Midweek Modness: Gary’s Sputnik Lamp
When our friend Gary moved to New York, we stored some of his stuff in our basement. But there are two things that I sort of borrowed from his cache: and old end… Continue reading
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The Weekend Before Last Weekend’s Finds
Catching up on some recent acquisitions from the CAFTCAD Movie Wardrobe Sale. Only got three things but they are all good. Above is a $10 broomstick dress with a peacock feather print. On… Continue reading
Getting Lucky: Catena Equis Watch
While moving everything back into our kitchen, I found a box full of jewellery. I had no recollection of any of it. This might be a sign that I have too much jewellery.… Continue reading
Do-Over: Scenes From Our Kitchen
The wonderful Megan Richards has pretty much finished our kitchen. The cabinetry, donated by Carol and Jarle (and delivered by Martin) has been hung. The room has been rearranged. The wall colour, picked… Continue reading
Utility China: My Petalware Collection
I was washing all my dishes after the kitchen reno. With everything looking so neat and tidy, I took the opportunity to take some snaps of my collection of pastel tablewares. Most are… Continue reading
In Bloom
For some strange reason, all of the flowers in my garden are blooming at the same time. It looks very nice.
Anatomy of a Bag of Broken Jewellery
As mentioned in past posts, I obtain a lot of jewellery and jewellery findings in bags of broken bijoux that the Value Village and other thrift shops sell. I also promised to give… Continue reading
Midweek Modness: Michaela Frey
Michaela Frey was an Austrian enamellist. She started her studio in the ’50s and the company continues today as Frey Wille. One of the things I like about mid-century modern studio jewellery is… Continue reading
Midweek Modness Part 2: Bent Plastic Lamp
As promised, here is a picture of the garage sale lamp all cleaned up (just soaked it in TSP). I should also mention that although I said my contract ended on Friday, that… Continue reading
More Coral
I have become a coral magnet of late. I already posted about the branch and apple coral necklaces that I found. Since then I’ve picked up a big black neckpiece (alas, the little… Continue reading