The Next Big Event

If you are feeling that this weekend will be a little bit of an anti-climax now that The Big Day aka The Royal Wedding is over, fear not as you can enjoy yet another exciting day tomorrow as the Vintage Bazaar rolls into Frome at The Cheese & Grain. Don't be fooled by any imposters - this is the original VB!
I will be having a stall, so Tamzin & I will be up before the birds tomorrow to get there for 7.30am to set up for opening at 9am.
It promises to be another lovely vintage event....so hope to see you there!

Holidays!

From the photo above you might think I'd spent a week in the Med or somewhere even further afield, but no, we spent a week in St Ives in Cornwall - just a few hour's drive from home!

We rented the sweetest cottage just above the main drag so it was tucked away but close to everything too.


This meant lots of uphill walking which was probably a good thing considering the amount of lovely food on offer!



It was just a few minutes walk from the harbour & beach & what a lovely beach it is - golden sands, rock pools, shells to collect.....

Fishing boats....

Lots of cute dogs having fun.....

Rowing boats waiting for the tide to come in....

Illiterate seagulls....

Cute restaurants.....

Winding cobbled streets....

Cath Kidston....

Old church & war memorial....

The road leading down from where we were staying....

Lots of tempting food....

The beach on the other side of the harbour....

The Eden Project....

And finally, the Motley Crew!

Happy Easter All!

Have you missed me? I have had a blogging break as we have been away on holiday, but I wanted to wish all my readers a very Happy Easter & I will be back with a proper report on "What I Did In The Holidays" soon!

Vintage & Handmade Spring Fair 2011

After a busy few days I have finally got around to posting about the 7th Vintage & Handmade Fair which was once again a lovely day. The day started bright & early with stallholders unloading boxes & bags of delicious goodies. It's always like a big family reunion first thing with everyone doing a quick catch up in between setting up. It was a lovely spring day which brought out crowds of shoppers eager to grab a treasure or treat or two, so there was quite a crowd on the pavement by the time we opened the doors at 10am & thereafter there was a stream of visitors all day long.


I have just posted a few photos here of my stall - there are lots of look at on Flickr, posted by our offical photographer, Mr Cottage. These will give you a real taste of the day so pop along for a look here.


Once again, I just have to say thanks to all our stallholders & visitors for making it such a successful day & of course to our hardworking Tea Team & finally a HUGE thanks to my partner in crime, Michele!


Can you believe that we are already working on the next one? The Fashion & Textile Fair will be held on the 4th June - hope to see lots of you then! Details here.

See you tomorrow!

Look out for the banner & bunting flying in Chipping Sodbury tomorrow for the 7th fabulous Spring Vintage & Handmade Fair!
We have placed an order for a beautiful sunny spring day, so come along & join us for a real treat!!

Two Happy Dolls

Well, here are the girls, clean & spruced up in new outfits. I didn't make these - knitting is not my favourite occupation. I have dressed them in knitted clothing as these are the sort of little outfits I used to have for my dolls so I thought they were appropriate replacements for their original clothes.


I have decided that Tearful Cheerful will stay with me to replace my long lost childhood doll, but as I do still have my old Tiny Tears this one will be coming along to the Vintage & Handmade Fair on Saturday, along with a 1970's Silver Cross pram, a Pedigree push along dog & a Scotty friend too!

I am so looking forward to Saturday but am mildly panicking about having everything ready for then so must love & leave you & get back to sorting & pricing stock!!

Two Sad Dolls

"Oh no!", I can hear you cry, "Not another one of her crazy doll stories!"

Well, sort of.....

A while ago I bought two dolls (I'm not going to say "vintage" or "old" because these dolls are the kind of dolls I played with, & I'm just a Spring Chicken I'll have you know!)

One is a 1960's Tearful Cheerful & I did indeed have one of these dolls - my Grandmother gave my sister & I one each for Christmas. My mum has a photo somewhere of us with them....unfortunately I no longer have mine. :-(
Anyhow, this dolly's facial expression changes when you move her arm - down & she cries, up & she smiles.
The other is a 1970's Tiny Tears. Both of them were a little grubby, needed their hair restyling & were naked (eek!).

So I thought it was about time they had a little attention & here is their story in pictures....





Tune in tomorrow for the next exciting episode.....