Kemp Town Treasures

Do you ever get bored with the same walk into town ? Yesterday I started from the marina and made my trip into town via Kemp Town, stopping to fuel up at Ground a lovely coffee shop. My tea was served in a huge glass cup and saucer with my own tea strainer, it made me Oh and Ar when it arrived, (sorry no

Photo, Oops camera at home), the walk into Brighton has plenty of vintage and retro shops to hunt out bargains. I picked up this retro fabric for a fiver to make into some purse's and bags. Hope you are having a great week end too.

Learning to crochet

I have loved knitting, sewing and craft for years

but I had never learnt to crochet.  So with the

help of Pip Lincolne's book Meet me at Mike's,

I finally got around to it, phew ! NOT easy to

start with, but these great videos found on

you tube and this one helped to explain the

chain 1 and treble 3, and now I am the proud

owner of a pile of granny square, I need to sew

in all the loose ends and either crochet or sew them

into ? I'm not too sure , maybe with a fabric backing

and a zip a cosy cover for my laptop. Oooo and by

the way Pip also has a great blog full of crafty ideas.

 

A is for .......

 Athens 20011

 but S is for Spetses

Island hopping- lucky me

 swimming in warm clear water.

 eating delicious fresh foods

 evening wander, back drop of the most amazing sunsets.

one very lucky girl !

perfect sun sets

 Last night's sunset reminded me than I had not posted a few other

amazing sunsets. The last 3 images were taken during the very cold
period earlier this year, the sky looked "almost on fire".

Vintage Tea Party

 Final spend on my birthday voucher from Amazon, Vintage Tea Party by
Angel Adoree. The author invites you on a journey to create your
perfect vintage tea party. Apart from yummy food to cook, the book
has the most wonderful illustrations and art work, the presentation

 is amazing, a treat without using the book to cook from. There are patterns
for making aprons, head pieces, flags and bunting with a vintage Queen
Elizabeth stencil, tips and ideas on vintage clothes and make-up, even

a section for gentlemen!

Birthday treat _ Modern Vintage Style

 I was lucky enough to receive a amazon gift voucher for my birthday
 last month, I picked this book Modern Vintage Style by Emily
Chalmers, of Caravan fame, Emily has an amazing shop in Shoreditch
London.  The book Modern Vintage Style, is jam packed with
 wonderful vintage ideas.

I love this "patchwork wall" paper and can't wait to re-create something
inspired by this idea. I had a quick look on line and found this web site
Vintage Wall Paper on Line, they have some amazing "packs" which
should be perfect. Now I just need to get going !