Sewing Box revival!

Bought this tatty sewing box from the flea market a few weeks ago, and decided to make it green! I also replaced all the screws with nice brass ones. I tried making my own chalk paint for this, as I couldn't find a small pot to buy. I used one part emulsion paint to 2 parts calcium carbonate (which is essentially chalk powder) and it worked pretty well I think! I did varnish it after to prevent scratches. Now I just have to find some stuff to put in it, shouldn't be too hard!

Flea Market Finds April 2014

Today as I often do I braved the vicious winds to go to the Giant Flea Market in the Bath & West Showground in Shepton Mallet.

I was pleased with the milk jug I bought, as is it a Wedgewood design, "Woodbury" of which I have a small collection already (see this post). I loved the colour of the other jug I got, I think it's from Poole pottery. I also got 2 small creatures, a Whimsy vole and random glass Hedgehog!

Also lots of necklaces were around, so I carefully chose 2 so as to not go mad and buy lots! (very tempting). Finally I got an old tin in which I plan to put plants, oh and some more small bottles to add to the many I already have! A good day and worth the cold.

Flea Market finds - October

I was really hoping to find a nice mirror or dressing table this time at the Flea Market, but alas I didn't buy the mirror I liked quickly enough and then it was gone! Here are the things I found.

I was particularly pleased with the (1960's?) bakery posters, I got them on my way to the exit at the last minute, they didn't look that interesting at first, but when I rummaged further into the pile I found some of the original drawings for the advert (hand lettered which is cool) and also some of the red coloured separations which they would have used to create the screens to screen print the posters. The separation sheets have been hand cut with a scalpel, must have had to be really accurate!

Also found another magic lantern slide, the subject seems rather sinister but interesting nonetheless. Got some melaware jugs too, to go with an orange one I already have, and a large jam pan which I thought to put plants in before realising they would probably need some form of drainage!

 

 

Original painting, acetate separation and finished bakery poster.

Chunky pies poster

Civil war magic lantern slide

Flea Market finds

A very windy and chilly Flea market at Shepton today, not as many stalls as sometimes but still I managed to find a few bits. The suitcase is so cute I'm going to add it to my pile of suitcases as soon as I can find a new home for my recycling bin. Saw an amazing mid-century modern sideboard but alas it would have been too big to fit in my tiny car (and most probably my tiny house!) One day...
 

Pretty brooch

Cheese dish, brooches, tiny suitcase and type tray

I think the cheese dish glass might look nicer on a vintage plate

Flea Market finds

I think I have got addicted to the Flea Market in Shepton. My legs are rather tired and it was quite muddy but I got a few things:

 No letterpress woodblocks today unfortunately but I did find this wooden letter A and brass letter I.

The two tiny glass bottles will go nicely with my little collection, and they keys I have put inside my type tray coffee table.

The little suitcase is very cute, I think I'll try to clean it up a bit and then put it on display, I'd quite like a pile of them and also they'd be useful for putting stuff in!

Flea Market finds 2

I visited the Giant Flea Market again yesterday at Shepton Mallet, and these are my finds!

 My favourite things are probably the old type blocks which I bought in my initials, also I got an ampersand and from a separate stall I bought a printing block of a pointing hand.

 The platter and plates are "Woodbury" ceramics by Wedgwood, drawn by Victor Skellern in the late 1950s..

I also got some Hornsea "Heirloom" spice pots and small jug, and various old glass bottles. Very pleased with my little hoard.

Flea Market finds

I've never been to a Flea market before and today I went to the "Giant Flea Market" at Shepton Mallet. These are my finds, for some reason I like Hornsea Pottery lately, I think it may have a revival soon. Also got some strange medicine/lemonade bottles and a small type tray, which I think I'll be able to make nice again :)