Op shop goodies

I went for an op shop day last week with my mum and we came back with quite a haul. All this (aside from the deck chairs which my mum bought for $8 each) cost $30 which I thought was pretty good seeing as the lord of the rings books set me back $15. They were a bit pricey but they are from the 1970s and in perfect condition -also I'm a massive fan ;-)

The wooden board is apparently a cheese platter, which I have absolutely no use for but I love kitsch Australiana and it was cheap. The wire thing is a record holder, which I'm awfully happy with.

A cute saucepan, little orange dish and some pyrex. The mint one isn't actually pyrex but I really liked how it looked with the orange one.

The hideous golden thing is a thermometer made in Japan. I have a few of them now, they are so tacky! I actually found this one at the same dump recycling place I found my last one almost a year ago which I thought was a bit of a crazy coincidence. The rose wall hanging was made in West Germany and I love it!

And it wouldn't be a good op shop haul if I didn't pick up some christmas goodies.

I am in love with these deck chairs. They are so darn comfy!

I'm linking up with Sir Thrift A Lot and A Living Space :-)

Christmas seals

I'm hopeless when it comes to vintage christmas, I just keep buying! I bought a heap of seals off etsy and I can't wait until I can send out some christmas mail adorned with these! These are my favourite ones :-)

Op Shop Finds

I only went to two op shops this week but I still found a few things :-) 

This little tin globe was $8 which is usually more than I pay for anything but it was just too sweet to pass and my mum collects vintage globes so it will make a good chrissy present :-)

A great pavlova plate and some weird 70s coasters that seem to be made of marbelised sand (there are 6, but only 3 made it in the photo)

And some sweet unused vintage cards

I'm linking up to Sir Thrift A Lot and A Living Space and We Call It Junkin :-)

post office

My internet has been down for the past few days, hence no posts, sorry. It's back as of this morning, hooray! there are so many blogs I have to catch up on which is pretty much all I have been doing this morning as I'm on a study break for a week :-D

I am in love with this building and its red railings and hand painted postage stamps. Until recently this was my local post office, but it has now moved next door and the building is for sale :-( I thought I had better take a photo in case they knock it down or do something terrible to it.  

Sorry, it's not a very exciting post or a particularly good photo (it was taken with my phone) but I thought I would share because its such a sweet little building. 

Outgoing mail

✰ Some outgoing snail mail ✰ 

I've been waiting to post these pictures because I didn't want to spoil the surprise, but it seems that this one got lost in the mail :-( So Sara I will send you a new, even better letter! 

For Marisa from Omiyage who sent me this lovely letter :-)

Oppy finds

Thought I'd share some of the stuff I found last week at the oppys. It all seemed to match a colour scheme by some crazy coincidence. 

I am in love with this orange thermos, but sadly my boyfriend got to it before me :-P The hedgehog one is pretty sweet though and it was made in West Germany :-)

My mum collects these vintage Japanese teapots and cups so they will go in the stockpile for christmas :-) 

The yellow floral wallpaper in the photos I found for 50c. I also found three unused rolls of 70s wallpaper in a street junkpile which made me awfully happy because there is enough to do my wall! My brother found two working turntables in the same junkpile! It always amazes me what people throw out- he looked them up on eBay and they are worth about $100-$200 each!

I'm linking up to Sir Thrift A Lot and A Living Space :-)

♡ cacti ♡

I seriously can't get enough of cacti!

I took this photo on a stroll through Wollongong Botanic Gardens, which is right across from my university :-D

Some sweet little cacti I saw on a bike ride in Thailand. I adore the pink spotty pot!

pompoms!

Ever since I saw Mr Printables amazing tutorial for making pompoms, I have been more than a little obsessed. I made these hello pompoms a couple of weeks ago, and Mr Printables put up an alphabet tutorial a few days ago, which is great because I would not be able to explain how I made these :-P It's actually not too hard once you understand how they work, and they look so darn awesome! I've been making a heap of other patterned pompoms and I will show you once I get around to taking photos :-)

my rather poor attempt at a star pompom. 

incoming mail

Some lovely mail that has graced my mailbox recently from linda, doro and able and game. My cat zinky decided to join me and stick her paws in the picture.

Doro sent me this lovely letter with a hand painted matryoshka, stickers and other goodies!

She added some handmade triangle confetti and two sweet little hand-drawn cacti! Thank you doro!

Able and Game replied to my letter I sent out and sent some postcards! They also added some hand made confetti! oh how I love confetti, it makes everything so jolly!