Wonderful Wonders

The wonders of outside continue to bask my heart in goodness...

...The wonderful birds...

(who once in awhile agree to pose oh so nicely)

...The wonderful antics of the critters...

(who can resist giving that sweet sweet face more peanuts!)



...The wonderous bugs...

(I had never seen this kind before & haven't since I took the shot!)

...The wonderful whiskers of a bunny sitting in the evening sun...

(check out the gorgeous-ness of those ears in the light...ahhhh) 

(This is one of my all time favourite shots of our bun Jin)

Ahhhhh....Wonderful Wonders,

life is so full of such lovelies, if your open to seeing them...

...in the most ordinary of places, you can see the most extraordinary things...

Thanks oodles for hopping in for a visit.

XO Mandy & some very hot bunnies XO

Some Simply Sunshine-y Thingies...

Some lovely and simple things that are making my heart giddy this week...

...seeing my bird lino cut framed up & hanging on a lovely supporter's lovely wall of art...

...This incredible book by Jane Goodall...and well just Jane Goodall's existence in this world of ours...

...this fab necklace I treated myself to a couple months back...

...the best cookie jars ever that grace our kitchen...and coffee and soup....

...This little original watercolour by a local artist, Edna Scott that I just had to treat myself to & put in a sweet white frame in our dining room...



....One of the best thrift store finds yet...this gorgues wicker basket which I picked up for $2.99! & which now houses all of Jonathan's mitts, hats and scarves...

....AND last but not least,  this beautiful hand soap bottle I snagged the other week...the soap smells delicious but it's the illustration by Anahata Katkin (one of my favourite artists)  that gave me a sharp intake of breathe, an increased heart beat & the 'ohhh I gotta have it' rushing out of my mouth, ha ha...



Simple things, but there ya got it...what's making you happy lately???

XO M & The Bunnies who are anxious for their mama to go on holidays from the studio!

Some Great Finds...

I am a bargain hunter and a sales shopper...I hate malls and I love thrift and antique stores...I like buying things that I know not a million other people currently have...and I just had to share some of my awesome thrift store buys with you... This little shelf, I got for $4...I planned to paint in once I got it home but turns out the colour goes great in my studio and perfectly fit some sweet little tins and boxes I already had...awesome:D

...than I found this sweet little white rabbit, that can hold pencils or flowers or whatever I suppose...right now I have my camera transfer cables in it and I just love it...I guess a sweet little ceramic bunny shouldn't make a person so content but well it does ha ha...

...we found this old set of blue glasses at a local thrift store and I just had to have them, especially when it was something like $6 for the whole set!...

and I don't think it's entirely my imagination that milk tastes extra good in the larger ones and brandy extra sweet in the smaller ones:D ha ha...

and okay check out this cool little wooden bowl...now I have this weird thing of bringing wooden stuff into the house that hasn't been made my dad or Jonathan but this little bowl spoke to me...

...maybe cause I thought of someones dad turning it and some one not wanting it so I saw it as a lonely unwanted poor wooden bowl for only $2 that could hide many treasures so I brought it home...it pays off to be a sentimental shopper sometimes;D!

and tins...oh my goodness I used to have this 'thing' for tins, I used to collect them and I do still have quite a few hidden throughout the house here and there but I do have favourites and well when I saw this beauty which matched another slightly larger one I had just in a different colour variation, I couldn't resist....

Isn't she a beauty and I think a steal at something like 0.99 cents!

There you have it...some of my favourite cheap finds so far this year:D What are some of yours? If you blog about them, leave your post link in this here comment section. Have a great weekend all...from Bijou and the Buns:D....XO.