january waffle on....

cannot believe christmas is over....

such an anti climax in my house once the decs are down

then a new adventure unfolds...

auction job lot of furniture just been delivered
 and now transforming into shabby chic heaven for MK event in March

watch this space for more pics....

chairs £15 each

(i use one similar to these as a bedside table!)

farrow and ball paint

vintage or cath kidston fabric

chest of drawers £55

farrow & barrow french grey

Christmas and New year decorations should be kitsch in my opinion.

and as you can see from my fav photos I live by this statement to the letter!

and in the words of Nigella Lawson...

"i'm on the train to naff central station and i'm not getting off any time soon" 

have a fantastically magical start to 2013

vintage love xx

Its officially christmas in my house as the tree has arrived!

sounds posh..like i have a tree delivery service doesnt it...but no

what actually happened is the lovely garden centre man took pity on me trying to squeeze my large tree into a small car so offered to drop it off for me in the van...for free I might add..the lovely man even stood holding trees upright so i could see every angle as I'm a very picky tree buying customer..and I get so excited at the meer sight of a christmas tree that i buy a tree that not only will not fit in my car... 

it probably won't fit in my house!

ooh i do love christmas :)

vintage love xxx

vintage sheet music from 1936 = a song bird

£2 for three

I'm only at 2 fairs in December

to find me please visit 

www.bluebellevintage.com 

I love apothecary paraphernalia but its sooooo expensive to buy genuine jars..

So in my usual thrifty mode i dug out the box of jars i bought from an auction last month 

and made my own labels to create a cheap apothecary display for a shelf in my study

i love them :) although they'll probably end up on my vintage stall at 

some point when i want  a new display so look out for them!

p.s

if the glasses are plain and you want it to look like its had a coloured medicine in...just get some food colouring and add it to water - 1/2 or 3/4 fill the bottle - pop the bottle on the radiator and let the water evaporate..you'll be left with a film of colour around the bottle like dried out medicine...eventually! but make sure its a radiator where it can't be knocked off & you'll have to be patient as its takes a while to evaporate

** MISSING **

Have you seen this hen?

i've just discovered one of my hens has gone awol..Margo- perhaps she's had enough of my shabby chic approach to keeping the predictors out and has moved to a delightful space aged looking plastic egglu that she thinks is safer through the winter...

  or 

so after the demise of my favourite hen Gert last week i'm down to just 3 hens..

.and margo is my blue egg layer who lays cream eggs

(but thats another story..:)

Posters have been put up in the village but no sign of her yet...

so if you see a ginger hen with a funny hair do - who should lay blue eggs but is the one in a million legbar who lays cream..shes mine & i miss her!!

Vintage love to you wherever you are Margo xx

After a busy summer and an even busier return to uni (yes at my age :)

its time to restart this blog lark...

i've loved having a stall at newarke out of the back of my much loved English vintage camper but not sure i'm an outdoor in winter & rain sort of stall holder 

so its back to just a handful of indoor events this winter...

Wednesday 28th November - Sharnford Evergreen hall 

Saturday 1st Dec & Sunday 2nd Dec - Leicester Guildhall Christmas fair

I really really love the winter..

I love wooly tights and boots, open fires and chilly walks

November always seemed a sort of in-between month for me..summers a distant memory & i'm waiting for December (my birthday & christmas :) 
so lets give November a purpose..Try something new month... 

something you haven't tried before..or haven't done for a long time... you never know where it will lead...

Happy November 

xxxx