Vintage specs

Great selection of vintage specs at the flea market this morning! I almost bought yet another pair, but stepped away...

 

 

Satisfied customer

A happy customer emailed me a photo of my 'Fast & Louche' print in situ in his house. Shame the photo doesn't show any of the actual house for context but, all the same, I'm glad he's pleased.

'Fast & Louche' finds a new home.

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/155649648/fast-louche-one-and-two-colour-screen

Reclaim the Forgotten

Reclaim the Forgotten
Cherish the Neglected
Treasure the Abandoned
Encourage the Overlooked
Adore the Unfashionable
Re-invent the Unwanted
Champion the Unloved
Value the Rejected

http://museumofbritishfolklore.com/

Work in progress

Drawing in progress for new print in 'hair' series.

Pageboy

New vintage wallpaper screen prints available in my Etsy shop now.
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/162894354/pageboy-two-colour-screen-print-on

Sunday, Sunday…

Beat the weather to the market and then the vintage fair today.

The fleamarket yielded six (yes, six) DVDs to keep the kids happy and 'Jimmy Smith Plays the Standards' on vinyl. Time was, it would have bothered me that "DALE" has written his name in biro across the album sleeve.)

1950s print cotton dress and Jimmy Smith Plays the Standards LP on vinyl.

Wallpaper sample book.

I wonder what Dale's up to now...

Yours, Astonished of St Leonards on Sea

We took the train along the coast to St Leonards on Sea today for a long-overdue visit to my old friend Erica. 

We did the usual mooching about, stopping to be introduced to friends of hers in the street, drinking coffee etc. Then, as we headed towards the sea, she stopped, waved though a window and rang at the doorbell of an unassuming building. We were let inside on condition that the kids were "kept under control" and wow! The place was FULL of fairground illuminations. 

The owner wanted us to see the workshop where they rewired the lights, but I was more interested in the engraved glass "Gramophone Room" doors on the way in.

I wish I had not obeyed the signs saying not to take any photos – these are all from the site of their – lovely, but less jaw-dropping – shop on Norman Road, http://www.sideshowinteriors.co.uk

I now covet metre-high illuminated letters shouting "HELLO" over my front door. And a very big electricity bill to match.

More info on the quirky shops and cafés of the area can be found at http://verystleonards-on-sea.co.uk