flea market finds!

The fam & I went up to Hervey Bay for the weekend. And so it seems Hervey Bay peeps donate amazing stuff & sell even more amazing things at garage sales. What a weekend of awesome, awesome treasure finding! Ive never found so many awesome goodies in one morning before..my inner treasure addict was going crazy-happy! Enough chatter...have a squiz at what i picked up!

 Our cat, Lilu, was obviously feeling a tad neglected :)

 Little owl & deer ornaments (50 cents each!). I especially love the judge owl. I already have a couple of this style of owl ornament which you can view by clicking here. If you look closely at the 3rd pic, they are sitting on my mini coloured set of drawers :)

 Unsure whether these little guys are ceramic or clay, either way they're cute :) Picked them up for $6 for all of them, including the shelf.

 Sweet little picture for my inspiration wall.

 Little donkey ornaments, aren't they the sweetest!

 I almost fell over when I saw this deer planter, then I almost fell over again when i saw the price - $1.00!!

 My partner, Shane, spotted this one for $5! I totally walked past it. I love Shane :)

 Weird but cute looking cat ornament, the eyes/whiskers etc of which washed off when I cleaned it after I took these pics :( Can you tell I love cute/kitsch ornaments? Also a vintage kiddies Fisher Price radio, working condition.

 Back of the radio.
Edited to add: Everything in total cost no more than $25 :)

And just for good measure, another pic of Miss Lilu napping whilst i was taking photos. She melts my heart with her cuteness.

Thanks for stopping by & viewing the treasures i found. Pop by Her Library Adventures & Apron Thrift Girl for more Flea Market Finds!

Krystal xo

flea market finds!

After many, many months of reading Sophie's blog 'Her Library Adventures', we're finally taking the plunge and joining in on her 'Flea Market Finds' :)

Op shopping/flea marketing is one of our absolute favourite things to do. Not only does it inspire & motivate us to make new creations, but we get to find amazing goodies...some days more so than others.

Today I (Krystal) would like to share with you all some treasures I've discovered the past couple of weeks...

Uber sweet vintage buttons. They were all in a jar & had no price, I asked the shop lady & she said $3!! I was stoked! I cant wait to use these in some upcoming projects. Pretty plate they are on i found months ago, cant remember where though.

Excuse the lack of ironing, but i was taking photos on limited time whilst Felix was eating his lunch. This is a scarf i picked up at my local Salvos for 50cents. I'm planning on either framing it, or popping it on a canvas. The words are so, so cute!

Left pic: Some lovely coloured necklaces, pretty doiley, and a cute ceramic elephant money box. I seem to be collecting ceramic ornaments similar to this little one lately.

Right pic: Mustard yellow vase & a blue scalloped ceramic container. This is my most favourite find of the year so far i believe. I'm still unsure as to what I'm going to use it for though...jewellery, cookies, buttons?

Pop by Sophie's for more lovely Flea Market Finds :)

Krystal xo

totally sweet

How totally adorable are these vintage illustrated plates by the storybook rabbit! Im in love with the last one, so innocent & sweet. Im imagining about a dozen of them hanging up on a plain, white wall...gorgeous. Click here to view more :)

K.

ps: excuse my lack of posts lately, i think both Lauren & I have caught the 'non motivated & inspired' bug, anyone know a cure for this? :)

op shop finds [28.07.10] pic heavy

Yesterday i went op shopping. T'was quite the successful day, found lots of goodies! Piccies below...

I love the covers of these books! I most likely wont read them, just take photos of them :p

This is basically brand new! I love the pastel pink colour.

Retro-looking coasters.

Some awesome buttons from Voodoo Rabbit, love them!

..and some more!

These buttons are very, very special. I discovered a new little store that has a WHOLE room dedicated to their vintage button collection. I almost passed out when i walked in. These are the small few i picked out of the thousands upon thousands they had there. So precious!!

"Umm this isn't cat food...." (this is our cat, Lilu...i haven't shown a pic of her on our blog before hehe)

Pretty little frame & cute fabric.

I'm not 100% sure, but i think this is called a 'train case.' I don't care what it's called to be honest, i loooove it. I can't wait to clean it up & use it for something special :)

Lilu checking it out...

Adorable deer cross stitch!!

One can never have enough cuteness in their kitchen!

Andddd...last but most definitely not least, my most favourite find of the day.....mother & daughter deer ornament....it melts my heart <333

Sitting next to our Felix & Lily Handmade Wearables 'mascot' deer....which is yet to be named. What do you think we should call her?

Thank you for looking!

K.

so it seems we suck at regular blogging. oops.

we've been busy with markets, a successful first Facebook sale and our toddlers.

so to make up for our lack of posts, here are some pretty pictures of our latest op-shop finds...

Bambi Golden Book for pretty pictures to frame (Krystal's latest addiction)..Favourite pic from Bambi...Two random, cute ornaments that caught Krystal's eye...A little something new for our market display :)...Doileys, doileys...and more doileys! We're working on something special with all the doileys we have...can you guess what it is??
Cheap, sweet clothes = awesome!We discovered THE most AMAZING craft store, that has the best stash of vintage buttons! Here's just a few of what we bought...

and a few pictures of lauren's finds...

something i have been looking for for a very long time, a wooden dolls house to paint and wall paper for lil's second birthday! so sweet, it even has a mirror and some picture frames on the walls! i will post more photos of my progress as i go.

one very happy little girl!

my stash of buttons from the secret vintage haberdashery shop

some of my fabric finds (and a little helper)
and last but definitely not least

tiny new friends.

k&l