Thrifted Plates

It's only recently that I started thrifting household items, previously
limiting myself to clothes and accessories.
my first two finds in that department are these lovely
plates which proudly sit on my dresser as jewellery
displays, I particularly like the green and grey one [next picture],
of which I have two, I think it's the delicate flower print that
attracted me, and I love the way the green pigment was applied in a splodge
and not all neat and in the lines, lovely!

Mystery...

This necklace is a real mystery,
I found it a while ago in a charity shop
for 5 Euros, I would like to know
where it is from as it is quite
an original design ...

If any of you who happened to stop by my
little blog have any idea please,
could you leave a comment?

I don't actually wear it, its way too big, I hung it
on my bedroom wall, my friend Bernie wore it for
Halloween last year when she was dressed as Cleopatra,
she looked the part!

While sorting out my closet I realised that I have started

another collection without noticing ... I have quite a few
silk scarves! I started wearing them when I was growing my hair a year ago,
I found it was the best way to keep it in place during the awkward middle
stage ... I don't wear them as much now, but I love looking at
the lovely prints!

I got most of them from Maharani, a lovely stall in the
George's Street Arcade in Dublin,
every time I pass by I can't help myself ... I have to buy one ... a little treat at only
2 Euros!

The green one above is one of my favourites, the vivid green
and the bright pink flowers are just great!

The collection doesn't end here ... you can have a look at the
rest at my flickr page.

Fabric Palette

See what happens? I just wanted to upload a picture of my
recent project and I got lost making a palette from the
colours of the fabric, the joy of bighugelabs
palette generator
And the colours are beautiful aren't they?

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This is the sample of a bag I'm working on,
I'm still tweaking the pattern,
I think the flap on the front should be wider; one thing for sure, I have to stop
using this fabric for samples, I just love it so much I want to
work with it all the time, but it is running out and I should really
keep it for the final product!
I think I have enough for two or tree more bags this size.

In case you're interested the colours are in the palette are:
#849ecc #4a512c #93ad2b #293e32 #06154c #5f6651
#432f38 #1e2651 #5f7123 #434e35 #42415b
#6e8140 #7b8346 #5d3a27#abc7c5

My First Remix!

I signed up to the wonderful wardrobe remix
on flickr a while ago, but till today I've just been lurking
about ... now I finally posted a picture, I love this dress, especially the stripy detail at the hem.

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Goodies Galore

Good thrifting day today!
Well deserved, me thinks, since I was at the dentist after a
week-end of pain and puffiness, I resembled the Elephant Woman [and still do,
at the moment!] ... can u get stretch marks on your face? I wonder ...

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So here's the goodies!

For my crafts:
Lovely piece of material ... totally synthetic but couldn't resist the bright
colours and the print ...

For the brain:

The Life of Pi I love this book, I already have a copy of it in Italian and
I'm looking forward to reading it in English!

For The House:
Beautiful little plate, just love the colour!

and the cute cats book-ends pictured at the start
of this post.

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For my closet:

Green Stripy Vest

Lovely scarf ... the purple won me over!

Bright Red Belt ... love it!

And, finally, the star find ... orange suede shoes ...
brand new, for just 10 euro!

Flickr Love

1. smena blue, 2. Untitled, 3. station > bench, 4. Untitled, 5. japanese autumn, 6. Untitled, 7. Jumping in the sea, 8. Summer Sour, 9. Kyoto Geisha, 10. Yellow Ribbon, 11. Hello again, 12. london cycling, 13. Cosmos, 14. Raindrops, 15. Untitled, 16. Barceloneta, 17. orange/bleu/vert, 18. Bangkok Wat Traimit Buddha Hands, 19. Kyoto Geisha, 20. my secret Shangri-la, 21. 275 Day 4 Xalapa.jpg, 22. suitcase, 23. Lanterns, 24. Holiday Motel, 25. DOGS ONLY!

I adore flickr ... so much inspiration to be found! Every time I start browsing I get completely lost ...