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Things are coming together... I've finished my banner for the market stall. What market? If you don't know then you haven't been paying attention!

The Shabby Chic Market at St George's Church Hall, Cromwell Street Battery Point on Saturday 8th December from 10am - 4pm of course!

I thought having a stall with beautiful things is all very well... but a banner with my logo on it would be so much more professional!

After all, it goes with the flyers!

And I'm really into burlap lately.

Wayne's been great. He's coming to the market to help out on the day which is wonderful. He's made me two weathered stick hanging rails for the dangles we make together and he's all set to man the booth and buy coffee as needed.

I sure hope people like my stuff!

z

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4 chalkboards

Chalkboards are a good thing. Not only are they all the rage, but they're fun, practical and pretty to look at.

In preparation for the market I made these four beauties using bits and pieces I had in my workshop. They're all different styles and sizes of frame, and all have old drawer pulls added to them for chalk holders.

The first one is a distressed antique white and has a black metal drawer pull with just enough chippy paint to make it extra special.

The second is antique white, glazed with burnt umber and has a rusty bronze coloured drawer pull. This one will have string added to tie onto the chalk for those who lose things.

Third is another antique white and glazed frame with a brass pull, again with a hole for string to be attached.

Last is a pale pink frame with a gorgeously patina-ed drawer pull. Before market day I'll be adding string to chalk for each chalkboard and perhaps a bit of bling... see how I feel about that when I do it! 

I already have 2 chalkboards in our home so I don't really need any more. (Can you have too many chalkboards?) I have a huge one on the porch to welcome people when they arrive, this one has pegs up top to hold chalk. (My chalkboard art leaves a lot to be desired!)

The other is next to the fridge for the shopping list, also with a peg chalk holder.

z

an old belt and a pink tray

I don't know what it is about trays. I don't really use them, not in the way my grandmother did to serve greek coffee and sweets to visitors. I just love them as decoration, on a table to hold objects or displays of interesting objects.

So when I find an abused and abandoned tray in an op shop I can't help but rescue it.

Before:

After:

The softest pale pink, some distressing, some glazing to add age, and an old belt for handles.

I love this baby! If it doesn't sell at the market this weekend I'm keeping it!

z

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hearts of wire and lace

I've been having a love affair with hearts lately. And wire. And lace. And burlap for that matter, but more on that later.

Here are some wire hearts I've made recently.

One day I found myself feeling a bit bored and there was some wire in my hands. I ended up making a few wire hearts.

So I grabbed some odds and ends and decorated the hearts. I used anything I had on hand: lace ribbon, satin ribbon, tulle, pearl beads, doilies, whatever.

Every one is different of course, cause I use whatever I have and cause I am easily bored of doing the same thing repeatedly.

When I ran out of the wire hearts I went on to the rusty coat hanger hearts I'd made a few months ago (when I'd found some rusty coat hangers in a pile of rubbish in our back paddock).

The rusty coat hanger hearts are much bigger than the wire hearts, but they are just as gorgeous.

The smaller hearts might make fantastic christmas decorations, or just as embellishments for any shabby decor, don't you think? 

I know I'm sold on them.

I'll be including these in my market stall next weekend!

Don't forget to come to the market!

z