Charity Shop Shopping

I can’t tell you how good it feels to be able to go out and have a good mooch again.

Today a few small tranklements to fill the odd corner all from the Vale Wildlife Shop in Evesham. They cost me pence and when I tire of them I can simply donate them back or put them in my various tut sacks for Christmas family gatherings!  My total spend was £1.90.

I  had so wanted to be able to find a few more Easter bits and pieces to add to my festive shelves this year before lockdown fraughted my ambitions, which is why this little Easter egg trinket box was a no brainer at 40p!

It wasn’t until I got home that I saw the label on the bottom that said Gisela Graham.  I reckon there’s a bit of age to it as the style of the label print looks a bit different to a present day one and I can only find one other reference to it online on eBay. I also guess that new it wouldn’t have been that cheap.  Not to everyone’s taste, but on my festive shelves, for just three or for weeks, it will do very nicely.

Another no brainer here, 20p (?) and again when I got home I saw the label ……..

…… this time it’s from East of India and is still available on Amazon for £12.99, all be it without its fancy box.  I’ve found a home for it for now as I really like it, but where else am I going to find something for 20p as a whimsical nonsense at the Christmas or Boxing Day table?

I am assuming that this 80p hand painted vase was possibly originally from Greece (?), bought because I had just moved something from my shower room shelves and it seemed to fit the space.

The shelves are filled with other bits and pieces that also cost no more than £1, except for the largest of the hands which cost me £4.00, which is going some for me! The vase on the top left annoys me as it really doesn’t go, so I am now on a lookout for it’s replacement, then I shall take it back from whence it came.

I also found a small terracotta pumpkin tealight holder for 50p, safely put away for Halloween, it’s nothing special, but I think I might cover it with a lightweight, small print, Halloween design paper and varnish, even perhaps adding a couple of plastic creepy crawlies to it ……… we shall see.