Tag Archives: vintage
Squeezing the last drops out of summer….
As summer comes to a close I am finding myself clinging to it’s remnants like the slugs that belligerently cling to my bean plants. Every evening we go for a walk before the sun sets and every spare weekend moment we swan off … Continue reading
Posted in Thrifty
Tagged bitters, drink, glasswear, lemon, lime, recipes, refreshment, retro jugs, vintage
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A butterdish, a bin, books and a brooch
Home from the holidays, and what a cracking time. Ramona and I spent the first week with a friend and her tiddlywinks camping on a farm in Weymouth. The combination of roaming animals, mountains of haybales to climb, eco credentials, … Continue reading
Posted in Finding things, Thrifty
Tagged bin, books, brooch, car boots, charity shops, retro, vintage
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Our recycled kitchen – a makeover from new to old
Around this time last year I posted that my dearly beloved had ripped out the kitchen due to us finding a retro cooker that we wanted to install. It just felt rude to bung such a nice nostalgic beast in … Continue reading
Posted in Finding things, Our recycled home
Tagged kitchen, kitchen makeover, old, recycled, retro, thrifty, vintage
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Sew old skool
I have been sewing since I got my first second hand machine for my eleventh birthday. I got into it immediately, once my aunty passed on her know-how. I felt such achievement whipping up easy pencil cases and cushion covers. I never … Continue reading
Posted in Finding things, Our recycled home, Thrifty
Tagged antique, machines, old, retro, second hand, sewing, singer, vintage
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Ten new uses for old teacups
What IS it that is so tantalising about a vintage tea cup? Is it its daintiness, a fragility that makes you feel kind of feminine? Is it the beautifully detailed roses, or bright, retro colours? The love of tea cups … Continue reading
Vintage Toys and a mother’s second hand strategy
As soon as Ramona and I enter a charity shop or a jumble sale I zoom straight to the kids section and pick out the nicest (by nicest I mean oldest/ most wooden/ cheapest) toy or coolest kids book and … Continue reading
Posted in Finding things, Our recycled home, Thrifty
Tagged charity shops, childrens, kids, retro, secondhand, thifty, toys, vintage
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Vintage handmade cards – cowboys, swallows and deers
When I was nine I sent an anonymous card to a girl in my class that I didn’t like much. It said “You and your family smell like egg.” Obviously I failed at the disguise-your-handwriting bit and they totally busted … Continue reading
Posted in Craftiness, Thrifty
Tagged books, childrens, graphics, home made cards, kids, retro, vintage
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