa. Think about it Crooked Halo!





I got this old childs kitchen dresser from the ghetto swapmeet for $1! I have had such fun arranging all of little L's tea ware.




All of the animals are having a drunken fiesta :) This is the center of Little L's shadow box.




Tom and the kids checking out the shadow box party. They weren't too impressed that the animals were drinking alcohol! It's cool, the animals didn't drink and drive. No opposable thumbs :)




I got the paper lanterns from Cost plus - $2.75 for the three. They are hanging off pink feather fairy lights that Myer had for Christmas.
The mirror and elephant picture are a remnant from my Bollywood loving days :)

This and That

Jon is back from his holiday up North with lots of pictures of the fish he caught. Here is a photo of his feline friend Sylvester stalking his latest catch.



I finally got the hooks drilled in for these measuring cups. I like to sell sets of these on ebay so this will be great for taking photos.



Tom has taken to drinking from the toilet now - what a canine feline! Didn't get the camera in time to catch him with his head down the loo, balancing on his little legs.






I had to dust all the china and glass on my bakers stand. I always use this opportunity to rearrange everything. I like dusting, aren't I a weirdo? If I was dusting fugly brown pottery I wouldn't like it so much.