Autumn Garden Sale

Well it's been a difficult week at work and to get up this morning to lovely Autumn sunshine and the prospect of Julie's garden sale was a real boost. Julie has a stall at the local collectors fair selling vintage jewellery and over the years Deb and I have been regular customers. She had told us about the garden sale she was holding with her neighbour to clear out some of their clutter. I knew that Julie's clutter would actually be more like treasure so I headed off with a large bag at the ready. I got there just ahead of my friend Deb so had a bit of an unfair advantage although there was plenty left when she arrived. Some of the things are destined for my Etsy shop whilst some will be put aside for the vintage fair and the rest I won't want to part with and they will be found a home amongst my already cluttered shelves. I particularly like the wooden crinoline lady dressing table set and the lovely flowery hankerchief box as well as the painted glass vase.The best bit is getting home and spreading it all out to admire properly.

Flyers For The Fair

I picked up the flyers for our fair yesterday, someone very kindly offered to print these for us and Deb and I were really excited to see the finished product. Deb designed them and we are both pleased with the end result. Now for the hard bit, giving them all away !

 I just want to share a picture of this lovely lily that has just bloomed in the garden, the flower is enormous.

 

 The old hydrangea feed tin is one of my favourites and one that amazingly Mr Cornerhouse found for me. He us quite well trained now and knows the sort of thing I like but he still has a tendency to be drawn towards, in my view ugly objects that are usually quite masculine and more often than not in a dark colour. The little plant pots I picked up for pennies recently at a car boot. I intend to plant them with little autumn bulbs and take to the fair.

July Bicycle Basket Bazaar

Today was the July Bicycle Basket Bazaar in Northampton's old Fish Market hall. The sun was shining and the fair was buzzing with activity. I came away with a wonderful little haul of treasures including a very sweet old umbrella in a mint green striped case and a couple of lovely old jam pots as well as a pretty rosy cup and saucer. I caught up with some friends and discussed plans for our own Vintage and Homemade fair with a couple of the basketeers. The fair is taking place in Northampton at St Matthews church rooms on Nov 7th and we are now starting to confirm bookings with some of the sellers. The wonderful 'Elsie Sparrow' (Lindsay) will be one of the sellers with her vintage inspired handmade children's clothes and gifts. She always has such a beautiful display at the bike bazaar and will be bringing her lovely old bicycle and basket laden with goodies to our fair.

Present From America

My friend Debbie returned from the States this week and bought me this lovely little 1930's booklet.

 I have also had some other goodies arrive in the post from the US, a lovely flapper style brush and pretty chocolate box.

Now Deb is back we have started to finalise plans for a vintage style fair  in Northampton. Having been to the wonderful Vintage and Handmade Fair in Chipping Sodbury we were inspired to try and do something locally in Northampton. We sometimes have a stall at the local collectables fair or a bike at the Bicycle Basket Bazaar in Northampton Fish Market. However we have often said how great it would be to do something with more of a focus on the sort of vintage items we both love ourselves and there is nothing locally. Today we confirmed a booking at my local church hall a few yards from my house. The fair will be the first Saturday in November. I guess this is where the hard work starts, advertising and finding the right sellers to be involved. 

The following Saturday we will be up at the crack of dawn on our trip to Chipping Sodbury to the V&H fair hopefully with lots of pennies from our fair to spend on ourselves.

I will post updates about the plans for our fair as things develop.