wimpole estate, second- hand bookshop

There is a fab little second-hand bookshop at Wimpole. Lots of paperbacks were 30p - bargain! Here's my haul from Monday. A sweet old copy of Winnie the Pooh, 3 Penguin Scores (with lovely covers) and the Penguin Book of Religious Verse, to add to my copy of English Verse. I also picked up The Life and Times of Allen Lane, a biography of the Penguin books founder himself.

cathrineholm kettle

Last week I made my first cathrineholm purchase. I'm so happy with it, as it's in great condition, and the colours are just beautiful. Hopefully it will be the first of many!

charity shop finds

After the Robin and Lucienne Day exhibition, we visited a few of the charity shops in and around Chichester on Saturday. I came home with a pair of green Dansk candle holders, and a few classic penguin books. I was thrilled to find the candle holders, as I've been eyeing them up on ebay for a while now!

kempton antiques market

I spent yesterday morning at Kempton antiques market, in Sunbury. It was well worth the early start and drive out of London! There were so many stalls selling so many different items - china & glass, books, linen and crochet, jewellery, clothes and bags. There was so much furniture I thought I was going to hyperventilate! There were lovely chairs, sideboards, tables and so many different storage options. When I asked about prices, I didn't think they were too bad (not cheap but not prohibitively expensive either). For sheer variety, it is definitely worth a visit.

I came home with a fab atomic sewing box (from the 50s I think), and a couple of really interesting 70s Canadian children's books from Brunswick Press. I haven't seen them before and a google search didn't offer up any info either. The illustrations are great - so vivid!

vintage finds - j&g meakin tea set

To be honest, it's all about the teapot for me... but it's nice to have a matching sugar bowl and milk jug :) The design is topic, and the set is by j&g meakin.

etsy treasury inspired by j&g meakin

I bought a lovely J&G Meakin tea set, which arrived today (I'll take a photo and add it here soon). The colours are so fresh and crisp, like new in fact. I put together this etsy treasury inspired by the colour and design. You can view the original treasury here.

vintage finds - wooden sewing box and hornsea jam pot

 

The wooden sewing box was a boot sale find this weekend, it needs a bit of TLC but I love the shape. I've developed a bit of an obsession with hornsea pottery recently, I found this heirloom jam pot on ebay and had to have it! It's from the 1970's and I love the design.

vintage finds - bradwell moorland milk jug and french crochet

I found this little milk jug at the Shepton Mallet antiques fair last month. The design is Bradwell by UK Staffordshire pottery Moorland. I love the art deco shape and colours! The crochet doily is French, I hand stitched it onto a cushion cover, which is available to buy in my etsy shop.