Le weekend.......

Tomorrow evening I will be here.....

Hopefully sampling lots of these the next day.....

 And a few glasses of these.....OK..... maybe not together....

 Visiting some cultural establishments.......

Definitely hunting out the French markets ......

But best of all......spending time with my lovely daughter who lives in Paris......

My own personal translator so I can leave the phrasebook at home..... Excellent!
A la prochaine...

Julie x

A bit of indoor gardening.....

 I decided a little bit of prettiness was in order over the weekend, so I potted up some early Victorian hand painted cups and other pieces of old china with these tiny purple violas......

They will brighten up my stand nicely tomorrow at Wentworth Leisure Centre, Hexham....

Julie x

A bit of sepia......

A collection of standard size birthday postcards.....

Some mini cards of  Film Stars.....do you recognise any of them?

A perfume advertising poster from France.....

 A picture of a sad little terrier....( it reminds me of Greyfriars Bobby pining for his dead owner.....)

And a sepia photograph of a happy little girl.....

 
All for sale at my next Fair at Gateshead International Stadium on Sunday 7th November......except the picture of the happy little girl....that is the Lillian Rowles baby aged 3....my Mum!

Just thought I would throw that one in because I love the picture so much!

 Have a happy weekend...
Julie x

Cheery pictures for a miserable morning......

  A naive style painting of Lynmouth, Devon......and a view of the harbour at Looe, Cornwall.
I presume dating from the 1950's - 1960's. On the reverse of both paintings is a label......"An original painting by Chandos 45/-"
 90/- would have been a fair bit of money in those days....

I have seen prints by this artist who I believe worked in the South-East but I know very little about him.

Finally, I had to buy this oil painting, it really made me smile......
The Englishman and wife on the beach..... hats on, radio, newspaper and woolly rug.... all that's missing is the flask and "sandy" sandwiches.......
I love the see through top and the visible bra...such a don't care attitude!

Have a cheery week.....
Julie x

Childhood memories....

 

A Singer sewing machine which thanks to the Singer website can be dated accurately to 1914 Made in Clydebank, Scotland from the serial number plate.

 My Grandmother had one similar to this and I used to watch her sewing as a child....she was a great seamstress and at Christmas she would present me with a little brown suitcase, full of beautiful clothes that she had made for my Tiny Tears doll.
I can remember them even now....especially the underwear.... little frilly lace knickers and petticoats..... they were so over the top compared to my own cotton ones!

Tiny Tears and my Grandmother are no longer here, but it was the purchase of the sewing machine that brought back childhood memories and remembering how I helped to turn the pretty handle as she pushed the material through...

And being fascinated by all the gold decoration.......

Then when all the work was done, all its prettiness was hidden away in a boring brown box.....

Just like the Tiny Tears clothes in the little brown suitcase....

Have a memorable weekend,
Julie x

Nice weekend and some reading to do......

Just a few photos of my stand at The Autumn Fair in Rheged, Cumbria before the doors opened....

glass cake stands and dishes proved very popular over the weekend....

As did pieces of pretty, floral china....

Isn't it funny how some things you think will  fly straight off the table sit there all weekend..... and things you thought would be slow sellers are the first to go.....strange...

On a completely different note..... I have a wonderful collection of Jeanne D'Arc magazines and books to read this week before returning them to their lovely owner Pauline who lives in the most gorgeous house...High Barton near Lake Ullswater....with fabulous views over the Lake and and an interior to make you go WOW....

Have a look at her website...www.highbarton.com to see what I mean....... she does B and B too.

Enjoy your week....

I don't think I will be getting  much done with all these to plough through!

It's a hard life I know.....
Julie x

Autumn Fair........

Some new decorative pieces for The Autumn Fair this weekend at  Rheged Discovery Centre, Penrith, Cumbria.....(see top sidebar for further details.)

A pretty, glazed cabinet for a bathroom...

A dummy board......life size, handpainted wooden vase and flowers.....to sit on a windowsill or in a fireplace perhaps?

And the dinkiest washboard and tub on its own wooden stand......
so cute!

Hope you all have a lovely weekend and a big thank you everyone who takes the time to leave a comment.....it is very much appreciated!
Julie x