I am experiencing a bit of a barren spell in the local charity shops at the moment, which, to be honest, is no bad thing as I made a conscious decision that I wouldn’t be listing anything new on eBay until the New Year, because I simply couldn’t face the inevitable, horrendous queues at the Post Office. I post all my cards, parcels etc. on 1st December and then that’s it, we remain strangers until January!
However, it still doesn’t stop me from popping in (to the charity shops) to drop off the bits and pieces that I no longer want/need, December and January always being a good time to have a sort out and well, it would be rude not to have a little mooch…….
So to fill an otherwise empty Wednesday post I thought I would show you the things I have either lusted over or temptation got the better of me …….
I have fancied a dolls house to “do up” for a couple of years now, but size is an issue, it has to be really small, to fit on the drawer unit in my craft room/spare room, where my printer currently sits, but which could be put somewhere else at a pinch if the right house came along. I saw these two dolls houses in the Salvation Army Shop over a couple of weeks, they were only £30 each, which was a steal as they must have cost much, much, more new.
If they had been half the size, at least, I might have been tempted, but really in my minds eye, I imagine me with a really dilapidated old house that could be quirky, rather than something pristine that I would be frightened of messing up and having to keep the contents to scale ……
I did however buy this box of wooden vintage style decorations for £3.99 in another charity shop. There are 45 pieces altogether, plus the wooden box that they came in, which I am sure I can turn into a small, whimsical style painted tray.
The figures are very well painted, so these, I don’t think would have been cheap originally.
I am torn between putting these towards another Christmas wreath or maybe making up some small, craft stick, house shaped bases to create more detailed kitschy scenes as individual tree decorations. We shall see……..
This little wooden jewellery box for just £1 appealed to me, because, apart from my free Burnham On Sea charity shop chair, I doubt very much, due to space, I’ll able to paint any more furniture in my current favourite whimsical style, but I could go smaller. I am thinking of re-painting it white to give it a base after which I could use acrylic paint pens to create the patterns, well that’s the theory anyway. So a few projects in the making for the New Years
And finally …….. my first pair of Irregular Choice shoes for £5. I don’t know what possessed me, because they are a size 39 (five and a half?), no where near my size, but they are beautiful, my pictures don’t just do them justice. I think they were most probably wedding shoes and worn once for that occassion, as there is very little evidence of wear other than on the bottom, where the pattern is a little worn. They are perfect dressing up shoes.
I know very little about this make of shoes, except that I drool over them and I seriously do not generally do shoes. I am guessing the date 01/2013 was when they were produced/made?
I don’t know what I am going to do with them, dare I show Iris?
In all honesty, with undoubted sellers regret, I think I will sell them on ………..
…….. but only after I have loved them for a little bit longer ……….
