List-A-Mania

I went on an Etsy Store revamp rampage... and ended up listing loads of new pairs of earrings in the process.

CRIKEY!


Listing takes so long... right from the beginning of taking the photographs, then editing them in Photoshop... followed by the uploading process and creating descriptions and ahhh!

Glass of wine time.
Enjoy!
(I know I will!)

Breathing Space

Exhausted - Cary Schmidt

Wow, what a weekend.
Mixed emotions for the best part!
I won't go into too much detail, other than I am proud of the Saints - what a top year, top Grand Final effort - but as I had suspected, towards the end of the 4th quarter either team was going to pull away... unfortunately it wasn't the Saints - the Cats purred a little louder! But hey! There is always next year - right? And I think 2010 is a much better number that 2009! Enough of the sporty sort!

So... I am currently deaf.
Yes, awesome. NOT.
Working a million days straight has finally caught up to me, with a middle ear infection in tow.

Alphabet in American Sign Language by MoonlightAura

I can speak little bits of French and German, but now I have found a new language to take part in - Sign. If only for a few days..!
I actually learnt the sign for "I Love You" years and years ago whilst watching good ol' Sesame Street. Who would have thought!


I love that I have remembered it to this day!
Going to sign my love to my mother bear tonight when she gets home from work... Aww!

Calling All Saints

Just thought I'd let you all know what AFL team I am going for on Saturday... Grand Final day (for those of you living under a rock)

None other than my team...

ST KILDA!

Big Friend, Little Friend

Introducing the two newest additions to That Vintage, available online in my Etsy store...
Friends come in all shapes and sizes - yet we love them all.
This little pair of amigos have been laser cut from Tasmanian Myrtle wood.

Big Friend, Little Friend in Dark

Big Friend, Little Friend in Light

Elephant In The Room

(I am on a blog-roll! So why stop now!)

Oh Grey...
You're not quite black, nor white.
Grey, you are unique, you are sometimes called a shade or a tone - but either way, Grey - you really rock it. Like a smooth pebble. Or a thick moody thunder cloud. Or the cold concrete pavement. You rock.

This is my tribute to Grey.

Rosette Jersey Scarf by ellainaboutique

Necklush by necklush

Bubble Dress with Leather Collar by JaeyoonJeong

Grey Owl Cocoon Pod by ittybittycouture

Felt From The Netherlands

Reya Veltman hails from The Netherlands - a country on my list of places to visit in the future. Reya's shop is gorgeous, I was going to list more images but we all know that curiosity is worth the adventure.
Head to her Etsy Store to see some more of her amazingly wonderful and unique creations.

Hand Felted Trumpet Flowers

Hand Felted Tree Folk

Was That Thunder?

...No, that was my tummy rumbling!

I have just had myself a cup of French Earl Grey tea (thanks to Suz @ Cocoon!) and popped my feet up on the couch after hooning around on the vacuum cleaner - oh the housework! Joy!

The wind is kicking up a real storm outside and my pooch Jazz - decided he'd howl a bit too, so before I finished vacuuming the area near the door leading to the deck, I snuck Jazz indoors to sit "strictly" on the mat.

This is Jazz, doing one of his favourite party tricks:
"I've Had Too Much To Drink"
Coincidently, this was on Christmas day... Merry as?

Jazz is a big black labrador. His tail is a weapon in itself, hence why when he very rarely comes indoors, he must stay on his mat. Jazz has worked out that sneaking around on the floor boards really slowly and as "light as a feather" (as he possibly could be) is OUT of the question! I let Jazz "unwind" on the mat for about 20 minutes before I had to escort him back out to his premises. The short trip to "Paradise Indoors" was exactly that, short lived - yet the wagging of his tail assured me that he appreciated his sojourn.

Whilst sipping on my cup of tea, I watched a cooking show - one of the millions on the box around this time of day. But it is what James Reeson of Alive And Cooking whipped up today, that got my tum-tum in a bit of a storm.

Chicken and Olive Sugo.
The name alone sounds yum.
I love chicken, I love olives, I love random words like "sugo."

For the recipe of this rather simple dish (or so he made out!)
head to the website: Chicken and Olive Sugo.

I have a feeling that I will be cooking this in the next couple of days... yum or what!