Photo shoot Friday's first pic

I once met an awsome woman in a small, disadvantaged youth school. She had big dreams. She is making her dreams come true with lots of hard work. That lovely young woman recently helped me out with a photo shoot for my small lil Etsy shop. My vintage finds were not selling as well as I wanted.....my crappy little mannequins looked just that...CRAPPY!....which did nothng for the look of my clothes.

She found me a photographer: the amazing Ricky Lie http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ricky-Lie-Photography/67054584910?ref=share#!/pages/Ricky-Lie-Photography/67054584910 who was willing to build his portfolio and take my photos

She found me another model who also wanted to build her portfolio http://www.facebook.com/IsabelleHL.model

and now, here I have the first shot and I couldnt be happier!
Thank you Nadia, for your help and support

We saw the end of the rainbow

My HFA son tried to find the pot of gold on the beach

Perth Markets

I have taken this list from here: http://winifredandbance.com/category/tips/ its freakin awsome so I had to share!!!

head to http://www.distracted.com.auto/ learn more about their yearly crafty bastards market including an array of different vintage things, foods, crafts and nicnacks.


Karinnyup Markets – held every Sunday undercover at the Karrinyup Shopping Centre from early. Gold coin donation. Car boot sale style. Every week there’s something different!

Made On The Left markets – created to support independant designers, this market showcases WA designers and independant labels. The next ones are being beld at Hyde Park but head to www.madeontheleft.com for more deets.

Mathildas Market – stuff for kids! Homemade, handmade and many beautiful things all for the lil ones… www.mathildasmarket.com.au

Melville Markets – held every Sunday on Canning Hwy in the carpark of Coles, Melville from early, early, early…the earlier you get there the better! Gold coin donation. Car boot sale style. One of our faves!

Miss Johnson’s Vintage and Handmade Market – the first one is being held 30th & 31st October at the Guildford Town Hall. For more information head to www.artisticjourney.com.au

Oxford Street Markets – local designers, vintage & collectables, home decor, baked goods and much, much more. Check out www.oxfordstmarket.com.au for more details

Perth City Markets – held every weekend in the city at the Perth Cutlural Centre with a range of different stalls yes including vintage things! www.theperthmarkets.com.au

Retro markets – upstairs at the Burlesque Lounge held once a month. Fabulous vintage with feathers and sequins for all! Head to www.sugarblueburlesque.com for more details

Rock n Roll Car Boot Sale – held once a year at The Bakery. Keep an ear close to www.artrage.com.au/bakery for further info. Keep your ears peeled!

Unwrapped – more emerging Perth designers and crafty capers! www.unwrapped.com.au

Upmarket – a quarterly market showcasing Perths original designers and handcrafted wares. check out www.perthupmarket.com.au

Winifred & Bance – yes we too have our very own market day! Our first market is on Saturday 5th Dec 2009 and starts at 10.30am. Its at the shop in our front and back yards at 850 Beaufort Street, Inglewood. 14+ stalls with retro, vintage, clothing, bits and bobs for your perusal!

Look kids, I made you....stuff

My kids will laughingly tell you that Im not one for baking cakes and biscuits. They heap praise and love on me whenever I do venture into sweet land.

I was inspired by my good friend, who has turned her hippy superfood love into a new business venture. She is doing well....vegan, bad stuff free, good stuff infused balls.

So I went shopping for good stuff. $60 later, two bags of super awsome healthy stuff.

I experimented. It turned out sorta ok. Well, all the balls got eaten, even by my son with HFA (High Functioning Autism) who rarely eats anything that is good for him by choice.he said "I dont wanna know whats in this cause it tastes too good"

So heres the recipe: Makes around 25 balls with no cooking needed.
1 cup Quinoa Flakes
1/2 cup Almond Meal
1 cup Oat Bran
2 tblspoons Chia Seeds
1 cup chopped craisins (Cranberry Raisins)
10 chopped Dates
1 cup puffed rice
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
4 tbls melted butter
1 cup honey

Mix all dry ingrediants and fruit
make well in centre and slowly add butter and half the honey mixing well
add more honey as you need it but you may not need all of it. Chia seeds turns glutinous when mixed with water, so you could easily substitute the honey for mixing the chia seeds with water first. I love the honey as you need thew sweetness to convince you its nice.

Lots of mixing. Roll into balls and roll in cocoa and coconut. I added some Milo in as well for extra sweetness.

Laura Ashley

Found the Laura Ashley dress I had stashed......I love this fabric and print but the style of dress is for a woman without hips. I, have hips. Great shelves of child friendly hips that never need accentuating.

I have decided to upcycle this dress for me. Im going to go for a 90's grunge style short skirt, but raise the waistline to just under bust. The original dress has some lovely detailing in this section which I don't want to lose.

I may save the top of the dress and convert into a bolero style light jacket. The trick to pulling this ensemble off will be adding black tights and a band tshirt to bring the girly factor back to manageable levels.

Sold!

4 sales so far in the Etsy shop.....slowly starting to get somewhere, but all in all I much prefer the Etsy selling and buying experience than Ebay. So much more hassle free (and nicer people too!)

So yesterday's sale was the gorgous cotten flowery maxi dress with cute red ties at front. I'm glad it has a new home so I can stoip trying it on in hope it will suit me bahahahaha

Have somehow twisted or pinched a nerve in my back during the night (must have been some dream!) and am now in a state of agony. Trying to tell brain its ok and sooth with coffee....bgut will be hunting for something stonger soon......the thought of going to work bugs me when I'm distracted by pain!

4 more working days until 3 weeks holidays....YEAH BABY!!!!

OMG Stuart Membery...so 80s

http://www.stuartmemberyhome.com/fashion-detail.php?sef=7

I found a Stuart Membry bomber jacket recently, but I think I will hang onto it for a while, hell, I might even try wearing it....
My mum loved this label in the eighties, finding the jacket reminded me of her so much.