Saturday, March 14, 2015

What I bought for $23.50 Part 1

I had a fabulous trip to a close by country town and a charity shop which was bursting with cheap goodies and $5 a bag of stuff. This is part 1 of what I bought for a total of 23.50




 3  gorgeous vintage silk baby dresses for my collection






3 tea cloths white linen with white embroidery












I will show the rest of my buys next week



We are having the exterior of the house repainted in April, and finally going to get rid of the yellowy cream paint (yeccchhhh) and with a red roof means our colour choices are limited. We painted the back posts a couple of colours and have decided on Dulux Stone. You can see the differences in these couple of pics






I love Glory Vine and it's finally starting to change colour




My girls are moulting and poor Nellie has completely lost her tail feathers




Linking up with 

The Dedicated House
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French Country Cottage
Ivy and Elephants
Shabby Art Boutique
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My Romantic Home
Sir thrift-a-lot
The Charmed Home
Elizabeth & Co
Finding Fabulous
Thoughts from Alice
Woman in Real Life
Mimi Mama 
My Salvaged Treasures 
Common Ground

25 comments:

  1. Love your buys , They are beautiful , Love your garden as always xxx

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  2. Such beautiful smocking on the the dresses and the lovely linens...wonderful finds...

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  3. Wow - what an excellent haul Meg! what gorgeous linen. Garden looks lovely and our chooks are moulting too. They always slow down around Easter time I find. Have fun with the painting. cheers Wendy

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  4. Wonderful finds, the embroidery on those tea towels are a real delight. The garden as always looks stunning.

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  5. Don't you just love a fill-a-bag. Those baby dresses are stunning.
    Poor girls moulting, have they stopped laying too?
    x

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  6. oh what a wonderful find. As a smocker and maker of baby dresses I can so appreciate the work that has gone into those sweeties. Your garden is looking so lovely. We were up in the hills last week and it was gently raining all day. We were envious as we didn't get any at the beach. The garden is looking so dry here.

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  7. Oh your baby dresses are stunning. Are they very long? We have one in the family that we use as a Christening gown. It belonged to my Grandad. Is there a market for hiring them out I wonder? They're tooo lovely not to use. xxx

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  8. What an absolute steal with the baby dresses. They appear to be in excellent condition, I can't wait to see what else you were able to snatch up. I'm loving your garden......it is a picture postcard.

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  9. Beautiful treasures and good luck with the painting.
    Anne xx

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  10. I tried smocking. Once. My, oh, my that was difficult, so I really appreciate it when I see it! Love the chickens, as always...with or without tails! I hope your paint color turns out well for you.

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  11. Very sweet dresses and linens! How wonderful to paint a new color! I just love repainting something and seeing the huge difference it makes!

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  12. You sure found some beautiful things at a great price too. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Vintage Inspiration Party.

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  13. these vintage pieces are so lovely. What a shame that few people carry on these traditional sewing these days. I am sure I would never find anything so wonderful in my vintage shops. What a wonderful view you have from your porch. Enjoy the start of spring. I am joining you over at Ivy & Elephants today.

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  14. oh! I have just seen you are from South Australia. I am over here in Western Australia. Great to "meet" you!

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  15. oh my!!! What a deal!!! That smocking is so wonderful...a talent that isn't found much anymore! Love the linens as well...you always find amazing things :)

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  16. oh my!!! What a deal!!! That smocking is so wonderful...a talent that isn't found much anymore! Love the linens as well...you always find amazing things :)

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  17. Just found your blog and I am so glad I did, had so much fun reading through your posts, love it. Come on over and take a look at my blog and follow if you want to. I would be so happy if you would add me to your list of blogs you follow. Naturally I started following you so I don't miss any posts! I just love all of your finds, beautiful.

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  18. Shaking your tail feathers can be dangerous! I love the baby dresses - all are examples of what our local thrifts have now deem unsellables. YIKES!

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  19. Those dresses are beautiful! You're the first person I've known to collect them, and I think it's lovely! Your gardens are stunning and your chickens are gorgeous! I love op-shopping too and walking away with the satisfaction of treasures brought for pocket change! Have a lovely weekend!

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  20. Your finds took my breath away. What gorgeous pieces!
    Thanks for linking up to the VIP

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  21. Love your vintage linen finds.

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  22. It was very useful for me. Keep sharing such ideas in the future as well. This was actually what I was looking for, and I am glad to came here! Thanks for sharing the such information with us.

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  23. The dresses are gorgeous! I'm a smocker and I know how much work goes into them.
    Karee

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  24. Great article, Thanks for your great information, the content is quiet interesting. I will be waiting for your next post.

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  25. Hi, Really great effort. Everyone must read this article. Thanks for sharing.

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