Shabby Vintage Junk: April 2011

Monday, April 25, 2011

Build it....And they will come....Shabby Vintage Junk Extravaganza....A Vintage Show in the making....!

Hello Fellow Vintage Lovers EVERYWHERE....! I trust this post finds you all safe & well following the Easter break....!! Mr SVJ & I have been flat out like lizards drinking over the last few days building my set for the upcoming Shabby Vintage Junk Extravaganza....Full details of which will be advised this week once the Vendor line up has been finalised....!!!!!

I'm PLEASED to say, 95% of the materials used were salvaged from the Hard Rubbish.....Aside from these FABULOUS posts....I bought these from a salvage center some time ago intending to use them as table legs....For the time being though, they make a WONDERFUL entrance....!

Mr SVJ's face was as DARK as THUNDER when this pic was taken so probably BEST you can't see it....You'd think he'd KNOW after all this time I change my mind....A LOT....hahahahahaha....!!

Speaking of which....Here's that piece of galvanised tin I lugged home last week....! Well I must away....Gotta go see a man about a dog....For my International Friends that's Aussie for "I'm off to do something I probably shouldn't share for fear of incriminating myself....hahahahahaha....!!!" Cheers for now,Tamarah :o)

Monday, April 18, 2011

Doin' what I do BEST....Tam with a Van....!!

Hello Keepers Of The Past Everywhere....! Having been stuck at home for the past week in a 'hold' pattern I RELISHED the opportunity to take care of a few errands away from the house this morning....Besides....I'm BUILDING something & needed supplies.... And you know....That's one of my FAVE things about the HR....If you need it....It WILL be there....I should qualify this though & say this does NOT count for antiques of GREAT value....ie. If you say to yourself, "Oh I NEED to find an antique that'll fetch me $5000- today in the HR"....I can GUARANTEE you'll piss off the HR Gods & get NADA....However, if you say to yourself "Gee I really need some wood & stuff to help me build that thing"....Well then chances are you WILL find what you're after....

As an added bonus I found these TREASURES....More about them in a minute though....

Not hard to pick the diamond out of the rough here....

Isn't it GORGEOUS....The key's missing but I have a SQUILLION 'round here & one of them is bound to work....All I need to do is give her a GOOD clean & a VERY LIGHT waxing....She's BEAUTIFUL just the way she is....!!!!!

Not bad for 45 minutes hey....? Mind you I WAS running errands so I couldn't dick about....!

These cotton dresses are TO DIE FOR as is the one legged teddy, beach bag & wallpaper....All from the SAME PILE....***happy dance***

OK so it looks a bit scary inside & I'm kinda thinkin' the corrugated iron may NOT have been such a good idea but what the HEY....I MAY be able to utilise it in the set I'm building for my space at the Shabby Vintage Junk Extravaganza....But MORE about that L-A-T-E-R.... :o) !!

Just gotta get it all out & 'sorted' before Mr SVJ gets home & goes off his tree....hahahahaha....

Hope you're all enjoying the start of the week....!!

Cheers for now,

Tamarah :o)

PS: My title references a comment made by my Blog Friend Shaynna Blaze....!

Thursday, April 14, 2011

I am NOT a patient person....

Hello Friends....!

This has been a frustrating week for me....Though I'm SURE this would NOT be the case if I were a patient person....A person capable of waiting....Mr SVJ has quite often remarked my IMPATIENT nature will see me arrive early to my own funeral....I would have to say I'm inclined to agree....
So while I wait for the 'powers that be' to make decisions which I find myself powerless to influence & HURRY....I've been at home watching 'paint dry'....Or more precisely....The pricetags that I use for my Treasures at the Shabby Vintage Junk Extravaganza....(YouTube link to SVJ-X)

I LOVE how they end up....Coffee stained & crumpled....Recycled paper, string & vintage stamps help me stay TRUE to my desire to live a vintage, recycled life....