All is going well.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
dodgy blog
Seems that the last pictures I put up did not appear here properly so I have taken some more of Lisa and mines space at Mitchell Road.
All is going well.
All is going well.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Reverie
Lately I have been obsessing, no - culling over in my mind the 1930's. I usually do this to get to sleep after being at work all night to help me drift off into a slumber.
At the risk of sounding nutty I make up 'daydreams' that I am transported back into the 1930's and I am shopping at Chanel (but my 2011 money has miraculously converted to 1937 value money - so I have lots of it.) I am at 31 Rue Cambon, Paris and am friggin gorgeous and I can walk into Chanel without feeling intimidated. That's where I usually conk out and never get any further.
I thought I'd just share that.
Anyway here is a magazine from 1937 that is one of my oldest and I like very much.It comes with patterns like the cover and knitting and crochet.
This is very Chanel inspired isn't it. If anyone can read the instructions here is free pattern for you. Bonus.
Obsessing over Speaking again of Chanel I watched the movie Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky the other night. The costumes were utterly gorgeous and so were the interiors. The movie was so French. So sexy. Anna Mouglalis was piss elegant. I am her in my daydream by the way. Te he or should I say ah bon?
At the risk of sounding nutty I make up 'daydreams' that I am transported back into the 1930's and I am shopping at Chanel (but my 2011 money has miraculously converted to 1937 value money - so I have lots of it.) I am at 31 Rue Cambon, Paris and am friggin gorgeous and I can walk into Chanel without feeling intimidated. That's where I usually conk out and never get any further.
I thought I'd just share that.
Anyway here is a magazine from 1937 that is one of my oldest and I like very much.It comes with patterns like the cover and knitting and crochet.
This is very Chanel inspired isn't it. If anyone can read the instructions here is free pattern for you. Bonus.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
notes to self
It was so very hot yesterday at the markets.
Note to self: no more February outdoor markets.
Another few notes to self. There are some really nice stands at the markets who also have Etsy shops and I am just going to put them here before I end up loosing their cards.
Cherish Treasures are made in Australia not China! and they look unreal. I am going to get one of these brooches to add to my collection. Amazing.
Thelma Lane makes handcrafted books and cards. Really excellent quality.
Last but not least is Bree Pash Designs. Her clothes are so beautiful and well made. They have a modern yet kickback fifties feel.
So many talented people.
Note to self: no more February outdoor markets.
Another few notes to self. There are some really nice stands at the markets who also have Etsy shops and I am just going to put them here before I end up loosing their cards.
Cherish Treasures are made in Australia not China! and they look unreal. I am going to get one of these brooches to add to my collection. Amazing.
Thelma Lane makes handcrafted books and cards. Really excellent quality.
Last but not least is Bree Pash Designs. Her clothes are so beautiful and well made. They have a modern yet kickback fifties feel.
So many talented people.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
kitsch me you fool
These are a few things that I have gathered over the last month to sell at the markets this Sunday.
Will someone love them I ask myself. They seem pretty confident that they will be going to new homes:)
Will someone love them I ask myself. They seem pretty confident that they will be going to new homes:)
Monday, February 14, 2011
knickers
I came across some silk knickers the other day. What a treat. They don't turn up very often in my end of the woods.
I had to succumb to turning these ones over to Steph for her tap dance lessons. A must for every 12 year old. They were so tiny and fit her perfectly.
The other couple I bought I am selling on. And looky what I did today. I opened an ETSY SHOP (yell it like Oprah). I am still in the process of working everything out but it is one of my bucket list.
I had to succumb to turning these ones over to Steph for her tap dance lessons. A must for every 12 year old. They were so tiny and fit her perfectly.
The other couple I bought I am selling on. And looky what I did today. I opened an ETSY SHOP (yell it like Oprah). I am still in the process of working everything out but it is one of my bucket list.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
love hate
Back to school with some jazzy covered books. Aw!how cute.
A hot tedious afternoon of paper, tape and contact but pleased with the outcome.
A hot tedious afternoon of paper, tape and contact but pleased with the outcome.
a long time a comin'
I have been surprisingly lucky in the last few weeks re dresses not only to sell on, but for me too.
This one I got at a market last week. The girls who sold it to me said it belonged to a 90 year old who handmade it but left it hanging in her wardrobe for 50 odd years. Although I believe it came from this old lady I see traces where a label once was on the neck. Maybe it was the nursing home name label. Oh Jeez.
This is a dress I have been waiting to have for 25 years. Twenty five long years!
A 1940-50's brown wrap around. In the 80's I wanted so badly to wear this with cowboy boots. I have never grabbed paid and said adieu so quickly in my life when I found this. I think I am a kind of normal person but to yearn for a dress for this long?? It may look like a robe but its not. Really.
This one I got at a market last week. The girls who sold it to me said it belonged to a 90 year old who handmade it but left it hanging in her wardrobe for 50 odd years. Although I believe it came from this old lady I see traces where a label once was on the neck. Maybe it was the nursing home name label. Oh Jeez.
This is a dress I have been waiting to have for 25 years. Twenty five long years!
A 1940-50's brown wrap around. In the 80's I wanted so badly to wear this with cowboy boots. I have never grabbed paid and said adieu so quickly in my life when I found this. I think I am a kind of normal person but to yearn for a dress for this long?? It may look like a robe but its not. Really.
Monday, January 10, 2011
posters from the 80's
From the Powerhouse today. It was good seeing them again. $3.50 to see a band! Shake head and smile longingly.
bellini...no benini
We went to the Powerhouse Museum today. We end up going nearly every school holidays but it is always interesting. They put on a good show and I like their blog and photo of the day to which I have recently started subscribing to. Cultchad I am.
My favorite today was the Benini photography and the 80's exhibition. ABBA came in a third.
I must say, going to a museum and seeing ones childhood and youth displayed before your very eyes makes for a skip of the heart. And I mean that in a emotional way not like an infarct or anything though I wasn't sure.
All photos from the Powerhouse Museum
My favorite today was the Benini photography and the 80's exhibition. ABBA came in a third.
I must say, going to a museum and seeing ones childhood and youth displayed before your very eyes makes for a skip of the heart. And I mean that in a emotional way not like an infarct or anything though I wasn't sure.
All photos from the Powerhouse Museum
Friday, January 7, 2011
mystery
The inside of clothes are a fascination to me. I especially like homemade clothes as there is usually alot of care that has gone into the making. I am swinging from era to era on this dress. When I first saw it I thought it was 1970's because of the material, then when I look at the style it is 1940'-50s.
Made by a woman in the 1970's whose heyday was the forties? I don't know and maybe never will.
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| Did 1940 dress patterns have notches? White cotton repair. |
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| Would 1970's pattern bother with french seams? |
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| The zip replaced but it looks like it was done yesterday |
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| Buttons original or replaced. Sewn with white cotton |
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| Button loops reworked and re sewn over new zip |
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| Green cotton hem, so beautifully and patiently done |
Made by a woman in the 1970's whose heyday was the forties? I don't know and maybe never will.
what i wore
So today I am wearing my Bourke Street Bakery dress. Thus named as I wore into Surry Hills on Wednesday and had a sweety from the bakery and wore it today into Marrickville and had another sweety. A review in the next paragraph. The dress isn't really this colour. Steph's new camera is set to pop art. I am holding my bag in front of me as I have just dropped some red curry pie from Zumbos (we are now in Rozelle)on me friggin vintage dress! The odds were against me. I have learnt my lesson...never wear vintage and eat curry at the same time. Not pictured: musk macaroon.
So these are the tarts from Bourke Street Bakery. Totally yummo. There is the chocolate and raspberry tart and the vanilla and strawberry brioche or something french sounding. Instant sugar headache. Not pictured: a loaf of sourdough bread and a tomato and cheese croissant.
And this is my new bangle I bought with my Christmas money from Wentworth Park Markets. It is 1940's plastic and wood, so the girl said. I got it specifically to go with my Bourke St dress which I found at the op-shop last year. I also have on my expandable bracelet. It is stamped 'Empire made'. Sounds so classy.
So these are the tarts from Bourke Street Bakery. Totally yummo. There is the chocolate and raspberry tart and the vanilla and strawberry brioche or something french sounding. Instant sugar headache. Not pictured: a loaf of sourdough bread and a tomato and cheese croissant.
And this is my new bangle I bought with my Christmas money from Wentworth Park Markets. It is 1940's plastic and wood, so the girl said. I got it specifically to go with my Bourke St dress which I found at the op-shop last year. I also have on my expandable bracelet. It is stamped 'Empire made'. Sounds so classy.
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