New listings for May!

As I have been concentrating on sewing and making things for my upcoming stall at 'Reetsweet' on June 2nd, it has been a while since I have got around to adding new vintage goodies to my etsy shop. I found a few hours last night to sit down and upload some pics...here is a little taster..a few Jubilee goodies thrown in for good measure!

Easter Holidays

As I was on School Holidays for 2 weeks I decided to return to Whitby, North Yorkshire for a few days. On arrival the weather was beautiful and the drive over the North Yorkshire moors was amazing. However, we experienced brilliant sunshine, a storm and snow all in 4 days?! There was even a powercut due to a snow plough coming off the road on the moors and bringing down a power line!! It was all quite exciting though, drinking tea by candle light in the lovely tearoom "Sanders Yard".

I also made a couple of new discoveries..." Dotty for Vintage" (as the name suggests-vintage shop!) run by Trudie, who bizarrely went to the same high school as me (sure is a small world!) she has some wonderful things, including retro flasks and some great 'Brexton' hampers. I ended up treating myself to a little Meakin Jug in my favourite 'topic' pattern.

Another great find was La Rosa Hotel(see photos), situated on West Cliff, the building actually sports a blue plaque as the original hotel was where author Lewis Carroll would stay when in Whitby. La Rosa is a wonderful boutique hotel , featuring themed rooms...we were lucky enough to be shown around the room-WOW! and had afternoon tea in the parlour...I can feel an overnight stay there coming on VERY soon!

Here is a little peek at some of my newest listings...some lovely retro christmas decorations amongst them!

And there's more!......

What a busy day it's been! I have been photographing and listing all day but at last my little Etsy shop seems to have a nice selection of items. I also got my first 'treasury' listing today which has resulted in another sale! I really hope that i get the time to make and list some handmade stuff at some point but at least it's a start!

All 'vintaged' out

Sorry it's been a little while since I have posted anything, but I do have a valid reason! Honest!!

I promised my friend Annie that I would help her with a couple of Vintage fairs she had booked in to do last weekend, so I took the opportunity to make a few things myself to try & make a few extra pennies (& thought it was about time I made a dent in my overflowing vintage fabric/button stash!)Here are some of the things I made for it......

Japanese 'wrist bags'

<--little vintage fabric cosmetic bags/purses

Vintage button rings with box......>


I really enjoyed doing the fairs, especially getting to talk to loads of new people..I even made a bit of money too!

Little treasures

Just thought I would share with you the wonderful little treasures I found sitting in the Barnsley Hospice shop on Saturday morning! All three items set me back £2.90, what a bargain & soooo cute too!