Wynnum Op Shopping Guide

I think Wynnum would have to be the best opshopping location in all of Brisbane: I have the details of 11 op shops in Wynnum for you all!

Easily all within walking distance and close to the train station and bus stops.

Helpful Note: visiting so many op shops is quite a big day: dont forget to take a nanna trolley if you are going by bus/train and remember to take a break for snacks & lunch: opshopping can be tiring work!

I have made a Wynnum Op Shopping Google Maps with the details too:

View Wynnum Op Shopping Guide in a larger map

Aid for the Blind Op Shop
82 Florence Street
(07) 3893 0252 ‎


Association for Pre-School Education of Deaf Children Thrift Shop
96 Florence St
Phone: (07) 3396 8517


Vinnies
44 Charlotte St (cnr Bay Terrace)
Opening hours: Specialising in Furniture. Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm Sat 9am - 1pm
Phone: (07) 3393 4418


Mary's Op Shop
Shop 5/ 89 Bay Tce
(07) 3348 6696


Endeavour Recycled Clothing
99 Bay Terrace
Phone 07 3396 0100


Lifeline
101 Bay Terrace
07 3393 5669


Salvos
111 Bay Terrace
Ph (07) 3393 3217 Fax (07) 3393 3217
Mon - Sat: 9.00am to 5.00pm


Asthma Foundation
131 Bay Terrace cnr Bay Terrace & Edith St


Australian Red Cross
Edith St Arcade
(07) 3893 3350


Salvation Army (not Salvo’s!)
128 Tingal Rd near Train Station


Pandora’s St Peter's Wynnum Church Thrift Shop
77 Charlotte St or Bride Street
Monday to Friday 9am to 12 noon
3393 3945

Happy thrifting everyone!!

Wynnum Wednesday Thrifting

Just a 'bit' of thrifting! Well I did hit up Wynnum: on 'Wynnum Wednesday' and  perused the 11 opshops there!

Vintage sheets: lots of 'em!, plus a gorgeous woollen/mohair blanket and some woollen remnants stacked on top (with a few teeny holes near the edges but at least that way I know its beautiful wool! Cant be the only one who buys 'eaten' fabric...)

Playing along with Sophie's Flea Market Finds & Selena's Thrift Share Monday



tower of opshopped goodness...




a lovely pair of thrifted shoes

 

Only $2 for a woollen/mohair blanket!



Pillowcase



Autumnal flowers: set plus pillowcases



Green and lemon double set



My all time favourite print (but not my fave colourways!)

 

Purple flowers



Blue Green poly cotton double set

 

Kind of 1981 rather than 1970s vintage sheets: but still a pretty cotton colourful vintage-ish sheet.



Happy thrifting everyone!! xo




September Thrifted Finds

I do so love opshopping!! I have been able to fit some opshopping in and purchased some lovely finds recently.

I may have already broken this year's resolve to only buy clothes from my fave opshop and their fill a bag for $2 rummage sales last month.... (hello pretty $9 dress from Red Cross!) and I continued this wanton spending at the rummage sale: got lots of nice tees and tanks in my $2 bag but a girl cant live on tees and tanks alone and I found some lovely things on the $3 table that I just had to have and splashed out on!!

Pretty shoes, a sweet bag, gorgeous dress & cardi, work clothes, some lovely vintage sheets & pillowcases, fabrics including some awesome tartan plaid: what more could a girl want?! Well this girl ended up wanting a woolen dress for winter refashioning next year even though it was a beautiful hot summery day: a future present to future me! Favourite find would have to be the One Teaspoon Pink Lace 'festival style' Butterfly top I scored in the fill a bag section: 16 items for $2!

Linking up with Her Library Adventures Flea Market Finds and Apron Thrift Girl's Thrift Share

Happy thrifting to you all! xx

Refashioned Top

In this week's Creative Space I finally whipped up a quick refashion I've had in the works for a while.

I've also submiited it to Project Restyle's Flickr group too:

When going through my Mum's stash ages ago I found these pretty white lace motifs:


White Lace Motif

 I have not sure where she got them, I think it was from an embellished tablecloth and she unpicked the motifs. When I saw them I thought they would look great stitched onto a black top of some kind... and so the search for a suitable black top began... Which ended up being harder than I thought because I only buy thrifted and I just needed some sort of plain black top in my size...

At last I thrifted a black slightly sparkly knit racer back style tank.

On Thursday night I experimented with the exact placement of the motif on the tank and stitched the front on first, just with a row of stitching near the neck & near the bottom of the motif, then stitched the back, and had a pretty new top refashion ready for casual Friday at work!!



Refashioned Top: front



Refashioned Top: back

I have several more of these motifs so I see some other top refashions being done in the future.

I love creating my own fashion and looks: part of the sense of individuality inherited from my very much unique Mum!

Happy restyling!! xx

Vintage Sheet FQ Swap loveliness

Well I have participated in 2 Vintage Sheet FQ Swaps over the last year and want to share with everyone the Vintage Sheet loveliness.

Most recently was Green tea and Red nail's Vintage Sheet FQ Swap. The wonderful Kelly organised a mammoth swap!

I was busy selecting...

washing...



& FQ-ing vintage sheets...

Then later admiring the sheets some of the swappees received:  Patch Andi; Rosa's Room & weliketomakestuff.

Here are the lovely FQs I received:

Vintage Sheet FQ Stack

Rainbow circle of Vintage Sheet FQs

Last year I participated in Ange's Ramblings Vintage Sheet FQ Swap and for your vintage sheet enjoyment I belatedly present my FQs!
 

Pretty rainbow circle of FQs



Vintage Sheet FQ Stack

 


Vintage Sheet FQs!!



Hoping everyone has some vintage sheet loveliness to brighten their world xx