17.3.11

vintage camera love...my favourite & best british find...

Hello...morning all...
{see that capital letter there?...yep the H...that's for my friend jane who would smile to see me throw in a little punctuation every now & again!! ;) }


so...back to lower case...
it works with the way i speak better...
if that makes sense?
i kinda speak like i've got much to say...
in a lower case kinda way...

so bloggy friends today i am going to share with you my most *favourite & best* thrifting find to date...!
yep...i have had my eye out for *one* of these for the last 3 years...
&
i now have *two*!!!
god knows if they work...
at the moment i am just sitting & smiling & loving them on my little stool...
you know i have this problem with brilliant finds...the sitting & staring thing... 
{remember the metal box staring i was doing here ?}



anyhoo...
take a lookie at these...
i dare you not to sit & stare...
&
i dare you not to take a hundred zillion photographs of something so gorgeously lovely & timeless...


i am in love...
i showed the hubster...& he is in love...
so for now we are just going to play with them...
we showed the kiddos how the *old world* used to work...
we talked about telescopes & submarines...
& old movies...
& black & white film that winds on...
& my new-old camera's gave us a brilliant lesson in history...
{even my beloved china doesn't gain this much attention!!}




have you a little vintage hunting list?
these have long been at the top of mine...!


it was unrealistic to think we'd only ever take one crate of goodies home from ol'blighty...
the hubster sees that now...bless him...!
& if i get these up-&-running...imagine the images...
i love a new project...
& i think these may be the *it* of all projects...



so if you have any box brownie
or 
duaflex II
knowledge pllllease let me know...
i'll be sitting here
staring...

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today i am linking up with

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&
please 
if you haven't already...
you must stop by 
for my almost spring giveaway

{thanks for all the wonderful comments this week xx}
we'll be drawing the winner from an old bucket 
after a car-boot trawling morning 
on sunday 
at a big old lovely post english school!
good luck!

xox





13 comments:

  1. Love them, they're so cool! Enjoy using them :)

    Bee happy x
    Have a delicious day!

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  2. My big brother had a brownie camera when he was a kid. So many pictures took. I'll have to ask my dad to impart some of us knowledge on me, so I can pass it forward. They look awesome. I think I'll have to ask him what happened to ours. I bet my dad has it squirreled away somewhere. He loves his gadgets. I can't imagine how much stuff you'll want to take home (Australia). Your house will be one of those that show you're a well travelled couple. I love that. My friends dad was a sailor... the mum an artist and their house was 'the' best house... even today I would take their house (even though it was from the 80's)... don't you just love a house that tells a story?
    Lx

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  3. How fun! I too collect vintage cameras but have yet to use them.I guess I should try huh!I will watch to see if you get it to work.Enjoy! ~Cheers Kim

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  4. Good find Melissa! Boy are we going to have some great loot to take home to Australia...everyone will be green with envy! Robx

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  5. Oh my word, it's beautiful! Can't wait to see some of your pictures from it - the history lesson sounds fab too.

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  6. Oh my, I am in love too...so hard not to sit here and stare. That sure is a gorgeous find...I have been keeping a look out for a vintage camera for a number of years now :)
    Nothing like vintage to make a girl smile.
    xx

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  7. Oh. My. Goodness. There is green eyed monster sitting at my keyboard right now :)

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  8. Can I interupt your staring? Hello? Good, you're listening... Love this find too! He or she looks fabulously still good, not too many marks so perhaps he/she still works.
    And did I miss something, bbq wedding?? Tell me more! And no worries mate about my long travelling package, I love the idea of you thinking of me! (how do you like me trying to sound like an Aussie?) God knows I want to go, we talked about maybe going this december... figners crossed! When are you going again, holiday or return move?
    Hit me with your mail hon,
    btw, are you going to the party tomorrow at Laura's place, happy homemaker, it's for expats like us. Ok, over and out from Maureen xx

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  9. Well I can't claim to have any knowledge, but I am ever so lucky to have two lovely old box brownie cameras - and I even have some glorious photos that I took on them when I was just a wee girl, and my Dad gave me the camera, which was his. I can understand the staring. There is just something about them...
    Amanda xx

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  10. Ah, Miss Melissa, chuckling in Hobart (spelt with a capital 'H"!). You funny girl. I am so intrigued, My Mum had one when she was younger. I'll have to see if she still has it. Yes, isn't it weird to talk to the kiddos about how things worked in 'the olden days'? It cracks me up - I sound like my grandmother now! J x

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  11. Oh lovely camera... I just broke mine, will try to buy a new one tomorrow if I can find one to my taste. Have a great weekend!
    Love, Maaike

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  12. How utterly fantastic is that?!?!? You HAVE to figure out how to use it. And post pix of what comes out. I am soooo intrigued!

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Thanks for taking a moment...x

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