Leaving Today!

In just a minute Claire Josie and I are about to leave for a weekend away in Daylesford, while there we plan on doing as much op-shopping as possible,visit all the markets and definitely the vintage warehouse too. We are probably most excited about visiting the makers market for the first time though, where we are hoping to view lots of lovely local crafty things!

New Coat

I found this coat today in a op-shop in colligwood today, it fits perfectly and is a really lovely colour. Now I just have to wait until winter to wear it.

From Meaghan.

Bendigo...Again!

The other day some friends and I visited Bendigo again. We stopped at Woodend along the way and had some morning tea in their great bakery. We visited as many op-shops as we could, but one lady told us there were a total of 17 in the area, one day i hope to get to them all.

From Meaghan.

Sneak Peak...

This is what I'm working on at the moment. This is my first time cross stitching and I'm finding it really addictive. I found the pattern in an old Woman's Weekly Handcraft book. I think some people may recognize it. There are some great tips over here that I found very helpful. I hope to show of the finished product very soon.

Claire...

The Winner!

Today Claire and I placed all the names of the bloggers who entered our giveaway into a hat and pulled out a winner, and that name was Nomes! Congratulations, Nomes!! If You could e-mail us your address we will be sure to send off your prize as soon as possible. Thanks to everyone who entered, we really enjoyed reading all of your answers. And thanks to the Brown Owls, who very nicely allowed us to attend the picnic yesterday, it was really lovely, if a little windy. It was so great to see so much lovely picnic gear too. We can't wait for next year when we will both be eager members, and able to get to know everyone a little more!

From Meaghan. 

Nice!

Pretty new print!

Meg and I went op-shopping on Wednesday and we found this pretty fabric. We where so happy to find it because we haven't had much luck finding fabric at op-shops lately. We have quite a lot of it, so we will include a piece in our give away along with some other McCranky gifts. Check the post below for more details.

From Claire...

A McCranky! Giveaway

Over the Weekend, the McCranky! Blog reached 100 posts. We were both very excited, as we have had so much fun writing this blog every week. So to Celebrate we thought we would have a giveaway. All you need to do to win is comment on this post, by Sunday, and tell us what makes you Cranky! The winner will be decided at random, on Monday and will win a prize full of McCranky things.

Good Luck!

What I'm Looking Forward To!

This year I have decided that it will be my turn to cook the christmas pudding, I'm going to use the recipie thats in the current edition of frankie, beacuse it looks extra good, and i'm going to make it on the traditional stir up day too, which is Sunday the 23rd this year, so the article says!

From Meaghan.

A few more Happy Things!

These a just a few more things that made me happy over the weekend:

• eating dinner on the balcony in the sun
• finishing essays and drinking yummy coffee with a bird on the cup
• and finding my new favourite tree on my street

I think there are lots more happy things still over at Mikes!

Happy sun!

While I being Happy in country Towns I also hope to get even Happier by seeing fields of Flowers and visiting lots of markets, where I'm sure I will eat lots of Dutch Pancakes, eating those little things have always made me very happy!

Happy about the Country!

I'm defiately happy about the thought of visiting lots of country towns over the holidays, and finding all of thier op-shops, and buying lots of lovely old things.

Were joining in with Mikes 'Week of Happy'

Happy about Spring and Summer

Today I am extra happy about being one day away from finishing uni for the year. Then the weather will be lovely and I will drink lots of ginger beer. I am also especially excited and happy about attending the Mikes christmas party and sampling some of Pip's home made ginger beer!

Happy to own old things!

I'm also very happy to find old things, especially old things that were once owned by young kids, who loved the thing they owned so much they had to write their name on it, the first one makes me laugh very much.

Happy to find things!

The other day I was doing a little cleaning and was really Happy to find this plate. I saw it in my Carters Guide to Everythig Vintage, which is a really great book, but haven't had a chance to look it up again as it is still packed away, but I remember really loving it and dreaming of finding one my self, I only need the tea cup now and then I will be even Happier, more cleaning to follow!

More things Happy can be found at Mikes!

Happy! Snacking

Yesterday Claire and I were really happy to be eating one of the most delicious donuts around. Its true, they really are the best, we buy them from a Bakery close by and they are only $1.20 which makes us even happier. They contain the perfect ratio of dough to icing to jam, it's nice to find things that are great!