My work gave us a couple of days off for the Ekka.
So I went to the op shop.
There were queens, West Germans and bears....oh my.
We ran into some other old friends at the oppy a while back too. Papa Moomin and Horsey's foreign cousin, Slotneck Holeback led the group of newcomers into our home.
They seem to have settled in nicely to the animal house although Slotneck is already missing in action.
The queen and the other princesses are whooping it up in the girls' dorm.
Meanwhile there has been a small bit of making at home. The Divine Ms M did not like shirts with long sleeves so I have printed m's on them all to make them more palateable.
The old chairs that I bought for the flairy godmother's offspring were returned for our youngest
but got a bit mouldy and tatty so they have been rejigged with some quicky spray paint and some good old Grip lock universal primer.
She is very happy with the result and has been using them for various activities.
Unfortunately, Lola aka Chew-bacca, started eyeing off the tea set. She has now moved onto the chairs themselves, apparently finding them quite tasty with an earl grey or three.
Grrr...
naughty but cute puppy dog. Hopefully the chewing phase does not hand around long. x
ReplyDeleteShe has a new bone and has thankfully started to teeth on it instead of everything else.
Deletethe chairs came up beautifully. And that hound dog... best of luck ;-)
ReplyDeleteThe voice of experience?
DeleteI agree, the chairs look great. Forgive my ignorance, what is the Ekka?
ReplyDeleteThe Ekka is big, loud, dirty, expensive and lots of fun if you are in the right mindset which I wasn't this year but one of my boys apparently was. It is simply the Brisbane show.
DeleteThat puppy looks like trouble! I'm intrigued that you found Moomins at an Op Shop!? That's bizarre and incredible. And another Horse! Amazing.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit I don't love work. I dream of spending my days blogging and op shopping, and somehow making money from it. But I know that's about as impossible as finding a Moomin and a Horsey-cousin at an Op Shop.
Love little Miss M's hand-on-hip!
Ha ha! There must be a way. I'm inspired by Jo! xx
DeleteI agree. There must be a way but I think it may involve a patron.
DeleteHmmm ... I like the idea of a patron.
DeleteSo glad you made the most of your days off! I'm with MMMC re the moomins in the opshop! So glad you found them. And I can't say no to WG pottery priced so cheaply! xx
ReplyDeleteStrangely they were both at the same op shop on the Sunshine coast but months apart!
DeleteAs for the WG goods- I need to learn to say no but just can't when I get that little rush at the WG brand underneath!
I love Chew-becca! Moomin figurines, who knew???
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