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Love from Darwin
Yes, I'm home again. It's been longer than it seemed while I was away - some time at Mum's place with my sister, some time there alone with Mum's cats, then time in Sydney with my sister - now I'm back...
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Bridal Fashions
My blogging friend CM, of MyRealitty and Leftcoastmini, is going to be the Mother of the Bride this month. She invited me to take some photos of my bridal pairs - you might remember Bridezilla from the...
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Gone Fishing .... or Golfing, or ...
No, not me! I have just been very busy with the Dolls Houses Past and Present magazine, working on articles myself (especially one on Pit-a-Pat dolls house furniture, which probably outgrew the...
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A Weekend's Reading
Yesterday, I picked up my mail. I have a bit of light reading for the weekend:In the centre is a wonderful new book by Liza Antrim, showing her collection of family dolls houses from the 18th and 19th...
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A set of homemade model buildings
This is not the house I referred to in my last post, but I just realised that I had photos on my camera of a house I picked up in Sydney in July! The house is now here, of course, but I haven't...
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Jackpot! Walther & Stevenson 1933
I buy vintage toy catalogues and store catalogues and so on in the hope that there will be dolls houses in them. Sometimes, as you know from previous posts, I'm rather disappointed. Not with this one,...
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Seasons Greetings!
Where did the last two months go?! I don't really know, apart from being very busy with work, and getting an issue of Dolls Houses Past and Present magazine out (I wrote an article about dolls houses...
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Hey! It was Easter!
Hope you got some eggs this Easter!A belated happy Easter, dear blogging friends! ☺ A Happy Passover to my Jewish friends! ☺ And a Happy Easter to come to my Greek and Russian friends! ☺ Best wishes to...
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A Matchbox House
I was inspired by the tiny houses Dolls Houses Past and Present members have been making. I found an old matchbox, with the shell and the sides of the box made of wood. I cut down one side of the shell...
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Growing up with Galt
I recently bought a catalogue of Galt toys, and was delighted to find most of the Galt things I remembered from my childhood - and to identify some which I hadn't realised were from Galt! The photo...
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My First Fair!
This year, I managed to get to the Sydney Miniatures and Dolls House Fair - 3 weeks ago now, on the 1st weekend in May. I went on both days - Saturday from about midday, and Sunday late in the...
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Diva's Houses: Waldfrieden and 1226 Cliff Drive
I had seen photos of Davidia Williams' creations, especially her Rose Seidler house, on The Shopping Sherpa's blog (and it was also written up in the Sydney Morning Herald, when it was displayed at the...
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My Buys at the Fair
There weren't many stands with vintage pieces (apart from Anna-Maria's), and you had to look hard. I found it much easier when the crowds had thinned out on the afternoon of the first day. All of the...
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Before the Fair
Well, you've seen what I found at the fair. The day before the fair, my sister and I drove through the Blue Mountains to Sydney. We were running late leaving, and we were meeting our aunt for afternoon...
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Make your own 1970s chairs
I did buy a few other things at the fair - a book and a couple of magazines. The book was from the stand next to Anna-Maria's, and when I showed Anna-Maria the pictures, she said, "Why didn't I think...
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A new dolls house
I don't know if you'll remember the scans I showed last year, from the very grandly named The Australian, New Zealand & Southern Equatorial Sportsgoods & Toy & Canvasgoods Retailer? The...
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A New Year
Sorry I haven't posted for so long. After my last post in September, I was very busy with the Dolls Houses Past and Present magazine. I finished that in mid December, and a few days later flew down to...
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Miniatures from Alexandria
This probably sounds very exotic, but actually, there's a Sydney suburb called Alexandria, and that's where my sister and I went on Friday, to shop at Petbarn and go to a large antiques and...
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Unexpected Treasures
After finding dolls house furniture at the Mitchell Road Antiques Centre in Alexandria, I didn't really expect to find more at other antiques and collectables shops. On Tuesday, I went to Recycling...
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