a swan song........

well my dears this is my little tale of a beautiful swan.......i seen the above swan in the leicester oxfam  store, it had a hefty price tag of £6.99.......gasp..........i know ! charity shops and the prices they charge (although i do have to keep reminding myself they are for charity...it is a good cause........) well i stood in there for some time humming and ahhing, the dilemma i really love it should i pay that much etc......much to the dismay of mr blossom and daughter no. 2.........anyway after about 15 mins of pondering i decided to do the rest of our shopping and think about it............well i thought about, and i thought i can't live without such beauty..........and that our house definately needed a swan planter...really......what home should be without one !?!

 well after an afternoon of shopping i exitedly rushed back to oxfam to purchase said swan........well readers i had a shock........the beautiful swan was gone...sold.....no longer there......well i shed a little tear for my loss ! and kicked myself very swiftly for not buying it staight away there and then.......well a lesson was learned, and i decided, i need that swan planter or my life will not be complete...i trawled ebay but no swan......i wasn't going to give up......and this is where my swan song turns itself into a happy tale...........

the very next weekend i went a thrifting in a small town not too far from where i live.......i walked into the small oxfam store and there before my eyes was the very same swan at a very reasonable £2.99....i did a very happy jig.......much to the embarassment of daughter no.2 ! and on that same trip i picked up a little friend for my beautiful swan.......
you cannot see it too great in the pictures but the most beautiful thing about my swan is that it as very peachy tail feathers and a peachy stripe down the middle of it's head......i just need to pick up some plants to complete the look.....oh and more swans.......i have a swan bug !!!
and everytime i look at my peachy swan i sing this song............
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6J3uLLi9sw   and do a little dance..........

vintage flower brooches.......

i have been busy making more brooches.......in fact alot of brooches, i really do love making these !!.......here are a few which i have put in my etsy store today.......http://www.etsy.com/shop/blossomdesign......
more brooch pics to come over the next few days.....

love is......

i know valentines day was a while ago now........but i wanted to share a few gifts that i made for mr. blossom........he says he loves my homemade gifts.......and i say i love my shop bought gifts very much...see we are a match made in heaven !! (although i must say i do love handmade gifts too )

new packaging........

i'm really pleased with the packaging i've done for my brooches etc...... i will be putting these in my etsy store tomorrow........

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...........