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Everything Goes My Way

To The Market & Beyond

Right, where were we? I have been sucked into a maelstrom and a whirligig and find myself slightly bamboozled. Last week, I had some really nice things in the mail, that really, deserve their own post by rights. Thanks, Alessandra & Louise!

Here's a little look at what Louise sent me (read more on her blog).

I got a haircut, so please now enjoy this side view of my head.

I have been thinking of a sort of 1940s chin-length bob, (I'm growing out my fringe) which I can pin up on one side. I'd still like to go red. Really, really, really red. Iris had her hair cut too, mainly because she refuses to brush it resulting in epic battles most mornings. It looks nice, a neat blunt fringed bob. She has much better hair than me.

I went to a giant flea on Sunday and that was mighty fun. I bought myself a few choice garments perfect for Autumn/Winter and that made me naturally, rather happy.

There was lots of vintage furs for some reason (Winter coming?), I have a friend who wears vintage fur very well, but I don't know myself, which is kind of silly, cos I eat meat (now), I wear leather, I have sheepskin rugs.. Would you?

I also got some great fabric, and new things for the shop!

But now Iris has chicken pox, and we're very much in its all itchy wake. The poor lamb even has one on her tongue for goodness sake!

So, she's not in kindergarten this week, and the shop (shelves emptying fast, AMAZING!) remains un-updated, my flickr 365 lolls around uncared for, and (yikes) all my spare time is taken up with Twitter. I have rather fallen for it. Much to the detriment of everything else. Whoops. See you there?!

Oh and I must say, I am tickled pink to see that I have *200* no wait, *201* followers, that's really lovely and amazing. Thank you muchly. And hallo Bob!

Recent Acquisitions...

It has been ages since I last posted about my finds, not to mention ages since my last post. Argh. Apologies.

Along with it being summer, I am being beset by various technical difficulties, the latest being the motherboard on our primary computer giving up. So here I am on our ancient and slooooow coal-fired mac, ho hum, until our other one is mended. Honestly, it'd be quicker to write to you all individually, but look, I am valiantly soldiering on in the face of modern adversity (I know, such bravery and selflessness).

And now moaning over (for the time being at least), here are some treasures recently unearthed.

Lovely vintage Spanish tea towel, I think (or rather *hope*) this will end up framed.

A small piece of beautiful hand-stitched quilting.



A useful and beautiful pair of pinking shears.

This funny bossy doll for Iris, she is striking a very Iris-like pose...

A doll's house, for me, er, I mean Iris. Well, I actually bought this on a morning of a flea I was doing and fully intended to sell it. But then, Iris saw it, I looked at it a bit more closely and suddenly before I knew it, it seemed impossible to part with. In my defense, I do think it'd be fun to maybe make some tiny curtains and generally spruce it up a bit. It came with some really sweet bits of furniture, I'll take some better photographs and post them, ooh, in a hundred years or so.

What has been your most recent or favourite acquisition?

Carboot Sale Triathlon

Hey, where'd everybody go? Are you ALL outside enjoying this fine weather? Really? ALL of you?

Well, if anyone is around then you might like to have a look at this HUGE pile of stuff I dragged back to the cave on Sunday. I really need to open a (bricks and mortar) shop or get the sole use of an airplane hanger or something. I am out of control. Look at me! Wheeeeeeeeeeee!

Ahem.

Just look at the triangles on that....











And there's more, (see I told you I was out of control,) but let's not binge greedily, I'll come back to show you the nice dresses I found!

A Mixed Bag

Not very cohesive as posts go, but here are some things that i am making/liking/looking at...

Lovely little brooch, handmade by Louise of the always great Super Duper Things. She's a right clever clogs that one.



Still endless fiddling about with my blog header.



Rediscovering the cheaty pleasures of >Poladroid. And i am enjoying my vintage frames even more now that they have my prescription lenses in them.



And marvelling at how quickly time passes, days, weeks, months... Crikey, here's Iris from well over a year ago.



I did a carboot sale triathlon at the weekend and have seriously large amounts to show you. Back soonest dears!

Random Summer Snapshots

Long and proper days of summer. The same beach on two different days. Pimms. A takeaway curry on the beach. Strawberries, suncream and sand. Another flea. Carefree days and late nights. And so it has felt like being on holiday, even just for a day or an afternoon or an evening - quite magical. It's raining today though. But I don't mind, everything could really do with a drink. But I hope the sun comes back soon! What has been your favourite summery thing to do?