Five Faves meme from Meet me at Mikes

The lovely Pip has a new meme - Five Faves - and asks ...

List your Five Faves for the week on your blog and then link to the post from here! Favourite things you did, favourite things you read, favourite things you wrote, favourite blogs, favourite videos, favourite dinners, favourite people, favourite recipes, favourite blog posts, favourite tutorials, favourite songs... the possiblities are ENDLESS! So what do you think? Do you want to play Five Faves? Please do! Go on! I mean YOU!

My Five Faves wouldn't be complete without mentioning my girls ...-

1 ::  MJ gradually getting her mojo back ...

2 :: My Bella's visiting me ... priceless.

3:: Losing myself in the first issue of Flea Market Style ...

4 :: Wondering if that super bargain will be at Reverse Garbage ...

5 :: Spending way too much time reading the blogs on my side bar ...

Join in and play along or read other Five Faves at Pip's.

A Collection a Day ...

The always fabulous Pip discovered Lisa is doing A Collection a Day HERE.

What a brilliant idea. 

:: My Place or Yours: Wherever I lay my hat that's my home ... Meet Me at Mikes

The Theme Queen this week is Tania from Myrtle and Eunice ... and she writes :::

By the look in your eye I can tell you’re gonna cry.
Is it over me?
If it is, save your tears
For IIIIIIIIIIIIII’m not worth it, you see.
For I’m the type of boy who is always on the roam,
Wherever I lay my hat, that’s my home.*


(The Paul Young version because I have lived all this time until five minutes ago, without knowing Marvin Gaye was the original commitment-phobe, singing floozy).

The very lovely Pip is letting me play My Place and Yours Theme Queen this week. In true themely queenly style, I would love to know, what object would you take wherever you roam, because it makes your house feel like a ‘home’?



For me :::


Always on the move, always looking for something. It all fell into place fifteen years ago when I found everything I'd been searching for was right here ... right in me, with me, in my heart my soul! 


Previously everywhere I lay my hat my photo's made my surroundings of the time mine, all mine. They made me smile, made me cry. Eventually the faces, the memories enticed me to decide the time was right. It was time to get off the merry-go-round that was life then. 


Here's a glimpse of some of my photo's ... plus a smidge of other treasures including three items that co-incide with where we visited  yesterday.


The story of the three treasures will be told in my post tomorrow. 

Take a peek at where others lay their hats HERE

::: SORRY this weeks GIVEAWAY isn't forgotten  :::


No fancy excuses just  I need more hours in my day. 


I'll post a GIVEAWAY tomorrow ... please pop back!

My Place or Yours :: That's Nice, That's Different, That's Unusual

Pip's chosen Theme Queen this week is Toni from Little Suitcase.

Toni asks ::

Does your home have a quirky feature or several? Something you throw a strategically placed coat over if people are visiting or avoid telling the real estate agent about? You might be very proud of your house flaw. Maybe you have issues with plumbing, and give the Meryl Streep toilet speech from Mamma Mi ... read more HERE

Toni says she won't tell anyone else ... so on that basis I'll show my avoidance ...

Hidden under an armoire 50 cm wide mixing bowl filled with jewellery ...

... the only clue is the edge of a sandwich bag that peeks out trying to escape ...

... good grief look how much there is ... 

... thanks heavens only Toni knows  ...

... phew my secret is still safe.

There's more that's nyoice, that's different, that's unewesyewl HERE

STASH SHARE NEW GIVEAWAY click HERE. 

Taaaaaaaaa Daaaaaaa - GIVEAWAY Winner is ...

Due to cancellation of the Collectors on ABC ...


the draw was conducted at 8.10pm ...


under the  watchful eye of Blossom May ...




                              ... the winner is SALLY ...

please email me HERE with your details Sally ... buttons & edging will be on the way!!!



Thank YOU everyone for taking the time to visit and comment ;)

GIVEAWAY 100 buttons ... from an idea at Meet me at Mikes

Inspired by Pip at Meet Me at Mikes and her 3rd Birthday Celebration ...

I've gathered 100 buttons to go to a new home.

Simply leave a comment below  ...

I'll pop your names into a deep a container ...

and draw a winner on Friday November 27 ...

after The Collectors finishes on ABC at 8.30pm ...

...  PLUS ...

I'll include a surprise bundle of Vintage edging especially for YOU.

     ...  see HERE for more generous giveaways at Pip's ... Yayyyyyyyyy!!!



                           Don't forget to pop back for photo's of the draw on Friday night.

My Place and Yours ... My Collection ...

Kate from Foxs Lane is Theme Queen this week ...



                                     My Collection  ...

... there's travel souvenir charms ...

... faux pique worked tortoiseshell jewelry & curios  ...

                                       

...  glass buttons ...

... snow scenes that started the collecting ...

...boxes, baskets, cases ... my collection holding collections ...

...scarves ...

... powder compacts ...

...  sentimental treasures ...

...  a glimpse of just a smidge of sewing notions ...

... and the fabric ...

... Ooooops close that door ...

My Collections are me ... 

Meet me at Mikes ... Through the Front Door

Theme Queen for this week, Shelley from Femme de Montmartre, has chosen

"Through the front door ..."

Through the front door Blossom is waiting for me.

I often wonder how releaved she must be ...

as I am ... 

to hear me safely through the front door  ...

Blossie's fave spot at night is atop an ottoman, close by me ...

on her back, legs in the air ...

searching ...

she finds my hand ...

she'll lie there for hours, if I let her ... 

                                      ...  through the front door means safety to Blossie too.

Meet me at Mikes ... My Secret Weapon

What's your Secret Weapon asks Bricole over at Pips place?

Mmmmmm ... there's a zillion answers for this but ...

My secret weapon has to be my brain ...

everything I do is first done in my head ...

majority of the time it's like a twelve lane highway in there.

So much going on ... so many challenges ... 

unfortunately some projects never make it out of there ...

that's OK they're filed in the WIP section  ...

the Work In Progress section ... that's another story.

check out The Human Brain owners manual HERE

Here's Where I'm up To ...

Pip posted the following ... here's mine ...



Making : this list ...

Cooking : lamb rump, baby chats, brussel sprouts, beans ...

Drinking : water ...

Reading: My French Life by Vicki Archer ...

Wanting: a hard to find copy of 'Time Travellers Wife' ...

Looking: gorgeous ...

Playing: with Blossy ...

Wasting: time ...

Sewing: tape on a hand towel to hang it on a knob ...

Wishing: nope not wishing ...

Enjoying: doing this ...

Waiting: for nothing ...

Liking: everything ...

Wondering: what tomorrow will bring ...

Loving: the call from Frankie mag that I've won $300 worth of linen ...Bliss ;)

Hoping: to live to 125

Marvelling: how happy I am

Needing: more time ...

Smelling: like a rose ...

Wearing: black ...

Following: too many blogs ...

Noticing: how time passes quicker ...

Knowing: there's more to know ...

Thinking: it's like a 12 lane highway in my head ...

Feeling: blessed ...

Bookmarking: Project Runway ...

Opening: a dark choc Tim Tam ...

Giggling: at winning the Frankie prize ...

Feeling: doubly blessed ...

Pip over at Hello! It's Meet me at Mikes has posted on 'How are we not Perfect' here ...

She rang a few bells so here's my rendition ...

• I love being 39 with a lot of late nights ...
  
• I love being with my girls now we're four generations ...
  
• I love to make something out of nothing - sewing from old clothes or old linen, from the pantry or the fridge ...
  
• I consider myself blessed ...
  
• I see the funny side of almost everything ...
  
• I spend too much time reading blogs ...
  
• I too love "The Real New York Housewives of NYC' plus 'Project Runway' and 'Damages' ...
  
• I too have never had a facial, mani or pedi ...
  
  ... what about you ~ how are you not perfect ~ if there is such a thing ???