vintage treasures

I was out at the weekend and managed to find myself a couple of vintage treasures from the car boot sale and charity shops ! Firstly I picked up this boxed "Kerplunk" game from maybe the 50s or 60s. Such a good find, i was so pleased i really love the illustration on the box, neato.





I also i got this excellent red vintage tie with little ships on it !


I was planning on keeping it for myself but i might just start a bit of a vintage section in my shop, what do you think ?

Buy Handmade !

Today i took the buy handmade pledge at http://www.buyhandmade.org/ because i think it is really important to support those of us out there who are putting in hard graft and filling every little item they make with love and hugs. The monotonus isles of any supermarket or high street shop need a refreshing list and handmade individual items are the answer. Robots will take over the world unless we wake up and smell the fairtrade coffee...but they are pretty cute.

Etsy (www.etsy.com) is a great example of the handmade revolution. It is a community based site and allows people to test the water with any handmade product they wish to sell. This opens up a whole world of cute kitch designs I have so many favorites but below are just a few of the many etsy crafts im in love with. During the course of this blog i will post more items to keep you in touch with the crafting community.














Little Hoff by Kezzaroo (www.kezzaroo.etsy.com)

Post Post Modern Necklace by brookadelphia (www.brookadelph

ia.etsy.com)

blue tractor fuzzy felt wallet by feel fuzzy (www.feelfuzzy.etsy.com)