We like cucumber

A bit too much.

Mice

Or rabbits or pacman have been taste testing everything in our crisper drawer... Methinks it was a small blonde pacman. Waka waka waka

I think he was hungry.

dear triumph...

Dear Triumph,

why do you only make this wonderful style in white or a weird flesh tone that doesn't match any real skin colour? and only in limited sizes? if this was black and available in my size i would buy lots. lots and lots. and so would vintage pin-up girls the world over. there's a hidden market there you know. sigh. maybe i can find a white on ebay somewhere and take it in...

Doreen 'L-02' long line bra

xxxCherry

crazy dreams

as you may or may not know, mums who co-sleep (or sleep near) their babies don't enter stage 4 sleep (the deep sleep, oh how i miss it!) and upon waking, remember dreams more so than before baby came along. i don't always remember mine, but a recent one stuck due to it's complete craziness;

scene1: i was in theatre having a c-section for my second child(no, not preggo yet, and not planning on a c-ser), and i was watching them cut me open. interestingly my insides were leopard print with scarlet trim-sweet!), and then just as they're about to lift the baby out...

scene 2: post op lying in my room and hubby walks in, with a shaved head and glasses(apparently he'd been to his school reunion, and it required the shaving-as you do). he says 'surprise, we had twins!' um, yay. strange it wasn't picked up on the scans, but hey, ok i'll roll with it. 'do i want to see the babies?' well, yes, that's would ever so neat, yes please. in he walks with the two tiny babies. one girl and one boy. the girl has pale skin and dark hair, and the boy has tan skin and fair hair. picture perfect. except for one striking feature- they're rabbits. yup, i've given birth to twin bunnies. what the hell is my sub conscience telling me?!?

crazy brain.

thrifty thursday

a wrap up of the latest op-shoppy finds that now live in our house, welcome my lovelies!

two vintage board books - illustrated and printed in Japan - too cute!


A whole hoard of books for the wee one, including:
'where did i come from' from 1977
'the digging-est dog'
'how do dinosaurs clean their rooms?'
'frosty the snowman' golden book from the 60's



some great kitschy finds for the kitch-en:

the salt and pepper shakers are on long handles to shake-a shake-a over the BBQ! And the barrel comes with 12 cups. small cups though, so we figure rum?

Some cute things for the table; capsicum coasters, a wild chicken toothpick holder and some chillis that hold napkins. they look great on our laminex table!

and some lovelies for me!
A leather 50's look handbag (it has LV logos on all the brass trims, but i have no idea of it's a real one or a damn good fake-but i don't care, i just like the look of it!)
And an old leather dr's style briefcase (missing the key, phooey) but gorgeous nonetheless.

Some cute shoes for summer, both worn only once or twice, yay


And finally some cute little underthings. i'm always a bit partial to vintage lingerie, especially if you pair it with crisp clean white bonds briefs or tanks to modernise it. I've never really gone for the true vintage reproduction look-i think it's just way too costumey for my taste, but i do like to incorporate pieces into my wardrobe in fresh ways. and now that baby weight is all gone (thanks breastfeeding!), with the exception of my enormous norgs of course, i can start wearing cute clothes again, woohoo! just in time for summer too, yay!

ok, off to bed, my brain is mush. toodles!
xCherry

new mai tai

after my delicious new industrial machines were serviced, the first thing i made was a new carrier for the little man. unfortunately my plain machine decided to blow up (well, leak vast amounts of hideous smoke and nearly setting off the fire alarm, eeek!). so alas i had to finish off on my trusty metal domestic, but still, i made something, woo!!! no fault of the service man, the machine was on its' last legs,(and a super-duper-nearly-free kinda bargain) but i thought it would last longer than that! poo. oh well, at least i can get another one now that is in better nick. anyway, this is the carrier i made:


it's black stretch cotton twill (a beautiful fine, light weight), with the pocket from a vintage silk kimono:


it can be worn as a front carry, back carry or side carry, so much more versatile than the sling or bjorn. and when made from pretty fabrics, it doesn't look so, um, hippy. nothing wrong with being alternative, but personally i don't really want to wear rainbow colours or crazy prints like so many mai tais are made from. bleaugh.

and the boy likes it too! (excuse the house clothes)



xCherry