Finds and fun!

Hope you all are having/have had a great weekend. I seem to have been cleaning all day today but the house is still a mess so I have given up. I find that if the house is tidy I sabotage myself and make it messy again anyway. :)

First up I want to show you a pretty little dress I bought from Whint who is someone that I have never met in real life but have come across on my internet travels. I have been wanting to buy one of her little dresses for a while and when this little Christmas number came up I couldn't resist. So cute!

 



Can't wait for Christmas for Little Miss to wear it. Here are the details below!

Made it store:

handmade by Whint

Facebook:

handmade by Whint - FB page

Definitely worth a look!

Next some finds for you:

Picked this up at a garage sale. The man running the sale had  hand made it back in the 70's when he 'was into cats'. It will be a seller. His adult daughter showed me a lump of clay that was an art project she did at school and told me that there was a carton of beer in it for anyone who could sell it. It resembled a bowl with a pair of stumpy feet. I was tempted to buy it so someone could get their beer but declined in the end.

Sorry about the terrible photo, there are actually 5 glasses (shame not 6).  I was in the middle of negotiation with the seller for these as I had another pile of junk treasures put aside when someone tried to cut my lunch!! The other bargain hunter asked me if I was going to buy them, I said 'yes' she then said 'well, I would take them for full price'. Luckily the seller (and I) just ignored her. Hmm, I think this would be against garage sale etiquette don't you think? Lol.

Wood and Sons -ENGLAND

So pretty...

$4.50 for me! Reminds me of what my Nana would put out afternoon tea on.

Mr M bought this and wants to do it up for little Miss. I don't have the heart to say that I am not sure where he will find the time now the extension is nearly finished (we are doing the inside ourselves). I guess she is still young so he has a couple of years.

These are in as new condition. The short one did have another base to it that had been used and had chips in it so I left it there and just took these two. I don't think they have been used looking at the bottom and the inside.

 Don't look at the prices, I did a deal with the seller and got them cheap as chips!

A question for you guys with Etsy stores who live in Australia. Do you find that they are worth while? I once had an eBay store that did quite well...until they changed the search. What do you think about Etsy and do you make many sales? Thanks!

Weekend Stuff:

Little Miss has to be into everything and eats anything. When I saw her trying to drink some stagnant water left over from the rain I decided she might like some fresh water to play in. Looked around and realised we no longer have any hard plastic wading pools so used the old baby bath. I didn't mean for her to make mud water and then GET INTO IT!!

All this was happening while Mr M was working on the cubby that is getting there slowly but looking good. He doesn't seem to get much time between other jobs, the kids and the fact that he has a HUGE family - it is always someones birthday, Christening, wedding etc.

Garry making herself at home in the extension. She thinks Mr M is her Mum and follows him everywhere...even into our house a couple of times. I really don't like hearing 'no, don't wee on the floor!!!'. Doh! She is very cute though.

Had a niece's (on Mr M's side) first birthday on Sunday and when we came home I found these near the door. How nice...a surprise from my sister and cousin! Yum, Yum!

 I bought the jug for $1  a little while ago thinking it would be a great vase - and it is! By the way there were more biscuits than that originally but they are now in my tummy.

Have a great day!

Sherry :)

Bit of this and that

Hey! Funny, I always say 'hey' when little Miss comes up to me. She is now running around saying 'aye, aye, aye'. Lol.

I was enjoying my new note pad until it got a virus and started shutting down on me but I am back after 10 days all all is good.

So here is a bit of this and that...

The junk shop in Mount Barker (South Australia - just thought I would add that due to Mt Barker in WA) from one of my older posts is closing down as has 'make an offer' signs up. I have been eyeing off this retro red dish for a while, I would keep thinking about it from time to time. The marked price was $20 and that's too much for a bargain hunter like me. I really would have liked to pay about $8 but asked what was the best price they could do. $15. I asked it they would take $12 and it became mine. Needs a bit of a clean as you can see.

Picked up this Pyrex mixing bowl for $4. I looove mixing bowls!!

OK, now for other stuff...

The extension is coming along nicely but who is that crazy mum who takes her kids to the top of the scaffold. How irresponsible!!

And from the other side.

Mr M has been talking about building a cubby house for the kids for ages. I told him he better hurry up then because before we know it the house will be finished and as we are doing the inside he is going to be very busy.

Even Garry wants to be part of the action.

More like Mary following the lamb everywhere than the lamb following Mary. Will someone get this crazy kid away from me!!!

Terrible pic but look who we have visiting us making a racket in the tree.

Here is my little 4yo boy who is scared of balloons (he hates when they pop) jumping into the foam pit at his cousins 6th birthday party tonight. Yeah...he is scared of balloons but not this. Lol Mum, Dad and the other adults couldn't help themselves but have a go too.

 Here I am. Excuse the 15 month old baby belly - that will be gone soon especially since I am  trying out for the Olympic gymnastics team.

Mr M is trying out for the mens team.

We had a ball and don't want to grow up. :)

I am looking forward to catching up on all your blogs as I have only been able to check them out on my phone.

Have a great weekend!

Sherry :)

Meet Garry

Meet the newest member of our family.  She was orphaned from one of the ewes we have on 'The Farm' which is a little bit of land that is left from my Great Grandparents property. She is settling in and becoming less timid all the time. Mr M breeds Wiltipoll sheep (wool shedding sheep) as a bit of a hobby, he only started a few years ago but his little flock is growing. We had to rescue this one from the creek but unfortunately her mum decided that she no longer smelt like her baby after her dip (well I am guessing that is what happened as she didn't want the lamb near her).

Master M enjoys feeding her and Little Miss thinks she is hilarious. Mr M wants to call her Garry (!). Where Mr M used to work the blokes would sing the songs on the radio and would substitute words for 'Garry' (who was another guy who worked there). It was an ongoing joke. Maybe I will call her Garrietta. Hee Hee. Hopefully he will change his mind. All she needs now is a friend to share the yard with.