vintage chairs, village markets & a B.B {british bestie}...

<b>our village market- the B.B {british besite} & i are taking you with us this morning...</b><br /><br /><b>we want your opinion on this seriously cool rocking vintage chair...</b><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkuTFXtrnRC-0QXUka27_eSN3i0oaLKrGYBujiN5X5ZHI1zFUamMkZG-SQvXN7PiqHYc8tCCPcHdM3CJi0kTBHh2_LsXQq61uJhGY76fEwtaJqU3g7T9VQdpIZBscZjO9JDShAcSqhoXDp/s1600/janechair1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkuTFXtrnRC-0QXUka27_eSN3i0oaLKrGYBujiN5X5ZHI1zFUamMkZG-SQvXN7PiqHYc8tCCPcHdM3CJi0kTBHh2_LsXQq61uJhGY76fEwtaJqU3g7T9VQdpIZBscZjO9JDShAcSqhoXDp/s640/janechair1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br />patch-worked by hand- <i>re-stuffed all squishy & perfectly snuggly...</i><br /><br />perfect for B.B's bay window...perfect for C.H.R.I.S.T.M.A.S....<br /><i> </i><br /><i><b>you hearing this Mr.B.B ?</b></i><br /><br /><i>i can assure you your christmas will be <b>full of festive cheer ;) </b>if you bobbed down & picked up this </i><br /><i><b> </b></i><br /><i>piece of patch-worked heaven for her...<b>you listening !?</b></i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_aFjuYP8GXfcchXBdgP-koo869N0vJgJoDVbSsgE-JFrho9R0rqHfLQ1SKT82WUJvPCGjOXplJxVtBZTWYONUVjgX_1Os_4IKFhbkpsUYka0nwe_gVaY_chislljkGiqiYaz4xA7g0c1/s1600/janechair2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_aFjuYP8GXfcchXBdgP-koo869N0vJgJoDVbSsgE-JFrho9R0rqHfLQ1SKT82WUJvPCGjOXplJxVtBZTWYONUVjgX_1Os_4IKFhbkpsUYka0nwe_gVaY_chislljkGiqiYaz4xA7g0c1/s640/janechair2.jpg" width="516" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>this is the same little stall that had the blue side board last week... <a href="http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2011/11/virtual-coffee-at-my-local-food-market.html" style="color: #a64d79;">{here}</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">& i know from your emails & comments, that  a few of you would've whipped that in the back of your </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">people mover.. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it's also the same little secret spot that the B.B & i got our french potato baskets from...<a href="http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2011/08/vintage-potato-basket-love-my-thrift.html" style="color: #a64d79;">{here}</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">man do we need to get her this chair...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJfLQii6RhQzb79P8Xb_nP1XapSTz4JySwn-1D2QK9zIKBtrZPvSyUMyMlgP1hUiGRlllJQ4_0UFu2XsJ79L30GEI4hDBkCn9DTvUpQCMYlW-as2c66CuFjRui1Qy7fQ7ChwTOBTUavwF/s1600/janechair4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJfLQii6RhQzb79P8Xb_nP1XapSTz4JySwn-1D2QK9zIKBtrZPvSyUMyMlgP1hUiGRlllJQ4_0UFu2XsJ79L30GEI4hDBkCn9DTvUpQCMYlW-as2c66CuFjRui1Qy7fQ7ChwTOBTUavwF/s640/janechair4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>anyway- the seeds have been sewn with Mr.BB & all 20 of our fingers are crossed...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>maybe a quick "how are you lovely Mr.BB- did we mention it's V & A fabrics" text may nail it?</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqJM6dmm1l5aTEYbn6NMFEn5Wnz1_8DIISCq_1brzTsNcPL-HfBg5VMF6JGKny77RfWI-bfdtE2AfS2crH6tihTDwKY4enypBhJrzx30oj6bAdkIL5jEeiPw_R-4UPxvgmtNrn18DcxHi/s1600/janechair5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqJM6dmm1l5aTEYbn6NMFEn5Wnz1_8DIISCq_1brzTsNcPL-HfBg5VMF6JGKny77RfWI-bfdtE2AfS2crH6tihTDwKY4enypBhJrzx30oj6bAdkIL5jEeiPw_R-4UPxvgmtNrn18DcxHi/s640/janechair5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9I9-Vwx2IPoMpJ5hjbLaUIHNTZq2gpu4LE5XIyb6OBa8wsdg4cMgONvebj92vyGdUjr9iIXHmIohx9uwFymwdkBz-0uyDNpYWc_k4IcbutgUrlV1CB9AWwYk4nfYqttPadO3L9zgEQVP/s1600/janechair7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>between this gorgeous chair & my big old country house there was also a *house sale* on this </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>morning...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i really just needed a wander <b>with her</b> & a look at <strike>old stuff</strike> vintage bits this morning...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">some<b> time out</b> from the list ticking & the endless <strike>at times a little overwheliming </strike>planning... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we did good....<b>real good</b>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">a great old typewriter & some wonderful old cotton reels for me...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxl8wdNIb1tWCO3HkG7Qlq-KuL5jOy7K8SzqVqV8UgG5ZvzcmuvPGYMxvwbN9Gu8iNHqTM-O9DyFxDlB5OWqScVLBFd9QOpmNJLKOlAL8MyNkiWoOSI7rwEgFkGKuj2RwX9auudwxGxpKg/s1600/janechair6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxl8wdNIb1tWCO3HkG7Qlq-KuL5jOy7K8SzqVqV8UgG5ZvzcmuvPGYMxvwbN9Gu8iNHqTM-O9DyFxDlB5OWqScVLBFd9QOpmNJLKOlAL8MyNkiWoOSI7rwEgFkGKuj2RwX9auudwxGxpKg/s640/janechair6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">& a perfect vintage milk bottle that we worked out was over 50 years old and that was produced for </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">the dairy farm not far from the B.B's folks house- for her...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i love that...the history & connections...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>so...another gorgeous crisp wander through my little part of ol'Blighty...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">with thoughts of both days on the beach in Australia & days snuggling up with mulled wine & the  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">BB on this chair<b> </b><i>dancing around in my head...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>yooohoooo...Mr.BB this is for you...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9I9-Vwx2IPoMpJ5hjbLaUIHNTZq2gpu4LE5XIyb6OBa8wsdg4cMgONvebj92vyGdUjr9iIXHmIohx9uwFymwdkBz-0uyDNpYWc_k4IcbutgUrlV1CB9AWwYk4nfYqttPadO3L9zgEQVP/s1600/janechair7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9I9-Vwx2IPoMpJ5hjbLaUIHNTZq2gpu4LE5XIyb6OBa8wsdg4cMgONvebj92vyGdUjr9iIXHmIohx9uwFymwdkBz-0uyDNpYWc_k4IcbutgUrlV1CB9AWwYk4nfYqttPadO3L9zgEQVP/s640/janechair7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the BB & i are bringing you back here over the weekend</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>for the lighting of our village christmas tree<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a mulled wine or two</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">you in?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xxx</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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vintage chairs, village markets & a B.B {british bestie}...

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french stencilling...a great fix...

<b><br /></b><br /><b>welcome to a regular sight in our *hallway-of-ongoing-projects*...</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>coastal farmhouse inspiration people...</b><br /><b><br /></b><br />fresh...white...simple...french inspired...with a little industrial hit...<br /><br /><br />i've gathered many treasured old *chippy-picked-up-in-french-brocnate-on-holidays-zinc*<br /><br />buckets, since moving abroad from Oz...<br /><br /><br />they are all gathered, potted with herbs &  flowers at our front door...<br /><br /><br />these are a little take on them- but clean & new & great for the kitchen...& cheap!<br /><br /><br />£1 each at an english supermarket -<b>in the seasonal isle</b>- i love that - an isle that changes with the<br /><br />seasons...i guess these were autumnal ??<br /><br /> i've no idea but at a pound a pop i grabbed the lot....<br /><br /><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b> </b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWx2lJt0sWWqJgmXTneYwmTuNool43suMMuAZ86CYAaPl-91r0F8uAzwFrF6LZ3h1MpwT7xM499pVLcc5iSq_7LVglF-Q-WhgS-sszQ-6MZg3JV4yJv2sKkcAzUslLWb1vFFeW8gNFxb1y/s1600/buckets1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWx2lJt0sWWqJgmXTneYwmTuNool43suMMuAZ86CYAaPl-91r0F8uAzwFrF6LZ3h1MpwT7xM499pVLcc5iSq_7LVglF-Q-WhgS-sszQ-6MZg3JV4yJv2sKkcAzUslLWb1vFFeW8gNFxb1y/s640/buckets1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>i smiled throwing these in my trolley- there's only so many buckets a girl can justify you know... :)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">but i had halloween in mind...i had my french humber stencils in mind...& i knew i could <b>hide</b> the pile</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">inside one another- should anyone want to discuss my problem with <strike>buying endless things we don't</strike></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strike><br /></strike></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strike> need</strike> buying essential tins in the supermarket & forgetting someone's fave cereal....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><b> </b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu1PmsvroQ4yxK4L0F84JJXkyTK3O8QxO2-RoiQqngh7DQLRDJAqp9MJe8xG7dqxEqHoBpgn5ilZRooBlMp2-I9nLTkocb2BbjtYX7AMKUgGozV70axm_Md36iEVifo1x2YA9IVtj-sSur/s1600/buckets2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu1PmsvroQ4yxK4L0F84JJXkyTK3O8QxO2-RoiQqngh7DQLRDJAqp9MJe8xG7dqxEqHoBpgn5ilZRooBlMp2-I9nLTkocb2BbjtYX7AMKUgGozV70axm_Md36iEVifo1x2YA9IVtj-sSur/s640/buckets2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>i seriously don't know why i even try to pretend - as this is what everyone came </b><b>home to...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">some <strike>more</strike> very cool looking buckets - french inspired with a good dash of industrial...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>"so ....really just buckets with a melissa-ism title" grinned the hubster...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">& your problem with that is??</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">you see- the radiator there works well with my kinda crafting...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it works quite simply like this...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">grab bucket</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">stick on stencil whilst shaking the c*** outa the spray on paint</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">spray bucket & stick in front of radiator</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">spray anything else that needs doing at same time</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">line everything up in front of radiator alongside *almost dry cool looking buckets*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">peg up stencils</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">vow to put it all away bf school pick-up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">get doing other stuff</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">forget</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">walk in on organised creative chaos....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">sounding familiar???</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhKv9CJTJ6I9lSU1NHFSjo6T_E5PL5HjXU0xLLRcoZiGL-_VvjxteaT8xxfxbqhFJ8jiTaZ7lPichAmPHNr2MER2UvzPO7xxROxF6vwGZW9qh6gLuVe9vhlO5zIzbbQDTip0mi-1P6Naa/s1600/buckets3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhKv9CJTJ6I9lSU1NHFSjo6T_E5PL5HjXU0xLLRcoZiGL-_VvjxteaT8xxfxbqhFJ8jiTaZ7lPichAmPHNr2MER2UvzPO7xxROxF6vwGZW9qh6gLuVe9vhlO5zIzbbQDTip0mi-1P6Naa/s640/buckets3.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>and....they came in black... chalkboard black....</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">& i do love me some chalkboard...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">& they were only a pound a pop...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">toooo cool!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><b> </b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPrm1xTkpWmwkQV5qxdn9YqSs3_pO6iY1hFpLbuOQB9Pg_zy0R2elpK5cEHd9KelfXTGEpZrMd7ew2HjHyxudzeAMMNbrv56UF3uz7bV69S73b6yDWBywlc8R1nhZqZJgOdeMQdwOx6jP/s1600/bucket1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPrm1xTkpWmwkQV5qxdn9YqSs3_pO6iY1hFpLbuOQB9Pg_zy0R2elpK5cEHd9KelfXTGEpZrMd7ew2HjHyxudzeAMMNbrv56UF3uz7bV69S73b6yDWBywlc8R1nhZqZJgOdeMQdwOx6jP/s640/bucket1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>obviously...we needed somewhere for our chalk....</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>love love love</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OHWQFs7rcsT71HZKRezybguyrCeCcIjJ1bFAji17JhQqBW0SuWYHP2a45n3epIvBKGtqBn2YUYms9ZfuihGa5o4Z5jxTIzP-8B5S0UKljeZ06TWAVlvZo8-oRY7Ry9PSqBvGgx-6UJQ4/s1600/bucket3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OHWQFs7rcsT71HZKRezybguyrCeCcIjJ1bFAji17JhQqBW0SuWYHP2a45n3epIvBKGtqBn2YUYms9ZfuihGa5o4Z5jxTIzP-8B5S0UKljeZ06TWAVlvZo8-oRY7Ry9PSqBvGgx-6UJQ4/s640/bucket3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>i have <strike>raved endlessly</strike> showed you these french stencils before...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;"><a href="http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2011/08/chippy-old-boxes-plimsolls.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">{here}</span></a> </span>& <a href="http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2011/06/virtual-coffee-atop-chippy-vintage.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">{here}</span></a>...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">the <b>creative fix</b> is<b> </b>instant & sooo good- i can't recommend them enough...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">gorgeous for holding drinks in the garden in the summer...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">perfect for gathering in the winter as i did <a href="http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2011/10/country-love.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">{here}</span></a> with little miss.a...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">great for sitting round the kitchen making you feel like a creative diva...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">something has to be said for embracing both the authentic, memory laden collecting of wonderful old </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">treasures...& the making of new, with a similar twist...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i don't care how the kids enjoy these...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">halloween sweet buckets...in the garden collecting dirt...down the road <a href="http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2011/11/husband-camera-boy-fresh-seafood.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">{cockle collecting}</span></a>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>all i know is i loooove them...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b> </b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiffrD0bFiXs_tN4EXlcg5SINVBAsDbxpWqh3RAzop2iwj2UKTm6R2-iUY912LTgv0oG3R1kJzkWd86gvp32U1pK92xCraBhtbq7aFTo-xvI1wwY6a7PnIsjttARfQVlUvl42is4hEYXNBq/s1600/buckets.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiffrD0bFiXs_tN4EXlcg5SINVBAsDbxpWqh3RAzop2iwj2UKTm6R2-iUY912LTgv0oG3R1kJzkWd86gvp32U1pK92xCraBhtbq7aFTo-xvI1wwY6a7PnIsjttARfQVlUvl42is4hEYXNBq/s640/buckets.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b> </b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">french number stencils from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/84041681/stencil-french-script-5-inch-numbers">{here}</a></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQ-ekThR-yV3jaDLxC4LaMRAFY0v6PkuKVrBsD7nRca7CZ3PG9znGTrVgG20y-oinNPxMW-6rs3c4cW5hqXCqbHiBdEGwzS0Xx_3YshJ65xfmbQwzMj44JVRZIZgasoBNMoEquVH4M8cO/s1600/buckets+and+numbers1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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french stencilling...a great fix...

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friday pretties on a saturday morning in a village...

<b>friday pretties...</b><br /><b>a gorgeously rare morning to myself...</b><br />i love school holidays...i truly do...<br />but every now & again...a day to myself is pretty heavenly...<br />i had the day, almost a <i>whole day</i>, to sew...catch up on orders...cook & pick up after my <s>divinely lazy</s> busy family...<br /><i>but before i did all of this i wandered through the village...</i><br />& drank coffee...<br />& hung out in second hand shops...<br />& just stopped for a moment on my own...yep...<i>on my own</i>...<br />i picked up this *lovely-shaped* pile of goodies from *oxfam*...<br />i wasn't looking for colour today- just shape & form...<br />& how perfect is that little muddy brown one...<br />colour- hmmmm...<br />shape- mmmm...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5OUAEx9lDnZz7UfIv89_8ICaENZDqiPX5wfE7xCkxKaLr0CLiLmsdSXeobJYR1mrgo6jkVbKWKCKhhVbH2EtnivI_PvhTTxlxq2e8aWy5gc6rnyanAA3_GJuvzYDdb3lLIrSW9YCzRjnp/s1600/vase2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5OUAEx9lDnZz7UfIv89_8ICaENZDqiPX5wfE7xCkxKaLr0CLiLmsdSXeobJYR1mrgo6jkVbKWKCKhhVbH2EtnivI_PvhTTxlxq2e8aWy5gc6rnyanAA3_GJuvzYDdb3lLIrSW9YCzRjnp/s640/vase2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>lovely shaped, <s>ugly old left on the shelf</s> *vintage* vases looking for a little colour...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i have been desperate to try the virtues of my new found spray-bestie on some ceramic ware...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.rustoleumspraypaint.com/">{go here for the details of my new obsession}</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i have a love affair that is border-line manic for all china, that started when i was in my teens on the beaches...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">where all my friends were saving for shopping spree's <i>to the mall</i>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i was working to fund a china/homewares obsession that meant when i eventually moved out, i was ready to have <i>my</i> space...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">no ikea box sets for my first house...no plastic cups...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">but we also had no furniture...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we literally covered outdoor furniture in calico slip covers that i made for our indoor dining table & did the same with moving boxes for bedside tables...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>but man...did we have great plates...& glasses...& bedspreads...we were young & very happy...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">so...having<i> just </i>discovered this *spray-virtually-everything* amazing paint-i can <i>very safely say </i>it would have been my paint bestie <i>way way back then too....</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmegOWC9qbJzjWncKDVxQ6EFTiZs55ZOFsWgKbwrU66B2sp02YLW4rQW6Sgg7o-41Fn4mvF2kigKf-bz85cJBaOhB0dEc3nNRc_LkVy490HEgyJBWHjhjmRsV0XeSgs-D0OjoplqvTotQo/s1600/vase3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmegOWC9qbJzjWncKDVxQ6EFTiZs55ZOFsWgKbwrU66B2sp02YLW4rQW6Sgg7o-41Fn4mvF2kigKf-bz85cJBaOhB0dEc3nNRc_LkVy490HEgyJBWHjhjmRsV0XeSgs-D0OjoplqvTotQo/s640/vase3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>you know how much i love <i>chippy</i>...& worn & old...& dented & french...</b><br />but thrown in with all my authentically old vintage pieces, i do love me a bit of almost <i>modern</i> <i>simplicity</i>...<br />simple lines...<br />lovely shapes...<br />no patina or perfect chippy-ness taking your eye away from the *form* of a piece...<br /><b><br /></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFK4pW_4RPEVTsylv4xFuISPJTacxb5b9ydPy5doMNtJFjXgQSyrtzuSCMVBUB5xnuWxFjBQ-GpdnvtoCQ75LtSW1B-GiGH0sVKKdceZz873rB6fUoaQ9-ZeIcmQl4_6mm7GH_-LRInFCu/s1600/vase4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFK4pW_4RPEVTsylv4xFuISPJTacxb5b9ydPy5doMNtJFjXgQSyrtzuSCMVBUB5xnuWxFjBQ-GpdnvtoCQ75LtSW1B-GiGH0sVKKdceZz873rB6fUoaQ9-ZeIcmQl4_6mm7GH_-LRInFCu/s640/vase4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>i could <i>never</i> have done this little experiment on any of my <i>so very loved, used-every-single-day-old china...</i></b><br /><b><i>but the experiment also needed pieces of a particularly interesting shape...</i></b><br />the little squat bud vase with it's beautiful blue insides...<br />stocky almost...but sweet with a rim wide enough for a teeny <i>bunch</i> of flowers...more than just a bud or two...<br />& that beautiful fan of a vase...muddy coloured & a <i>little too sadly unaware</i> of it's beautiful lines...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: auto;"><b>a modern, simple take on some wonderful old cast shapes...</b></div><b><br /></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mHS42HwwWFSqOCipBcPMscJ0QI43wwuPKgOg74bI1YRrXqlMzwGQ2DH2ryrMw_orV2ui6XqcdChvSeROrmIPbXbM7L0wJONBLoqQcqcIfEKsHU8NxKsrsKKgaWYAHdMhvZ6q61-41US8/s1600/vase6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mHS42HwwWFSqOCipBcPMscJ0QI43wwuPKgOg74bI1YRrXqlMzwGQ2DH2ryrMw_orV2ui6XqcdChvSeROrmIPbXbM7L0wJONBLoqQcqcIfEKsHU8NxKsrsKKgaWYAHdMhvZ6q61-41US8/s640/vase6.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>i can now see a very cool, very sweet looking tea-party happening in our garden before the end of summer...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">my chippy old french garden table, wine, some nibbly bits & some lovely english girlfriends...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i'll get the B.B {british bestie} onto that...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>hear that janey- my front garden in two weeks sweetie...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>start thinking about it...& where we can *put* the kids ;)</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWQ1HUVj4twJyKP_LIDIZ6BThkx6JmOJXQpESmAyPuNb7sLPpc-9HA6GjwAgY5XXd40-L3VJSPRYICVa5dp8RqwaAOZtwHHxuhpu-_HT5rjoCgaYsKY85GBUiBigJVyylW2LfyiqwcFBX/s1600/vase7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWQ1HUVj4twJyKP_LIDIZ6BThkx6JmOJXQpESmAyPuNb7sLPpc-9HA6GjwAgY5XXd40-L3VJSPRYICVa5dp8RqwaAOZtwHHxuhpu-_HT5rjoCgaYsKY85GBUiBigJVyylW2LfyiqwcFBX/s640/vase7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>when i walk the village on my own...no kiddos...no bikes or scooters or drink bottles in tow...</b><br />i walk the long way...winding up & down past the houses i <s>covert </s>love...<br />aahhhh-ing over the fences at the garden's i wish i had the patience for...<br /><i>always pinching a few bits...a few friday pretties...</i><br />hydrangeas...are everywhere at this time of year...<br />beautiful colours...<br />beautiful shapes...<br />beautiful in these vases...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEissiC_ei8IumE6bZJR8HnEHYEHh5hhVLpF1iCpqI3IxG5xeto63h8pk9kRi19U_4OojzKHfzBsRY3p4E__1qXl2lHtvID-Gjs0oK-37RaMtcUtYkY-bCaANHDWt6DMeZTvIg9ZcVjJ0dIg/s1600/vase8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEissiC_ei8IumE6bZJR8HnEHYEHh5hhVLpF1iCpqI3IxG5xeto63h8pk9kRi19U_4OojzKHfzBsRY3p4E__1qXl2lHtvID-Gjs0oK-37RaMtcUtYkY-bCaANHDWt6DMeZTvIg9ZcVjJ0dIg/s640/vase8.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><b>that is one seriously shapely little vase....L.O.V.E  I.T!</b><br />& love my chippy chair ;)<br /><b><br /></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVg66SQBN7tH4wFq6OxpHeM2HJL3J_MIq4L_1bFYOS7tgZ-VBrWV54Kdq3b_mEeNRfhU-PIfHKzkwEjoUQNU6AalSrpPVa2fwmH7aABh2Gde6HKQNM3CXc6KacYe_P9fzp9mK5nLeYNnj/s1600/vase9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVg66SQBN7tH4wFq6OxpHeM2HJL3J_MIq4L_1bFYOS7tgZ-VBrWV54Kdq3b_mEeNRfhU-PIfHKzkwEjoUQNU6AalSrpPVa2fwmH7aABh2Gde6HKQNM3CXc6KacYe_P9fzp9mK5nLeYNnj/s640/vase9.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">friday pretties</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><i>shared on a saturday morning</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">because when the storm of kids came home last night</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">there were endless stories of muddy stomping through the english countryside</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">&</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">pizza's to make!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">have a bloomin' great weekend gals</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">love me in spray paint heaven</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">xox</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">melissa </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><br />

friday pretties on a saturday morning in a village...

friday pretties... a gorgeously rare morning to myself... i love school holidays...i truly do... but every now & again...a day to myself...

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chippy old boxes & plimsolls...

<b>so...the lovely miss.audrey got the plimsolls & i got the old box...</b><br /><b>if the rosey sandshoes had fit me, i have to admit gals...i would have got both ;)</b><br />that's the beauty of being six & seeing nothing odd about your mummy loving an old box the same way you love flowery rosey new shoes...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFwXlhZM7MxXyQ5AuIZUA4VrZY0pITVHmiuokxPodfqrfwvy9DcGR1Zoc25b-KM-xtJANE9iGKzmNIP3-a5tHiJJDNFeneTgtSR7vvt6MD89WrcgsLOiNHDpe1pTx1EywEejWUGeYIKxmo/s1600/ashoes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFwXlhZM7MxXyQ5AuIZUA4VrZY0pITVHmiuokxPodfqrfwvy9DcGR1Zoc25b-KM-xtJANE9iGKzmNIP3-a5tHiJJDNFeneTgtSR7vvt6MD89WrcgsLOiNHDpe1pTx1EywEejWUGeYIKxmo/s640/ashoes1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><b>so...over our weekend at the <i>seaside, </i>a little welsh loveliness was thrown into the back of the car...</b><br />the locals giggled at me...<br />in fact, our dear, <i>unknowing</i> ;) welsh friends ribbed me quite a bit...<br />but i <i>knew</i> that this little box was a <i>hidden gem</i>...<br />actually they'll probably still giggle at it...& definately at me...<br />but i'm ok with that...<br /><i>cause i got the box...</i><br /><i>& my kid got the shoes...!</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsaI9V1AF99AYO32y9A0NSkCOWtPhe18BBdO2qpXGpwS5o1dBmElJW8k36L2LHdyQ6k8zQagx9ScuQzMiu3OIlXYkXU3x2jqyF-armMQIwNUXTOq5QACeRfRr8QvqRHRajQMrJVvIxpKmW/s1600/ashoes2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsaI9V1AF99AYO32y9A0NSkCOWtPhe18BBdO2qpXGpwS5o1dBmElJW8k36L2LHdyQ6k8zQagx9ScuQzMiu3OIlXYkXU3x2jqyF-armMQIwNUXTOq5QACeRfRr8QvqRHRajQMrJVvIxpKmW/s640/ashoes2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>remember my chippy ol' painted ladder with numbered steps that i {& quite a gang of you!} loved <a href="http://misssewandso.blogspot.com/2011/06/virtual-coffee-atop-chippy-vintage.html">*here*</a>...?</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">well i haven't had much use for the gorgeous swirly-curly french number *five* in the stencil set i used for this...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">but i figured...there are five of us...& since we drag out stuff to the front garden in various boxes & milk crates most days...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i thought i'd add this as a <i>very *make-me-happy-alternative* to an ugly plastic serving tray...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">full of napkins, tea towels, <s>crappy kids plastic ikea cups</s>...& french kid cups ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgURQx6LyRkxndV8sZ3Mjz_3_n6xFQ4_HqKVB-PC__xHbFKdjB_2zucvLBeqS4JA91O3q_8CK0CVbR2FsFhOqzokpjYDk_84y8-SahwtQsGYjprDnodi7bxWuPUmdVE0i4UYliFYL5wczhf/s1600/ashoes3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgURQx6LyRkxndV8sZ3Mjz_3_n6xFQ4_HqKVB-PC__xHbFKdjB_2zucvLBeqS4JA91O3q_8CK0CVbR2FsFhOqzokpjYDk_84y8-SahwtQsGYjprDnodi7bxWuPUmdVE0i4UYliFYL5wczhf/s640/ashoes3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>i used the same french stencil patterns that i used on the step ladder & various other <s>battered</s> vintage french tins that i've managed to sneak into this old house...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">they are super simple to use & rinse off in warm water...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i bought them on etsy <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/79759546/french-script-3-inch-numbers-reusable">*here*</a>...& use them pretty regularly round here...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08X7IfLiIDeQJP6oBc542rVYjKrP3nYQt2RPnK8ntq6Hk2LSyZ6gyN8NiV1jqd8v01-vf318E3VTg5ZWB8sfol5wN6ho6hhFlsE8h3DoUnuRvsd203WMlVtc1O4cLSMKIsnVI-0fByZoS/s1600/ashoes5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08X7IfLiIDeQJP6oBc542rVYjKrP3nYQt2RPnK8ntq6Hk2LSyZ6gyN8NiV1jqd8v01-vf318E3VTg5ZWB8sfol5wN6ho6hhFlsE8h3DoUnuRvsd203WMlVtc1O4cLSMKIsnVI-0fByZoS/s640/ashoes5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxeA3ktqVYB3Mr0LOHz9ED7S-yJdbYd4gMxYdfsm9p-PbUxZPbAEN0g5IBLeI4HeU-Ko7Xz_FHveSqWfWu3lebgkLTx6klZOpKGxQ8uR-tFT4x3g9CZdcdTbfdxAkek3VVilGK_fzdvBxb/s1600/ashoes6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxeA3ktqVYB3Mr0LOHz9ED7S-yJdbYd4gMxYdfsm9p-PbUxZPbAEN0g5IBLeI4HeU-Ko7Xz_FHveSqWfWu3lebgkLTx6klZOpKGxQ8uR-tFT4x3g9CZdcdTbfdxAkek3VVilGK_fzdvBxb/s640/ashoes6.jpg" width="610" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>so...sweet bloggy friends...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>my oh so humble words of wisdom are: if you see an old box for a fiver & your welsh friends start giggling...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">nab it...chuck it in the back of the car, under the kids feet with the sunscreen & that mountain of sand the kids felt a need to share...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">& then smugly come home & stencil it...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">then invite them round for a corona & lime served from <i>that box</i>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">they'll still giggle...but they won't say no to the beer...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">& they may even try to smuggle home the box...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxroZV-8DI9beRvzh8fk8I87sguLZ99vudbAI32vZf2L_0kfI1KKWCDUg_LPx2dMvHsqawkCoMdLE05m1xIIN7ohSSGtQuvFoBEFMVfnKKoaRt2nB8xfL2KoEVCSqrIiY5vVFDqcKz4Eb/s1600/ashoes7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxroZV-8DI9beRvzh8fk8I87sguLZ99vudbAI32vZf2L_0kfI1KKWCDUg_LPx2dMvHsqawkCoMdLE05m1xIIN7ohSSGtQuvFoBEFMVfnKKoaRt2nB8xfL2KoEVCSqrIiY5vVFDqcKz4Eb/s640/ashoes7.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">& </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">maybe even the kids plimsolls</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">the ones that were really meant to be mine anyway</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">do you ever do that?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">buy it for your babies <i>only</i> 'cause it doesn't fit you?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">i've been doing it for 13 years</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">&</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">i still haven't tired of it!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">go buy some frenchy stencils on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/79759546/french-script-3-inch-numbers-reusable">*etsy*</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">they are soo addictive</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">...enjoy...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">xox</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">melissa </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div>

chippy old boxes & plimsolls...

so...the lovely miss.audrey got the plimsolls & i got the old box... if the rosey sandshoes had fit me, i have to admit gals...i would h...

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vintage potato basket love & my thrift-hunting perfect kid...

<b>mooorning....</b><br />this is what i'm shouting up to my babies all snuggled upstairs in their beds, windows open listening to the british summer rain...<br />so...mooorning across the countryside & globe to you lot...<br /><br /><b>i have a lovely story, with a wee make-over thrown in for y'all today...</b><br />i don't know if you have sons or daughters or not...<br />or if you just *<i>borrow</i>* little ones when you need an excuse to...you know...see Toy Story 3 over the hols...or to buy the giant sized pop corn *<i>for-the-kids</i>* ;) at the movies...<br />but i have both...& my boy just keeps on giving...<br />Sol is a well-trained-vintage-spotting-kid...<br />he spotted these two little gems at 50 paces in our village market last week...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2cYl9ZwA-JzLsRNEGLbXICIZ3BQMPxg0usblJC1U7UC6MHjeXQHulx08UFQJc7IbpfSO5lA3TCPSoXqmOYWdSv8384W4Fdwz9MoP_XBINB3WAvaPDUwrOoCqG-T-HrWQLQa78rw9nuFcE/s1600/potato2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2cYl9ZwA-JzLsRNEGLbXICIZ3BQMPxg0usblJC1U7UC6MHjeXQHulx08UFQJc7IbpfSO5lA3TCPSoXqmOYWdSv8384W4Fdwz9MoP_XBINB3WAvaPDUwrOoCqG-T-HrWQLQa78rw9nuFcE/s640/potato2.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><br />potato picking baskets...<br />i'd alluded to them <b>many </b>times round the garden table...<br />i'd mentioned <b>many </b>times the one frenchy potato picking basket i had seen at a vintage shop up the road...<br />i <b>thought</b> no-one was listening...<br />well i was wrong...<b>big time!</b><br /><b>the kid was listening...</b><br />we were heading up to the weekly farmers market in our village square...<br />it's getting bigger & more varied as summer rolls on...<br />not that we gave two hoots about the blocks of farm butter or endless strawberries when we spotted these gorgeous things...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDtDAwFgS0U90-tTGSW313JkcLkphdPZ9AsuGfGJtgKfXYweArN_muBTUpzfEiZi5zCt7sk8WY8Puek8tx38eD4NF_cQp98c9kTbCs9H1062ZEGdn-pxbIIwdktJsTewLpO3Xx45SSwgK/s1600/potato4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDtDAwFgS0U90-tTGSW313JkcLkphdPZ9AsuGfGJtgKfXYweArN_muBTUpzfEiZi5zCt7sk8WY8Puek8tx38eD4NF_cQp98c9kTbCs9H1062ZEGdn-pxbIIwdktJsTewLpO3Xx45SSwgK/s640/potato4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>he <s>bolted</s> raced calmly up to the vintagey stall & nabbed those babies...</b><br /><b>one over each arm...& grinned at me...</b><br />i honestly didn't care how much they were- he was so delighted with himself i would've paid anything...<br />{just for the record Ritchie honey- not really <i>anything!}</i><br />the one i had been lusting over *up-the-road* was £50...that's a lot of potatoes!!<br />i readied myself...spotted the line at the bank...& nearly fell over when she said that <b>he</b> could have them both for £15...!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtb4GWc3uQkIpFv_fdwUZTi7rEKS4wY0gtUrpZYq_vy-A1ZBjz4F3vVqyhmOwFm1a7pOrpGGLWAtt_qjkeRQlUB-Sz3bQ-y_7u32jqohqDCGPj7roquF8EfMyQsnCUciAQOhZkRM_DOO_w/s1600/potato1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtb4GWc3uQkIpFv_fdwUZTi7rEKS4wY0gtUrpZYq_vy-A1ZBjz4F3vVqyhmOwFm1a7pOrpGGLWAtt_qjkeRQlUB-Sz3bQ-y_7u32jqohqDCGPj7roquF8EfMyQsnCUciAQOhZkRM_DOO_w/s640/potato1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />the kid is a up-cycling-make-mum-delightfully-happy-vintage-spotting-genius!<br />look at these lovelies....!<br /><br /><b>but...yellow is probably my least fave house colour & whilst i love red...it's just not me...</b><br />i lived with them like this for the weekend...<br />i moved them around & talked myself into the virtues of yellow & red sitting alongside our mix match of loved goodies...<br />but it wouldn't last...& again the <b>genius kid</b> suggested i paint them white...<br />i seriously love this trained up boy...<br />& then, to nail the decision, i came across this stuff...<br /><b><i>Painter's Touch - multi purpose spray paint in *heirloom white*...<a href="http://www.rustoleumspraypaint.com/">{check it out here- Rust-oleum}</a></i></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgYiGU-OSO02FGol5jSQLe3ruvU7LiJkyy0f2RDi12nHJBa5oOvDJ2HzwD8PskUYGZHK1M4xgqcAxxi8bzEc_WjbI_2ni6UTwbVeFvg4_6BOSAz67uAQxCBXlSbihm8n0gGf5pjwvnuHB/s1600/potato5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgYiGU-OSO02FGol5jSQLe3ruvU7LiJkyy0f2RDi12nHJBa5oOvDJ2HzwD8PskUYGZHK1M4xgqcAxxi8bzEc_WjbI_2ni6UTwbVeFvg4_6BOSAz67uAQxCBXlSbihm8n0gGf5pjwvnuHB/s640/potato5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><i>it is heaven & convenience in a aerosol can...</i><br />it's instant...consistent & perfect for fiddly jobs like old wire potato picking baskets...<br />i am buying shares in the company...<br />how brilliant is this stuff!!<br />you can spray wood, metal , ceramics- virtually anything...<br /><i>it's my new household drug of choice...</i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-iLk32NGzIF5mQaUGuC9qxjyjXaSAsj99E0l7fNl9gP-jdBbXWAtR3PnpWyf1dfTEz31YuNMxfCZB5zAHCfQUcWbRBtWXJMm_MGMLLw_7Rl9X8V_jBW3PnHGvBCXNsXZZ_Gg7pLnJ9Km/s1600/potato7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-iLk32NGzIF5mQaUGuC9qxjyjXaSAsj99E0l7fNl9gP-jdBbXWAtR3PnpWyf1dfTEz31YuNMxfCZB5zAHCfQUcWbRBtWXJMm_MGMLLw_7Rl9X8V_jBW3PnHGvBCXNsXZZ_Gg7pLnJ9Km/s640/potato7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /></i><br />the gals beds are up soon...<br />black to white wrought iron...<br />then that lovely little steel-legged school desk in the playroom...<br />those rotten photo frames tossed in a  box in my sewing room...<br />there is no stopping me...<br /><i>all thanks to my gorgeous boy!</i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Wc7dqR1nAJela6tLh_Xizd61I3gDhOXADVTKQ3_7oy-iKxieupNowxU6MNLTptjaHoZB1wRAb50WoiR7VC_lN0AZBffriqbaqWWSaZon-WPOp8v5gGeOtolhjKYBSsPiqAXuWRzRoiGs/s1600/boo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Wc7dqR1nAJela6tLh_Xizd61I3gDhOXADVTKQ3_7oy-iKxieupNowxU6MNLTptjaHoZB1wRAb50WoiR7VC_lN0AZBffriqbaqWWSaZon-WPOp8v5gGeOtolhjKYBSsPiqAXuWRzRoiGs/s640/boo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><br /></b><br /><b>what d'ya think?</b><br /><b>don't you adore a story of love, family, potato baskets & awesome time-saving spray paint...</b><br /><b>a little make-over encouraged by a soccer-scooter-skateboard-park-mad-10-year-old-kid...</b><br /><b>it made my day!</b><br /><b><br /></b><br />so...<br />next time you see a perfectly shaped-hideous coloured jug at a market...<br />grab it...& spray the little treasure...<br />stash that wicker basket -it's too easy to paint now...<br />throw that stool in the boot...<br />they can all be changed to perfectly vintaged & lovely in 10 minutes tops...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-iLk32NGzIF5mQaUGuC9qxjyjXaSAsj99E0l7fNl9gP-jdBbXWAtR3PnpWyf1dfTEz31YuNMxfCZB5zAHCfQUcWbRBtWXJMm_MGMLLw_7Rl9X8V_jBW3PnHGvBCXNsXZZ_Gg7pLnJ9Km/s1600/potato7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-iLk32NGzIF5mQaUGuC9qxjyjXaSAsj99E0l7fNl9gP-jdBbXWAtR3PnpWyf1dfTEz31YuNMxfCZB5zAHCfQUcWbRBtWXJMm_MGMLLw_7Rl9X8V_jBW3PnHGvBCXNsXZZ_Gg7pLnJ9Km/s640/potato7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">p.s....</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i've got my new FB page up & running...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i'm putting up extra blog *photo shoot* pickies & other creations...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">great websites i shop on & blog discoveries...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">love to hear what you think on all these things & more...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">come & say hi...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">xxx</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">p.p.s... </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i dropped my canon dslr off a park bench a week ago- that's how much i love watching my kids do skate tricks in the park- i jumped & dropped my camera!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">so you'll have to bare with me & my i-phone pickies this week as my beloved never-leaves-my-side camera is at the *canon spa*!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">linking up today <a href="http://www.myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com/2011/08/tuesdays-treasures_08.html">*here*</a> at</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>*my uncommon slice of suburbia*</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">head over for some seriously gorgeous inspiration</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div><br />

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