Recent finds

A Barbie tin for 49 cents (seriously? when we don't have 1 cent pieces anymore?) from Oakleigh Salvos.
I plan to install a mini collection in it after de-Barbifying it.

$2.99, also from Oakleigh Salvos. It is almost complete, only two pages with the boxes pressed out. Pretty!

A blank book handmade from plant fibre in Mexico, found in the Red Cross oppy in Oakleigh for $3. The next shot includes the little blurb describing it, plus the original price sticker - a whopping $58 dollars (I'm
assuming US$)!

A trio of linen panels featuring butterflies/moths, a dollar for all three (!) from St Vinnies at Pinewood.

And finally a silk scarf, also from St Vinnies at Pinewood, also a dollar. At the same shop, I also got a Harry Potter video and a Lost Boys video for a dollar each. Score!

happy easter

A little while ago I found this lovely tin in my very favourite Op Shop, Tempcare in Oakleigh.

I find that the independent stand alone Op Shops are the best and if they are a little untidy and disorganised, even better. You just never know what is lurking under that pile of net curtains in the corner.

I love the tin. I don't know if you can see from the photos, but it is embossed as well as coloured, so that each little coloured section stands proud of the tin, to give it a mosaic like effect.

It has sat empty for these last few weeks as I wasn't sure what I wanted it to house. But then, inspiration hit. Of course....

Happy Easter everyone.

Latest finds!

From the top:

Vintage patterns - Vogue, Butterick and Simplicity. 50c each.

Cut glass decorated punch set with 6 cups - $10

Close up of the punch bowl decals.

Cherry tin - 50c. Two linen place mats - $3

All from Doncaster Salvos, Doncaster Rd.