The Worcester Flea - April 2012

Last weekend it was the wonderful Worcester Flea Market which I co-organise as part of WAVE. The sun was shining (which was a welcome surprise!) and as always I came back with some goodies for myself too.

One of our lovely stallholders gave me a wonderful gift of two vintage record cases for my growing collection of 78s. It was a lovely suprise as I had mentioned to her that I was looking for one. This one pictured above is my fave and also came with a few records as an added bonus! Can't wait to have a play and see what they sound like. Thanks again Cassie! 

To repay Cassie for her kind gift I had to have this cute soft black leather key case decorated with painted daisies from her stall. It's super handy as I always carry my door key loose in my bag. Had great fun working out how to attach my keys.  

Here are some pics below of what we had for sale on our stall. If you see anything you fancy why not send us an email and see if it's still available.

This time we started a new feature to The Worcester Flea - Item of the Month. This month I chose this stunning navy leather bag from the 1970s. Check out our blog for more details and photos.

The next Flea is going to be on Sunday 6th May so get saving your pennies and stick it in your diary!

Loll

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Playing with my new Vintage Camera app....Stanley you're such a poser!

Hi everyone!

Sorry for not posting a proper post for so long. It's been a crazy few weeks of general life organisation! All in a good way though so positive changes are being made for the future. Anyways, nuff said about that.

Last weekend I had a day trip out to the lovely Leamington Spa with my buddy Lewis to hit the charity shops (was great to discover he is also madly addicted to second hand furniture shops and house clearance shops). To top the day off we went to see my folk idol Seth Lakeman playing at The Assembly Rooms. I won't bore you by going on about it too much but I have to say this much....he is a musical genius! One of the best gigs I've ever been to and have spent all week since finding all the folk festivals he's playing at this summer so I can be a groupie!

We had pre dinner treats at this cool diner called Dockers which is downstairs from the Assembly Rooms. They do amazing pancakes!  

I had to share this pic with you. I found these amazing soft tan leather shoes for just £5.99 from an Age Concern charity shop. They're 70s in style with a hint of 40s about them and they're super comfy. Perfect addition to my ever growing Spring/Summer wardrobe.

Here's Seth and the boys creating folk music magic!

Now back to the main subject of this posting (I do have a habit of going off on tangents!). On our trip out Lewis introduced me to the magical iphone app Vintage Camera. It was free to download the other night so I thought I'd have a play and take a few snaps of my most beloved recent treasure...my 1984 mercedes 280e aka Stanley. The app has great different colour effects and I think if you buy the proper version you can unlock even more options.  

What do you think? If you have an iphone get downloading this great app and start creating your own retro looking photos. I'm eagerly awaiting my new iphone, I know I have weird taste loving all things old but still craving some of the newest technology. I'm super excited about filling it full of great old school style photos.

Til next time!

Loll
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New Treasures....shame I can't keep them all!

new stock!!

 

treasures just for me!!

Loll

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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!

Loll
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The Worcester Flea is back!

The winter is on it's way out and it's time again for the fantastic Worcester Flea to start again!

The first one is this weekend on Sunday 4th March and we have over 20 stalls of great sellers selling everything from vintage clothes and bric a brac to handcrafted gifts and goodies!

It starts at 10:30am so come along and have a mooch! We'll even be playing some old school tunes on my recent purchase of a Decca 20 gramophone so the atmosphere will be great! Check out this video for a sneek peak.



See you there!

Loll

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Thimbles, crochet hooks, buttons & ......sausage needle packets!?!

Firstly I have to apologise for not updating this for a while now. Been a crazy few weeks but thankfully things are settling down a bit now.

Me & Tom decided a few weeks back to remodel our house over the next twelve months which means I had to be brutal with myself and start sorting out things to get rid off. Not an easy job when you're a bit of a hoarder and a serial hobbyist! So tonight I sat down in front of Call The Midwife and went through a few boxes and tins of vintage haberdashery which I've collected but never properly looked at. I managed to get it down to a tin and a cardboard box lid so was pretty proud of myself!

Anyways, I found some lovely (if slightly unusual!) treasures and thought I should share them with you.

I had to give these very odd butchers advertising sewing packets pride of place at the top of my list of strange things I found in my sort out. The artwork is fab on them but they are a little weird!! Definitely keeping hold of these for novelty value.

Next up is this super cute empty cardboard safety pin holder. "For Every Lady's Handbag" and such a good idea so you don't have to rummage around in the bottom of your bag to find a safety pin when you have a zip or elastic emergency. Think I may be using this myself!

For a while now I've been planning some vintage style tattoos to symbolise all the old things I like to collect. I collect vintage and antique buttons and think these few (that I dug out of about a million buttons!) would look perfect as a tattoo. The lady with the sewing machine in the above picture would also make a lovely tattoo and it came from the paper packaging for a sewing machine foot. I love the simple drawing and the 50s style. Just need to decide where to have them done now! 

I've always loved thimbles and hadn't ever realised I'd managed to get a little collection started without really trying! I love the two blue plastic ones that look like fingertips. Think these will come in very handy as I am very accident prone!



I love this pink plastic tape measure! The tape is old and tatty but is made from fabric and I love the kitsch 50s style of this piece.

One of my new years resolutions this year was to learn to crochet and I scoured charity shops far and wide for a crochet hook to embark on this mission. I found a couple eventually and was very proud of myself (and of course I enjoyed the hunt and the rummaging!). Then I discovered I had a whole array of hooks in different sizes and materials! This made me realise I do need to start thinking about what I'm buying!! I didn't even know I had these!

Finally I had to mention these odd little things. The diary from 1966 was all set to be thrown out when my curiosity got the better of me and I thought I'd have a quick flick through. It was full of to do lists and shopping lists then I came across these pages with little records of the weather on each day. So cute! Thought this was definitely something that needed to be shared! The last item (I hasten to add I won't be keeping!!) is this little hearing aid type earphone thingamyjig! No idea at all how I got it or where it came from so was definitely an unexpected find in a large box full of tapestry wools!

On that note, good night everyone!

Loll
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