My finds Monday - sweet pink watering can

How cute is this little pink retro watering can? It's not vintage (there's a recycle triangle on the base), but so sweet that I don't care! Yay!

xCherry

www.FuriousKingston.com.au

caps and treasure bags back in stock

Bigger pics up on our web shop: www.furiouskingston.com.au come and look, NOW baby!

xCherry

I don't like thrifting, oh no. I love it!

Just a few patterns I've picked up this last week on my op shop journeys. I'm a bit in love with the seventies funk / dorky look at the moment. (thinking back to my youth of skivvies and brown cords!) so I'm definitely going to be trying out a few of these patterns over the holidays. See if I can adapt any of them and get some inspiration for the new winter line next year. No outright copies though- aside from being naughty, it's just plain lazy as a designer.





















Speaking of holidays, we'll be taking off December 18th through to the end of January (unless I get bored earlier), so highly unlikely that there'll be any shop updates during that time. I will blog and blather a lot though, as I'll spend the 'break' designing next season and working on patterns and such.
Ok, off to watch a roller derby grand final at the showgrounds, yeah! Toodles!

xCherry

www.FuriousKingston.com.au

Op shop treasure

You know how you get that sudden magnetic pull when walking past an op shop? Yes, you know the one. Well today that pull was hard. And with only $15 in my wallet my brain fought and wanted me to walk on by, but boy am I glad I went in! Four score and all for under a tenner.

A delicious red hand knitted or crochet bag with metal chain handle and pearlescent plastic clasp. Quite roomy too, so actually usable even with toddler in tow. My foot is there for size reference, not because I think anyone really needed to see it!


Next up a pair of very cute soft pea green vintage buttons.


A very cute slide viewer in what seems to be bakelite.


An the piece de resistance, auh hoh haugh, is this old first aid kit which includes 'cellulose fibre wool' aka cotton wool, and 'essence of sal volatile' used as a 'heart stimulant for weakness,nervousness and mild smelling salts. Take 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons in a wineglass of water'
Needless to say I won't be using any of it, but it's super cute!







xCherry

www.FuriousKingston.com.au

Location:Malabar Rd,Blackburn,Australia

Oh sweet Elna press

Oh sweet Elba press, originally uploaded by cherry_rockette.

How did I ever cope with block fusing before you came into my life?
At $80 from the local op shop I am very very pleased with you.

Xxx Cherry

www.FuriousKingston.com.au

lovely outdoor setting

this is a not-so-new-but-not-yet-posted-about little setting from the local op-shop. i love it!



and some other new additions to our house:


xxxCherry

Radiogram

is ours, woo!

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