Charity shopping.

I had one trip the charity shops on the way home, and came home with all of this (plus a dress, that was in the wash!),

My mum's friend gave me her copies of the Terence Conran House Books ages ago and I sent them to the charity shop when I moved house.  Which I regretted.  They have amazing retro interiors photos in.   I bought an edition of The House Book for £1 from the library book sale, then picked up an earlier edition, and a copy of Plants at Home second hand online too.

Terence Conran's The House Books, and Plants at Home, £1 from library book sale, and about £3 each online.  

You can't tell from this photo, but this is a stack of 5 (FIVE!) Kiln Craft Baccus plates.  Which is my absolute favourite make and design of 1970's plates.  I couldn't resist them!

Kiln Craft Baccus plates, £2.50, local Air Ambulance charity shop.

This Hornsea Saffron pepper shaker pot came with an extra special free gift, a load of gross old white pepper in the bottom!

Hornsea Saffron pepper pot, 50p, local Air Ambulance charity shop.

I'll admit I can't remember when or where I bought this, but it was definitely from a charity shop, and it's super cute.  The pale blue bits of glaze are raised so it's lovely and texture-y.

Plant pot, can't have been more than a pound, from one of the local charity shops! 

Have you had any luck in the charity shops lately?

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For Christmas, pretty Gisela Gottschlich illustrations.

Merry Christmas everyone!  

Here are some gorgeous retro Christmas illustrations to look at and say 'oooh' and 'aaaah', they're from 'My Big Christmas Book' and I think most of the illustrations are by Gisela Gottschlich.  

I hope you all have a lovely festive season.

Lots of love, Susie xx

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Awesome 1990s street style, from J-17 magazine.

I have a folder full of torn out pages from my late 1990s, early 2000s collection of J-17 magazine.  

I used to love these street style pages, and wish so hard for so many of the things I saw the girls wearing.  Top of my list were some black mary jane shoes, Doc Marten ones.  I actually did manage to get a pair of purple cord super flares, can you spot some in the second photo down?!

I loved J-17 because had alternative looking people in it, and as a reminder here's what I looked like in the late nineties (in all my purple cord super flares, fluffy cropped jumper and dog collared glory!), ahahahaa,

Anywayyyy...

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Charity shopping - the one with the Gottschlich hedgehogs.

I've only got two things to show you this time.  I'm trying to cut back my spending a little, and really, our house is too full! 

But it's OK, because I really, really, really love what I bought!

This plate is one of those things that I saw one week, practiced good will power and left behind.  But then it was still there the next week, so I decided it was meant to be mine and bought it quickly!  I love it so!  It says 'Gottschlich' on the front and Britannia Designs on the back.  I couldn't find much about Britannia Designs online, but I did find a bit about Gottschlich, which lead me to my next purchase.

Gisela Gottschlich hedgehog plate, Severn Hospice charity shop, £1.49.

After some online research I found that Gisela Gottschlich, the illustrator who drew the hedgehogs for my plate, had drawn lots of other lovely things, and I fell a bit in love with her.  A conversation on Facebook lead me to this book, which I found for a bargain on Ebay.  It's really beautiful, I love the style of the illustrations and it's so lovely and Christmassy.

My Big Christmas Book, Ebay, £2.99 inc. postage. 

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What have you been buying?  Any good bargains or new obsessions?  

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J-17 magazine, nineties and noughties fashion.

The way I dressed as a teenager in the 1990s has become retro!  Here are some pages from my collection of J17 magazines, 

I definitely used to stick stickers in my hair, and I had a sparkly tummy necklace too (I can't remember what we used to call those, belly chain??)!

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J-17 magazine, early noughties fashion.

You know I love a bit of retro, and now I'm old enough that things from my childhood are considered vintage.  Now I know how my mum felt when I was into 1970's hippy stuff in the 1990's and she told me the seventies were only 15 years ago!

I recently discovered a folder full of torn out pages from early noughties copies of J-17 magazine (they would be from around 1999-2002), and I thought I'd share some of them here for posterity. 

Did you read J-17 in the late nineties and early noughties?  I spent ages studying the photos and then sticking stickers, bindis and glitter all over myself!

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Retro Seventies Crafts #3. Accessories.

These are the last of my retro craft cards. 

They were published by Hamlyn in 1979, and these ones all feature beautiful accessories, for you or the home.

I especially like the slipper socks (and the green clogs in the photo!) and the blue Portmerion pottery in the rag place mat photo.

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Retro Seventies Crafts #2. Crochet.

Here are some more of my wonderfully bonkers seventies craft pattern cards.  These ones all feature crochet.

They were published by Hamlyn in 1979.

I'd love a loopy hat or a poncho, how about you?

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Retro Seventies Crafts #1. Animals, Dolls and Creatures.

I found some craft cards from the seventies while I was tidying and packing things in my flat.  They're so cute and funny and bonkers, I had to share some with you! 

The cards were published by Hamlyn in 1979.

My absolute favourite pattern is 'Blondie and the Spaceman', I love the wallpaper in the background, and Blondie's lace nipples!

Which is your favourite?

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