Friday, November 20, 2009

My Place and Yours: My Collections

The lovely Kate from Foxs Lane has selected a fab theme for Pip's 'My Place & Yours' meme - My Collections! So here goes...
my brooches
Some have been received as gifts, some thrifted and some handcrafted with fimo clay, fabric and shrinky dink paper.
our travel guides
Although we can get grumpy with the L.P guides (hotels increasing ten-fold in price or restaurants completely disappearing) we tend to hold these close while in a non-English speaking country, at times VERY close. There is another book missing from this photo as the Boy has taken it to work to read for our nearing holiday *squeal*

our blankies
Most have been thrifted. The top one is my now 100% finished quilt (sadly the binding was not an enjoyable experience). One blanket was crocheted by my ultra crafty Oma for my dad who is 6'6" and couldn't buy blankets long enough for him when he was a boy - its been passed down to me, her 6'2" granddaughter. It's fantastically heavy, and even has a slight nana smell lol.

our chairs

I love odd chairs. In our house no two are identical. That's just the way I like it. All 10 are from antique shops or oppies. 10?! How did this happen you may be wondering? It all started as a rather spontaneous game with the Boy's 10 yr old daughter. The goal was to get 6 dining chairs for $10 each or less. We started with $60 and gave ourselves 3 hours to complete the task. It was our funniest and most epic op-shop attack to date!
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The extra 4 chairs have been found at garage sales or in hard rubbish piles in the more ritzy suburbs in Adelaide. Yes that's me.... the psycho who you see jamming the car brakes, reversing at a dangerous speed, jumping out to give the chair a quick 2 sec evaluation for nesting potential, throwing the chair in the boot and driving off with a wide satisfied grin.
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Thanks for stopping by and viewing my collections x

20 comments:

  1. I still remember you saying how your boy thought you should call your blog "Junk & Blankets" in fact, I remember that often when I visit you & it makes me giggle!

    You are a woman after my own heart, you hard rubbish rummaging, odd chair opping pscho you! (And I have added said chairs to my mental list of things to steal from your house... *insert evil laugh here*)

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  2. Such cool collections. Yes gotta love Lonely Planet. Do you watch the Pilot Guides?

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  3. Oh BLANKETS! Yay! Already a couple of people posting their cute blankets this week - hurrah for you guys! I really do love a vintage blanket as much as the next person - they spell COSY and CHEERY to me - and perhaps for you too!! Thanks for playing along! x

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  4. What lovely collections. I love your chair collection story. And you're not the only one who loves hard rubbish week in the ritzy suburbs. (Mitcham council at the moment did you know?)

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  5. Love the chairs. I, too, have a chair problem. I just can't turn them away!

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  6. Totally envious of your brooch collection! Love the chair challenge - what an excellent idea x

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  7. I love your chair collection - I just wish my husband would allow me to do the same. He is more into modern styles.

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  8. Gorgeous stuff as always Race! x

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  9. Great collections - particularly the LP books!

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  10. Lovely brooches, I love a pretty pin too - a girl can never have too many! I'm also loving your eclectic chair ensemble...and the chair game was a great idea to gather some lovely pieces of furniture!
    Thanks for popping round mine. x

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  11. That chair challenge is the best! I can just imagine the squealing and adrenaline rush every time you found one. I love all your collections. I'd love to know where you are off to next and when? Have a great weekend.

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  12. Lovely collections. I can just imagine how fun your chair buying game was. and i love that you can wear your brooch collection.

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  13. Nice to see someone with an Oma! I have those too! Actually one of mine is over there in Adelaide so pop in & say hi to her for me! lol

    Anyway, your collections are lovely. I have just been adopting chairs myself as we are moving soon & I need more in my bigger house. They are fun!

    & your Matroyshka doll pin is really really cute. Leave that out with the chairs & I will collect them all at the same time... hehehe...

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  14. Super collections - the chairs, especially, are fab and would great in my house! ;-)

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  15. i think your blankies are FAB..i LOVE the chairs TOO!!

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  16. Oh! All so lovely.
    The brooches in particular are very very lustworthy :-)

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  17. Oh I love your collections ... beautiful and so very thoughtful! I only skimmed the surface of my collections ... isn't this fun :)

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  18. Love your collections, your chairs are fantastic.

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  19. I am so impressed with your chairs and love it that none of your chairs match. Mine dont either but they are so far from comfortable or beautiful, sadly!

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  20. Wow I just love your chairs! What a great idea, I think I might just have to try your fabulous chair game journey. A very sweet collection of brooches too!
    Sophie x

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