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The best things in life are free, or close to it.

I really believe it’s the little things in life I like the best. And often the thrill of finding something fantastic for hardly any moola is one of the best things in the world.

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And this dress which also cost $1 at Roselle Markets on the weekend. Replacing the hideous buttons that were on it cost $4, but that’s ok.

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And this dress, which cost $10 from one of those cheapy shops (you know the ones). I always laugh because whenever I see floral, I hear my mothers voice in my head, telling me how much I used to hate it as a teenager. Just like she likes to remind Lynds how she liked to complain about being dressed in red when she was little and now black and red are pretty much her standard attire. Mums remember the funniest stuff sometimes.

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Mum also got me these great cupcake liners from spotlight the other day. I avoid that place like the plague nowadays, having worked there for way too long, but I think these were bought in for easter, which was always a fun time of year to work there, having so many bunny related things around.hotcrossAnd speaking of easter, I was not the only one who was totally thrilled to find bakers delight has FINALLY started making their choc chip hot cross buns!! Which is another awesome thing about easter. These aren’t the exact ones I bought, but they tasted pretty good! And I know it’s way too early to be thinking about easter, but there’s never a bad time for hot cross buns or any kind of baked treat in my books. Kx

Favourite Fabrics Project

Today I was going to write a post about my favourite vintage floral fabrics but after I photographed them I decided they were too pretty to just pack away again.

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So I made a bag!

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I’m a bit of a “save it incase” kinda girl, so it was pretty hard to cut into my favourites. I mean what if one day I wanted to make a dress and happened to be 10cm short because I’d hacked into them for a bag? But then I thought, such is life, and this way I get to admire them everyday. Kx

10 things I love this week

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These vintage miniature floral puppies I got at vinnies last week. But really, any miniature ceramic animal is a winner with me.

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This ceramic wall bow I bought for $2! Who would throw this out?

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Bunnies!

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Bunnies!

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And specifically this bunny. Because she tolerates my cuddles if I scratch her head. Oh and because she is SO pretty.

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Floral Everything.

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These vintage floral plates which I plan to draw on with the porcelaine pens Lynds bought me.

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Cupcake liners!

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and finding great, colourful things to decorate cupcakes with!

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My christmas deers that stay out all year because they are too pretty to pack away.

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My new Polaroid Pogo printer! This is by far one of the most exciting finds of late. It spits out tiny polaroid sticky-back photos in under 60 seconds and does it via bluetooth from your phone or computer! Excellent!

50’s Fair

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Today we went down to the 50’s Fair at Rose Seidler House and it was a beautiful day. There were lots of cute stalls of things to buy and things to see. There were also so many people in fantastic outfits! This was probably the highlight for me, along with seeing all the cute junk at all the stalls. Kx

The Greatest Bambi Ever

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Prepare yourself, because I believe this is just about the coolest thing I’ve ever bought. A GIANT CERAMIC BAMBI. He’s almost 40cm tall, in amazing condition and I think I almost died when I saw him. You know how sometimes you find something so unbelievably good you look around to make sure no one else has seen it? Well that was me with this baby! I couldn’t get him in my hot little hands quick enough and now he’s all mine! I really think my life is complete now. Sigh. Kx

Vintage Wall Birds

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Anyone who knows me knows I am quite partial to a little ceramic animal or twelve, But these are something special. These birdies are completely cute (the wade swallows are actually miniatures!) and still in their original packaging (which I absolutely love). I am especially fond of the ugly duckling set though, which I found on Etsy a few months ago for an absolute bargain price. Kx

This weeks vintage goodies

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Kitty and Puppy planters the work experience kid at Anglicare sold me for $1 each.

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Little ceramic donkeys $15 from my favourite antique shop in Newtown. How could anyone not buy a purple and green donkey family?

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Crazy Rabbit  $2 from Salvos.

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Cute wooden chinese bobble head dolls $2 each from Salvos.

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Super cute miniature Siamese cats $12 from Salvos. Kx

Vintage in Leura

Today we went to Leura and looked through a lot of Vintage shops. All in all I was fairly disappointed as most of the stores were full of new shit that looked old or really crap second hand junk that was really overpriced. But here are a few really beautiful vintage things I found but could not afford.

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This amazing ceramic polar bear was so evil, he’d be so great at your front door, though at around $500, I guess thats a pretty expensive door stop.

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I LOVE these old wall seagulls. They were really beautifully painted. Though at $750 not an easily made purchase! Ironically our mum has a collection of the deer wall vases next to them which if I sold, I could probably afford these :)

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And this was about the creepiest thing I saw all day, it was this weird metal sculpture of a kid on a pony. He looks dead, I was a little freaked out. Kx

Amazing Vintage Granny Square Scarf

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While browsing though a local op-shop the other day I came across this amazing scarf made from miniature granny squares!  It is by far one of the coolest things I’ve picked up in an op-shop. So much work has gone into it and it is such beautiful colours, I literally gasped when I found it. K x

Swan Carousel

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I love this swan carousel I found at luna park, which co-incidentally seems to be the only cool thing there. Kx