Monday, 31 January 2011

Flea Market Finds = rug canvas + knit needles timber box + tortoiseshell + teeny tins ...


The roll of rug making canvas ...
 is a metre wide by about 15 metres ...
that will be used for a creation after June.

The Knitting Needles box ...
well, you know how I love a timber box ...
cost was $10 for both.

The  teeny tins are all from online purchases ...
they're for future projects too! 

The yellow Vincents tin is a strong reminder of my Mum.
When I was a small kid Mum took in ironing for a local laundrette.
Hour after hour, she ironed and drank gallons of Coca-Cola ... 
to wash down the Vincents powders ...
for the headache that constantly plagued her. 
A combination that was the start of Mum's ruination!

The gorgeous Victorian Tortoiseshell, mesh purse is an online find too.

6 Comments:

Lyndel said...

oh lovely items. I've had a great day today too.. photos tomorrow, too hot when I got home to be bothered, but it's finally cooling down now in Melb.

Nelly said...

Love those little tins.You poor mum can you imagine having to iron these days coz you had to?

karlyn Jackson said...

Oh love those tiny tins, so precious!

nadine paduart said...

wonder where and how those teeny tins will end up...

Sally said...

such wonderful treasures - all of it!

Anonymous said...

a cup of tea

and a bex...

the cure for the

isolated, stunted, shunted
fifties woma.

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