White O'Morn Cottage

Vintage Fairs Ireland...It's All About Vintage

Hi all. Just heard of a fabulous vintage fair that will be held in Dun Laoghaireon 18th April.

Being run by Vintage Ireland and was a MEGA  success last year. For the best in Irish Vintage...be there!
More details ?.... click on link below.

www.VintageIreland.eu

Vertigo Vintage

One of the exhibitors on the day will be one of my favourites for fab vintage...Vertigo Vintage and here is just one of the fabulous gowns she will have for sale on the day. Isn't this DIVINE????!!!!

So romantic and feminine. This is a forties wedding or ball gown in palest pink. As you can see it is a small size. Exquisitely made in Nottingham.

Vintage Bedtime Reading

Speaking of Nottingham here is my latest find: a Nottingham lace bookmark and a vintage romantic novel.  Now, romantic fiction is not my fav kind of read but I like to keep this on the bedside and dip into it for a few pages when I can't sleep.

I love to lounge in my vintage long nylon nightgowns pretending to be an oldstyle movie star! 

Fairytale Nightgown by Schiaparelli

Oh and that reminds me,  I sold my fifties Schiaparelli peignoir and nightgown set. I hated to see it go but it had gotten too small for me (didn't know that nylon could shrink did ya'? LOL!)

So it had to go to someone who would make good use of it.  Vintage should be worn not just looked at. Here is a photo of it:

 

  

 

 
 
 

And a photo of the designer Elsa Schiaparelli

For more of my vintage stuff I have included the links below - sorry, no more Schiaparelli's left!

http://vintageretrolingerie.com and http://suchprettyoldthings.com

Vintage Tins
And even more vintage goodies. I got all excited when the postman brought me a box that had a German postmark. It was from Kimme of course, and when I began to open it it showed some gorgeous old tins (you know how much I love to collect these)

Not only that but they were jam packed with goodies. Kimme really knows what floats my boat!

Here they are....

The gorgeous red one is from America, the green and cream one is a 1900's German made. I am using it to store my collection of vintage crochet hooks. Also two delightful vintage tablecloths, some chocolate (Kimme, do you not know I'm allergic to choco? - it brings me out in big hips :-)

Also the traditional pack of jelly frogs for my froglovin' hubby....AND a book called "The Free Range Knitter" Wonderful stories about and by knitters. I have this in the cottage to browse by the fire. I love it. Thanks so much Kimme. You are a star!
 

 

 

Kimme's A Comin'!!!!! = Fun, Shopping, Giggles Galore

Mega excitement here in White O'Morn Cottage. I have just heard that my bestest blog friend, Kimme, of Irish Cottage Dreams is coming to visit!

Kimme and I have never met but are firm friends since meeting on the blogs two whole years ago! We have never actually met even though she has stayed in my cottage twice and we send pressies  back and forth. I feel like I've known her for years.

Not only that but we will be meeting up with two more Irish based bloggers and having a HOOLEY in Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim! (Party capital of

Ireland ;-)

This blog party will be.... Meself (White O'Morn Cottage) Lizbiz (Lizbiz Blog) Kimme (Irish Cottage Dreams) and Angie (The Old Schoolhouse) ..Angie doubles as my sis -bless 'er.

The craic will be ninety. We will be joined by Zinda (lives in Dublin, but has a house in Leitrim) and Katy (from England, lives in Leitrim but has a house in France she get's around that one)

OOOhhh, maybe we should have a Red Hatter themed night? Yes, red hats and purple clothes. Get organised girls.

Angie and I live in Dublin, Kimme is American but lives in Germany and Liz is Australian but lives in Leitrim. It'll be like the United Nations!

If we get the chance we will do a thrifting trawl in Dublin before departing for the idyllic countryside of county Leitrim. Thrift shopping with them? That should be good (four red hatted bargain hunters in the same charity shop?) Ah sufferin' heart....Skin and hair will be flyin'!

 

Above: left to right: Kimme, Pam, Angie and Liz.

Now - Kimme, be warned...look below to see what can happen to visitors (foreigners) who dare to come visit (invade) us. ...You have been warned.

 

Line Dancing Fun in Carlow

Below is a photo of my German friend, Angelika. She is a fellow linedancer who travels to other countries for a good night's dancing. She is known to travel from her home in Hamburg to Sweden and drive home again same night! She went to Amsterdam for a line dance Christmas party and drove back again...and she came to Carlow, Ireland a couple of weeks ago for The Memphis Swingers megaweekend...our club's bi-annual weekend away.

Photo shows our teacher, Joan O'Gorman as she ceremoniously stripped Angelika of her German citizenship and adopted her as one of our own...her new name is ....Molly Eileen O'Fishcher. That'll teach her!  Kimme, you will have to get an Irish name too. I'll work on it.

See those tricolour boxers? Well on the back they have a large pair of buttocks inscribed with the immortal words "Póg mo hón" (Irish for Kiss my arse) and in her right hand she is holding a small frying pan that cooks your fried eggs in the shape of a shamrock while in her left is a huge inflatable hammer. Cool.

She is making a speech in Gaelic that I wrote and coached her on and that's me, close by, to prompt her if she goes wrong (she didn't) Cailín maith, Molly! Is tusa go híonntach (Good girl, Molly! You are terrific) See? I'm bi-lingual, just one of my many talents :-)

 

Pompom Magic from The Stitch End

 I just have to share with you my latest fab find. It is an easy pompom maker and it really is....It makes 'em nice and round and fluffy too and can do them in four sizes. I bought this on Etsy.com from The Stitch End and she does gorgeous ribbon too and is very friendly. I can't remember what the price was but it was very little and well worth it. Here is a pic of it.  Treat yourself to one of these...tell her Pam sent you. 

http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheStitchEnd

Happy St Patrick's Day! Giveaways

 

An Angel Sings "She Moved Through the Fair"

Now ...a real treat for you. This link is your passport to hear the voice of an angel. Chloe Coyle, winner of The All Ireland Talent Show...(our X Factor) Chloe is only 13 years old. Also check out her rendition of Ave Maria and be moved to tears...Amazing talent.

 

 

<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0Dal3Qe4Rfo&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0Dal3Qe4Rfo&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

Happy St Patrick's Day to you all. To help celebrate I have listed lots of PIF listings in my Etsy Shop. PIF listings are "Pay It Forward" and you only need to pay for the postage & listing 20c. I will be adding more during the day.  Have a great day! :-)...Pam

Spring Dreams

Above is a great new site where you can browse online shops in virtual streets. I just LOVE it. Check it out..

http://www.theonlineshoppingtown.co.uk/user/home

Oh how I long to get down to the cottage for a break. As you may know we had a burst pipe that did a lot of damage and so we have not been able to visit until it is all sorted. I have made some new cushions for the new sofa bed we bought for the living room. We only have one bedroom there so it is handy to have a pull out bed for visitors. (above pic was taken last summer)

Below pic shows Pants, the cat snuggling up on the new sofa to get near the open fire. Also shown is my messy crafting storage area. (Note to self...SELF..tidy up) Oh, and do you see the round rose tin? Well, I found that on Etsy and it is from the thirties. Love it...I don't know what I will store in it yet but I'll find something.

I have been trying to get a good photo of Pants but she is all black and....well she has the strangest eyes.....LOL! She moved just as I was taking a photo in low light.

 
 
 

I made the cushions from a chenille bedspread and a flannelette cot sheet. I think these are my favourite colours at the moment.

and here is the before photo of them. Yeah, After first and then Before!

I had lots left so I made a few to sell and give as presents.

This is how the living room window looked before the deluge and will do again.

And this little fairy will be joining the rest of them soon..

I am very busy in work at the moment as it is coming up to submission of portfolios deadline (no exams in our centre, we do applied certs with p/folios built up over the year)

However, I still find time to craft and have so enjoyed making these baby garlands and hats.

And more cute shamrock shoes.

Speaking of beautiful green things here is a sweet little doily I will be using for St Patrick's Day decor. Unusual colour for a doily and that makes it special to me.

Can't get enough of beautiful linens so here is another favourite of mine. It is a linen bread/roll basket.

 

Anyway, I'm hoping to get down to the cottage this coming weekend and put it to rights. I'll leave you with one of my favourite photos taken there. It is of the smaller window in the living room.

I love these deep windows as they are great to display fav items. The little jug on legs was my grandmothers and the wooden sign was given to me by my sis. Teeda, years before when I was only dreaming of having a pretty little cottage one day. It says "Welcome to the Cottage"

Have a lovely weekend.