Monday 25 July 2011

Tits and Tat

The sun was shining yesterday meaning that it was bootsale-a-gogo!  With the sunshine came the abundance of new sellers selling everything they could lay their hands on in their garages, there was boxes and boxes of tat which really should have been taken to the dump rather than being displayed in the middle of a field. 

So although there was a good turn out, the vintage treasures were a bit thin on the ground.  I did however come home with a couple of bits:


Vintage cottons on wooden reels 10p each :o) Bought from a lady wearing 'Hands of the bump' t-shirt who told me she was selling "her nans junk" and was surprised anyone "did sewing stuff anymore".  One for the 'witnessed at a bootsale' spot!

Vintage tea towels:





Got to love a bit of flower power :o) These were a steal at 20p each.

Vintage suitcase complete with blue candy stripe lining and original keys - £1.50.


 Pair of kitsch bambis. Mama and baby which also match one I bought a couple of months back:

Reunited the deer family and all for the price of one English pound :o)

And the biggest buy of the day was:

 A wooden carved cabinet complete with florals and birds, what more could I ask for!


 It also has decoration on the sides:
 The seller has just moved into a Victorian home and the previous owner has left this one the wall. They took it down as they were going with a "modern white decor"  hmmm not what I would do with a beautiful Victorian house.  She also commented that if she didn't sell it then she was going to take it home and paint it all white!!  I had to save these little birds!

So for £4 I got myself a new cabinet, and saved it from the white gloss.  I'm not sure yet where in my house this is going to live, maybe my bedroom to store jewellery but I do know that each time I look at it I love it a bit more :o)

Its that time again....

Witnessed at a Boot Sale

Along with the sunshine came the onslaught of gold chain covered burnt cleavages displayed in tit skimming tops, pasty tums shown off by girls tying their vest tops in a knot at the back, a nice array of heeled shoes getting caught in the soft ground, men wearing socks with sandals, and the Adidas tracksuit crew ;o)

A stallholder saying "you need to get that thing trained" to an owner of a  puppy which pulled towards a basket of soft toys on the ground. 

As I walked past a couple selling their wares I saw the male pick up an Elvis book and throw it in a box on the floor:
Male :"Bloody Elvis" 
Female "Yeah I know, rubbish, I didn't even open it to look at the pictures".

That's it for the booty.

One last thing from me is to thank you all for your lovely comments on my sons birthday post, you are all so fabulous :o)

Scarlett x



40 comments:

  1. Hi Scarlett, love love love the flower power tts & the suitcase. Oh, and there's something rather pleasing about wooden cotton reels (dunno what exactly but pleasing they are). Bloody Elvis indeed?! Mental.

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  2. I love the white suitcase and of course the bambi's!

    Victoria xx

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  3. Do I love your deer family?

    Heard in Australia in front of the computer: "Yes! I love that woman's deer family!"

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  4. Do tell me you saved that Elvis book.Everytime I see him now I think of you lol
    Tell me did your parcel ever arrive?It seems to be taking forever hope its not lost somewhere.xxx

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  5. I covet the wooden cotton reels. I got some last year and had to beat the seller down to 50p each, so you did very well.

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  6. Hi sweet Scarlett,

    Firstly, how was Finley's first b'day party?
    I hope you all had a lovely time, most especially the b'day boy himself.

    Secondly (and no prizes for guessing!) I love those tea towels, 20p! What a bargain!

    Lastly, have you had a look at the names of those vintage cottons? A friend gave me some exactly the same and they have the most delicious names like Gladiole Red and Frivolous Pink..lovely x

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  7. Love the retro teatowels and the suitcase is great, looks hardly used.

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  8. Actually I could see that cabinate in a 'modern white room' just as it is, I think it would look sort of ethereal and lovely. Somepeople have no imagination - no doubt she will replace it with something from IKEA - luckily for you. Love those cotton reels! *swoon*

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  9. I love all of your finds.
    And "hands off the bump" woman sounds a charmer.

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  10. Some great buys Scarlett! love the cotton reels and the suitcase :)

    Bee happy x
    Have a delicious day!

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  11. Gorgeous cupboard - how amazing! And I love those holiday teatowels. Why is it people buy them and don't use them? When my husband's aunt died we found stacks of them unused in her kitchen. Wonderful eavesdroppings again, and love your description of the dress code - LOL! xxx

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  12. Fantastic finds Scarlett. My favourite has to be the vintage tea towels. Love those. Big hugs, Em xx

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  13. I adore the flower power tea towels and those kitschy bambies, so cuteee! the carved cabinet is stunning, beautiful bird and so glad that you bought it before the owner paintted all white, eeek!! i love the cotton on wooden reels especially whe you got them all in different color! you so inspire me, Scarlett! love everything you bought and oh! what a blasphemy to throw elvis Book! hehehe can't understand why some wear heels at a bootsale? hahaha always love your witnessed at the bootsale! xx susan

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  14. How DID you keep quiet when.you saw the Elvis book being thrown?
    Love the cabinet and floral tea towels. How many bambis to you and Wendz have between you I wonder...

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  15. That's such a beautiful little suitcase!! Utterly gorgeous hun - what a find!

    The bambis are so adorable - I'm always a little envious that you have such nose for these :-)

    Jem xXx

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  16. I love the little white suitcase and would definitely have snapped up those cotton reels, too. I don't think I've ever bought a reel of cotton new.
    I must admit I'm not an Elvis fan but knowing how mad I get when someone criticises any bands I like I'd have kept my mouth shut for fear of offending an elderly teddy boy. x

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  17. That cabinet is charming with the birds and flowers so I'm very glad you saved it from white gloss!! Love the little suitcase but my heart skipped a beat at the little Bambi's! Now you have three! hugs to you! Linda

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  18. Love old wooden thread.
    Karen G

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  19. Oooo, so many goodies amor.
    how was Finleyto's birthday bash?
    I love the flower power tea towels,the suitcase and baby Bambi's. what a cute cabinet, I would put all my jewelry in that flower cabitnet.
    why didnt you fight them for throwing that Elvis book? :)

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  20. What amazing finds, the cotton reels were a steal!
    I also love the case and the little deer, gorgeous!

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  21. Love the little deer!I have a momma and two babies that my sis gave me. I like to put em out at Christmas!

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  22. Wait, there are people who don't like Elvis? I didn't think that was possible! I would have bought that book in a heartbeat! ;)

    Glad you found some fun things! I really love that floral cupboard! I'm sure it appreciates you saving it from that boring lady's house!

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  23. as always fantastic finds! Not sure which are my favorite!

    smiles,
    The Joyful Thrifter

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  24. Great finds, loving those flower power t-towels there fab, and so are those cotton's ;-)) And that white suitcase what a bargain. dee x

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  25. Oooh those cotton reels are beautiful. I never seem to find them, let alone for 10p!

    Love the suitcase too - again never find them going cheap round here either.

    Thanks for linking up x

    @missielizzieb

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  26. Love the suitcase. I saw one exactly like that on Mr Bean recently. I decided that I wanted one just like it! Lol

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  27. Amazing finds as always Scarlett, loving those Bambi figuirines. x

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  28. Love the vintage reels and tea towels! Bargain finds :)

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  29. Gosh, if only the girl selling 'her Nan's junk' knew about blogland - she'd have been charging loads more ;)

    Lovely finds as ever :)

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  30. Such great finds (I love that suitcase and the tea towel collection)and its great tio actch up on the car boot gossip!

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  31. I love that little suitcase! I am intrigued by the idea that it has a blue candy stripe lining -- swoon!

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  32. I love your colourful cotton reels, they'd look fab in a big old glass jar x

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  33. Loving those tea towels and the bambi's are so cute!!!


    E :)

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  34. Love that cupboard, Scarlett - so pleased you saved it from being turned white!

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  35. I always buy any wooden cotton reels I come across too. And I'm loving the vintage tea towels, especially the 'Flowers of Devon and Cornwall' one. Great finds.

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  36. Wow how could you even begin to start to have a favorite they are all so wonderful.....bambi family!!!
    p.s. what a super sweet boy you have!!! CUTE

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  37. I love those flower power tea towels and you know I love those adorable kitsch bambi babies! I'm happy your single bambi now has a family of its own!

    That cabinet is beautiful! Using it to store your jewellery is a brilliant idea! xxx

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  38. Great scores as always Scarlett! I'm so glad you saved that sweet cabinet from the white wash of death! *winks* I actually love things painted white, but for God's sake some things really should be left alone!!
    And I must add that illiteracy is not pretty....poor man never learned the word "puppy" or "dog" or "please" And if anyone would need to be trained it's the owner of said dog who should keep his/her puppy away from other peoples toys! *winks*
    Scarlett I can't look at little kitschy animals without thinking of you! Love the deer family! Vanna

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  39. Hi Scarlett, When I read your comment on my post on the Melbourne Opshop blog, I had to come over and visit - I love your blog! I'm an Elvis fan from wayback, so I would have rescued the abandoned book and made sure it got into more appreciative hands ;-)
    You found some great stuff at that Bootsale - love the teatowels. I recently threw away a pile of those cotton reels. I'd inherited them from my Mum (who died 40 years ago) and the cotton was useless after all that time - kept splitting. Never thought anybody would want them!

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