Its been a while since my last blog but i am so busy mainly buying and preparing the stock for my business but its been worth it, I have picked up some great finds,But i am still being as frugal as ever ,yesterday i made these boxes for trinkets to sell on my stall,
Most of the boxes were given to me by my friend Mel and a few were included in job lots i have purchased from auction , They were from gifts they had received as a family but all of them had the names of the maker of the gift embossed on the front of the box. , so i was thinking how i could get rid of the names.
Earlier this year on the market i saw some transfer sheets , Very big in the eighties but not many people want them now , Included in the 15 sheets i bought for £5.00 were the robin ones ( i have plans for the birds one i picked up too ) , So this is what i did with them
I am chuffed with the result .
I also made my first mince pies of the year yesterday.
My Beautiful vintage finds.
Stunning Marcella bedspread .
Pretty portrait brooch.
Crinoline lady is always popular.
Irish Linen sheets and pillowcases , Never used.
Double Damask Irish Linen table cloth with orignal labels
A sweet little Antique Purse.
Vintage glass and enamel necklace.
A beaded roses vintage handbag.
On the health front i have had the test , It wasn't very nice but you just have to get on with it if you want to be diagnosed , I have polyps they say they look fine but have done a biopsy to be on the safe side as the pattern was unusual , But i need to say our local hospital has had so much bad press lately but the staff were fantastic and the procedure was made much easier by there care and professionalism,
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You do find the most amazing things.
ReplyDeleteThe boxes look gorgeous.
Glad you now have a diagnosis for your health problem. I think you cope so much better when you know what you are dealing with.
Hugs-x-
Hello sheila , Thanks , Don't know what the treatment is yet , Hopefully they will sort me out xxx
DeleteIt is difficult when you are not well,some of the things they do are not nice but we just have to grit our teeth and get on with it.
ReplyDeleteI love your boxes, brilliant idea, I am sure they will be snapped up.
And mince pies, well I could eat them all year round, love them . xx
Hello , I normally bake them throughout the year but that's when i get reduced mincemeat in January , I didnt buy any this year and i have missed it xxx
DeleteLove the robin boxes, clever idea
ReplyDeleteThank you Sue xxx
DeleteWelcome back, have missed your posts! Hope all will be well re the polyps, but best to have biopsies done.
ReplyDeleteI love your new purchases, especially the Double damask table cloth. I hope you will get a good price for it. There is nothing nicer that a pure white damask table cloth for dinner (especially if accompanied by silver flat ware and cutlery, cut glass and porcelain ... but then, I love to see a table nicely laid ... which reminds me of the Betjeman poem "How to Get on in Society"! (First line, as perhaps you will know, "Phone for the fish knives, Norman ..."!)
Margaret P
Thank you Margret , Yes i am happy with my linens this time , I dont know the poem as to be honest i dont like poetry , The nearest i get to it is when i buy books of poems for my friend mel lol xxx
DeleteI'm not keen on poetry in general, either, Sheila, but some of John Betjeman's poems are wonderful - he was very observant, and this is poem is a real send-up of all that is Non-U (you do know about Nancy Mitford's U and Non-U?) It is Non-U to say "serviette" when the correct way is "napkin", to say "toilet" when the correct term is "lavatory" and so forth. This poem is a hoot, I just love it but, as I say, I'm not mad keen on poetry in general. But do look this poem up, you can Google it, I'm sure.
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I love what you did to the boxes, they are certainly impressive. Great finds, I actually loved it all. Glad to hear you had a good experience at the hospital, hope all goes well with the biopsy results.
ReplyDeleteThank you , I am happy with all my linen , I have already sold some jewelry in two of the boxes today xxx
DeleteThe little robin boxes are quite delightful - clever you! I also love your finds for stock - I'm not sure which is my favourite, I'm spoilt for choice. I'm sure the health check will be fine - best to get it done and be sure.
ReplyDeleteThank you , I have sold some jewelry today in the robin boxes , people were very happy with them , I wanted to keep all the linen lol xxx
DeleteThose boxes are amazing and I am green over that bedspread!
ReplyDeleteI am too about the bedspread but i cannot afford to keep it lol xxx
DeleteWow, those boxes look amazing! I also put be the bedspread - is that going on eBay? Told you I need to sit on my hands.......! Glad you finally have some answers from the procedure - it is a horrible thing to have done but at least it's over now xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Tracey , Yes it wasn't very nice but i had the same procedure a few years ago and this time it wasn't as bad apparently the cameras are a lot smaller now , Yes you are right , The bedspread is on Ebay at a starting price of £150 , They fetch quite a bit of money usually , Gutted i cant keep it , I have four watchers at the moment , Fingers crossed xxx
DeleteThose robin embellished boxes are absolutely lovely, you've done a great job with those. I don't know anyone who doesn't like robins.
ReplyDeleteI've got my Great-Grandmother's silver finger purse, its very similar to yours! xxx
Oh, you have done a wonderful job on those boxes! They are beautiful and have been transformed by the robin transfers to things of beauty.
ReplyDeleteI love the bedspread. I have something similar which I got from Freegle so it was free, but it's from Laura Ashley! I love washing it at a 90 degree wash as it always comes out looking brand new.
You have found some wonderful things.
Best wishes for your biopsy.
Veronica
vronni60s.blogspot.com
So how do we see your items listed for sale?
ReplyDeleteHello , I have been trying for days again to put a link to mu Ebay , I will get there in the end , In the meantime if you search Ebay for Antique Marcella bedspread , Its live at the moment that will bring you to my current list of Ebay sales xxx
DeleteWhere & when do you have your stall ? I have time off in December and would come and have a look at your wares x
ReplyDeleteHello , Most of the Items you see on here will be on my Ebay as they are to valuable to sell on my stall , The items i sell on there are second hand clothing and some vintage jewelry ,But if you are every around wednesbury on a friday morning between eight and twelve , Health and weather permitting , Rain is a definite no as its open Air and as its getting more colder not sure if my health will hold up to the cold , Fingers crossed xxx
DeleteI have a Friday booked off after Christmas in Januray so could come then.
DeleteHello , Sorry i might be having all of January off as sales are almost non existence then , I cannot ever promise i will be there at any day because of weather and health , Its always decided on the morning i get up , But by all means if you are ever passing see if i am there and say hello xxx
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