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Vintage Tea Cups – which are your favourites?

28/03/2017 ♦

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Vintage tea cups, vintage jugs, vintage bowls, vintage spoons... I guess we all have one, don't we? If ever you were woken in the middle of the night by a thundering CRASH!!!, would you know straight away which shelf/cupboard/pile of goodies had finally given up under the strain only to become…

Hand Made Book Covers

27/03/2017 ♦

All Projects, Sewing Projects, Uncategorized

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I've been making a few book covers recently - I started with a couple of favourite pieces of fabric, then a few more, and then a few more. It has been lovely rummaging around and using old pieces of lace and buttons I have been hoarding for some time now. I…

Shabby Chic summerhouse – my she shed, woman cave, garden hideaway…

22/03/2017 ♦

All Projects, In the Garden, Painted Furniture, Spring

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Summerhouse project – part 1 It started as a second-hand summer house needing several repairs. Was it destined to be my she shed? My woman cave? My garden hideaway? You know how it goes – ideas are plentiful so why is it that getting started is sometimes the most difficult…

Vintage china Teacup Exchange – It’s Tea Party Time Again!

01/11/2016 ♦

All Projects, England, Uncategorized, Vintage

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Surprise parcels in the post – aren’t they just great? And when it includes vintage china - what can I say? Well... Before delving inside the plain brown box I received as part of the Vintage china Teacup Exchange, I looked for a postal mark or return address… Brady, Texas…

Vintage Fair finds – take a look!

25/07/2016 ♦

All Projects, Uncategorized, Vintage

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A few weekends ago, I spent an indulgent Saturday at a local vintage fair where I found this lovely enamel soap dish. It will go in the kitchen when we change things around in there a little bit. But before we can do that, we need to move the big shelves…

Old Tea Cups and a tea cup exchange – how could I resist?

15/03/2016 ♦

All Projects, Gifts, Uncategorized

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Today, while roaming in Looe with family, I came across these - a small (and odd!) number of cups, saucers and tea plates. They have such a lovely pastel colour and they whispered to me that they really, really wanted to come home with me. Actually, I was pretty clumsy…

French basket lightshades

19/02/2016 ♦

All Projects, Modern Vintage & Industrial Vintage style, Soft Furnishings

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As usual, I was in my element as I meandered through the array of twinkling jewellery, battered kitchenalia and fabrics galore at the vintage fair. I came out - much later - with a wide grin on my face. Aren't these fairs one of the best ways - ever - of spending a…

Another great Vintage Fair!

30/09/2015 ♦

Accessories, All Projects, Jewellery, Sewing Projects, Soft Furnishings

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This weekend, I spent a whole day at a local vintage fair - lucky me! Gorgeous old clothes, live music, vintage homewares, furniture, sparkling jewellery, locally-made gifts, tea and cake in china cups... you get the idea. Here are a few photos of this fair in Plymouth, one in Tavistock (both only just over…

Hello! Welcome to my little cottage for vintage projects & shabby chic DIYs; ideas and projects

27/09/2015 ♦

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Vintage projects & shabby chic DIYs; ideas and projects Vintage, shabby-chic, shabby-vintage – whatever you like to call it, I love the ‘lived-in’ look here in my little cottage in Cornwall. This site is just a way of sharing a few photos and thoughts of some of my favourite, but…

Our shabby chic cottage – shabby chic ideas for the home

15/03/2015 ♦

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"Brown paper packages tied up with string…" well, anyway – "these are a few of my favourite things…" (and yes, I do love string, don't you?!). These are just a few of my favourite things that share the cottage with us. Nothing expensive or particularly valuable - just bits and bobs that help…