My vintage laundry

I wanted to show you some views in my laundry.

I don't like the colour of this little hutch

but

will not change it

as it's original

and

even better

it's made from old wooden ammunition boxes.

A very vintage Australian piece

possibly

Depression Era

A vintage repro postcard on the front of a metal laundry powder bin

I made this laundry hanger a few years ago 

using 1930's repro fabrics

This is a genuine vintage peg bag

with a vintage mickey mouse coat hanger

I made this peg bag from vintage fabric that has little scotty terriers on it

I adore this child's laundry trolley

and

washing tongs

My new laundry curtain with battenburg lace border

and

vintage button tie back

Vintage linens and doilies drying on a vintage clothes airer.

Three trolleys in a row

Love their back wheels

Old laundry trolley

and

the Australian flag

Another vintage child's laundry trolley

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Altered canvas for my sewing room

I made this for my sewing/craft room.

I have featured my blog name

EllenaElizabeth Makes

as if it is written on a blackboard.

I started off with a 12" x 18"canvas

that I collaged with torn off pieces of very old sheet music.

I then proceeded to layer with elements that looked and felt right(to me).

Things that mean something to me, it's a very personal work.

It's just about me.

Hubby and the kids didn't get a look in this time.

Christian references, music, sewing,

my blog name, my nick names,

year of birth, colours etc, all in a vintage theme.

I don't work quickly anymore.

It took me about 2 weeks on and off.

I used so many processes and products it is astounding to me!

Kaisercraft, Webster's Pages, Bobunny, & Studio 112 stickers and papers.

Marianne, Spellbinders, Nelli's Multi frames, Sizzlits

&

Our Daily Bread die cuts.

Tim Holtz, Our Daily Bread & JustRite stamps.

Bling & Kiddy Glitz.

Tim Holtz, Versa Color & StazOn Inks

The alphabet used for my name on the blackboard is

Sizzlits, Funky Brush.

It's my latest purchase from a facebook selling site.

I LOVE it!!!

And it's the first time I have used Sizzlits.

There's probably a lot more I can't think of now

not to mention the things I had on hand in my stash

&

can't remember where they came from

but usually Cheapie Shops.

The Our Daily Bread sentiment here was stamped over a

Stampin' Up Pattern Pieces stamp

and

cut out with Spellbinders labels 4

and distressed with the inks mentioned above.

I love the little dress stickers from Kaisecraft

I love the butterfly diecut I used here.

The coloured butterfly stickers were aged with 

Memories Mists Pale Ale

and

edged with

Versacolor Bark

I gave each butterfly a little bling centre.

I never get tired of looking at this Our Daily Bread spool and tape diecut.

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I had such fun editing my photos

to give them an even more

distressed

and

aged look.

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New laundry curtain

I recently made a new curtain for my laundry window.

I used calico and added a battenburg lace border.

I cut a pre-loved battenburg runner in half lengthways

and sewed it to the bottom.

I made a string and combination vintage/new button tie back.

I added a little bundle of string tied wooded clothes pegs as the ornament on the window sill.

This window gets the all day northern sun so I don't really have to worry about the calico fading.

Sorry about the photos, they were taken on my mobile.

I want to buy a new camera soon but not sure what to get.

I want one that will take good still shots in a light box

(for my cards and little items) 

and

also take good outdoor shots.

I don't know if I really need a DSLR or not.

I'm not really into having to change lenses

as I am very limited in what I can carry around

due to a back problem.

I have looked at a Nikon P510.

It's not a DLSR but has a lot of good features

and

has a tilt/flip screen which would be good

when using a tripod.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

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Freshly laundered vintage aprons, tablecloth and doileys.

Recently I purchased four vintage gingham aprons.

Three were chicken scratch embroidered.

I also purchased a chicken scratch table cloth.

Someone had put a lot of time and effort into embroidering it

and

the four aprons 

and

had never used them.

I washed all my purchases and ironed them,

and

they looked so lovely on the clothes line

I thought to photograph them.

I also got the 100% cotton lace in a pennant design from the same seller.

I have never seen cotton lace like this

and

I paid just $6 for it

and

two lovely little vintage embroidered doileys.

I'm quite impressed with my little purchases.

I think that makes about 30 aprons in my vintage collection now.

This unique garden ornament was given to me by my SIL.

He knows I love quirky rustic bits and pieces for my garden.

He found it somewhere and immediately thought of me....

LOL

Anyhow I added the rusted horse shoe

and

thought I'd leave the white fungus insitu,

because it looks like a white bunny rabbit profile.

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New season rose bud

I would rather have one little rose

From the garden of a friend,

Than to have the choicest flowers

When my stay on earth must end.

Anonymous

This dear little bud is the first one to bloom on our new climbing rose.

It's only been in the ground for about 2 months.

It's growing about 12 inches a week

and

hopefully in no time it will be fully covering our garden arch.

Roses are not affected by the frost and we get LOTS of good frosts here

on the Darling Downs.

It won't be too long before we have our first frost.

This little climber has the most intoxicating fragrance and I just can't wait for that arch to be bloomingwell fragrant!

When it looks good enough I will photograph the arch and share it with you.

 

ANZAC DAY 2012

ANZAC

(Australia and New Zealand Air Corp) 

Day

In Flanders Fields

by 
Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

The following photos were taken at the  

2008

Ipswich ANZAC Day Parade

My daughter (centre) with her 2 fellow reigning

RSL (Returned Services League)

Girl in a Million winners 2007/2008

LEST WE FORGET

V is for Vintage Vignettes

Breezeway or fretwork panels

above my old bedroom door

in the house I grew up in

(built circa 1880).

These panels are iconic in Queenslander

and

colonial style houses

in

Australia.

Vintage Vignettes

Not very original I suppose

but

In this blogging world that I have become quite familiar with

it's all about
Vintage

and

that

suits me fine and dandy.

I've always been drawn to Vintage style,
even as a small child.

Needless to say my home is full of vintage vignettes.

Turn around and look in any corner or area

and that's what you will see.

I have learned through my US blogging friends that it's ok to be like this.....LOL

I don't have to feel guilty.

I used to say I was preserving the past for the future

and that still holds true

but

now

I can decorate with renewed
Verve and Vigour

not having to feel guilty

about my love and enjoyment of

all things Vintage.

Be it a pile of old junk... (I know I'll find 'something' that I can use).

No matter how derelict and disgusting that old pile of 'stuff' might be.
If it's old and pre-loved I'm pretty sure something in that pile of someone else's unwanted 'stuff' will become a treasure to me.

I particularly love this vintage laundry trolley complete with original clothes pegs.

It belongs to a friend of the family.

I just wanted to share this with you,

it's so lovely.

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