Car Booting

Off we went this morning to our local car boot despite the little sprinkling of snow on the ground.  And do you know what I am soooooo glad we did as we came home with loads of bargains : )

For a grand total of £16 I bought - the Gruffalo's Child book, Brambly Hedge box set, 4 various books, Alice in Wonderland (golden ticket book), glass vase, some little girls pumps, vintage pillow cases (future project....watch this space), a vintage tea cup (all on its own), yellow vintage tea set, wooden boat, wooden key holder, strawberry glass, boat wall hanger, a storage box for my dolly peg paint and last but not least some children's clippo (like sticklebricks, if you remember those).

If you are a regular visitor to sockamabobs you'll already know that we are in the middle of renovating our new house so I have been trying to source inexpensive things for decoration (especially for my craft room aka the conservatory).  I have also recently been thinking about opening up a wool shop which also showcases some of the crafts that I make (its very early stages and a little bit too scary).

Anyways enough of the chit chat and on to the photos -

My little girl watching her Daddy and all the workmen fixing the house, hmmmm wonder what job she would like when she's older!

Some of my trinkets.  The boats are for our new bathroom.  I managed to get some turquoise and blue glass floats from the car boot the other week.  These had been shown on Kirsty Allsop's Vintage Home (a Telly Programme) and I had fallen in love with them.  The glass vase that I bought today can fit all of them in and once I have some fishing net, some shells and pebbles my centre piece will be finished and I promise to post a picture.

I also managed to get this beautiful vintage tea set for about 50p.  The strange thing is though I bought the saucer last week at a car boot we often go to.  It was all on it's own at the bottom of a box and I just loved it and had to have it.  The cup I bought today at a car boot that we went to for the very first time over 15 miles away!  It was again all on its own looking very pretty and a bargain at 20p. 

When I got home and I'd given everything a wash, it dawned on me that they were the same set, they even have the same markings underneath.  How uncanny - just need the winning lottery numbers now!

Anyway off to potter, can't wait to see what other treasures I uncover next week.   What have you been up to today????????

Weekend Lists

After my last post I have been trying to get organised so that I don't feel like I am constantly pushing 'jelly uphill' and you know what, I think it's kinda working.

I had quite a long list this weekend:-

1. Tidy the house ready for a viewing on Monday
2. Clear out the shed
3. Organise my fabric ready to make some bunting
4. Make a knitted scarecrow
5. Advertise some unwanted items on selling pages
6.Finish some WIP (work in progress)
7. Sew in the ends of the squares that I have already made for my blanket
8. Have some me/family time

It's only Saturday night and I have managed to complete all those jobs in blue - thats 6 out of 8!!!!!!

Here's one of my WIP that I have finished, I could not wait to share it with you, let me know what you think.  I'll post the inside a little later : )

Here are some of the squares for my blanket - I have sewn in the ends today.

And I bought some lovely scrummy teasets from a little vintage tea-room that was closing down, so watch this space for the cake stands.

Day 6 - Sunshiny Day

Well today was a sunny day and I finally got to put some washing on the line without having to keep running out and rescuing it from the rain!

Today I have been playing, bug catching, schooling, painting, drilling, knitting and shopping (not in that order!).

Here are some snippets -

Some tea sets that I bought from the carboot on Sunday -

What do you think?

Some of the dolly pegs - however these are not the final product - I bought candy pink, organic green and duck egg blue paint as well today so will post properly when done!