AnYoNe KnOw HoW To....?

So here's the the 'thing..'

Can you make a living from handmade & vintage..?

Can it be done? I mean, without starving yourself, or NOT paying the mortgage, & making sure that, the Mr. Alfie, still has his occasional bone to chew on....??

Are there now too many of us out there enjoying the same thing?

Is there enough room for all of us..?

What became a 'hobby' is fast becoming something I really do enjoy & something I would really like to take further, to where? I'm not sure yet, I only know that I'd like too....

I love my job don't get me wrong (to all my clients that read my blog..!!)

But we have enough room in our lives for diversity right..?

I know there's others out there in blog land, that feel the same way, because we all talk.., is working part-time the answer then?

There is only so many times you can "tweet" "blog" & "chat in forums" to get the foot fall threw your online shop,... & whilst I'm on that subject.., some of these online shops are sooooo expensive, almost up there with a brick shop... I know, I had a salon in town for many years....

Anyway, anyway, anyway... rant over... answers on a post card pleeeeese???

All images are from this mornings car booty haul, vintage magazines, tin bath a steal at £4!! & lovely little beef dripping pot, amongst other things.......

FoX POooooo...

Enough said.....!! :o/

MoLLiE MaKeS......

At last a NEW crafting magazine in the UK...

Comes out on May 12th & can be bought at WHSmith & Sainsburys... looks fun here's a link

ShOp UpDaTe....

Got around to updating my little old shop today..

All my handmade goods found HERE

CaR BoOtY....

A blustery mornings work at the car booty.... What lovely finds tho...

Old rusty watery can, little brown suitcase, rusty tins, & a marmalade pot....

Ahhh.... my work here is done people....

Oh ...No...

Hope you all enjoyed the Royal Wedding... funniest thing I heard over the weekend was when Allen Carr said that Princess Beatrice's 'hat' looked like a giant pretzel...!!!!

DuM..DuM..DuDuM..DuM..DuM..Dee..DuMM..

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TeA AnY oNe.....?

What have you lovelies been up to over the Easter break..?

I have finally got a week off work... great...!! I can (yawn) wash out all my cupboards & organize (the best bit) our kitchen....
I tell you, I packed so much away when we started this project last May, it was a joy to get things out of their newspaper & 'play' today....

Lovely vintage cups & saucers that were James Gran's...

Lovely tulips a friend gave me..., they looked so lovely with the sun pouring in our kitchen earlier this week...

& we also went to my cousins wedding at the weekend what a beautiful day...

My attempt at "button holes made easy" by the delightful Miss Pickering...
nothing like as good as hers of course....but a girl can try right...?

ObJeCtS Of My DeSiRe.......

Ah... my new objects of desire....

Lovely Sheperds Huts......

A place to sit.... or to be creative.... or to share my goodies with....

How fabulous are they...? well a girl can dream right...?

eLeMeNtS FrOm HoMe.......

You may remember some time ago, me telling you, about our extension (yawn..)

Well..., today we started to put somethings back into the new kitchen/living space we've created..., ahem.. I mean, which James drew, created, & worked his B***ks off doing.....

Here are some lovely botanical prints, grouped together along one of the walls, & a wreath, we've hung on one of the walls we decided to leave bare brick...

& these gorgeous flashes of red & pink blooms that are coming alive in our garden right now...

In ThE WoRdS Of ChEr....."iF I CoULd TuRn BaCk TiMe....."

...... If I could find a way-aa-ee......."

Because we had such a great time.. &, it just goes by in such a whizz, so I'd like to turn back time to last Saturday, to our handmaid & Vintage Spring Fair please....

Just a taster image.... more are available on our Handmaid & Vintage Blog..

So hop on over there for more inspiration.......

On behalf of everyone last Saturday thanks for being part of it...

& to those of you that helped us, with the day,.. thank you so much..

& to those partners/husbands that endured raffia being tied to labels at 6.30am, in bed, that very morning, thank you, & to those who endured a flour filled kitchen, with margarine door knobs, thank you.. & to those who endured a fridge filled with no food.... ONLY soap!!

We thank you...

& remind you that we're planning another...

Handmaid & Vintage Fair at Christmas....!!!