Sunshine, Treasures & Knitwear!

It's a beautiful sunny day today so I thought I'd take a few snaps of my favourite recent purchases to share with you all.

Here goes......

I love the illustrations in this book on Antique Personal Posessions! I found it in the Oxfam bookshop for just £4. And of course I couldn't resist a Ladybird book on Brownies & Girl Guides to add to my Girl Guides memorabilia collection. A snip at just 79p!

My favourite recent purchase has to be this stunning Decca 20 gramophone. I bought it from a recent trip to The Malvern Flea and I had great fun scouring the fair to find a 78 to play on it to make sure it worked before I bought it. I've been looking for one for a while and love the uniqueness of this one with the blue and gold decoration. It was made in May 1938 and sounds amazing! I will be taking it with me to our next Worcester Flea on Sunday (4th March) and of course to the Twinwood festival in August.  

Spookily, after I bought the gramophone I found three great records at a local charity shop for just 20p each and they all work and sound amazing! Very chuffed!

I found this cute little flip down calender in my bureau and thought it needed to be out and on show. I've found it very handy as my watch has no date on it. It's also super cute and tiny!

Whilst donating some unused things to a local charity shop I obviously had to have a bit of a look round and picked up this lovely book on old hat pins for just 50p. I love old curios and this represents the days when ladies were glamourous and wore jewels to hold even the most plain and boring of hats in place.

Now onto a subject I don't often talk about on here. Clothes! I paid a visit to my friend Clare at Second Hand Rose yesterday and had to take home this beautiful handknit cardi! It is a lovely peachy cream colour with specks of green and pink. I also fell in love with this cotton skirt decorated with pictures of fans. I think both of these will become staple pieces in my Spring wardrobe this year!

And to finish off is this beautiful maroon and pink hand crocheted shawl/ bed jacket. I bought it from a charity shop for just £3.95 and it's perfect for this kind of weather where there is still a bit of a nip in the air! I love all things hand knitted or crocheted so this is another of those finds that your head tells you you don't really need but your heart tells you you have to have!!

Hope you've enjoyed my little vintage treasures....I'm sure I will!

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