January 2012 Photo Scavenger Images

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Company

Entrance

In my bathroom

In Season

In the distance

Information

Mess

Odd

Soft

Warning

Joining Kathy's 2012 Photo Scavenger Hunt this year.

Thanks to Kathy over at the Wirral in the UK for hosting this - so much fun.
These images are for January - eleven months to go!
Check out more images here and you can still join in!



Fields of Sunflowers and Lavender

Well, I was in seventh heaven today... amongst fields of Sunflowers and Lavender.

After battling off the flu at the end of last week, I felt the need to 'get out of the house!'

So, we ended up ion the Queensland/Northern New South Wales border today and this is what we saw along the way.

Nothing like fields of flowers to brighten up a dreary rainy day today.

Here's to a happy week.

Pam x

Using the Old and the New.

I have been using some of these gorgeous vintage English embroidery cottons from my stash for my hearts and pillows. I have just about every colour under the rainbow that I can mix with the new. Most are neatly wrapped around some recycled cardboard, all individually numbered. However, there was only the one colour that was wrapped around a piece of scrunched up paper....now there is a frugal tip for you!

My random cross-stitching on my natural linen heart stuffed full of Lavender Buds.

I am having fun adding Mum's old rhinestones from the 1950's...

...and wading through my collection of vintage buttons

A mixture of old and new in my crafting pursuits these days to make unique and one off items!

Coffee in hand, and pondering my next trip South to an amazing family run lavender farm to gather some muchly needed freshly harvested lavender.

Linking up with Lindy here today.

Pam x

A Few Sweet VINTAGE Finds this Week

A very sweet tin with cross-stitch poppies.

A vintage embroidered hand towel for 'Mother.' Still in original packaging.

Cherries and Strawberries on this country farmhouse style cross stitch.

Haven't you always wanted to know how to make delicious cakes with instructions from the 1930's?

Stunning hand stitched supper cloth.

Have a great weekend...well what is left of it. They pass by so quickly these days!

Sewing and Stitching.

To all of you who have asked me... YES, I made time for sewing and a little stitching over the weekend.

So, here is a very sneaky peek of what I have been making.!

Can't show you too much yet!

Pam x

Love you Laura A........but.......

....can you please finish your amazing sale before I walk pass your store again?

MEGA poppy love going on here!

Need I say more?

Change of Name and New Direction

Reflecting today....

I have been wondering for a long time where my blog was heading.

I will be honest deciding to return to full-time work has made it more difficult.

Snapping images in daylight hours five days a week- not anymore!

Only limited to two desperate days a week now.

But I love it when the weekend comes around and it is amazing what you can get done when you have to.



Where do my passions lie?

Apart from my beautiful family and work...

I know I am madly floral and I love to seek and collect vintage florals whether it be china, fabric, paintings etc.

I can't keep it all, but cannot give up the treasure hunting which I just love either.

Do you know what I mean?

So I have decided to change my blog a little.

The majority of my posts are floral, but I will be selling a heap of vintage items I have collected.

I have a new ETSY account, and I have changed my Facebook name.

My new name Petals and Vintage. What do you think? My style?

A New Year, a new challenge, just re-focusing really as I don't want to give up my blog.

At the same time I want my blog and my facebook page to have more of a focus.

When I get the time I will also try to make stuff as I really am missing the creativity.

It's all about getting the priorities and passions right?

 Right?

(UPDATE: However UPON reflection I originally deleted my Bayside Rose Blog. I have now retained the original blog address and realise I will have to start a separate blog if I want to change my name properly. Bear with me and I will keep you updated.
I didn't think this would be so difficult to change over.
Learning something everyday :) :)

Heartfelt thanks to Brenda for their advice.
Hopefully I won't have another sleepless night!

Pam x

On my Dining Table

This is what is on my dining table today...

...a  bit of green...

...a touch of lilac crepe myrtle...

...a runner I bought from a gorgeous homeware store in Sarlat, France last time we holidayed there...

...a silver find from the thrift store this morning...yikes!  I just noticed that I can see myself  taking a photo in the reflection of the silver!

What's on your dining table today?



Escape to the Country Aussie Style #2

Hello 2012!

Back from our country break in some remote Northen NSW National Parks, here are some images from along the way I wanted to share with you.
Ulmarra is a gorgeous historic town and it had the only thrift store I noticed that was open during these holidays.

A country dunny and an abandoned farmhouse with that gorgoeus rust again.

Tiny native bush flowers along our bush walks. Very hard to miss if you didn't look closely enough.

We passed through many striking farming landscapes.

Christmas bells in the bush.

Stunnining views over the Gibraltar Range from the Raspberry Hill Lookout.

We spent a night at the beach and now we know why the country areas were so quiet! A vacation at the beach is an age old Aussie family tradition in our summer holiday. This time we enjoyed the roads and the National Parks to ourselves. 

So we headed back to the bush. Camped out at the Gibraltar National Park we enjoyed a bush walks through rainforests, dry forests, creeks and rivers.

One spectacular walk was a climb up to the Needles.

 An amazingly breathtaking formation of granite columns in the middle of nowhere.

Magic.



Thank you for reading my little blog and I am hoping to catch up with you all soon.

Hello 2012.