This is the scary looking chap that guards our telephone in the front room… As part of the start of yet another collection, I felt it was time that some vintage sewing made an appearance in the form of some vintage toys. I’ve got a few old or at least retro-inspired toys now and some…
Charity Shop Finds: To Ebay or Not?
I absolutely love trawling round the charity shops. You can find the most amazing things for bargain prices. My boyfriend claims that I am far too bothered by how much things cost, and he hates how I list the prices on here. Yet, I can’t help but be amazed at facts such as: today, I…
A Rag Rug Inspired by West German Pottery!
I’ve already failed to post ‘A Friday Find’ even on the second week of my self imposed ‘must do’. I’ve actually got a few bits and bobs that I picked up last weekend, but alas I didn’t have the use of the camera last night. A has gone off today to do a leg of…
Odds and Ends of Retro Italian Pottery
The amount of knowledge I have about Italian pottery amounts to: zilch. I have not got a clue! Whereas with West German pots I’m beginning to build up a bank of knowledge about their origins, era and types, with the Italian stuff I couldn’t tell you who, what, where or when about any of it. …
How It Works… Retro Ladybird Book Designs
How it Works… Collection by Ladybird books When I was a kid, I used to get a Ladybird book every week (if I was good) instead of sweets. There must be dozens of them at my parents house, unless they’ve got rid of them all! These books, released by Ladybird in the late 70s,…
The Friday Find…
Today’s find! At the moment, I’m all cock-a-hoop with the joys of writing a blog. Admittedly, I’m only getting an average of about ten people a day reading it but I don’t mind as I’m enjoying it so much. However, as I was wandering around Glossop today, I did think that maybe there would…
Vintage Prints by Tretchikoff and Others…
We’re starting to amass a fairly substantial collection of vintage prints in the house now. As well as this collection of ladies, we’ve got a few of the miniature Soulet prints, which no doubt will be making an appearance on here in the future! About two years ago, we went to a car boot sale…
West German Pottery Collection
A few years ago, my boyfriend and I took our first ever trip to Hebden Bridge together. It’s a lovely place and I highly recommend going there. Anyway, we visited a retro shop, which is sadly no longer around, that had shelves upon shelves filled with West German pottery. At the time, we had no…
Vintage Decorating Ideas
A few years ago, I was lucky enough to find this gem of a book in a charity shop. I think I paid 30p for it. The past couple of months, I’ve been thinking about the next house we buy and how I’d love to do it up in a really unusual, retro style; each…
Chocolate and Coconut Macaroons….
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm…. just made them and they’re warm, crunchy, gooey and yummy. Nyom nyom. Recipe is here.
An Easy Peasy Retro Skirt
Ta da! Skirt with complete outfit. Please ignore the manic grin and double chin!! So one of the things I really enjoy doing is sewing. Actually, more than sewing itself, I enjoy looking at vintage patterns and seeing what other people have created. One of my favourite blogs to read is Sew Retro. Here, the…
Why ‘A Little Lost Roe Deer’?
There are two questions that can be read from the title of my blog. Firstly, why create the blog at all? Well, that’s easy to answer. Something to do! I love writing, but for many years have put off writing anything. Lack of confidence? Nothing to write about? Probably both of these and more. Doing this seems a way of getting me back into the swing of things and allowing me a forum in which to ponder the things I am interested in. Mostly: retro items, reading, Ebay, sewing, baking and other random past times.
So, why the title ‘A Little Lost Roe Deer’?
Little Owl Ski 