Hello All! I have decided that Travelling Wares won’t be going to the Farmer’s Market tomorrow. It’s going to bucket down with rain and everything tends to get wet and muddy. Tres not cool! So, I thought it best not to get disappointed and I have decided to share some lovely new pieces that are […]

©Kara Rosenlund I don’t know about you, though with all my zipping here and zipping there and doing this and doing that, it leaves me sometimes a bit frazzled and my priorities shift. So, I decided to write this little reminder to myself (and Timothy O) and leave it in the kitchen. We are lucky and […]

Market this Saturday… and it will be another wet one! I have been joking with Timothy O and our friends on how I think Frankie and I could break a drought together. All we would have to do is call a market in a drought ridden location and I woulnd bank on it that the […]

I was looking through the recent special edition of Vogue Living ‘Before & After’ when I came across an article that made me smile. This is a long one today, so stay with me, it’s a good story! A few years ago when I was living in Sydney I went to an antiques fair at […]

The Panadol One of my favourites, blue gum foliage. Found a great old light fitting. Moved in to my ‘Potting Quarters’. Old potting bits. Twine, gotta love twine. Day One of The Wool Project. Such beautiful colours. Onkaparinga! Subtle tones. Morning All! How was your weekend? Mine was a little bazaar… Sickness came to town […]

©Photographs Kara Rosenlund, excluding the top two Now if you have been reading this blog for a while then you would be used to me simply gushing over Logan Wines (if not go here and here for a recap). Pete and Hannah Logan’s vineyard is on the Central Ranges of NSW and comprises of the wine […]

Some stock stems in old lab flasks. If it holds water, then it’s a vase! Market Stock. Old Chemist Mortar and Pestles. The make shift ‘reserved’ pile inside Frankie. Our Italian neighbours bread. Timothy O and I having some down time as it rains. Pack Up! Parmesan Bread. Charolais Beef in the oven. Building a […]

1.  Old and Original Large Chemist’s Bottles – perfect as vases. $40 each. 2. Old Ex-Bakers Loaf Tins – very sturdy, ideal for warm banana bread. $18 each. 3. Old French Glazed Mustard Pots – I love a delicate glaze! $18 each. 4. Old Unusual Woven Cane Drinks Tray.  THIS ITEM HAS NOW BEEN SOLD. […]

Travelling Wares market THIS Saturday at the Jan Power’s Farmers Market at The Powerhouse, New Farm. Lots of new stock; mortar and pestles, pudding bowls, large bottles, small bottles, beakers, flasks (all perfect as vases!), cake tins and more! K x K x

We ate a lot of hot cross buns. I made my own yoghurt! We had a lot of long breakfast’s. Broke bread with friends and family. Spent the evenings in the backyard. Cooked delicious things in this roaring beast. Hung out with our chickens. Changed the colour way, Nothing like a change over. New favourite […]

Please excuse my iphone snaps… the ‘lens’ is so dirty (i really don’t know what happens in my handbag, obviously complete chaos to make it so dirty!) Here are some ‘in progress’ shots for you of the little boy’s room I am working on at the moment. I am so excited about today; I’m actually […]

Bootleg – A shoe shop selling hard to find footwear in Austin, Texas. Kjosk – A convenience store housed in a bus in Berlin, Germany Creme Tangerine – A record store in Costa Mesa, California. I was recently asked by Conde Nast Traveler to be part of a little feature about mobile stores housed in […]