new in my etsy store.........

i'm on a blogging roll here.......i know it is only two posts in two days, but good for me !!!

i'm looking forward to a lovely long bank holiday weekend with my family.......and the sunshine...did i mention the sunshine.......life couldn't get better......

whoops....i fell down a rabbit hole.......

well essentially i didn't fall down a rabbit hole........but i haven't blogged for some time as i have had changes happen in my life that i have had to get my head around....so it kinda feels that i have been in some strange other world......minus the white rabbit, the chesire cat and the queen !!
but something that i have bought recently has helped me out of the hole i was in, and i really felt i needed to share this.........

it is a beautiful book and very inspirational......... i have loved emily chalmers for some years now, actually since i bought her first book cheap chic in 2003.......i remember sitting for hours salivating over the lovely images and then going out and buying way too much white paint to paint every floor white in our then house.........

another of her lovely books is flea market style, again beautiful images and some wonderful vintage finds.......i highly recommend all of emily's books.......she also has a fantastic shop in london called caravan, i have never been but have intended to do so for a few years now, she also has a website.........

www.caravanstyle.com

i really want to live in petra boase's house....she has the most fantastic taste........

well i intend not to fall down the rabbit hole again......i may sit next to it for a while, whilst i get my bearings, and hopefully get into sharing more of my work and vintage finds with the blogging world !!

vintagey goodness...........

i love tupperware..........i guess it is being a kid of the 70's .........and all those tupperware parties my mum took me to.............the highlight of the evening for kids was playing with them and making them burp !!! well i cannot pass any tupperware at boots or secondhand shops without snapping them up...........these jugs with lids are going to be great for camping and picnics.......and i just love those 70's colours !!! and i'm so loving this cute kettle another great thing for camping !!

i have been on the look out for a fire screen for a while now, they have been quite pricey.......being the thrift that i am, i seriously cannot justify some prices....which is something i keep telling myself to get over....i have walked away from so many things because i thought they were too pricey only to regret it later......anyways i got this lovely one for £5 an absolute bargain, the detail in the embroidery is amazing............

and this plate and cup set has to be most beautiful set that i have ever bought.......seriously my heart really did skip a beat as i seen these......the colours in the flowers are so beautiful teal blue and chautrese so yummy...........

Vintage treasure...........

I buy so much vintage, but never do i get around to posting my finds.....so i will start with this little find.............all from a little town about 5 miles from where we are.................this town may be little and a little naff.........it really is........but amazingly it has 9....... yes 9 secondhand shops, i try and get there every few weeks, and never have i come away empty handed...........

i love these pie dishes with the recipe printed on them.............they are so cute........i must get around to making them sometime !!! mmmmm......i shall add that to my long list of things to do !!! my favourite is the blueberry cheesecake (which i forgot to photograph darn...).............

More birthday girls !!!

me being 40...................i really am not happy with pics of me.........but what the heck !!!

birthday present display............which my girlies did for me................

amelia turning 19............

and another present display...........................yeah we love the present dislays !!!!!!

Birthday girl

due to my lack of blogging this is rather a late post..........but eh oh..........better late than never i say !! in fact there have been 3 birthdays (including my 40th....yikes...seriously it wasn't scary at all !!) celebrated in this house over the last 2 months..............the first being miss lydias.......a very fun day was had and a very noisy sleepover also !!

a homemade birthday trifle...................

a homemade birthday cake..............
and a homemade cushion..............

I think i am making my way back to the land of the living !!

These last few months have been a very quiet time.............a time for reflecting............

hence my blog dissappearing act !!!