…I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist. I know the exact look that Aidan is going to give me when he sees that title as well. It’s a head shake and, “Ohhhh Emma!” in his Baaarnsley accent, despairing at my pathetic attempts at toilet humour. Yes, I said toilet humour (watched an episode of ‘I’m Alan Partridge this…
Tag: retro
Finding A Vintage Dress for Owl Ski…
A week tomorrow I am off to a swanky party with work. We won a Vodafone competition and our prize is an all expenses paid party and casino at a boutique hotel in Manchester. I’ve been extremely good with my diet (and have lost another stone in weight) but I’m struggling to find a dress…
Arthur Wood Moneyboxes
There have been some new additions to the Arthur Wood family. First, I found the squirrel in a Glossopian charity shop. Next came the owl, found on a stall at the Newark International Antique Fair. Now, I have a tortoise courtesy of one boyfriend for a birthday present. Funny story with this one though. We’d…
To Buy or Not to Buy: Avalon Sideboard
Just seen this in a charity shop in Glossop. It’s £45. Do I buy it or not?
Look What I Got for my Birthday!
Imagine how excited I was to open this: My parents gave me this for my birthday last week. I was extremely pleased with it, to say the least! It’s in perfect condition with its original stopper and the Carlton Ware stamp on the bottom. I love it!
Little Owl Vintage is Setting up Shop! (Almost…)
I’ve been thinking about setting up a vintage and retro stall at my local market in Glossop for a while now, but still haven’t got the guts to really go for it! It’s ridiculous: I’ve even found out how much it is but I’ve been stumped by being told I need public indemnity insurance (or…
Auction Viewing With Parents…
On Thursday, my lovely parents came up to visit. They were bringing me my birthday presents (quite early but I won’t see them around then). I’ll post up the best present after this post. We had a little trip to Holmfirth: After that, we headed up to the auction in New Mill. Few interesting bits…
Aidan’s Birthday Presents
Confession time: Aidan’s birthday was in February… Admittedly, he was given these a couple of weeks after the event, but still that is fairly slack of me to only just be posting them up now. As they were his presents, Aidan has taken the pictures himself: The Scheurich one is my favourite of the two….
Penny’s Pretty, Potty Pots…
These are some new purchases by my parents: Watch out for the cat appearing… Tyler, the cat, was obviously getting a little bit jealous of the attention the pots were getting! I know that these are Scheurich and the form numbers; however, I know nothing about the glaze as I’ve never seen ones like…
Charity Shop Find: Arthur Wood Money Box
Easter holidays are upon us which means I have time to relax and indulge in some of my favourite past times: wandering around Glossop, searching through charity shops, reading, playing on the computer and blogging. After a lovely lunch with my friends, Rachel and Deiniol, I had a little look around the charity shops. I…
Scheurich 553 – 38
I’m trying to do some catching up in terms of retro things that I’ve got to blog about; this is next on my ‘to-do’ list. I can’t quite remember the antiques shop this was bought from, but I seem to remember paying about £18 for it. At the time, it seemed like lots! Actually, I’m…
New Scheurich 414
I’ve been exceedingly slack on the blogging front recently. Usual excuse: work. I’m not going to comment any further as it occupies too much of my mind as it is. On a more interesting front, I recently received this: Shocking picture: I do apologise!! Another Ebay purchase; I was a little disappointed when it arrived…
Little Owl Ski 