Dreaming of Vintage Treasures

 Recently, my mum and I went to the Yarra Valley to have a day out at a winery. After a one hour drive, we spotted rolling hills, autumnal leaves and pretty sights at every turn. The air was crisp and chilly, so I wore my mum's Afghan coat. Isn't it fab! My gingham dress with shirring detail was a Kmart find and my vintage bag was found at a market. We stopped at the Balgownie winery estate for lunch and I enjoyed the salmon and triple cooked chips with parmesan aioli chips. Tiny and fancy, but delicious! Sometimes it's nice to visit fancy places. Next time we'd like to visit  the De Bortoli Winery. It was closed on the day we visited but we loved the gardens.         A day out wouldn't be complete without a visit to an opshop. I found these adorable Christmas mugs for $3 each and was so excited to add them to my collection. I've since made it into a candle!       We ended the day by helping my sister transport some large drums for a wor...

Hello! This week has been so busy. I have been working from home and stressing about writing reports. I'm slowly getting through them and will feel so relieved once they're done. I needed some fashion relief so  I decided to play a little game called 'see how many ways you can style these pants!' Since working from home , I tend to stick with the same pants all week and change what I wear on top. Very lazy dressing, I know, but in my defense at least I'm not working in tracksuits or pajama bottoms which seems to be very common.  This week I borrowed my mum's cord green pants. I wore them with... My vest (that I crocheted myself) My Afghan-style coat My emerald green turtleneck My Turkish Suzani boots.... It may be spring, but it's still pretty cold so these pieces were primarily chosen for warmth.  ... and My fabulous leopard turtleneck  And INXS t-shirt (which I bought for my dad but I w...

Hello! What a week it's been! George Harrison said it best, all things must pass . Although I've gotten into the routine of working from home, yesterday was my last day of doing so.  I'll have to return back to school on Monday. Of course I'm a bit nervous about it although I'm trying not to be as I know the school is taking so many safety precautions. Plus I know my grade 1 students are eager to get back to school. They have expressed that this stay-at-home period has left them feeling worried, angry, scared - gosh children are really perceptive about what is going on around them. The principal asked the teachers and children to take a photo of their learning space to document this unique time in history. Here I am working on my trusty school laptop... In preparation to returning back to work, we teachers have been offered a voluntary coronavirus test, which I did on Wednesday. For two days I was absolutely dreading it as I'd seen pictures of the metho...

Hello! I wasn't sure if I'd get around to writing a blog post this week, I've been so busy and haven't had the inclination to write until now. These photos were taken during the week and are pretty candid as my sister randomly started snapping away as I was eating  lunch and reading in the sunshine. As I spend a lot of time working from home indoors on my laptop, as soon as it's lunchtime I'm keen to get outside a bit. One second, let me fix my hair! My peace and quiet was interrupted by my mum who was taking some outfit photos so I had to join in, of course! Last Sunday was Mother's Day so I made my mum  a lovely lunch. I was inspired to make  Southern fried corn  after recently reading an Elvis  recipe and  tsaziki and homous dips after  seeing Tonia Buxton's delicious looking  trio of dips .  I even made my own Lebanese bread! Everyone at home loved it!  The Lebanese bread too...