A Collection a Day ...

The always fabulous Pip discovered Lisa is doing A Collection a Day HERE.

What a brilliant idea. 

... NaBloPoMo ... failed by 52 minutes ...

.... here's the answer to my 52 minutes of lateness ...

8. My cat died/my boyfriend asked me to marry him/I just spent the night in the hospital and I missed posting for a couple of days. Can I just post a little extra this month to make up for the missing days so I can still be eligible for the prize drawing?

First of all, I'm so sorry/congratulations/I hope you get well soon. Secondly, no. If I let you skip a couple of days then I'd have to let everybody post whenever they felt like it, and that would defeat the whole purpose of NaBlo which is to get you to sit down and write something every day. If there's one thing I've learned from all this it's to post as early in the day as you can. You'll catch more readers that way (most blog reading gets done at lunchtime), and you won't have to worry about posting something lame after work when you're tired, or accidentally forgetting to post at all.


... and I don't blame EMK for making these rules ... imagine how catastrophic it

could become ...


I'll try again next month ...


now I've got other things that need my undivided ...

"JACKPOT" ... found a WOODBLOCK PRINT by EIZAN ...

... as the purging continues I took this beautiful gem off the wall and thought Mmmm what does that small description say on the back ...

... bought at a garage sale a few years ago for $5 ... the marks on the matte surround didn't deter ... a closer check shows the piece of paper on the back basically says "jackpot" ...

... it's back on my wall ... pass me a lemon to get the smile off my dial please ;)

... how that for a collecting tale?

Collecting ... let's talk about my fave past time ...

Too much time's been spent lately on other stuff ...

... if you've been here you'll know what I mean ...

... time now to talk about fun things ...

... collecting ...

... last Sunday at the Powerhouse Museum I saw the following ...

... that made my heart sing ...

... all things old and older is my want ...




... beautiful antique sewing notions ...




... operculum jewels from 1880 ...



... sewn and sewing ...





... fine & delicate antique lace ...




... antique jugs ...

... I'll show you other stuff ... drop by and let's explore more ...

... my operculum, my haby, my sewing notions ... pop back ...

...I assure you there's more !!!

Small Space Happiness is ...

... from this ...




... to this ...




... life changing small space happiness ...


... the purging continues ...

New Book - The Curious Collector by Jessie Walker

No I am not a hoarder I'm a collector ... that's my story ...

Latest edition to my collection of books on collecting ... thanks to MYNBF

Lovely book, broadly, briefly covering many many items ... superb photography ...

... Lynne Perella and Marilynn Gelfmann Karp entice and magically inspire Moi !

Sunday Scribblings -~ Chance Encounter.

I've been flummoxed with this prompt. Will I, won't I, contribute this week? You see I don't believe in chance encounters. I believe mysterious, sudden and unexplained events happen in my life for a reason. For me there's no such thing as a coincidence or a chance encounter ... it's synchronicity, it's meant to be, it's planned to possibly teach me something, to maybe connect or lighten my soul, to give me strength for something greater.

Even in the face of a trauma for me it makes no sense to dwell on the negative, to look to blame, what's done is done and who suffers by going on about it? Life is too precious. What happens happens. Of course everything in life isn't going to be peaches and cream. Whether good or not so good it's better to learn from the experience, the catastrophe, the encounter? From a bad situation make the necessary changes to not repeat what might have caused that particular drama ... and get on with life!

Wonderful things happen to me every day. Recently on a new writers site I wrote I was enthused about getting back to writing and contemplated beginning another writing dedicated blog. I took a break, trawled round the net, found a site where a free blog template competition was offered, I entered, I won. I put it out there. My problem with the original blog description was solved, my motivation was given a new spark, it wasn't a chance encounter it was meant to be.

It's happened not facing this screen too. We've lived across the road from each other for yonks, we're so alike it's scarey, we're like two peas in a pod, totally independent, totally content with our lots, we don't suffer fools, our cats are our darlings, we're both writers, collectors, scroungers, cynics, with no excess baggage, not looking for a new friend ... but kindred spirits have collided ... not by a chance encounter ... it's synchonicity it's meant to be! I'm blessed.

Photo Friday - TOOLS

Tools ... old needlework tools for sewing, embellishing, assemblage, using, collecting, adoring!

Ta Daaa look, look, my new book ... ART MAKING, COLLECTIONS & OBESSIONS by LYNNE PERRELLA.

After completing an online survey for Borders I received a 40% off your next purchase voucher and look what I found ...

ART MAKING, COLLECTIONS & OBSESSIONS by LYNNE PERELLA only published in 2007 the book is a visual confessional, an intimate exploration, and an inspiring celebration of stuff.

A must have for anyone with the collector's gene, and creative fuel for everyone devoted to hunting, gathering, displaying, and onsessing about their stuff ... written exactly for Moi ...

Words cannot describe the contents of this glorious, visual feast ... except for drooooool ...

The knowledge that other people get this collecting feeling ... the love of the hunt, the chase, that magical moment of discovery, when your heart skips a beat, when you feel feel faint, as the the vapours engulf you and a gasp escapes from somewhere inside you ... is enormous!

2007 the year that was ... Happy 2008 to Everyone!

Some memorable moments from 2007 - everyone of them fabulous!