So far… I’ve decided to step up my game on the retro and vintage front. Before the kids were born, I spent a lot of finding vintage items, researching and writing about them. I could spend hours looking at pictures of old signatures, photographing glass, scanning in old magazine illustrations… Then baby number one came…
Tag: charity shop bargains
To Frame or not to Frame?
A retro Dominos game…. Nowt to do with the (frankly overrated) pizza takeaway but the good old-fashioned game of Dominoes. Except this one is spelt Dominos so I want to say it like, “Vaminos!” Cute, aren’t they? It’s like everything i look for in one go: retro toy, cool illustrations and a game I can…
Charity Shop Finds: Blackpool’s Bargains
Here is my disclaimer before you see the following photos: 1) The Italian pottery found in Blackpool will not be to everybody’s taste. 2) I have mentioned previously my inability to take a decent picture of a pot. That said: feast your eyes on these: A little bit gaudy, a little bit over the top……
Retro Rummaging…
While I was poorly over the weekend, my other half decided to go off on an Ebay hunt around the charity shops of Tameside. On Saturday, he managed to get round Glossop (where we live), Hyde, Denton and Ashton. With his eye as keen as ever, he managed to snaffle some retrolicious booty (he loves…
Little Owl Ski 