Car Boot Markets

Went to the Car Boot Sale markets in my area on Sunday. Not too much there but I did manage to come back home with some pretty good loot.

Homegrown and made creamed honey, a whole container for just $5 and let me tell you, worth every cent!
Homemade mulberry jam, just delicious and very pink.
Homegrown butter beans were yummy. My favorite kind of bean.
Handmade crochet cactus in pot was cheap as and I've always wanted one!
The bunny candle was a mere 50cents.
The cute little squirrel/acorn tea set was cheap as too.

Also bought a little deer pin but you wouldn't have been able to see it in the photo.
All in all, I think this was a great market day!

Brooch Collection

I haven't done a collection post in ages so thought I'd get some of my new brooches out for a photo shoot.
My button badges look so good when grouped together -

As do the glittery flowery kinds of pins -

And a bunch of charity pins put together -

My variety hearts -

A small assortment of vintage plastic brooches -

And an assortment of new and vintage animal pins -

Lest We Forget

The ANZAC

March in Instagram

Last month I didn't get up to much, but there were a few highlights I can share.

Scored majorly at the op-shops!

Went on a 4WD adventure around our area.

Bought some new lizards!

Enjoyed the benefits of all the rain we had in February.

Hung out with my beautiful animals.

Bought some stuff from my favourite store, Typo.

Got a bad cold. Which is why I didn't do too much this month.

Here's to April being a lot better than March!

Favourite Things

It's been ages since I've had time to blog! Time sure does fly by when you're busy, and the last few weeks have been very busy. I have 4 new family members to introduce you to, but as they're still settling in I haven't had the opportunity to do a photo shoot. Plus it's been raining constantly. So I thought I'd do a favourite things post.

My favourite necklaces:

1. The butterfly was a gift from some close family friends when I was a teen, and it's still one of my all time favs.
2. The deer I saw on thedaintysquid and just had to have one too.
3. The sunset and palm tree scene necklace was an op shop find. I only paid $1 and was stoked to add it to my collection.

4. The cuckoo clock. How could I resist?
5. A sterling silver mushroom pendant I also found at an op shop about 10 years ago. Still a favourite!
6. The raccoon. He hangs so cutely, I bought him off eBay for only a few cents and free postage.

7. The acorn I bought back in '09. So gorgeous, I love wearing this one. Thankyou sportsgirl!
8. I didn't photograph my final favourite as I've already blogged about it here.

There you have it! What's your favourite necklace?

Owl

Look what I received in the mail today from Becca of beccasaurus.

She and I had a swap, some custom mustache pins for an owl. I must say I think I got the better end of the deal.

He is owlsome!!

hung

Finally I've hung my gorgeous thrifted paint-by-number kitten pictures, and they look fantastic!!

 I've also had the time to hang my gorgeous deer mount and my new owl clock with moving eyes!

And now my bedroom wall with my house display shelf looks like this -

Owl Collection #2

Two more shelves of owls that I didn't show last time.

Don't judge me, I'm an owlaholic.

Owl Collection #1

I don't think I've ever shared a picture of my owl shelves on this blog before. You can't even see half of them, they're hidden behind one another.

Now believe me or not, but that's not all of them...

thrifted brooches

I found quite a few nice vintage brooches on my last thrifting expedition, here are my favourites -

The last four are made from polymer clay and are great inspiration!

Littlest Shelves

With my littlest ornaments.

$1.00 each, best littlest find ever!

brooch display

So remember this frame I bought not long ago? Take out the glass, add some felt, attach owls, viola!

My owl brooch collection is now on display! Well, not all of them, just my favourites...

Butterfly Collection

Since I was a kid, I've collected butterflies. I would pick up the unfortunate things from the road after they'd been hit, or find them soon after their life-cycle was over.

Recently I found my old tin of them in the back (way in the back!) of a cupboard. Most of them were too old and ruined, but there were a few that were still alright.I found a nice display jar at an op-shop and have paired them with my thrifted butterfly tray and coasters.I took them out and photographed them this weekend.