:: Waste Not Do Want: February 2010

Sunday, 28 February 2010

A Mothers Love Never Changes ...

whether your child is four, fourteen, twenty four or more ...

comforting their pain never changes.

White knuckles entwined ...

as you beg 'breathe - slowly' ...

as the lumbar needle probes ...

as the clear fluid drips ...

as your heart breaks ...

pleading from your soul for the agony to stop ...

for your child to be well again.

The surge of pure love you felt that first moment you held your child ...

remains forever ... never changes!

Thursday, 25 February 2010

My Creative Space ... Last week v Now ...

Last week one weeny corner of my living / dining / creative space ...

was this ...

... this week ...

fixed shelves have made a massive difference!

The creating begins!

Monday, 22 February 2010

Flea Market Finds - Bonanza ...

The beautiful Sophie hosts Flea Markets Finds HERE ...

I'm beside myself with excitement again ...

I know I already posted

Yesterday the instruction book turned up ...

the book is belongs with ...

this lovely, old box that became mine a couple of weeks ago ...

5 shelves - each marked 'Willow'

(they made Australian baking ware) ...

with 140 rubber stamps ...

there's no date anywhere ...

the cost was six pounds six shillings making it pre 1960 ...

an amount that was a small fortune in that era!

I'm so ecstatic it's mine - Belle and I will have such fun!

Blew it - out of NaBloPoMo - missed by one ...

I'm swearing' like the proverbial trooper ...

I was doing so well, so diligent ...

TIES in every post.

BUT ...

I missed posting yesterday ...

means I'm out of the NaBloPoMo for February ...

DRAT !!!

I was too incensed over the ageism in Notebook magazine ...

I was, I honestly was!

I don't wanna hear any crap about "demographic, reading targets etc" ...

from Notebook ... I probably won't hear anything ...

they'd think I was having a senior moment!

I must have been ...

to forget NaBloPoMo!!!

15,914 members is now minus 1.

Bugger ... there I've said it!

Saturday, 20 February 2010

Notebook magazine ... being invisible ... letter to the Editor ...

I've posted the following to the editor of Notebook magazine HERE.

I'd settled in for a read before sleep with the newest Notebook magazine

and ...

first thing I read is a comment from a woman on the letters page,

about how she feels she's out of the 'target audience' of Notebook.

Ties that bind with that comment...

Mmmmm so I'm not alone ...

To add insult there's an article on page 95 'fashion for all ages' ...

that stops dead at ... 'In your 50s ...'

what ... don't women exist after 50 ?????

I almost leapt out of bed to pound the keys in my best indignant style ...

at 2am beauty sleep was more important!

to-day I'm still livid ...

at being invisible in the eyes of the media ...

Hi Caroline,

I'm incensed! Based on the comment by Beth Allen in Letterbox and in the 'fashion for all ages'
at how your magazine appears to regard anyone past 50 is invisible. How insulting!

I recycle, renovate, shop, cook, craft, blog, have a Facebook page and am as up to date as any
other woman out there. As a great-grandmother too I am a long way off from being in the twilight
zone.

It's time to re-consider the worth of older women and realise there's heaps of fashionable, intelligent,
stylish, interesting older women who read your magazine.

Mmmmmm now should I or shouldn't I subscribe?

Also no wonder there's no comments here - the page times out after the second sentence, so I'll
add 'persistent' to my list of personal qualitites.

Regards,
Cherie

how rude ... how disrespectful ...

... I've often wanted to be invisible!!!

Not like this!

Tie covered light switch cover plate ...

TIES again ...

doesn't this look fab?

you'll find a complete how to HERE.

Friday, 19 February 2010

More chairs upholstered with old ...TIES

The imgaination round here is elsewhere since the weekend ...

TIES is the topic for February NaBlopomo ...

I'm determined not to fail...

please bear with me as I post again about TIES ...

walnut, birch, plywood and old neckties make up this chair ...

my projects bear no resemblance.

Thursday, 18 February 2010

On the subject of TIES ...

... a purse / bag made from old neck TIES.

Wednesday, 17 February 2010

Chairs with old neck ties from Alabama Chanin ...

Recycling, revamping, reusing at it's best.

Primitive chairs rebuilt with handmade cushions woven from old ties

plus hand-carved detailing ...

tell me ...

have you seen anything more amazing???

There's more recycled beauty at Alabama Chanin ...

... DO WANT!

Tuesday, 16 February 2010

Nesting Dolls ... Custom Russian Matryoshka, Babushka Dolls

these are the ex-boyfriend dolls ...

Not your typical Russian matryoshka doll, these custom nesting dolls by Hally McGehean ties in tradition with the now ...

making them more than little babushkas.

Choose from a range of designs from fashion mag to vintage photography, or send in 5 of your own photos for a custom set of dolls.

Give them as funky personalized gifts.

You can opt for an X-rated option if you want to give a doll to someone special that gets progressively less dressed ... ooo la la ...

and what about my fave the ex boyfriends ...

aren't they gorgeous ... found here ... see more HERE

On the throne / going ... to the games ...

... puts a different yet current slant on going to the loo doesn't it???

Interesting ties that connect the unobtrusive to the current ...

if you get what I mean ...

as I happlessley/ hopelessly draw ties into each February post!!!

Monday, 15 February 2010

Fit to be tied ... in other words ...

furious ...

fuming, frustrated, fed up ...

not happy ...

the pink Canon IXUS is missing ...

while the search continues ...

I'll leave you with a couple of my new reads!

The postie wasn't happy either today either ...

weighed down with another big bundle ...

but no camera to take the pics ...

for now these gems are being read till the print fades ;)

... have you read either of these yet ?

Sunday, 14 February 2010

Unconscious Mutterings week 368

1.    Suitcase :: luggage

2.    Exhaust :: fumes

3.    Olympics :: Canada

4.    Video :: games

5.    Cargo:: ties

6.    Previously :: before

7.    Wild card :: luck

8.    Artificial :: false

9.    Gambling :: addiction

10.  Exhibition :: show

                                                                 read more Mutterings HERE

Saturday, 13 February 2010

My Place and Yours ... Kitchen Love ...

Two Theme Queens for this week Nic and Tracey

have chosen ...

Kitchen Love.

The only bit of my kitchen I love is ...

this poster bought sixteen years ago ...

in a bargain bin for $3.00 ...

at Pacific Fair Broadbeach.

At the time I simply liked the images ...

little did I know then, the ties, that this collaged style image ...

with found objects, combination, arrangement ...

would eventually bring so predominantly in my life.

Synchronicity at its best

(pardon the pic quality ... it's late I'll replace it in daylight )

Friday, 12 February 2010

A workshop of exploration and construction ...

This is the haul from Bunnings ...

part of the 'required' list for a workshop ...

where day one has been 'life changing'!

The creative me hit the wall ...

after being challenged like never before ...

can't tell you anymore ...

you'll have to do the Precious Little workshop ...

to find out the secret!

I also learnt the ties of PMC / Jewellers / Moi are similar.

Thursday, 11 February 2010

Two Aquarians an Aussie & a German + Wedding = early Valentine ...

When two Aquarians found each other true love blossomed.

The beautiful blonde Aussie, the tall handsome German.

The connection was real.

Yesterday they tied the knot.

A beautiful, romantic wedding.

At a stunning Sydney venue.

Valentines Day was early.

we sipped and watched the passing parade ...

reflections from the building, the harbour, the love ...

all glistened ...

Love was in the air.

LOVE Art from here.

Wednesday, 10 February 2010

My Creative Space ... Vintage Stamps ...

When given the box I had no idea ... of what a fabulous

addition this would be to my creative space ...

or of the vintage treasure trove within ...

the beautiful old 'Willow' trays plus the amazing stamps ...

... ties of history, stamping and friendship abound in my creative life!

See more Creative Space's HERE.

Monday, 8 February 2010

The Colour-In Dress by Berber Soepboer ... fashion fun ... must have ...

Fashion, craft and relaxation combined ...

the Colour-in Dress HERE ...

buy the dress and pens together ...

colour in to your hearts content ...

isn't this a fun idea ...

... only limited by your imagination.

and ...

check out their Replacement Dresses.

Three dresses made from several pieces attached to each other by buttons.

Each one interchangeable ...

The three different dresses tie in anyway you choose ...

very clever Berber Soepboer!

Sunday, 7 February 2010

Unconscious Mutterings week 367 ... I say ... and you think ...?

1.   Humbled ::    modest

2.   Buns ::    bread

3.   Snowstorm ::    blizzard

4.   Sweetheart ::    darlings

5.   Punch ::    judy

6.   Glass ::    transparent
7.   Classical ::    ties

8.   Heels ::    blisters

9.   Twitter ::    tweeter

10. Husband ::    hubby

... more mutterings HERE