LAST LOOT?

I guess this might be the last car boot sale loot post for
a while. This is a few of my finds from last Saturday.

Vintage satin Hanukkah bush ornaments, £1 for the lot.
Need to get the kitsch factor even higher this year.

Vintage Bambi, 20 pence.
There's a few patches missing but I plan to take some off
the bottom and glue onto his face, if and when I got time
that is. Right now he looks like he's ready for Halloween,
like the skin is coming off and show his skull. :P

1980's He-man drawstring bag, 20 pence.
Someone clearly took and old pillow case and turned into
a drawstring bag for gym class, not successfully I might add.
My plan is to sew on some straps and make a tote bag out
of it instead.

Book, £1.
Cheaper than Amazon and eBay. ;P 

Vintage bamboo frame, 20 pence.
Perfect for notifications or whatever when I have a stall.
Or our living room...

Vintage bamboo jewelry box, £1.
I'm thinking this could serve well for the stall as well.
Nice way to show the jewelry that's for sale.

Vintage jewelry, £1 for the lot.
Love them both. I'm impressed with the handiwork on the
necklace, it's just so amazing.

Pretty make up bag, 20 pence.
Too kitsch and too good of a price not to get.

1960's coat, £2.
I was so happy when I found this because
I've been looking on eBay for 3 years now 
for a teal coat but without luck.
£2 for a nice coat is what I call a steal!

1950's nylon nightgown, £1.
I can't get enough of these and whenever I find
one for under £5 I always get them.

WEEKEND BARGAINS

I must say that PMS and car boot sales are one bad
combination! Still I managed to get some pretty neat
stuff.
Here's a few items of the load I dragged back home.

Red glitter vinyl clutch, £1.
How could I resist?

Big 1960's suitcase, £1.
Great storage!!! I got a few old suitcases and cases and they
are absolutely awesome as storage. Stylish too. :)

Vintage wicker bags, 50 pence each.
Yeah, like I need more? :))

Nine West straw tote, £1.
I'm no brand girl but I do like the black straw and the gold trim. 
Might remove the gold tag and add some exotic flowers instead.

1950's gold lamé handbag, 50 pence.
Another bag I couldn't resist.

1950's handbag, 50 pence.
This bag was awfully filthy on the outside but with some non 
scratch scourers and Fairy liquid it turned out great.

Mock croc jewelry box, 50 pence.
Nice and big box for bigger necklaces, all my old (1950's/1960's)
jewelry boxes are so damn small and I really needed something
this size. I managed to haggle it down to 50 pence because the 
clasp needed gluing.

Moomin book, 50 pence.
I saw this in a comic book store in Brighton last year but didn't
want to spend £13, glad I waited. :D

1960's and 1970's toys, £3 for the lot.
So awesome...

NO REST FOR THE WICKED!

I was supposed to have today off, that didn't happen!
We had a huge delivery yesterday and all that needed
to be sorted and cleaned before tomorrow when we
hopefully get more donations from the antique dealer
and his friends. We also get a wall built upstairs in the
future show room so the area around it needed to be
cleared. I'm finally gonna get a workshop in the shop.
I also had to go to a house clearance this evening so in
total I had an 11 hour day with no breaks.

It sure is nice to sit in bed and blog right now, this is
"me time"!

OK, let's change the subject just a little.
I want to show you a few things I managed to snag at
the antique market last Friday...


1950's kangaroo salt and pepper shaker, £2.
This is in mint condition and it was love as first sight!
I think it's so funny how the big kangaroo is slouching, it does
remind me of how English Bull Terriers sit. :))
The S&P shakers are the small ones by the way.


1950's/1960's plastic fruit, £1 for the lot.
I was happy as can be when I found these 3 stems of plastic
fruit, there's no better way to revamp a wicker bag!


Hair flower/brooch, 75 pence.
I hate fraying flowers so this might go on a fascinator to give
it a bit of a vintage shabby chick flare.


Starburst hair clip, 75 pence.
Love this! Looking forward to get my aqua green wig so I can
wear it in style - Atomic style! :D


1960's powder dispenser, 75 pence.
This is so handy! I don't use compact powder and it's not easy to
find a pocket size dispenser that have a separate compartment
for the powder puff. This was a great find!


1960's clutch, free.
I actually got a fascinator in the same color so that's really
neat. Even better, it was free! :)


1950's sewing book, free.
Yes, the antique dealer we get stuff donated from has got an eye
out for cool stuff just for me and he doesn't care about money.
Now that's a great start of the weekend! :D


Early 1960's beauty book, £2.
Oh la la, a book in a box, now that's fancy, just how I like it.
Let's have a look inside...


As you can see it's called The Book of Beauty by Eileen Allen.


Lovely illusions are good, I can do with that!


Oh yeah, I want killer eyebrows like Miss Tayva, maybe this
book can teach me a thing or two...

I could go on all evening posting pages out of this one but
I'm way too tired, maybe I do a post just about this book
in the future.


1950's Panorama Viewer, £1.
I don't care that much about the toy but I looove the box!
So cool!


This is the back of the box, now how neat is that! :D

KITSCH BOOST

I got two days off from restoring and revamping.
Well, not really, got a table and a few other bits that need
some fixing so I took them home so I can work in a warm
environment. Also got some research to do.
I really do need a break, we'd been working even on our
days off lately and yesterday were manic to say the least!
I finished restoring six pieces of furniture and I learned the
art of creating a shabby chic distressed look and after we
closed we went to an amazing Edwardian house (built 1906)
to meet this rich man who wanted to donate a lot of stunning
furniture from the 1930's and a ton of books.
On Friday I will post a picture of the most gorgeous vanity
I ever seen! (He gave away two!) I so wish this house were
bigger, I would so keep it for myself if that was the case. :P

Got some new pictures of the shop after we rearranged it.
Check it out here! (Newest pics first.)

Just before Hanukkah I ordered two craft books for myself.
(They arrived last week.)
I needed a kitsch boost and these really did the trick! :)
I got them both for a song (less than £2 each) from Amazon.
Click the links to get a preview of the contents of the books.


The Naughty Secretary Club:
The Working Girl's Guide to Handmade Jewelry


Craftster Guide to Nifty, Thrifty, and Kitschy Crafts:
Fifty Fabulous Projects from the Fifties and Sixties


I also got this tape dispenser for £5.99 on eBay.

MY HALLOWEEN WEEKEND

I guess most of you were dressed up in costumes last night.
If you were, what or who were you dressed up as?
I myself didn't dress up, I stayed in and relaxed with my
hairy werewolf man.



Here's what I did during the Halloween weekend...


I baked Swedish sticky chocolate cake with Baileys. Divine!
I wanted to bake pumpkin pie but we didn't have all ingredients at home.


Had an evening snack with my man while watching scary movies.
We had raw cauliflower, carrot sticks and hummus.
Cauliflower looks like brain by the way. :D


I was an online DJ, playing only spooky tracks from 1950's-1960's.


I read spooky books.


And watched The Munsters.

Right now I'm taking care of a horror show of it's own, my
closet, rotating to fall and winter wear. A total nightmare.

SATURDAY'S FINDS

On Saturday I dared to drag myself out of bed and
go to a local car boot sale with my man.
It was like hell on earth in the heat and with a lot of
not so polite people around but I did snag some neat
stuff so I shouldn't complain.

Here's some of the finds.
Click the images for a better view.


Coat, £2.50
Like I need another one!!!
My man gave it to me, he thought it was really cool and I thought it
looked like something out of the wardrobe of Sky Captain and the
World of Tomorrow.


Vintage crochet top, 50 pence.
This top is SO neat and it's my favorite shade of yellow.


Satin tunic dress, 20 pence.
I'm gonna alter this slightly, take it in on the sides and also shorten it
so I can use it as a top.
This looks awesome with black harem pants and a elastic belt.


Tunic dress, 50 pence.
This also look really good with black harem pants and my vintage elastic
belt with rose buckle. I need to show you at some point soon!


Close up.


1950's kids stuff, £1.50 for the lot.
My favorite in this lot is the song book, it has illustrations by one of my
favorite illustrators, Mary Blair. *swoon*


Framed picture, 70 pence.
I've been wanting one since 2005! :D


1960's tin, £2.
The prefect tin for my bags of seeds.


Vintage lurex wool, £2.50
Vintage dressmakers chalk, 50 pence.
I want to learn how to knit and what wool suits this gal better than
lurex wool. :))
Wool is not that cheap over here so a whole bag for £2.50 is one heck
of a bargain! I might be able to use the wool if I want to have a go with
the 1950's loom I got last week...