Desperate for Spring !

These fuys below were a haul from a trip visiting friends and family in Brighton and Witterings in Sussex. I found these just before Spring sprung and have been so busy with various things that Summer is nearly here! So best get them logged and blogged. I have noticed since doing this that the seasons and visuals associated to seasons have an effect on what I find and buy. I would like to think that I am different, just like my Great Aunt May, being a square peg in a round hole, but something’s, like the seasons are just bigger than me.


70s yellow flower print biscuit barrel from Witterings. Going to use it for storing buttons and sewing things, could also be used for diy bits too, undecided.
Perspex dandelion paperweight, this is so amazing, nature and plastic together! What a concept? The dandelion looks all fluffy like it’s at the point in its life /death when it’s going to be dispersed on a Summer’s day. Eat your heart out Damien Hurst! I think this little commercial paper weight is a big contender. Found in a charity shop in Surrey.
Daffodil candle holder made from pottery. Its looks very 1920s in colouring style and a bit Jazzy! A lady can never have enough candle sticks! Found in a charity shop in Surrey.


My cat getting in on the action, he just loves it, he sees me with the camera and he is there like a shot, literally.


Knitting bag / organiser, bought for the print, love the scale and Green, Yellow, Black exotic print vibe teamed with the wood. It’s a user and an inspirer! Found and bought in Charity shop in Surrey.


Enid Blyton children’s books, brilliant illustrations and colours on the covers. I am noticing this is getting to be a bit of a thing of mine posting books for inspiration from the cover design. Recently watched a film called “Enid” about her life story and didn’t realise see was a bit of a complicated lady, well aren’t all the best ones! Found these in Charity shop in Surrey.


Check jumbo clip 50p– again really into the scale of this print and like how padded it is. I think it was old 80s stock someone had given to the charity shop as they had a few. Found and bought in Charity shop in Surrey.

Dinner on London

Found these coasters with colour photo scenes of London in a charity shop in Witterings. Love the box that neatly holds them all in. When I spotted it I thought I had found some old family jewels’ as the box had that look of finding treasure about it. The photos on the coasters have an unreal picture postcard look to them. So strange to see the London I have lived in for 20 years looking so calm and clean?

Exotic Ladies

1970s commercial art has been a fancy of mine for a good while. I first started finding it in charity shops and boot sales for a pound or two many years ago. Sadly those days are gone, so I thought? Tretchikoff, Lynch and Pearson women can sell for as much as £60 these days, not that I bought my beauties for that reason. For me I loved the representation of the exotic lady, the kitsch and commercial art for everybody vibe. I found this Pearson Lady print below in an old junk yard in Reading for £3, couldn’t believe my eyes when this beauty came into my vision. She is such a stunner and will fit in a treat with my other ladies on the wall, you go ladies!