Boot Sale Buys Part 1

What an amazing bargain hunting weekend I've had.  The three boot sales proved to be a bit of a winner for me in finding treasures and I'm sure I found something to suit everyones tastes! As there are a fair few bits (I havent even photographed the antique fair buys yet) I'm going to split the boot sale bonanza into two parts....just to drag it out a little more ;o)

So less chat more pictures, here's the first of the finds:

Vintage solid perfume compacts (one still has the perfume inside but it smells a bit funky now)  £3.00 for the two.

Law of attraction means I found some more vintage playing cards. Totally loving the glitter box! £1.

Little book 'The Language of Flowers', very handy if you want to see the meaning of each flower. Beware of receiving a bouquet of yellow roses from a loved one as it apparently means "Decrease of Love, Jealousy" eek!  I paid a whole 5p for this little beauty!

Tea and cake wall decals. Next price £15 boot sale price 50p :o)

Old toffee tin which contains draught pieces - 50p

Vintage dressing table mirror 50p

Stratton compact with original pouch - £1 (yes the collection is getting bigger by the week!)

1950s Bambi, he has a broken tail which has been stuck back on but for 30p he's a cutie.

Do you remember recognise this 70s bambi?  I used to have the whole set when I was little, it consisted of mummy deer with a gold chain on her neck attached to two baby deer.  Alas the seller only had this baby left, took it home for 10p :o)

The Twilight Saga tin with 4 journals. Although I'm not that into the whole Twilight craziness I do like this tin and the journals are always useful, and hey for 50p it would have been rude not to buy this.

Two sets of vintage bird coasters, very on trend ;o) Both came with in their original boxes - 50p a set!

 1960s dress which i think will fit in nicely with a bit of 1950s styling - £1

Oh and one more pic:

Cute little case with a bit of added 'bird' ;o)

I've got a few more to show you yet!  I'll get my bum into gear today and get the rest photographed and will hopefully share tomorrow. You'll also have to wait till tomorrow for this weeks installment of 'Witnessed at a boot sale' - I bet you are on the edge of your seats lol.

Happy Monday All!

Scarlett x

Linking to Thrift share Monday, flea-market-finds

To be continued...

This weekend included 3 boot sales, a summer fete and an antique fair!  Lots of lovelies to show you all once I get my camera into action.....

Scarlett x

New bag on the block

Tesco have done it again with an amazing shopping bag for an amazing charity. I missed out on the limited edition Cath Kidston Tesco shopping bag but I made sure I got hold of this one:

How fabulous is this Orla Kiely bag!  Even better is that 50p of the bag price is divided between CLIC Sargent Cancer Care for children and The Royal College of Art.  If you would like to know more about the amazing work CLIC Sargent does click here.

So for £4 a bag I think everyone should grab one (or a few!), its a guilt free purchase :o) 

Scarlett x

Compact heaven

I am very excited about a new addition to my vintage compact collection.  They say 'its whats inside that counts' but on this occasion I'm in love with the outer packaging:

 I found a little gem still in its original and rather fabulous Stratton box!

 Inside the pouch is this beauty:

 Its dated 1949 on the base. I love that the lady who owned this used it but then kept it in its original box! Total bargain price for £3 :o)

I also picked up this hot pink number:

Love the tropical feel to this Stratton compact, and you cant complain for 50p :o)

Along with my pretty new compacts I also received a parcel from the fabulous Kylie at Lucy Violet Vintage.  She wrapped it so beautifully:

Loving the map and the old postcard - I'm going to shamlessly steal this wrapping idea Kylie!  Inside was one item I have already pictured.....

How cute is this pink and blue union jack! Its going to be the backdrop for many a picture I feel, and its looking fabulous on the arm of my sofa.  She also sent me something which I have been after for perfecting my 50's housewife look:

How sweet is this pinny! Now I better get working on my housewife skills ;o)  Thanks so much Kylie, love them!

Thanks all from me today, short and sweet :o)

Mwah

Scarlett x

Bank Holiday Booty

Got to love a bank holiday when we get the pleasure of the boot sales being on Sunday and Monday, although the rain scuppered the boot sale this morning with a bit of a poor turn out but there was still the die-hard treasure hunters like myself out rummaging through the damp boxes!

So time to share my boot sale bargains.

One stall had a carrier bag with decks of playing cards spilling out. I had a sort through and found some amazing vintage packs:

 I love on this pack it tells you to care for your cards by washing them with cold water and a soapy cloth!

 The seller only wanted 50p a pack for the cards - bargain!

 Old cake tins - 20p for the pair.

Brand new Laura Ashley wall jotter - 50p.

 Vintage Stratton compact (another one for my collection). This came with its original pouch as well.  The seller was very sweet and gave me this for £1!

Another little vintage poodle figure - 20p.  Bought as a friend for a previous boot sale buy:

 I spotted a pile of dirty plates in a box under a stall.  I knew the design as soon as I saw them:

Deco print Meakin plates in 'Royal Marigold'.  I bagged dinner plates, side plates, cake plates and saucers and paid £1.50 for the lot!

 Little lined wicker basket by L'Occitane for the Chelsea flower show - 50p.

 Vintage fabrics by Laura Ashley, Titley & Marr and the expensive Colefax & Fowler. These were £1 a bundle, what a steal!

Vintage 'flower power' double sheet and two pillowcases - £2.

Now for my favourite boot sale buy this weekend.....

Replica 1950s table top jukebox!! This was still in its original box and had never been used.  As a rockabilly gal I've always dreamed of owning a full size vintage jukebox, if I ever win the lottery that is what I would love to buy, so seeing this little beauty on the stall my eyes popped out of my head!

As well as looking pretty its a radio and cassette player combined with revolving music dials and lights!  The seller saw how thrilled I was with this jukebox and let me have it for £5!!! Money was in his hand like lightning! I've since looked it up on eBay and the last one sold was for display purposes only, it went for over £95.  My one is as fresh as the day it was made.  Now seeing that I don't own any cassettes I need to start up a little rock n roll cassette hunt, the first of my collection was found on the next stall:

Elvis on Stage :o)  It was obviously a sign from the king that I was meant to have that jukebox lol.  The other bonus is that cassette tapes are cheap - this one was 20p :o)

Now for our weekly treat...

Witnessed at a boot sale

 It just happens that the shop mobility lady I used to see isn't the only person taking their parrot for a walk round the boot sale...

This lady took her Macaw bargain hunting. Although every time I crossed them on the boot sale lines the parrot was preening - not very good for spotting the treasure!  It does look headless in this picture but I assure you the parrot did come complete with head and beady eyes.  I'm not sure the stall holder behind is too impressed though!

Fruit and vegetable stall:
Lady: "Could I get a bag of those tomatoes please"
Veg man " Sure love, you do know they make your horny"
Lady " I thought that was asparagus?"
Veg man "Wow whatever floats your boat sweetheart" cue seedy grin and wink from veg man, lady snatching her tomatoes and me shuddering.

Hope you have all had a fabulous long weekend!

Scarlett x

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Got my craft on...

So today armed with my glue gun and drill I got my craft on!  I have been very productive...

First of all I did a bit on my Emily Peacock cross stitch 'HUG' design which I started a few days ago:

Hoping to keep momentum up on this and not lose my cross-stich mojo.

I made some rockabilly inspired jewellery:

 Love scroll earrings

 Red rose cameo pendant

 Sugar skull earrings

 Cross pistol and skull ring (excuse my dry 30 year old hands!)

 And as I love skull designs and prints - I made a quick skull cameo brooch too.

I also have so many tea pots knocking about in my house that I decided to drill a hole in the bottom of two of them and made them into plant pots:

I might do a couple of flower tea cups too :o)

I also took a quick trip to Asda and got randomly shouted at by a 40 year old man who pushed in front of me in the queue.  He went off at me saying 'how was I supposed to know you were in the queue' etc, everyone was looking so I took the mummy stance and said " Stop shouting you are showing yourself up"  lol, he couldn't respond to that! Shouting man 0 Scarlett 1!

Hope you all have a fabulous bank holiday weekend

Scarlett x