Antiques & Oppies

Our local community held it's annual Antique Fair on the weekend, dealers come from across the state to participate.

There was loads of pretty china and glass as well as few vintage and retro pieces.

My find of the day came from the oppie that cleverly opened on the weekend,

$2 for the tablecloth and a delightful chat with the ladies.

Long Lunch

Today I had lunch with my besties at The Tea Pot Inn in Mintaro.

The Clare Valley is beautiful this time of year.

This rather large cat joined us for lunch, demanded a tummy rub, then bought us a small gift but refused to pose for the camera.

After lunch a stroll around the historic town.

The old windmill and the rain water tanks.

A turn around the antique shop and then desert.

Can't wait for the next long lunch.

Treasure

I love searching through the op shops and antique shops, this weeks hunt has yielded a selection of buttons and this beautiful doily. My friend is studying art at uni and one of her class mates is collecting hand crocheted doilies for her project. Hand crocheted doilies are very hard to find but the interesting thing is how many of us are now "doily hunting".

Back in the late 90's, yes last century, we lived in Byron Bay, NSW, for a while and in a tiny shop next to a yummy bakery, chenille bedspread clothing was sold. The girl told me that women from around the district would source these bedspreads and once a month they would all come together for morning tea, hand over their treasure and discuss the trill of the hunt. I always thought this was a wonderful story of bringing women together.

I still have my now very faded purple chenille jacket and I think the designer was Kat.