Went to a local church table top sale today and found some little treasures. The cat is Crown Derby, which my mum collects and it was a total snip at £10, I couldn't believe it. It was my mums birthday a few days ago so it can be an extra surprise pressie for her tomorrow.
The basket I think I'll use in my bathroom to store toiletries and it will match the picnic hampers I'm going to be using for towels and linens. The vintage books will be refashioned into picture frames and I'll use some of the faded, browned pages in my artwork. The ceramic cherubs, I'm undecided whether they will stay as is or be chipped off their plinths and end up coming up out of a mosaic mirror frame.
The charm necklace was a brilliant find as I was only thinking last night that I might try my hand at making a shrine for a mermaid and all the charms are linked to the sea - shells, an anchor, a ship's wheel, a sailing boat. Even the bookmark charm, which I've already taken off of the metal bookmark stick, can be used as the diamante slipper could be what the mermaid longs to be able to wear in her dreams. All in all a good day's shopping!
Found this really sweet plate in a charity shop today. I love lilacs and they remind me of my old cat Freddie, as he used to like to lie under the miniature lilac I had in my old garden. My grandma always maintained it was bad luck to bring lilac into the house so this plate is a good alternative.
Bill decided to supervise, that is when he's not escaping out and getting stuck up a tree! He's just into everything :)
I had these lovely ATCs come through the post today from a Lighthouse themed swap over on the Milliande site (link badge on right hand side). This is the first group ATC swap I've participated in and it definately won't be my last, it's so much fun.
I was going through my stash of vintage postcards when I came across this french Easter card and thought that it would be nice and timely to share it. I'm unable to decipher a date for it, could 07 mean 1907? It certainly seems aged enough. It was part of a group of postcards I bought off of ebay. I often wonder about who the people were, the senders and recipients of such cards, how have they found their ways out of families and into the hands of strangers. It seems so sad somehow. At least I and others appreciate them. Be lovely to see any art you do with it :)
