playing shop

Sometimes we end up with Arthur in the shop 'helping' out. Usually it's for short bursts at a time. So this morning he helped me make some magnets, thanks to a super vintage party booklet which I have a few copies of. I will show more at a later date as I've got another 6 posts until I reach the 100 mark and am thinking a little give away will be upon us to mark that post.
So other than making magnets we made what Arthur likes to call block building....'stew pasta'. Don't ask me how or why it just is.
Nick has been busy looking after our dog Sophie. She's a kelpie/heeler cross and around 17 years old. Poor soph isn't too well at the moment and is receiving weekly jabs at the vet for arthritus and other old puppy complaints. So we are a little sad here as we're not too sure how she's going to be. I'll get organised and upload pics of Sophie and our other dog Sammie and our shop cat Dezdamona soon, as they all roam in and out of the shop. Sorry no 'from a pet free home' around here.

bedtime shenanigans

Someone (who shall remain nameless) obviously didn't want to go to sleep straight away last night.... I was greeted with this about an hour after putting him to bed. Usually we leave the light on after story time, as he likes to look at some books by himself and within half an hour the light is out and he's fast asleep. Seems that didn't happen. Toy box, buckets etc empty. At least he didn't take out all his clothes too. As soon as I saw it I knew I had to leave it in place to photograph this morning....

saying goodbye

Oh boy, parting with things can be so hard. We collect, we display, we keep. Sometimes things sneak down to the shop to hang out and show off how cute they are. Sometimes they're for sale and sometimes they're not. I know as a buyer it can be very annoying when you see something you like, only to be told, sorry it's not for sale. It makes me want to punch someone in the nose. Plus we here at Arthur's Circus need to make a living and can't always just show what we have. So yesterday I said goodbye to this little boy from 1956. It was hard but I knew he was going to a good home, making new friends and I managed to take a photo of him before he left. Have fun little fella.

printers trays etc

We have some old printers trays now available in our shop in North Melbourne. I was thinking of selling a few on-line but as shipping can be a tad expensive and perhaps bulky, these are probably best picked up. Although please contact us if you would like a quote. We give the trays a clean and add wire so you can hang them on a wall. So this prompted me to make a little printers tray starter kit to start you on your merry way.

see more

Phew what a week so far.... we have been madly cleaning and yet again re-arranging our home as yesterday Sharyn Cairns photographed our home for Cookie Magazine. Whilst this is very exciting, folk out there do not underestimate how messy we (well I) are. Last week I finally managed to sort through piles of paperwork and boxes of crap and had some sort of organisation in our office/study only to be destroyed by the last few days cleaning frenzy that saw everything dumped in there. I had a sewing table, woo hoo for 3 days. I'm so over being messy and wonder if there is any hope. I even asked my Aunt recently if I had ever been tidy and organised, even when I was little. A resounding "No". Damn. Oh well, at least in photographs my home is how I would like it to be.
Oh and I managed to do some of the styling, so there may be cameo appearances by nongs, oobee and a thelmas stuffie. Nothing like a bit of gratuitous product placement.

are pimples ruining your chances

Are pimples ruining your chances?.....no but I think those shorts and hairy legs might be.
A little of what else was in grandad's shed. Ssssshhh don't tell my Nana. I am selling a few of his old "men's" magazines from the late 1960's on ebay. I like some of the artwork, illustrations and photography and especially the adverts in these mags but as I have previously blogged we don't need to keep everything that comes our way.
By the way, I wonder what ever happened to Freedom tablets for bad pimples? And did they work?

a new addition

A brand spanking, hot off the screen printing press, new softie from the talented ms aunty cookie. Featuring a pocket for teeth, in exchange for "I accept notes, change and jewels."
And we here at Arthur's Circus are one of the lucky few who will be selling them. So if you can't hot foot it to our North Melbourne shop, then come on over here, where you can buy online.