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 !

when summer returns !

The last hot day, last week we gave the beach a rest a headed off
to Lewis, and Pells open air swimming pool, a real gem, this pool was built
in Victorian times and is wonderful quite haven on a hot day .

Just in time .......

Visiting this inspiring exhibition featuring the work of

Robin and Lucienne Day: Design and the Modern Interior

 had been on my "to do" list for ages, so on the last day
 of the exhibition at Pallent House I finally got to see it
 WOW, it was amazing........ I  just love the textiles

 and furniture from that period, I had to restrain myself from ripping them off the
walls and popping the fabric into my bag. A few of the fabric's have been re printed

digitally,  (with the help of textile students from Glasgow Uni )
selling in the Art gallery shop for £75.00 per meter.... not cheap

this one is possibly my favourite....................

the great out doors

If you are planning a holiday check out this app
which I found on a little-bird blog.

Love Letter Lost

I was lucky enough to get this fantastic 

              book from a lovely friend for my birthday.

             The author Babbette Hines shares her trove 

       of love letters and vintage photographs 

       devotedly collected at flea markets and

auctions over the past tens years.

 Images of love struck couples laughing, dancing and picnicking richly
illustrate this period, the love letters really show how "courting" and love
 has changed over the years. It's a wonderful book transporting one back
to another era.

super busy weekend

 My friend's house sit this farm when the owners go on holiday, so we popped
over to say Hello, and the girls had a wonderful time feeding the sheep and cats
checking on the cows and playing with the amazing sheep dog, Domino.

I made this dress for a special day on sunday

I was lucky enough to find the vintage pattern

in Oxfam, but it was for age 6 years I needed

 it to fit an 8 year old so I mixed it with this

 newer pattern from Burda. The daisy lace and dress

fabric is from Ditto and the trims from Fabric Land.

Sunday was rounded off with a yummy cream tea

at Havanna Spoon in Hove. We feasted on tiny rolls

with smoked salmon and cream cheese, scones 

jam and cream and lots of little cakes, cherry cake

carrot cake and cheese cake. Like Havanna in

Brighton, Havanna Spoon has a lovely vintage feel

 which makes me think of the 1920s .