This week's finds
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 6 Comments 
The Thrifting Gods have withdrawn themselves to their upcycled, restyled, reused and dirt cheap palace on the lofty heights of Mt Frugality leaving their poor minions unable to suppress their instant gratification by means of fiscal self-restraint . In other worlds I have found bupkis at the local charity stores. Doesn't mean I have found nothing in my travels though. Remember I have always been a little tardy in my ability to suppress my instant gratification. Behold the treasures (read other people's trash) I managed to dig up in a couple of secondhand shops.
The Vesuviana. No not Mt Vesuvius but a vintage stove top espresso machine. Consider it a poor man's Atomic. The day I find an Atomic dirt cheap at a thrift store is the day I will sacrifice my first born to the thrifting gods. (Note to self. I am childless.) Needs a clean but it does work. Remind me to leave the lid up when I finally run the coffee through. I didn't on the water only test run .... oops.
Next a small piece of shibori. Love Japanese tie dyed indigo. No idea what I will do with this. I'll just add it to the textile collection.
How about dozens and dozens of mehndi stencils? These will become a large bricolage. Lined up regimentally in a super large frame. Just have to thrift the super large frame. Hang on there is one in the garage! Fabulous!
Reader Comments (6)
I completely and utterly envy you those mehndi stencils Jo. I saw a lot of jewellery of that design in Morocco recently and fell rather in love with it. I can imagine using them on my lumpen ceramic attempts and I'm inspired now to start searching on ebay. The shibori is pretty funksome as well.
PP
That espresso machine is AWESOME! Love your idea for the stencils. You are a freaking genius. :-)
Excellent finds, never had one of those coffee machines but have had the atomic ones. Love the rename of sunny to puki. Can't wait to see how the stencils work out.
Where on earth did you find those stencils? They're amazing. Those colours! xx
Got the stencils from Shady Lady (just down the road from ES Traders) but I've since seen them online. She laughed when I said I wanted them all. The great thing about these ones is the variety of patterns. There is one with a horse, another with a parrot. There is even one with a Lear jet on it.
The Vesuviana! I have two different styles of that. Yes, I have a slight espresso machine "problem".