Scarlett loves Sundays

Ok so I'm a day late with the Sunday round-up, yesterday was just a busy busy day and then I found out it was free listing weekend on eBay - that wiped out my evening in the attempt to off load some clutter and hoping that the lovely buyers on eBay will love my quirky stuff as much as me....fingers crossed the eBay gods will be smiling on me :o)

We had sunshine yesterday morning so I was expecting the Boot sale to be chock-a-block and I wasn't disappointed, it was heaving.  Literally it was each bargain hunter for themselves and I lost count of the number of toe stamps I endured and the elbows were extra sharp.

I didn't come away with as much as my usual outings but what I got I'm very pleased with. First off the bat was this jar:

Its made by Ravenhead and actually dates from the 1950s (thank goodness for Internet searches).  I'm not sure if I am going to leave it as it is of use some of my easy peasy transfer magic on it....either way it only cost me 50p!

I also found this cut glass trinket dish on the same stall:

Looks to be the same age as the jar and is surprisingly really heavy so I knew it was a keeper, also love the curved handle very Vivienne Westwood style. The lad on the stall gave me this for 50p too.

As you know I'm a fabric-oholic and I cant walk past a pile of fabric without having a look, curtains seem to be my latest finds, I picked up 3 pairs yesterday at the sale:

They are all long curtains too so loads of fabric to be put to good use. The top and middle pair cost £2, the blue damask print curtains cost £1 - bargain!

I also picked up this Crabtree and Evelyn 2004 collectors mug made by Masons Ironstone:

Ive seen some of these sell very well on ebay too so it was bought shamelessly as it was only 20p. I've not entered it into my 20p challenge as I don't think I can pass off 2004 as vintage lol. But did I find a vintage 20p item? All will be revealed on Saturday.

On thing I have noticed at the Car boot Sale recently is the surge of stalls selling cupcakes - yesterday on the upper level alone there were 4 separate stall selling cupcakes and each competing with each other (lots of scribbling out of prices on their signs).  I didn't see one person buying a cupcake or indeed eating one at any stage of the boot sale crawl. They did look lovely and a lot of time had obviously gone into preparing them (and I do love cupcakes) but I'd be damned if I was going to pay £10 for a pitch to sit there for 4 hours staring at my pile of cupcakes that no one is buying :o)


Happy Monday All

Scarlett x
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Sunday Treasure

Sunday again which means Boot Sale! Weather is dry so was expecting a good turn out at the sale and I wasn't disappointed, even had to do two trips back to the car as couldn't carry it all!  So going to do my usual usual Sunday round up off all my lovely treasures, so sit back and relax - you might be here a while lol.

First off the stalls was this Sadler bird and flowers tankard:

Yes another posey holder for my home - but it was so unusual that I couldn't resist and for £1 why not!  I then zoomed in on this tea set on the next stall:

I love the pale pink and the duck egg blue colour of them and they look to be maybe 40's or 50's.  I'm also liking the fact I can mix and match them!  The stall holder only wanted £2 for the set so I couldn't refuse - and at that price I didn't even have the cheek to haggle :o)

Next in the bag was this vintage apron:

How cute is this!  It was also a great buy at 50p.

Now I cant resist a bit of pyrex and I found this great casserole dish in a manky box under a stall and it only cost 50p:

If anyone can tell me what the pattern name is I would much appreciate it as my Internet search today didn't come up with much.
Next bargain was a little oval planter made by Royal Winton Pottery:

Its currently made its home on my kitchen window sill and is keeping my mini daffodils comfy.  How much you ask...£1!

The next stall I came across was owned by a very young (dare I say chavvy!) man who was selling all the usual electronic gear and dvds but right next to his speakers was a large polly bag full of scrummy looking fabric, I asked him if he knew what items were in the bag and to be honest he didn't look like he had a clue the bag was there. So I went in for the rummage and found all these:

 The above is a vintage duvet cover - I'm going to use the fabric in a future project.

 Pink flower curtains - these are huge too, so I may shorten them slightly to use as curtains or use the fabric in something crafty.

 Fabulous vintage satin brocade curtains - I'm probably going to use these on a chair revamp as the design is just so classical - they are also really long curtains so plenty of fabric!

 And finally this ultra cute hand made duvet cover with 50's style print - i adore this fabric its so kitsch.

So how much did this young man want for all these...£3.50!!!! Can you believe it - I love finding those stalls whereby they haven't got a clue how amazing some of their items are and let you have them for next to nothing. He probably thought I was nuts wanting to buy old curtains and duvet covers!  I should probably thank his nan who these must have come from.

Now for another kitsch and damn right cute item:

Retro wooden kitty door stop - hehe!  As soon as I picked it up the stall holder was right next to me saying 'please take her home - she's only 50p' - so I had to re home this little kitty, she wont eat much anyway ;o)

Some people at the boot sale just want to give stuff away and at one stall the guy was shouting "As much as you can carry for £1" - now us all being British we were quite reserved in taking him up on his offer as it seemed too good to be true. I however thought I grab a few bits so I picked up there:

 

The red and white plates are by J Broadhurst and Sons called 'Swan Inn' - these are going to a friend who collects red and white. The Kellogg's bowls are from 1984 and I'm an 80's child myself so I love these and they are collectable in their own right, and I really cant refuse a bit of baby pink polka dot with this little bowl.  I also picked up two cake baking tins, one loaf tin and 4 baking trays - all this for the £1 - he did ask me if I could carry more bless him, I think he was willing to give me the whole stall!  I thought I had better leave some for other bargain hunters :o)

The final buy of the morning was yet another tea set ( this has also been sneaked into the house as I'm sure there will be a groan from hubby, my house is slowly being over taken with tea sets):

But its just sooooo pretty!  I think this little lot is now up there with my favourite tea cups in my home and I did have to use my haggling skills on these but ended up shaking hands on £5 for the lot.  Both me and stall holder happy :o)

So successful day today, the run of boot sale luck continues - hooray!  So if you've also managed to get to the end of this post - you deserve a lovely cup of tea in a pretty vintage cup - cheers *clink*

Scarlett x
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Scarlett loves to pamper!

I've heard about the benefits of the fish foot spa treatment where by little fish called Garra Rufa nibble off the dry skin of your feet and also work on the reflexology points. So I thought I'd give these clever little fish a try and see if they can sort out my somewhat neglected tootsies. So I headed down to Appyfeet foot spa  this morning to dunk my feet into a tank of hungry little fish and let them work their magic - and it was lovely. Took a while to get over the initial weirdness but after that it was so relaxing and my feet came out lovely and soft (and ready for shopping! lol).

So I was planning on being good today and just accompanying my mum around the shops without spending any money myself as I had had the foot treat...well that lasted all of 5 minutes as we went into a lovely little home wear shop and I found these baskets:

Very Cath Kidston style with out the price tag - they cost me £4 each basket - which I think is great value. I also have a love affair with baskets as well as tea sets so I'm sure you will also be seeing more baskets to come. One of these beauties is now holding my china bought at the bootsale on Sunday until I can find a spot for it:

 I also used my magpie eye and found this necklace:

A nice vintage inspired accessory and it was in the sale reduced from £18 to £2! The flower is also a brooch so I can take it off and use it on other outfits too.

No trip into the town would be complete without me diving into the charity shops. Lucky for the other bargain hunters, I only had time to pop into one today but it was worth the visit as I found this vintage embroidered pillow case:

Again excuse the creases, I was so chuffed to find it that I had to photo it straight away before it got a wash and an iron :o) This lovely little find was found at the bottom of a pile of manky old towels (I have no idea how they think they are going to sell! lol) and it set me back a whole 50p!

Now not everything I buy I fall in love with but I do like to rescue items which I know will be loved by others so I spied these vintage satin brocade floral curtains:

They are about 7 foot long each so they are huge curtains!  If they had been pink or red roses design then I would love them but I'm not as keen on the yellows and browns but as the fabric is so well made and they have a great age to them I couldnt leave them in the shop plus I do have someone on ebay who buys items I find like this with these colours and I'm sure they will be pleased as punch with them especially as there is so much fabric!  I couldnt believe it when the lady at the till told me that they were £1 the pair! They probably throught they would never sell them - haha!

I would love to know what you all think of the brown floral curtains too - I am going to nickname them the marmite curtains - you either love them or hate them :o)

Happy Tuesday.

Scarlett x