Showing posts with label treasure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label treasure. Show all posts

Saturday, January 4, 2014

How To :: Turn a Studio into a Shop

After making the decision
to turn your Studio into a Shop 
then confidently telling the world
your plan
turns out you actually need to come up with one

a plan

I'm going to journal 
the journey
from decision to dealine
in the hope 
that the mountains of stuff I need to sort through,
 wash, iron, price, hang, fold, stack & finish 
will cease being totally overwhelming
and begin to seem more do-able.

Step-by-step....

wash the walls
if you're going to hang pictures for sale
 those marks you've been ignoring for 3yrs
 will stand out like the little black lumps of insect poop that they are 

 

vacumming, wiping down & shovelling cobwebs off window sills
is a given

display
is all about finding the right spots to put stuff 


and using the furniture/props already in your possession
[I'm determinded not to purchase anything for this REfit]

like 2 vintage wooden ladders
when looked at differently
revealing their remarkable clothes hanging potential


and that huge-mungus cupboard 
sitting idol in the corner
with gi-normous sliding doors
concealing essential hanging space & shelving 

take the doors off
[help may be required for this job as they hurt when dropped on a toe] 


focusing
on specific tasks 
by writing a list helps
it gives you a base to come back to
when distracted

by the piles


and stacks

 

of treasure building by the hour
and you wondering how you will fit it all in!



Saturdays Fashion Talk is fully booked however
the Shop will be open to all

11th January
1:30-5pm

there will be plenty of treasure for everyone 
because as soon as something walks out I'll replace it with something else.

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Treasure Rescues - Spring Themed

Once I get over the novelty of being home with no deadlines

I'll stop swannning around looking for inspiration on

and driving around trawling op shops for my next project

while I enjoy waiting for that to happen
here's some of my latest 
Op Shop Treasure Rescues















I noticed there was a definate
Springy Floral theme running through most of my aquisitions this week

which after all the rain we've had lately
was a nice reminder that it is Spring

the best time of year.


Before I go I'd just like to thank you for your kind words and supportive comments on my last post 
both here and on facebook

Stella appreciated them very much. x

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Winter Woollies & Wellies

more treasure rescues
in time for winter


woollies for Wraps
and steel cap New Zealand made fit-like-a-glove Wellies 


for visits to friends farm


and if I'm totally honest
my first thought on finding them was
they're a sign
that
the renovations
or more specifically 
the polished concrete floor I lust after
is more likely to happen
now I have kick arse gumboots

not that I plan on doing any concreting myself
that's just how desperate I am for this reno to happen. 


Sunday, July 1, 2012

JaM - Happy Days

JaM - taking Just a Moment to gather & share the things you have noticed, consumed, created &/or bought during your week....

I caught up with my Dad this week
and after chats over cups of tea & apple slice
we went Op shopping

I managed 8 Op Shops in 5hrs
finding treasure in every one of them.

Old hangers - new love


Books - knowledge is power
 

Mrs Tiddlemouse - she needed a good home


Chip Fryer - I've heard they make great peg baskets
Zips - they were orange & will make great rose necklaces
Ties - they were orange & will make great rose brooches
Buttons - I will never have enough


 Tins - so I have somewhere to put my buttons

 

 Tea Towel - I don't have an orange one and 1987 was a pretty significant year for me.
I traveled that year to India, Kathmandu, Thailand, Gulf of Carpentaria
Dan & I moved in together
I enrolled in the Fashion Design Course
Decisions & adventures that ultimately determined my destiny & sealed my fate.
 


What were you up to in 1987...



Thursday, July 23, 2009

What we did....


we crossed borders
while listening to these & more, we played I-Spy, interacted on DSI's, laughed, talked & the girls slept a bit. Stella did ask when we got to Norseman if we were in Victoria yet and it was then I thought this is going to be a looooong trip! When we got there we found great places for coffee

and tea
and lunch!
I found lots
of
treasure!
The girls got to play in snow for the first time.
Stella was so excited when she first saw it that she nearly launched herself through the windscreen clapping her hands!

There was re-kindling of old friendships
and the start of new ones
We shared things that are only possible when you take the slow road
and we're much closer for it!