Pieces of home

Now that me and the bf have settled in a bit into our flat, here's some little snippets of our home.

"Some like it hot" is definitely in my top 5 favourite films of all time so I had to have this when I saw it at Vintage Village. And yes we are complete children - the soft toys have to be displayed.

I've been looking of one of these little shelf things to display my travel bits and pieces for years. Spotted this one a couple of weeks ago and am loving the bright happy colours. The frame next to it was a car boot find that I painted with chalkboard paint. Now all I need is the chalk and to decide what colour to paint the frame. Just seen is our table cloth that you may or may not recognise as the fitting room curtain from my old Afflecks shop. Reduce, reuse, recycle.

I love this rug. It was bought in Egypt and has been in my family over 20 years. Bright colours are awesome :)

My bargain of a vintage magazine rack from Vintage Village. 

Another Vintage Village find; Percy the biscuit jar penguin. I love him even though he can be a bit creepy at times. This marmite tin was a TKMaxx find which me and the bf both adore. Me because of the pretty pastel colours and him because he loves marmite. 

My ever expanding jewellery collection. 

It really is the little things. What makes your house a home? 

My week: 40 & 41

Week 40

*The library

*Snow!

*Polystyrene fight

*Re-watched season 4 of Ugly Betty

*Birthday celebrations of a friend at The Pub in Manchester

*Vintage Village Valentino fair

*My rail

*Yummy maple syrup pancake cupcake!

Week 41

*Pancake day - lazy style

*The good one

*New necklaces for the shop

*Raspberry Mojito at Chiquitos with the parents

*Sunday lunch at the Horse and Jockey in Chorlton

*Managed to win 3 different games 5 times! This NEVER happens :)

How was your week? 

My week 36 & 37

Has January been going on forever or is it just me? Here's what I've been up to in the last couple of weeks:

*Glitter nails!

*Went to Yo Sushi with the bf to celebrate him getting his student loan

*Watched the entire first season of Once Upon a Time that I got for Christmas. Love this program!

*Went to Vintage Village

*Got a wall taken away from my shop so it looks much better now. More open.

* My professionally printed flyers and magazines arrived.

*Got a breakfast freebie on the way to work the other day.

*Claire made Katsu Curry. So yum :)

What have you been up to?

Vintage Village photos

Time to photo bomb you with photos from Vintage Village last Sunday. I had a great day!

My stall

Have you ever been to Vintage Village?

Finds of Vintage Village

So I said I would post what I spent my pennies on at last weeks Vintage Village, but I didn't mean to post this late I promise! Take a looksie:

You cannot say no to a dress that both fits perfectly and has a price that is single digits! £8! Definitely a dress for India I think as it is going to be too cold here soon. 

This suitcase was only £8 as well so I couldn't say no. I love the colour, the fact that all of Toast Rack's shoes and handbags can fit in it and that it has the information of it's previous owner inside. This is what vintage is all about. Good to know it's a northern suitcase ha ha. 

I wouldn't have spotted this is it weren't for Claire pointing out the box full of small jewellery boxes for 50p. I died when I found this. Definitely one for the table display. I just love it's colour and the fact that it kind of looks like a hat. 

This 1950s jewellery box was also only a fiver. I couldn't believe it. Another one for the table display and it matches the tin above!

And finally, this bowl was only £2. The colour, the detail, the size - I just loved everything about it. Debating whether to use it as display but I think my table is getting quite crowded now so I'm currently using it as a fruit bowl. 

Have you found any bargains recently?

Vintage Village: September birthday bash!

This month's vintage village was the fair's 2nd birthday! It was a great day and I was so busy on my stall and buying other sellers things that I only took a few photos:

Birthday cake!

Mint chocolate chip from Stuart Thornley Cake Design. 

And a couple of pics of my stall. I was SO happy with my spot this month, it was great!

I'm going to need a separate post entirely for the things I bought. I blame my housemate and helper Claire, ha ha. Coming soon!

How was your weekend?