Practice makes perfect

Well maybe not perfect, but practice certainly helps if you are standing at a fair that you haven’t done before, so this was my job on Monday. I decided to try and cut down on props so have used the back of the van as a table rather than some where for the staff to sit!…….Tuesday after a 3am start and a 1 3/4 hour drive we arrived at Kempton, Sunbury on Thames.

After unloading quickly my lovely salesman was ready to go…..

 

What is handy is that as trading starts at 6.30am it is mostly finished by lunchtime, which means that our M3/M25/A40….journey home is not at 5-6pm.

folded on this rail is the most beautiful linen cover, single bed size or double bed top, or large table, it is hand embroidered with beautifully faded styalised flowers and birds in silk, probably by a memsahib in turn of the century India, and handed down through the family.

the WW1 campaign bed caused much interest but alas came home, at one point I thought that it may have been off to Japan!

 

Oh and of course lots of fabrics.

6. A trip out for cream cake & textiles, in.....

........Bridgenorth! The reason that we decided upon Bridgenorth was that at our local booty last week Mum bumped into Jane, who she hadn't seen since she was dealing full time, in amongst buying lots of lovely cushions off the same stall they caught up and we decided to pay Jane a visit this week. (Thats not in a "Godfather" way)

We found the shop easily, it had the most eyecatching display, as all good shops do (Nostalgia & This 'n' That, spring to mind), sorry about the picture quality.
Mum & I both fell in love with this gorgeous bag

Jane sells decorative antiques and always has lovely stock, and she has recently moved into a new shop in Bridgenorth which has a tea room - well that's enough reason to go isn't it?!

We decided that we needed a sugar boost so first of all we went into the serene cafe, cherry scone & oj for me, americano & the most huge fresh cream meringue with blackberries that you have ever seen, for Mum!

Then back to Jane's beautifully displayed area, ooh lovely! these shoes were gorgeous

co-ordinating red bowling bag, and mens department

more lovely shoes and linens.

We had a good old chat, but had to move on as we wanted to visit Ludlow & Leominster before we came home, on the way back to the car we passed these lovely buildings and some icecream coloured scooters.

Michael rang with some exciting news, he had a call out to a circus, not just any old one but Giffords. Although I am not a fan of circuses, I have always wanted to go to Giffords, and tonight we are going to the 5 o'clock show, that obviouusly will be my next blog, so if you have never heard of Giffords Circus, watch this space, my camera battery is charging as we speak!

bits 'n' bobs

Just some of the stock that is invading the house at the moment, I have lots of interesting pretty pieces including old boxes, linens, cushions, sewing baskets, straw baskets..... oooh luverly!