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Well, ahem! Yes, there have been a few changes around here. I have simplified, much like in life. Back to the essentials. Deciding what's important. Not to put too fine a point on it... clearing out! It is fun to take car loads to the charity shops, to send precious bits and pieces to friends who will gain pleasure from a surprise parcel, to make decisions about displaying my absolute favourite

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Well, needless to say time has quickly passed and life has moved on at a pace I have been chasing to keep up. I am just popping in to say 'Hello'! Once again thank you all for your kind messages. We are here and the year has been kind. And now we are snuggling into our home for our second Christmas. There have been many highlights this year, perhaps most special to me was to take one very

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Bertha's garden continues to amaze us with so many jewels now the Roses have joined the party. Every day brings a new marvel! Thank-you all so much for all the wonderful flower stories. We enjoyed reading them all so much! In the end we just couldn't choose one so we popped you all into a salad bowl (I know, we're still unpacking and things are very disorganised!) and out came Kitsch and Curious

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We picked you some flowers from Bertha's garden. We have been so delighted that every week a new jewel has appeared. Bertha lived here for most of her long life and her garden is a gift she has left for us to enjoy. We have had Snowdrops, Aconites, Bluebells, Tulips, Forget-me-not, Lilac and the blossom snow from the Cherry trees was breath-taking. We are gradually bringing in our own belongings

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CONGRATULATIONS WILLY & KATE!!

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Ever the optimist. That's me! I am happy to say we did make it home for Christmas... just! With a few days to spare. So, if you don't mind me catching up on myself here is my home for Christmas post, in February!  I know. You're all over Christmas now. So I'll be quick!  Our house is slowly, slowly beginning to feel like home. Trade white emulsion is taking some getting used to but as we

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To all of you who have sent me messages of support and concern and encouragement I am so incredibly grateful. It has not been a fun time. However, this is my happy space so I am here to say I shall be back soon as things are finally getting to a point where we can move back home! But first lots of this... Ugh! In the meantime you can occasionally find me here if you would like to chat! I can just

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Someone once told the Beautiful Boy and I the saying about Walnut trees. It still makes us laugh but we decided to change it to fit us better ... We've been trying to keep up with our first harvest - at least the harvest we were left after the Rooks and Jackdaws had their fill!These are English Walnuts also known as 'Wet walnuts' - and we have been trying to work out the best way to dry them.

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The Good Homes article is out and Hazel and Brent have created a lovely tribute to the old house, although it is very odd to read about it now. This photoshoot was the very first back in the Spring of 2009 which is clearly a lifetime ago now. The beautiful boy is delighted that his room got a whole page of it's own...The 'Get the Look' feature had me in stitches as I'm sure many of my regular

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Don't you just love it when the funfair comes to town?! In a village close to where we used to live the fair comes to town for one weekend every Autumn. Whilst at Hotel Grandma we are doing much the same school run as before and the beautiful boy and I were both delighted to see the first caravans appearing on the church green!This is no nostalgic vintage fairground with piped organ music and

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 The beautiful boy and I are still at Hotel Grandma and whilst Grandma has earned her sainthood putting up with our mess and disruption we are both more than ready to be settling into our new home now; just a couple more weeks and we should be there! Life continues to race along on it's up and down roller coaster and if I'm honest, this week I'm not much enjoying the ride. Some weeks seem to

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Who? Me? Not a hope. So, I think I said I'd show you the garden. Well, as you can imagine - with pipes being laid and drains being moved it's all a bit of a mess but I managed to find some pretties for you.  Of course I took them all close up to avoid nasty skips and pallets full of building materials creeping into shot!The garden is very well stocked with lots of plants I can't name and a few

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We didn't mean to be away so long. No, really, we didn't. We've been so busy with the long summer in spite of the grim wet weather. Freezing early mornings at the coast ... the birds have long since known it's Autumn - We've said our goodbyes to the Swifts and Swallows! There has a been a bit of Hero worship on the beach... Garden snails bleached by their seaside holiday.... An abandoned Gull's

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Mrs Bun and I had a wonderful trip to Burnham Market. I'm in love with these delightful vintage rattles which I recently came across and added to my stall.... Saturday was an exciting day! As promised the Guardian Travel supplement Seaside Special was published, and there, alongside the words of many people I admire, were 200 words on my seaside! Why? How? I have no idea. But being

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Before the threatened nasty damp pictures I thought I'd share some pictures of the lovely, faded old wallpaper.... ...did anyone else adore 'Spirograph' when they were kids?  I am reminded of hours of happy squiggling whenever I look at this design... I love the way the inks sit on the surface of the paper making the texture three-dimensional.... So many variations of one pretty motif.... Each

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Our new Home Sweet Home! Lived in by four generations of the same family, the main parts built in 1850 with additions in the 1950's and 1960's it is completely unspoilt and I am in LoVE! It is such a happy house! It seems that we have moved to a mobile phone dead patch and, slightly more problematic, a Broadband blackhole - despite being told that access would not be a problem by the dreaded BT

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Well, aren't you all just wonderful! Thank-you so much for all your comments, messages and emails. What a privilege it is to be part of such a supportive global community and how kind of you all to offer so much care and wisdom.Now, just to put your minds at rest a bit... Have I been slaving away over packing cases? Oh no. There has been cake!Grandma had her bi-annual Open Garden Day fundraiser

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Life has been silly busy. A garden running riot with all the sunshine... end of year treats for the beautiful boy... ...stitchy commissions and gifts for friends... I do love a bit of calming blanket stitch.... and sunshine parties with glamorous girls.... ...with knock-out jelly tipples for the grown ups! But alongside all of this happy activity there has been so much more besides. Come with me

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Well, only a little one this week. A little pram coverlet made using some of the additional squares from last week. Backed and bound with the lovely rosy vintage sheeting... and there's been some feathery snipping too this week.... I so love working with candlewick and blanket felt and I especially love making owls.. You have to keep an eye on them or they're off and away into the trees...These

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Well the week went by so quickly and already I haven't told you about so many things! I'll start with what has been keeping me busy in the workroom.... snip snip snip.... 400 squares, at least 35 different patterns from the 1930's onwards..... I needed 256 squares for a  Random Squares Patchwork Throw  but ended up cutting 400 before I was happy with the colours....Pieced and piled and numbered

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Oh such divine cupcakes! But first a bit of thrifting happiness - adorable mini knitting needles (I know Mrs Bun, I know!)  some yummy glass and, ooh look, more needles! A few of these lovelies came along with me to Little Vintage Lover in the time warp village of Heydon...Such a beautiful and unspoilt little corner of Norfolk ... I made sure I was there very early this year, all set up and ready

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A luscious green glass bowl and a jolly box of tissues which greet me each morning in the shower room just to make me smile.... Meeting bloggy friends and finding that our children have so much in common that they become immediate best friends and cannot bear to be parted at the end of the day!   Watching the beautiful boy awestruck and hanging on every word of one of his heroes and me feeling

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Mrs BoboBun and I had such a lovely time! We were able to decorate the hall the night before and set up our stalls.... and by 9am the next morning the hall was full of our dream pick 'n' mix of wonderful craftspeople and their wares! There was a queue at the door before we opened and mumsie did a wonderful job of welcoming shoppers all day - THANK-YOU mumsie! the vintage cafe was run by the

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With the emphaisis, of course, upon 'Jolly'! Mrs Bobobun and I worked very hard on Sunday putting up our banners and road signs for the next Pick 'n' Mix!  And then after all our hard work we had our recovery plan.... head to the sea...Away up the hill past Cley.... I see the sea! Oh yes we deserved a treat and a treat we were to have! A table in the sunshine and asparagus in season.... oh

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Those of us in England are enjoying glorious May sunshine and that means so are the Irises! Their roots love to be sun-soaked and the display we're enjoying this year shows they're very happy! I've had some happy thrifting too. Want to see? mmm. Two more sweetie jars for my buttons (very much needed as I'm trying to get pot loads sorted!) A delicious t-pot! Very pretty but sadly past it's useful

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 Life has been a bit in fast forward around here. I haven't been able to find a moment to stop by, but I did think of you and so come with me for a walk up the garden path....Do you see where we're headed? Ooh. Just pause along the way - the Forget-me-nots are so very pretty.... but the real show is over here...  How I love Apple Blossom time....it's the abundance....the colour... well.... I see

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Well I promised to share our day trip and my what a trip it was. House heaven. In the summer I am very excited to be attending the Midsummer Fayre at Voewood and the beautiful boy and I were lucky enough to go on a house tour over the Easter break... This beautifully restored Arts and Crafts home is built on a butterfly plan...... and inside butterflies are a bit of a recurring theme too.... I'll

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The little plastic birdie looked so happy on the button shelf that I went around the house and found a few china lovelies to keep him company....I am especially fond of the pink parrot! All of these bright little birds are Made in China. This little flock have arrived over many years but they all seem to sit happily together.and on the lower shelf, amongst my 'iced gem china' there is something a

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A.K.A. 'shopping'! It occurs to me that I have not been sharing my thriftiness of late. That in the midst of the cupboard clearing which started last year you might think I had stopped shopping. You might think I had stopped acquiring new treasure to re-fill those cupboards! Horrors! I cannot allow you to be so deluded. So I thought a little update of my most recent finds might be nice....This

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The beautiful boy was back at school today...We had a lovely Easter break made special by time with good friends. We even managed a visit here; The Shell Museum at Glandford. I have tried to visit so many times and always either ended up on the wrong side of the river or chosen a time when it was closed.It is a wondrous place.Full of cabinets of curiosities.In fact the whole building is one huge

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On the front doorstep the Muscari have finally opened...There have been blustery beach walks with friends and their dogs, treasures laid out to admire....We all choose our favourites...Woodland walks give treasures too, some are the memories we share and some will be added to the nature table....and I have had a little time to make gifts for friends. More lavender pockets stitched on vintage

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The bunting is up....the tree was decorated on Good Friday....some new decorations this year....and all the old favourites....some violets growing at the base.....and is it just me or do these little bog-eyed chicks multiply in the intervening months? I'm sure there were not so many when we packed away last year!!the Easter Marzipan Teabread was baked and glazed with homemade marmalade...Buns

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Today we awoke to sunshine in our quiet corner of England...Sunshine and a few more brave flowers as the soil warms up....Finally, finally the crocuses are beginning to unfurl....Crocuses and primulas beside the front steps....Even the moss on the old stonework is bursting in spring green.......but the rest of the garden is taking a while to catch up, not a lot to see yet; just a few bulb tips

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Didn't I promise you gratuitous cupcakes? Well how am I doing so far? Mmmmm. Yes they were just that yummy!Now, what's been going on here? Well the bedside table got dressed........the coffee table got colourful........the dining table put on it's finery....the kitschen table was treated to more pink tulips and hyacinths....the party glass and cutlery came out to play....and for the first time in

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Busy Busy! Well, from saying there hasn't been much buying, I've been doing some catching up! But first the giveaway because I know you want to know about that first! Congratulations to MyVintageParty!! Lisa chose your comment as the springiest:What I love about spring? Waking up early to sunshine shining through the windows, hanging out the washing in a lovely spring breeze, watching my chickens

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Well so much for the February giveaway! It is now squeezing into March...oops! How did that happen? Well, I got here eventually and if you can't bear to read all the way through a catch up (well if I can't get here so often you'll have to let me waffle on when I do!) quickly skip to the end to enter the fun!I am so enjoying the arrival of Spring! The flowers on our doorstep make me smile every

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We've had photographers here again and what better excuse to buy myself some favourite spring flowers?! I do so love these flopsy tulips....and these miniature daffodils by my bedside are so cheery in the morning now that the sun is up early again!I wish you could smell their spring filled scent; such a lovely wake-up call they are!More tulips in the hall... they were in the sitting room but it's

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I know. There hasn't been much creativity around here of late has there? So I'm cheating by sharing with you these beauties made for me by my lovely friend Mrs Bobobun. You can see her post about them over here.They are perfectly cosy and warm and the perfect colour for a girl who loves to wear green!and I can't help thinking there's a missed opportunity here Mrs Bobobun! Burlesque knitwear?!The

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Well, strictly speaking it is suddenly so late that it is not really Wednesday anymore! I would have been here sooner but I've been flagging...no not tired out - although a bit of that too! Another personalised flag to make - letters of a little person's name to be hand embroidered into place.....So cakes and buns have had to wait! But I'm here now and I am so amazed that you all had such

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Did I say Tuesday? Well it's Wednesday - is that ok? I don't know what happened to Tuesday. I missed it. I've been busy! Can you see?......I just had to finally finish this superb book by Mark Cocker. For me a superb book is not about 'unputdownable'. This one I had to keep putting down. I've been reading it since before Christmas but there was so much to savour on every page I just couldn't read

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OK. I admit it. It was me that went. Actually I didn't. Went I mean. I didn't go anywhere. I was here all along just somehow I didn't post. So, today a quick catch up - get all the Christmas, New Years, Snowy stuff out of the way and then I promise not to abandon you again! Ready?Christmas the beautiful boy had a lovely time seeing distant family and on New Years Day he and I took his new Bird

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Well where did the time go?! A moment ago Mrs Bobobun and I were off around the countryside of North Norfolk with a lump hammer and a staple gun (do you spy that gorgeous vintage coat?!)...Then it was the day of the first Pick 'n' Mix Makers Market!There was time for a bit of sewing,A few felted owls, the little ones with lavender from the garden,Mrs Bobobun and I were grateful to have time to

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The beautiful boy spent an afternoon beavering away at the kitschen table making Christmas cards for his classmates....Mrs Bobobun sent me a picture of our Pick 'n' Mix banner which she and hubby put up in Holt today!Our market continues to get wonderful coverage in the press.. this article came out Friday and included a great write up on two of our lovely makers Emma Mitchell and Lapwing

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Sunday saw another Little Vintage Lover Fair and a wonderful day it was too. There were Zoe's sparkly cupcakes, of course...and I was very lucky to have delightful neighbours as ever... sorry for the photos but it was still quite dark when we were setting up and too busy to take pictures later! This is the stall of the lovely Daniella of Acorn and Will - she'll be back in Norfolk for the Pick 'n'

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Yes, it is that time of year again as the charity shops finally put out their Christmas cast-offs! So often these beautiful old glass baubles are chucked together with modern baubles and I find the shattered remains at the bottom of a large bucket or basket.This year has been a good collecting year even so. And all for 5p, 10p or 20p max! I am particularly pleased with the starburst concave

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Isn't it funny how sometimes the things you find in all different places somehow just go together? I've had a bit of a pink week this week. Luscious Lustre, a big favourite! For these two pieces I had change from 50p!More utility wares, and do you spy that little pin cushion lady?She was hidden in a bag of plastic nonsense for just 10p....On another trip out with Mrs Bobobun she bought this

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Ooooh here's a lot of loveliness....vintage felt corsages....vintage fabric hair clips...kitchenalia cupboards....vintage lockets and contemporary silver... jolly scrumptious cakes.....and exceedingly jolly angels!!It's all in the Pick 'n' Mix. Pop on over for the latest on our Maker's Market then pop the date in your diary for all those special gifts you just couldn't find.... Saturday 12th

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With the Christmas Market season upon us I am frantically trying to catch up on stitching time here in the workroom! But first I have updated my shop to start getting into the festive mood!Lots of Christmas goodies starting to appear some in traditional red and green...... and a few in my favourite pinks!and a popular one from last year relaunched for those days when you just wish January would

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If you've been visiting here for a while you'll know how much we love Halloween in this household - in spite of all the grumps moaning on that it is not a British tradition... who cares?! It's an excuse for a party and we love those!The costumes this year were spooktastic!The pumpkins were scooped and lit.....Buns were decorated and games were played... this years favourite was [you need to be

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Is there anything to beat a crisp Autumn afternoon walk in the woods? ...Maybe a crisp Autumn afternoon walk in the woods followed by a National Trust Cream Tea!t.x

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Time with the little man is so precious and so there has been zip activity in my workroom for two weeks of Half Term and the beautiful boy has been the busy one...A compass plait corn dolly....Trips to the woods to make the most of the un-seasonally warm weather. I really really didn't like this climbing frame at High Lodge - of course beautiful boy and all the other daredevil children loved it!

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It has been a while since I made a good button haul, and yes, this one was complimented by a few Meakin Rosa bowls for my utility china collection!Such beautiful colours and if you look closely so much plastic treasure! Flowers, glass, deco... so many lovely ones...but I am especially delighted with these snowflakes and bows....and this lovely little puppy! What treasure!In a busy week of

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I promised to share my treat and whilst I didn't manage to save you a piece of cake, I am sure you will enjoy these pictures I took for you! As soon as my friend and I arrived, I knew I would be happy here - all those beautiful blues and greens outside...I'm smiling broadly already.. how about you?Do you see the lovely shell patterns around the door, can you glimpse that scrummy pink?Oh! pink,

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I promised thrifty goodness and here it is. I have continued to add to my collection of Utility China - and I can never look at it all mixed up without thinking of the wonderful description by A Thrifty Mrs - "Lick me I taste like Sherbert" ... these colours altogether just make me smile.I have also added a couple of pieces of venetian glass to the bits and pieces on the overmantel in the sitting

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Despite the apparent pinkness of my blogysphere, I am not really a terribly girly girl. No really lovely readers, pink and flowers are my work style more than my personal attire. But recently there are days when I feel I am completely overwhelmed by the beautiful boy and his boyishness in our home. Despite my best efforts to the contrary, the latest thing in this house is guns.... plastic guns,

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Did someone mention a harvest update? Fairs? Projects? It all just went whooshing past in life's hectic muddle! No excuses anymore. I am now officially hopeless but I shall continue to pop in from time to time, sometimes more than others because I love hearing from you all!Now, I shall update you because I took some pretty pictures to share and you know I love pretty pictures!This is the only

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Yep! Another summer, another year, another button on the school blazer (they all 'jumped off' on the first day back at school?....)The beautiful boy has turned 8... EIGHT?! Is it me or does that sound very grown up? We made a 'target cake'... do not try this at home - the baking process did not fix the colour paste so everyone went home looking most peculiar with red and blue lips!This year's

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Well I have no idea what happened to August but I find myself whizzing around getting ready for a little man's birthday which means it must nearly be September! So sorry to have been away - I hadn't intended a break - it just sort of grew!I finished a lovely commission for flags and then managed, rather foolishly, to fall off of my bike. My left arm has been a nuisance, and as I am left-handed

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Another week has whistled past - we had a beautiful sunny day at the Buns cottage, home of the giant dahlia....!There was even enough sunshine to need ice-creams! I just wanted to bring the van home with me!And now the beautiful boy is off on another mini break, this time in Cambridge with his beloved Aunty and Uncle and one of his very grown up cousins! Lucky boy is being spoiled rotten again

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I am so sorry - I promised to post and somehow the week has got away from me!Well, with a very tired boy who had been to a drumming gig at our neighbours', the incredibly talented Anna Mudeka, he arrived home way past bedtime and was really not in the best frame of mind to be awoken at the crack of dawn to come to the Little Vintage Lover Fair! But with the promise of seeing his treasured Little

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The beautiful boy has spent the week at Hotel Grandma's - eating cake, staying up late to watch funny films, buying forbidden hair gel... you know what these grandma's are like!Meanwhile, I have been enjoying some wonderful me-time - running, biking, sewing; all in peaceful quiet. Bliss! Thank-you mum!And this weekend we are all reunited for a trip to Heydon for the Little Vintage Lover Fair.I

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This is my happy space. I don't like to moan and I don't like to rant, but every so often something just gets me cross and here's where I get to see if I'm the only one!I know times change. I know it's not always a bad thing. But sometimes, I am struck by how unimaginative and inappropriate change can be so utterly disappointing.Have you ever licked the end of a Sherbert Fountain and then placed

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No I have not been to a field sale...No, not a jumble sale.....I didn't 'accidentally' buy a few boxes at the local auction house......Oh no I didn't, honest!And I haven't been on a shopping spree at a flea market....nor in any Antiques centre.....Oh no, I have been a very good girl....None of these things are new arrivals....I have been having a clear out! And tomorrow I am taking box loads of

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Amidst all the vintage flowery, fabrics and china, I am aware that I am outnumbered as the only girl in the house. I have been working on some boy inspired designs for my embroideries - note; more designs started not finished...doh!The beautiful boy does his own style of vintage. Amongst other things, we seem to have lots of veteran car glasses and china, fabrics and books.This picture, one of

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A pretty rose bud just for you.Now, you know I have a passion for china. You know I might have slightly too much for a small family of three. But I know you're too nice to say it. So that's why I am going to share with you my latest find....Yep! A whole laundry basket full of blue ....It all washed up beautifully!Mmm yum!Two new backstamps for my flickr group...This one is completely new to me ..

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So you thought you'd got rid of me? What can I say! I enjoy telling you what we're up to. It's so nice to share.Yesterday we continued making the most of our freedom to play in the great outdoors with a trip out to the Norfolk Broads. I must admit we avoided the pleasure cruisers, chip shops and coach parks and headed instead for Hickling Nature Reserve.The hides are beautiful, roofed in

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First big day trip of the hols and we made for one of our favourite birding places (Cley Marshes and Visitor Centre - worth a visit just to play with their remote control camera!) to see something special...Off along the boardwalk to the hides... my goodness things have changed since I began coming here as a teenager - a quarter century and now you can get close to the birds with not a spec of

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Busy little fingers signal the end of year gift-making for a lovely, lovely teacher we shall all miss very much!I love the concentration of a child creating....and my what a beautiful gift this term... this one really was hard to give away! But we already have plans for many more!(Lovely teacher is also 'Brown Owl' for her local Brownies.)In keeping with tradition the end of year pizza treat was

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No I'm not talking ecology! I just seem to have a lot of green in my photos today! The View From Here is at it's greenest in June and I have just uploaded this picture to my Flickr set. This is the view from our kitschen window. I love to look at a slideshow of the changing seasons and it has been a lovely project to take the same picture every month for over a year now.I bought some beautiful

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Bit of a catch-up today! I have been tagged by a few bloggy friends. I am sorry to be so hopeless. I find tags impossibly complicated so I'm going to cheat and cherry pick my questions and muddle them all together!First up Dulwich Mum and the eightsome tag! No blank spaces here DM, just missing questions!1. Things you are looking forward toi)The school holidays!! Only 9 more school run days to go

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Well what a treat we enjoyed today! Our neighbours invited us to join them and their Vintage Cycle Club friends for a ride to our local fete. But first we were all treated to a preview of their latest renovation! Their home is a complex of 1940's air force buildings which were built during World War II and comprised the dorms and hospital for Shipdham Airfield.Their latest renovation is a most

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Well of course there has been time for some field sale rummaging! I'm never too busy to make time for that! A good haul of Dean classics - many with the original tatty dust jackets I love. Some lovely tins and boxes, and just a few of the linens I've gathered this week. Some of these are already being used!Two lovely pieces of fabric which I shall use for boy projects. We do quite a lot of

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Friends have been to lunch for a long overdue catch up!And they bought me flowers and you know how much I love to be brought flowers!These luscious lilies finally opened today and there are 9 buds still to come! The scent is intoxicating.Oh and I've been playing with buttons! Mainly I have been playing with lovely colourful plastic buttons because, lucky lucky me, my new friend came to my rescue

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A very kind friend has offered to have a go at making some changes to my little blog to give me three columns and add my background pictures! He does not use blogger so it's all a bit experimental.... time for me to go play with real buttons and leave all this html thingummy to an expert! Hopefully back very soon! t.x(as you can see it's Den season again! My quilts and granny blankets will spend

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I have been known, occasionally, from time to time (ahem) to visit my local sale rooms. I love rummaging around the lots in a general auction. Far more exciting than a fancy antiques sale. And my favourite corner of all is the house clearance corner. Piles of stuff just chucked into boxes and given a lot number. All sorts of tat and clutter and now and then the odd gem!I bid what I'd pay for the

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I won something! Yes! Me! Lucky lucky me! I entered a giveaway over at Silver Pebble and when I won, lovely Emma let me choose the colour of my prize....Isn't it just the most delicate and delicious pendant? Thank-you Emma! I'm tickled pink. It is beautiful. And I also love the lavender bottle which was in the parcel. I used to make these with the flowers in my grandma's garden, I would use ric

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A visit to the Little Vintage Lover Fair at Blakeney as promised! You've seen my bits before and here are some of them, all laid out in a slightly chaotic way!Mingled inbetween are a few vintage goodies - a fair is always a good opportunity to have a de-stash and hubby likes to see me circulate my goodies from time to time! The beautiful boy, on the other hand, declares undying love for

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Well I've burned out the belt on my sewing machine. If you're up this way I know a lovely man in Norwich who has it all fixed for me already and I'll happily share his phone number with you because he's so honest and reliable!But before the machine gave up the ghost I managed to build a bit of stock for the fair!and hopefully enough to open my new online store before the end of this month too!I

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I know! I'm supposed to be working. But I am the mistress of distraction! So yesterday I really felt I should pop to my local field sale. I was there before 8am and home by 9.15am. Not too bad then? A.W.O.L. for 90 mins maximum! And look what I found!Six lovely, lovely pink beakers and a dotty trio...Such delicate china. Don't you think it just wants to join in with tea and cake?Oh yes I think so

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So sorry for keeping you waiting! Busy busy getting ready for the fair at the weekend!So we quickly printed off numbers for all of your lovely comments and chucked them into our tombola hat random number generator!(sorry that was a bit scary wasn't it!) Shake them all up...No peeking....And the winner is.... number 60!Congratulations to Yvonne of Joharo at Home! Congratulations Yvonne, email your

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Our half term continued as it started - busy and fun! More baking, of course!An educational visit to the peace and tranquility of Castle Acre....the peace and tranquility didn't last long as the beautiful boy and his little cousin let off steam!The school project after Half term is castles so instead of a scrapbook for homework the beautiful boy made a castle memory of his trip.... what is it

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Go on! Admit it! You thought I'd forgotten! Well I've been so excited all day but so much to do, little people on holiday and no time for me! But I'm here now! And I'm so glad you're here to join me! Let's party!A bit of origami is always a good start! We'll need cups for sweeties!Oh and hats! You can't have a party without hats!All set? Marvellous!Time for games! Kim's Game was always a

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I have pondered recent news scares about online relationships, the loss of the art of social interaction. I have reached the conclusion that these moaning minnies are clearly not participating in the world of blogging that I inhabit. I have been privilleged enough to meet a few bloggy ladies now and always I have thoroughly enjoyed the warmth of their company. I get a huge sense of happiness that

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Sorry to be so absent folks. Time is in fast forward! A busy week and a busy weekend. Sunny gardening, a barbecue with neighbours and a family of toads moved into the new vivarium... !The Christening was a lovely chance to see family and old friends. And the karaoke style screen in the church for hymns was a first for most of us..... and not entirely well received. There's something about singing

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Honestly it's not! Somewhere out there, one of our bloggy friends needs a little eye candy in her life right now. When I walked into the workroom this morning there were rainbows amongst the threads on the carpet and I thought of her.You see! I am in the right room! My table is looking industrious. Who said I had to work to my deadlines in an orderly manner?! Of course I'm all over the place and

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When hubby passed me a shirt this morning with the simple request that I replace the collar button, you would think this was not an unreasonable request. After all I have a few buttons.So I confidently tipped out my tin of pearly buttons. The ones I don't use so often. And I sorted out all the coloured ones leaving a pile of all those ubiquitous white pearly buttons any button collector

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I was contacted, (and you might have been too) by the lovely Zoe who, along with her sister, has decided to run a vintage fair in the East!Hurrah! I have been so gloomy to be missing all the fun in the South West! Now we have a vintage fair nearer to home. I was so excited! I was tickled pink to be invited! I thought of all the yummy goodness that will be in one place for the day! And I saw the

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Well what else did you expect to find here?! It was wonderful to have all of your comments over the last week! I can assure you the house is now thoroughly back to normal and a happy mess pervades all spaces!I was delighted to hear in my last post that so many of you are collectors of Utility China. So delighted in fact that I decided to start another Flickr Group here. Do pop on over and add

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Well, we have reached the end of your little visit and what better than to sit in the kitschen where it's always warm and cosy thanks to the Aga. Another time I will show you through my linens. Here are a few of them starched and pressed especially for the big day!Buns and biscuits were baked too of course. Would you like one? Help yourselves.(no that's not CK cutlery. Much older and much

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Today we're off to the workroom.Looking relatively tidy, I remind you, because the pictures were taken when the photographer was still here! Please don't for one moment think it stays this way! Those table curtains hide a multitude of sins - bundles of mess!At this end of the room I have my working areas and the window faces South East so it brings in the morning sunshine. The sewing box was made

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Are you bored yet? This is very lazy of me but I'm having such a busy week it's all I can manage and since I've been so neglectful I thought I'd better do something rather than nothing! I promise to make it up to you for my blogiversary! (Does anyone know how to spell that properly??).So, today I have decided to pop through to the dining room.I love this room. It faces North East so is a

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Once again I apologise for my fuzzy images. As much due to my skill as the camera's limitations! I am so excited to see the 'real' pictures. Sadly I will not be able to share them with you as they are not my pictures to copy but I will of course let you know if they make it to a magazine!Shall we pop upstairs today?The landing is one of my favourite places to be. We were advised against wasting

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I have no idea where the last week went - in a haze of cleaning and tidying ready for the big day! (HUGE thanks mumsie who did most of the work!!). The day came and photographer and his lovely assistant arrived from London and spent a very long day working hard on every detail of every photograph! Made me feel most slap-dash about my snap shots!It was wonderful to see the house through another's

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We've been very busy here in the kitschen household. But the rain caught us out and so this is the new look in the dining room!The half refurbished garden furniture has taken over until the final colour top-coat has been applied and had time to dry to a lovely weatherproof sheen. Why it found it's way in here and not into the barn is a mystery to me!It's not a good look but since wonderful mumsie

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We took our last holiday bike ride todayDown to the river in the crisp early evening. The blackthorn blossom is incredible this year. I love when it starts to drop everywhere like confetti.The wildlife is looking a bit strange locally - possibly due to genetic engineering you think?Our boy's dislike of brown chocolate is so well known that many of us bought him white chocolate Milkybar cows this

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It all started with the buttons...then it was the silks..and this week, with the purchase of timber, it was time for the piles of fabric ....at last! They look very tidy here- but this doesn't last a moment once I look for a particular print, they all collapse in a heap.But not anymore! At last I have a way to keep my fabric in neat piles even when I need that perfect shade of pink right at the

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I feel awful! I have been neglecting you, my lovely readers. Easter has been such a spin I have not made time to respond to all of your kind comments and I have so enjoyed reading them.So, here, by popular request, is the recipe:Easter Marzipan Teabread6oz marzipan chilled and diced.5oz butter8oz plain white flour4oz soft brown sugar8oz mixed dried fruit6 fl oz milk1/2 teaspoon baking powder1

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Eggs! Lovely Eggs! Nests - the final instalment!Carefully counted out and a little chick in each one.And how's this for an Easter Bunny?! Hand-picked for a certain little man we know.And since babies can't eat chocolate, at least we don't think so, this rather large duckling sat cosily in the tiniest nest for the tiniest cousin-A HUGE nest for daddy, colourful eggs for mummy, and favourite white

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A lazy Sunday afternoon a long long time ago!Today is our 20th Anniversary. Seven of them spent living in a caravan!Two became three with the long awaited arrival of precious treasure..My how time flies when you're having fun!We bought 20 packets of seeds for the garden, and some timber for the house.We don't really do roses and chocolates - they don't last so long! But since our anniversary

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I finished some Beach Hut brooches; but not enough to get some into my Etsy store yet. I'm working on it in-between eggs and nests and baking yummy things!And did I promise to show you some more thrifty goodness. Well, I may have been excited to find these five rolls of seam binding - but imagine my joy when I found a whole box full.... and ric rac?!It was a bit sad really. The lady had run a

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