Loving Leopard Print ... runs in the family ...

the love of animal prints runs in the family ...

especially leopard ...

Babyface off partaying today ...

our Belle hand in hand with Daddy ...

and after ...

phew partaying is hard work!

Looking so cuddly, snuggly ;-)

Flea Market Finds = Lace and Pearls ...

This weeks finds were a total fluke! 

On a street corner in the Inner West ...

a couple of girls, with a couple of card tables,

were selling off some of their possessions ... 

Was Babyface saying 'MaMa what have you done?'  

... what will you do with 40 yards of lace and 3.5 kg of pearls?

Watching Babyface play for hours was total joy! 

Wondering if she was thinking ...

'it's OK MaMa, if this haul is for your Flea Market Finds post' ...

He, He, He I chortled ...

watch this space!

Pop over for a glimpse of more Flea Market finds at Sophies .  

A night in thailand - Thaipothong in Newtown

Thaipothong restaurant in Newtown has been a long time favourite ...

fabulous menu that includes gluten free selection ...

Ooooo my chili tolerance has diminshed ...

desserts to die for ...

the ambience is gorgeous  ...

the service stupendous ...

the cool refreshing glasses of happiness were moreish ...

plus MJ arrived with a gorgeous boquet of Fresia's for Moi ...

when I got home Blossie fell in love with the grass tieing them ...

Blossie went crazy for nature!

In a rush now ...

more pics to follow ...

HooRoo back soon 

Stitches and Craft Show haul ... still drooling over the spoils ...

A quick glimpse of my spoils from the Stitches & Craft ...

So much beauty ...

So many bargains ...

BUT - we discovered you had to shop round first ...

Made that mistake once only!

The big find is that spool in the centre of the pic ...

from the marvellous Prudence Mapstone ...

I'll get started in the next day or so.

It's all GO here both online and in life ...

watch this space ;)

My Creative Space ... Sydney Stitches & Craft Bonanza ...

Found this handy tote ...

my first time to the Sydney show for four years ...

so much gorgeous stuff ...

Prints Charming tantalised my 'chip' ...

Miss Rose and Sister Violet TDF as always ...

the 'chip' adored it too ... made my heart sing ...

we ogled this fabulous craft storage system ...

At half time Daddy bought Babyface to meet us for lunch!

Then we went back in to it ...

we had to be swept out at 5pm ...

please pop back ...

I'll show you my purchases later! 

See more Creative Spaces HERE

My Place and Yours ... Treasure ...

Treasure is the choice from Linda from Stripey Monkey for this weeks  

My Place & Yours ...

Yikes sorry to be boring ... 

Everything around me is treasure ...

that most of you've already seen ... 

there's my girls ...

Blossom ...

the nerve centre ...

yikes this is a hard one ...

there's no single treasure at my place!

How about your place?

Check out other treasures at Danni's HERE

Flea Market finds ... three jaunts, three jackpots ...

First from a quick pop in a nearby Sallies while my friend went to the bank ...

My heart skipped a beat when I saw this gorgeous white waffle print with a crochet edge...

I almost fainted when I saw the crochet edge was on three sides of what looks like a daybed cover ...

with $4.00 on the price tag.

Next was in a basket near the door of the local Vinnies...

35 skeins of DMC Cotton Tapisserie thread ...

Made in France ...

 for $10.

Yesterday at the local market ...

Ruler $4.

Measuring 20 x 12.5 cms ...

a small vintage, timber box with a $20 price tag ...

I was flumoxxed ...

yep you've heard it all before!!!

There's a small sliding cover on each side ...

Look what was under the first slide ...

4 small secret drawers and a longer one with a hole to lift it off ...

I knew there was something inside ...

Look what was inside the second sliding door ...

GADZOOKS ...

Old cash tin cash register numbers etc 

and 

mother of pearl buttons.

Blessed!

Catch up on more Flea Market finds at Sophie's HERE. 

Queens Birthday holiday ... Ptolemy reuse and recycling of HerMaj the Queen

Ptolemy's statue of Queen Elizabeth II made from old kitchen mixers, juicers, toasters and more.

Commissioned to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen's wedding to Prince Phillip, an additional aim of the artist was to "encourage people to re-use stuff."

 After a public display, it was returned to the company that commissioned it.

Love this ~ Very Clever! 

What did you reuse or recycle on the Queens Birthday holiday? 

My Creative Space - a bag in the making ...

The pic doesn't do this gorgeous fabric justice ...

I tried to get a shot inside and out ... drat!

The fabric is  suede like so soft, sobeautiful ...

Steely grey with spalshes of black, cobalt blue, light grey ... gorgeous!

Called "avatar" ...

from The Remnant Warehouse ...

where you can be lost drooling for days and days ...

I must make a bag ... stay tuned!

See more Creative Spaces here ...

The Fully Sick Rapper via Pottymouthmama

On Monday the ever eloquent Potty Mouth MaMa posted about ...

The Fully Sick Rapper Aka Christiaan Van Vuuren...

Christiaan has been hospitalised for 170 days - since January.

In quarantine.

In Sydney.

With TB.

From what PMM gleaned in her reading, he travelled to South America and got super sick.

  And then went to hospital.

Then came out.

Then got evensicker.
  He makes fully sick vids from his hospital room.

                    Like this Fashionista vid about a new label called 'Sicke'.
                        He has an entire YouTube channel of his own.
                       Because he is ridiculously funny and awesome.
                                                Fully sick. 
                                             Fully talented.
                                             And fully cute.
      Once he's out of hospital someone better give this fully sick rapper a job. 
                                               A good one too.


                                You can join his Facebook page too.
                                Where he has over 20,000 friends


                           The Fully Sick Rapper is all kinds of cool.
                        Who doesn't love a guy with a banana peel bow tie?
text courtesy Pottymouthmama             
Sorry Dear Readers Blogger will NOT allow me to centre align the above text.

The shed - like you've never seen before - please add your vote ...

One of my fave blogs , tales of a jUnkaholic, owns this adorable 

shed ... 

everyone's been talking about it ...

you've no doubt seen it before ...

so please don't forget to vote for it ...

at The Shed of the Year Competition HERE

Don't you agree that it deserves to be the winner?

My Place and Yours - the view through your window

My Place and Yours Theme Queen Karin from Little House in the U ...

has chosen 'the view through your window' for this weeks post.

I'm sure the country girls will cringe when they see my view but this is the price you pay living in the big smoke.

Facing north east is a bonus.

I get summer breezes, plenty of natural light and as you'll see I'm not peering directly into someone else's window. 

Ideally I'd adore to be gazing at the ocean, wiping the salt spray from the windows, coating everything with varnish to stop the rust. 

For now I this is my little corner of the world and there's no point wasting energy not liking it ...

Like people ... it's what's on the inside that matters most.

When lying in my bed I can see sky ...

Bathroom ... love the old glass panes - one day I'll buy that plant for the macrame I've carried round for over thirty years ...

Kitchen - same adorable glass ... yes I bought one plant ...

from my everything room - the building next door is being painted.

Take a peek through other windows here. 

Eight Answers ...

Kate from Foxs Lane posted Eight Answers so I thought, for something different, I'd pay along too ...

1. Favourite meal to eat ~ anything from the sea e.g. fish, lobster, crab etc. Being gluten, wheat, dairy, night shade, caffeine free - don't cringe it's easy - I'm blessed to eat the absolute best, freshest food around.  

2. Do you have a quirky eccentricity ~ yes from head to toe, inside and out, everything about me is quirky and eccentric.

3. My middle name is ~ May same as my Mum's middle name.

4. I am passionate about ~ family, social justice, non-conformity, creating, collecting, maintaining my chosen life of peace and bliss.   

:: Babyface = Love, joy, Love, love & more Love  ...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

5. Thongs or Birkenstocks ~  Thongs - only Haviana Thins.   

6. Who was I before I had kids ~ sad, unloved, lost, low esteem, rebel, hated everyone including myself.

7. Have I ever been arrested ~  no - pass a police check easy. 

8.This weekend I will have ~ a wonderful time as always - every day is like a weekend.

Flea Market Finds ...

Poker Work tray = 50 cms from handle to handle ...

a beautiful addition to my collection ...

now looks gorgeous on the wall.

Despite looking tatty on the inside ...

this gorgeous old hat box was a steal for $15.00.

See more Flea Market Finds at Sophies HERE

Magnolia Square in Sydney at Royal Randwick ...

magnoliasquare ...

click on the links to show more details ...

photocurator = my only purchase ...

So French So Chic ...

Dames & Divas ...

Sisken ...

Heatherley ...

Magnolia Square plus's ::

the venue was beautiful as always,

catering was excellent - we had lunch and afternoon tea,

the ambience was superb.

The minus's ::

less sellers = less variety,

most merchandise was extremely overpriced.

Three generations = absolute fun!