A Thrift not to be missed!

Hello my friends, how the devil are you all?

I am feeling particularly pleased with myself today...

I have been scouring eBay for a nice usable milk/cream jug and I don't know hwy but I was looking for something in particular and it struck me that I was looking for a jug that my mum had... so when i popped around I asked her about the jug I remembered and she pointed it out to me on her shelf ... and then she said those wonderful words
"you can take it on if you like!"
wow.... so I quickly picked up the blue and white 1 Quart jug, it doesn't have any mark on it but it is very old, and I love it!

In Mum's cupboard I caught a glimpse of a blue and white jug... so I carefully unburied it and found a larger one these are both Staffordshire Chef ware...then I spotted the two cream coloured jugs... these are Alfred Meakin and Mum kindly told me to take them on too!
As I dug deeper into the recesses of this slightly forgotten corner cupboard I spotted something pink.... and low and behold the lovely pink Gladstone tea set below!

I was on a roll now so I mooched my way into the front room and took a looked in the sideboard cupboard... I found the loveliest saucer and prayed I would come across the teacup to match...
it was there right at the back and I brought them home too!
This teacup and saucer is Crown Staffordshire and its called Maytime... so I think I might start using this one to drink my morning tea from...

Now I brought these two sets on, but I am not sure whether I will keep them....
these are 2 tea cups and saucers by Royal Park

These are by Royal Vale

It really was the best kind of thrifting....
Mum you are the best
and as soon as I have the room to display it I will gladly bring on Nanny and Grandpa's blue and white terrines and casseroles...
I am hoping Mr P will build me a cabinet in the alcove in the lounge and with the help of my brother put some glazed doors on it (to cut down on the dusting...! lol)

Well I hope you are all having a fab Monday...

Take care
Alex
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Creative splurges!

Well happy Friday to you all and thank you for popping along to see what caught my eye at the stitch and craft exhibition at Shepton Mallet today, Helen, Daniel and myself arrived at about 10:30 and as I had purchased tickets on line we were able to skip the queue!

I had a spare ticket in the end as Joanne wasn't able to make it , so I gave it to the last lady in the queue, she looked totally stunned!
I have decided that as giving gifts makes me really happy (and it has been proven that "giving" releases endorphins which cause happiness) I am going to self medicate by giving whenever possible ....


So first I gave myself some cash and went to purchase some colourful heaven!

I bought 2 Christmas Tilda books and the lovely lady is going to let me know when the new Summer Style book becomes available, I bought some mixed bags of thin ribbon(£1 a bag, buy 5 get one free) , pink and blue tissue paper (£1 a pack) , a feather embossing stencil (£4) and a whole rainbow of felt.... (£4) 4 rolls of ribbon (£1 each) one has little pink beads sewn onto it...

The wide ribbon is double sided which should work really well on my rag doll clothes...

I had seen the Christmas gifts book as Joanne has a copy but I picked up a copy of Sew pretty Christmas Home style and it has loads of loveliness that I can't wait to have a go at...

This was the free gift for booking on line... I haven't looked at it yet and I am not sure whether to keep it or put it in my gift box... (its always handy to have a stash of gifts for that unexpected birthday, yes I know they are never unexpected the word I should have used is forgotten! lol)

and no trip out would have been complete without purchasing some wool.... its only Paton's but its 30% Alpaca and 70% wool I am not sure if it was cheap or not but I bought 16 balls at £2 each... I know that's £32 but its so soft! I think I had better keep the afghan blanket I make with it, I don't think Mr P would be best pleased if I gifted this one! tee hee!

I bought this with a sea shade ripple blanket in mind... I love the cool colours and I think I might start changing the colours scheme in my lounge with the seasons, well probably just winter and summer.
Blues and sea colours for the summer and warm reds and browns for the winter...

That's all I have to show for my day out, I met up with several people I hadn't seen in a while and Danny was a very good boy even though it has got to be a 3 year olds worst idea of fun...

but as he was such a good boy we will be heading off on Sunday afternoon to go Dunster Castle to hunt for Dragons hopefully the weather will be good and we will have our 3rd family outing in a row before Mr P heads off to the states for potentially 5 weeks... this is all dependant on whether Congress cancels the order... here's hoping they do and he can come home! lol

Tomorrow is going to be hectic, packing his bags, getting his money changed... he's off for a hair cut and then we need to get all his travel documents sorted...
so its going to be a bit of a mad day...
Mum is having the children Saturday night so if we are not completely pooped we might go the cinema.. (we haven't been in years) otherwise we might just wander down the pub for a meal... plus I can have a lie in Sunday morning... Yay!

Well I hope you all have a wonderful weekend...
I can hear a cup of tea and a couple of Tilda books calling to me...

take care
Alex
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