This weekends car booty has unearthed an abundance of 'seventies' goodies. Usually I am not so drawn to buying from this era but have not been able to resist a bit of 'in your face' colour and design!

Curtains-a flannelette type fabric.

More flannelette type fabric.

A really sweet Holly Hobbie wash bag.

Love these cheery coloured knitting needles.

These were my absolute favourite find, though nobody else seemed to share my enthusiasm at home as I excitedly unpacked them ! Two really sweet pram quilts.

And just to finish off the seventies theme....

It's all made me feel quite nostalgic...

Have a good week whatever you're up to Linda xx

On our way back from our holiday we decided to drive through the Peak District to the pretty village of Bakewell, home to the famous pudding.

It is very picturesque with it's fudge coloured buildings and absolutely heaving with tourists.

Gazing longingly into of one the many many bakeries there!

Our next stop was to Chatsworth House, I've been wanting to visit for a long time and was not disappointed.

The house and contents are beautiful, there are so many treasures you could really do with two trips round to absorb everything.

It underwent renovations a few years ago , so with the help of the teasels the furnishings are immaculate.

The extensive grounds are full of old and contemporary sculpture.

How I would love to spend just one night in this house surrounded by splendour, waking up to incredible views.........

It seems ages ago that we had a family holiday to Southport which is about 20 miles from Liverpool, which is one of my favourite cities. Southport is a traditional Victorian seaside town but there are some examples of architecture from other eras.

There are lots of victorian arcades with ornate metalwork, some of the decorative metal was looking the worse for wear, it would be such a shame to lose features like that.

 Not too far away from Southport is Crosby Beach home to 'Another Place' by Anthoney Gormley.There are 100 sculptures spread out over two miles of beach.

It's my second time of seeing the sculptures and still think they look eerie disappearing or emerging as the tide comes in or out. More on next blog....

On Saturday it was the first Vintage  fair in Toddington village in the beautiful Cotswolds. We were really lucky with the weather not a drop of rain all day. There were so many beautiful stalls everybody made a great effort with display.Definitely the smartest village hall I've seen!

It was a lovely day and very well organised by Tonia.

TabbyRoos stall

An idyllic view from the back of the village hall.






                    Mr.TabbyRoo looking slightly sinister, he really isn't!
I think he was just worried someone was going to get to his Malteser cake!

We saw the sign for this reclamation yard in Croughton on our way to the cotswolds and it was still open on the way home, so we just had to stop and have a quick look round. It's called Park End Reclamation, sure we will return in the future.

Our next Vintage event will be on October 23rd in Northampton organised by Debbie of  Home Thoughts from vintage wants.blogspot.com  and Ann of  vintageatthecornerhouse We've had a stall there at the past two fairs and it always a great day with a lovely atmosphere. So looking forward to that a great deal.

 This week is back to work week, Thursday is looming and I realise like I  do after every holiday that I haven't done half of what I planned to do. The niggling jobs have not been finished and the major  ones remain unstarted. But-I believe there must always be a positive to everything there are a good few homemade dinners in the freezer,a bit of sewing has been done and several fairies put into jars! And most importantly and however stressful it has got at times!Spending time with my family is the most precious thing.
Enjoy your week Linda x

Finally! I get around to posting some photos of the lovely vintage 'treasure' I bought last week.

First off a pretty Alfred Meakin plate, just asking for some cupcakes to be sitting on it.
This old case still has the luggage label attached, looks like it travelled over with its owner from possibly Germany. It's well worn, one of the straps are broken, but it shuts properly.
I'm not really sure what this case was used for, it has some straps inside. The chap I bought it from said it was a hamper? I just think it's much too heavy for that, any ideas would be appreciated.

How I always seem to find the best tins - full of rusty nails!
A sweet little childs saving tin. The slots are marked: toys, presents, holidays,rainy day, and sweets and ices.
This tin depicts a scene of Warwick castle.

My husband bought this frame to use for something else, until he got home and saw it was a Vernon Ward print, a great accidental find!
On to my two favourite finds...
I've got quite a few Quality Street tins, but this is the first Roses one I've found.
I've been on the look out for more rusty keys for some time, so was really happy to find quite a few, they're great for craft .
This is the loveliest one, sorry it's a blurred picture, it has a little face and pretty detail. I love a bit of rust!
Enjoy your week, hope it stops raining soon Linda x