It's been awhile.....

Hello again...Megan and I have both been busy bees and have had to put blogging on the backburner, but I have missed this fun little space! Lately I have been spending so much time with work commitments but have also enjoyed some thrifting and a few fun events.

We both also recently took time out from the chaos of life to go to a local music festival and had such a great day. It was huge and we were so excited to see some amazing music artists all on the one day! Favourites were San Cisco, Kimbra, 360, Matt Corby and Hilltop Hoods......

Happy Wednesday ....

 Kim xoxo

A little Holiday....

This week we both return to work after a little Easter Holiday. Megan jetted off to visit her family and hang out with her amazing little niece and nephew for a few days while Kim spent her time hanging out at home, op shopping and having long lunches with her family.


While out of town Megan took the opportunity to introduce her niece to the world of thrifting. This experience was delightful....purchases made included some beautiful 'mint' coloured wool for Kim (love it!), some homemade patterns, and a too cute ballerina keyring for the little one (which she thought was 'just beautiful!').


Kim went on a small road trip with hubby to a local swimming spot just out of town. This was such a nice day out of reality and we both loved the escape. This time of year is just gorgeous in our part of the world. While at home Kim completed a few DIY projects. Favourite holiday project was re-vamping an old table by simply adding a coat of yellow paint. It looks great as an outdoor dining room on our deck. A new place to sit and blog with Megan :)


While on our little break we have had some thoughts about our blog and what direction we are heading in. As new bloggers, this week we have given ourselves homework to focus on. We are excited to see where this journey takes us!
xxoo

Saturday adventure.......

Saturday was a day we had been looking forward to for such a long time. The reason you ask? The local Vinnies held their annual Vintage market day. It was sooooo good to let loose with our saved coins and purchase some amazing things! So good in fact we went back for seconds....It was a really nice day out with friends, we made a day of it and went to a local cafe (which we have decided is a new favourite!) for brunch in between shopping. These are some of our newly purchased old things :) enjoy;

Some brick-a-brack Megan popped on.

Megan's new typewriter with some photo editing, Love the colour!

A new favourite!

Almost passed this one by, fits perfect in a little nook and makes a great display.

A slight obsession with glowmesh

Vintage baby feeding spoon

Kim's new typewriters...one will be a gift for little sister.

Loving mustard coloured things right now!

Luggage for Kim...the overnight bag on the right is adorable and in perfect condition.

What's old is new again.........

It's so strange how things that are old we fall in love with again. This week we have both been falling in love with our pre loved treasures. Sometimes it is just a case of rearranging a room to make you appreciate    the unique items you have. Megan has fallen in love with her old rocking chair and vintage phone (she loves her vintage phone to death, love,love,loves it!!!). Kim has developed a love of old records as art not to mention the idea of learning to crochet again after finding an old 'learn to crochet book' at a local op shop. Maybe this time she will put the idea into action and will be able to crochet some cute patterns from the book (collars and cuffs) and share with you later.  We hope this post has inspired you to rearrange and fall in love with something old again.

This photo was taken while I stripped it back to it's original look.  Now it lives in my office and I use it when I knit.

                                      

My favourite is the South Pacific record....when I found this one my heart sang! I love the others as well, they look lovely as wall art.

 

The fabric on the left is a vintage pillowcase, so lovely! The middle is an off cut of  fabric I plan to craft with and the left is a vintage sheet and I just love the colours.

......some time later.

A lot has happened since our last blog.... We have booked a trip to Japan with some awesome friends in June, crafted a bit and op shopped more than we should have (sometimes secretly without each other). We shopped for supplies at our local Spotlight and got to crafting a bunting, cushions (hand sewn and designed), made doily bowls using the ever faithful 'stiffy' (although we had some issues, it didn't quite live up to it's name!) and revamped a vintage lamp.  We also drew some inspiration from the wonderful Kelly Doust book 'The Crafty Minx' and made paper pinwheels which look great in vases. We have included some images of Georgie Porgie's creations so far enjoy xxxx.

Thanks to FRANKIE magazine (for the inspiration) Megan was able to
create this awesome 'Hello Sailor' cushion for a friends Birthday gift! 

Megan's first ever bunting (left) really easy in reality, but of course I had to overcomplicate things and use a hard interfacing to make the flags stiff. I advise not to follow! My second attempt (right) used no interfacing and left over material sewn to a piece of ribbon- such a better outcome- free flowing in the breeze- i love it- it adds some    colour to my dull wall!

Left to Right- transform any old, worn lamp into something bold with an industrial feel- I loved this lamp when I picked it up from the Local Op shop for $7! I loved the old look, but the shade was stained and outdated for my living space. A revamp was in need! Pull of the shade, clean it up, and spray with a gloss paint- I went for royal blue. 

Our first ever post!

We are very excited to finally bring you (after a lot of debate, discussion, coffee and noise in general) Georgie Porgie!
Georgie Porgie is a collaboration of us - Megan and Kimberly and all the things we love. We hope to bring you updated posts of our craft club, op shopping adventures (which may include road trips) and life in general.