an exciting day...

What a start to December! Yesterday I went to the Vintage and Handmade Fair in Chipping Sodbury, a little market town near Bristol.  There were lots of lovely stalls selling all kinds of gorgeous bits and pieces...

on the Country Cottage Chic stall there were vintage Christmas tree decorations...

lovely toys and books...

and I loved this elephant from a set of vintage wooden circus toys!

There was also a huge stall run by the lovely Lizzie Van Hasselt with all kinds of amazing vintage loveliness...

stunning french fabrics...

and buttons...

a very special pair of gold party shoes!...

and all so beautifully styled.

 
I also met the lovely Woo of The Devil Makes work, but do you know - we were so busy chatting I forgot to take any photos of her beautiful stall!  Sorry Woo!

Obviously I love vintage fairs wherever they are, but the main reason for going to this particular one was that I knew the lovely Donna Flower was selling some of her vintage goodies there, and I wanted to have a look at her fabrics in person, and of course meet the lady herself.  I follow Donna's blog and I had left a comment telling her I was planning to go...little did I know she would bring some really special fabrics just for me to look at!  But the sun is shining and we're off out for a walk, so you will have to wait until tomorrow to see if I bought anything....

Hope you have a lovely sunny Sunday!

Rachel x

buttons and ribbons and trims, oh my!

How are you doing? I'm having a crazy busy week, all lovely stuff but I do wish the world had a pause button sometimes!  Thought I'd share some more pictures from my time in Manchester last weekend, these are from a gorgeous Haberdashery stall at a market we visited...

 

 

 

As I'm sure you can imagine, I was a very happy chicken browsing among all that lovely colour and texture!  In fact there was so much to choose from that I didn't have a clue where to start, and just bought a rainbow of zips for cushion covers, and a lovely set of (rainbow again!) heart-topped pins.  

Have you been anywhere recently that made you feel excited or inspired or just glad to be alive? I'd love to hear about it! 

Happy Friday, I hope you have a great weekend.

Rachel x

I do love a rummage...

Well my camera and PC seem to have put their differences aside, so I can share my photos from my morning off yesterday - a fun half an hour rummaging in local junk shops, wondering what on earth they'd do if anyone wanted to actually buy anything that wasn't in reach...

 

and wishing I had a spare wall to paper with old record covers...

 

 

Ooh the sun's just come out, I'm off to hang my washing on the line - thanks to my lovely friend Dom for letting me take a load round to her house this morning, our new washing machine hasn't been delivered yet!

Have a great day,

Rach x