Giveaway Results

Today was the grand draw of my first ever giveaway. Thank you to everyone who entered and thanks to those who linked from their blog, I gave you all an extra entry in the giveaway. Mr C was given the task of drawing the names out of his new Father's day hat.

First of all the Vintage giveaway.........

and the name out of the hat was Lissy lou

Congratulations I hope you like the vintage goodies that will be on their way to you.

Next was the Crafty giveaway......

and the name out of the hat was the Mad House

well done , I hope you enjoy the Kaffe Fasset book. Please can you both email me your addresses, my email is on my profile.

I thought I would show you a few of this week's charity shop finds after a good wash in hot soapy water.

I love these delicate yellow cups and saucers with matching tea plates

The flowery glass was the grand price of 10p and the pretty glasses etched with ferns were a purchase from Carol at Northampton Antiques Centre.

The pink alarm clock is in full working order but does have a loud tick ! The water colour was in a dirty, ugly frame, I actually quite like it unframed and propped on a shelf.

Enjoy the rest of your week. I am having Friday off work to have a day out with Mr C so will probably be back to share a few pictures of my day out and hopefully a few more vintage finds.

Seaside and Sailing Boats

Well, the schools have finally broken up and the summer holidays are upon us. I always have a yearning to get away to the coast this time of year, I particularly love the North Devon and Cornwall coast line. I have reminders of the sea all over my house even though we are about as far from the coast as you can get ! I particularly love my old green pond yacht and my original 1930s Frank Sherwin water colour. Amazingly I picked this up in a charity shop some years ago , I loved it instantly but didn't know the artist. I later found out that he was one of the artists who designed the famous railway posters. My toilet is decorated in Cath Kidston's boat wallpaper which always cheers me up whatever the weather is like outside. Oh well hopefully I will get to the coast for real over the next few weeks.      .