Last weekend's goodies........

Although the BBC weather predicted that there would be no rain, the poor people at the Malvern flea market found otherwise, it was that thick drizzle that gets you very wet, however many stands had taken the inside options. I was surprised to see so many mixed stalls of bric a brac & not many specialist shabby chic/interiors, there were a couple but it really wasn't very inspiring. I spoke to a few friends there who say they usually have good days so I am going to book for the first one of the new year ( I can't do the December one because we will be at the seaside in a lovely harbour cottage in Brixham, it will be different from the last 3 years when we have been diving in the Sinai). I am looking forward to starting up markets again after a number of years doing other things. Anyway I didn't find much but the things that I did were lovely..... 

                                  The cake plate (1931) is unusual being an Imari  style design rather than floral chintz......

                                                                                                                                                       Galvanised bins are what we use in our garden to plant figs trees in, they restrict the growth and can be moved around to suit, our garden lacks trees & this is a great solution. The french tub is lovely, and I am not quite sure what to do with it yet!

 My other buys were a lovely enamel topped cupboard which I intend to keep here until I can put it in my seaside cottage, a lovely 60's shell pink alarm clock, a few nice textiles,a nice old Nat.geo map of N.America, which I will frame as I collect maps and a bag full of Jerusalem artichokes, I think it may have to be soup again as I am not sure what else I can do with them! Florence and I settled down for the afternoon and made the big lilac cushions from the wool blankets, I finished them with pale blue buttons that I bought from Gail, a fellow "vintage lady"!