Dreaming of Vintage Treasures

Last Wednesday, my Nonna came over to stay at our home for a few days while I was on work holidays. I don't get to visit her enough when I'm working so it was great to spend some extra time with her. On the first day she was over, we had a day trip out to Daylesford. We go there whenever my sister or I have work or uni holidays, we even went for my birthday . It was a rainy day, so we mostly stayed indoors. First we bought some honey as we always do, then we visited the Daylesford Mills Market.  The giant gorilla that greets you as you enter the Mills Market! I love Johnson Brothers plates! At first I was going to buy a few records but then promptly forgot all about them when I found some vintage treasures!  I was thrilled to find a hand-embroidered, Hungarian-made, vintage vest! It reminds me of our treasured black, handmade, woolen vest that my Baba bought over to Australia from Macedonia many years ago. So when...

Hello again! I'm back with those ruby velvet pants that I was telling you about in this post . I'm not sure which colour I like best. At first I thought I liked the emerald pair better, but now I'm thinking the ruby pants are my favourite. They remind me of the colour of raspberry lollies made at Sovereign Hill. Link Which reminds me, I've almost run out of the raspberry drops I bought last year. I'm not a big fan of lollies, but these ones are delicious. They make these traditional lollies by hand in a small factory. It's worth going to Sovereign Hill just for the lollies! Link I went to Sovereign Hill for camp years ago, in primary school, and it has always held a place in my nostalgic heart. Anyway, enough of that, I'm not being paid to talk about Sovereign Hill, I promise! I've found that these velvet pants have been great on cold days. This week, I took my students on an excursion. It was a chilly 13 ° C...