halloween on a budget

the plan was to just let it pass me by and focus on christmas instead. alas! an instant inspiration hit me one fine day and i just had to act on it or else it will go away. so i got out my scissors and a stack of old National Geographic mags and snip snip snip voila! i got meself some bats and 2 blackbirds (or ravens? or crows? whatever!)add some empty coffee containers, plonk down some tealights... instant spooky!
the mister had this glow in the dark skeleton and i hung it on a teeny-weeny dead branch from the landlord's dead plant and bob's my uncle :)
we had some trick-or-treaters too and since we forgot the candy, lucky the mister had some leftover lollies teehee

flea market finds: an owl and a cake pedestal

hello dear readers! i just want to show you my loot from last weekend's flea market all the way from far away fuengirola :) first up is my favorite owl cross-stitched thingy! i have mentioned before that i am loving owls atm (or anything birdy but owls most of all!)i have no idea where to put this one but i just love looking at it :) for 4euros, i really dont care :)
a milky white cake pedestal i got for 2euros! its unmarked and a bit lopsided but i love its imperfections!
this earthenware is by an unknown artist and i just love the design and the very haphazard blue paint :) am thinking stick breads already :)

saturday madness

like a good little girl, i have put off spending on unecessary things so that come flea market day (in a Spanish town called fuengirola), i can splurge on whatever my little heart desires :) we got there on time (had to drag the mister!) and my happiness meter was off the charts! as you can see the clouds were about ready to burst out with rain but God knew i have been patiently waiting for that day so he said not just yet :)i asked myself many times why i needed this headboard with intricate detailing but have i ever told you im a patient broad?see these elaborate gilded frames? i see them on the walls of a royal room accentuated by red damaskcamera collectors, eat your heart outi call this a spread of whateverbucher anyone?spied this lovely miniature house and just look at that trunk! i can see that as storage in a little boy or girls room :)as a mask collector, it broke my heart to walk away from this African onea bejewelled wrought-iron thingy.. potentially could be a centerpiece above a fireplace?awwww just look at that expression. reminds me of our own Paaka at home :)it was a happy day for me :) we came home so tired and hungry but id do it again in a heartbeat :) i will post my finds next time :) so excited!

all over the place

my thoughts and ideas are flying all over the place! literally! here are a list of things-to-dos i lined up for myself: (i know. call me crazy!)

(1)make super-easy halloween deco from existing stuff
(2)make more bats from old magazine pages
(3)photograph a stranger! (this is turning out to be harder than i thought *sigh*)
(4)make an owl cushy (super cute and i love owls)
(5)sort out hand-made christmas cards and send them early
(6)make more deco elves for christmas
(7)make the faux Liberty of London necklace for a friend
(8)organize dinner weekends for November
(9)purchase frames! (i have no idea why i want to buy them)
(10)purchase white spray paints (or wait until we get the house? hhhmmm)

wish me luck!

out and about

we had fun the other night having dinner with nat and sab. we havent gone out in yonkers (although i think it was just a few weeks since we were so busy planning and going on our short trips). it was chilly that night and we went to L'aziz for Indian food since our target resto, Charlie's Tavern, was fully booked. argh! i could almost taste my hongkong stir-fry!
afterwards we had drinks at the casino and tried a few slots but didnt win any :(

to fuengirola we went

we like to purposely get ourselves lost and this way, we found the most amazing sights!
reminds me of a painting by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (of Dogs Playing Poker)i fell in love with this old carouselthis woman asked us for some loose change

flea market finds: an elephant candle

i am soooo looking forward to this big flea market in Spain that i am counting the days when we can finally visit it. this is one of those times i wish i can drive! really! but alas i am also sticking to my low carbon footprint principle so... its a big *sigh* but i am patient! (repeat to self a hundred and one times!) in the meantime, i found this adorable baby elephant candle for £2 at a charity shop here in Gib. i fell in love with her instantly! she has an almost real quality about her with dry-brushed grooves and her trunk is up which ive been told is lucky (i have no idea which culture said that)
here she is sitting ever so comfy on top of a National Geographic spread about her cousins from the north :)