March 2011
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West Norwood Feast
Last year Mr Colporter and I spent a week at the Country Living Fair. It was fantastic fun but tiring. We decided then that as we run our little business part time this would be too much to do again this year (as well as pricey!).
Instead we are on a mission to support little fairs and markets.
The first of these we are going to attend this year is the Retro area of the West Norwood Feast on...
Love love love this outfit
I keep seeing this advert and I think that I MUST recreate that outfit the next time I am invited to one of the following:
(a) Wedding
(b) Christening
(c) Races/ Croquet (ha unlikely!)/ Posh Garden Party (hmmm)
No weddings likely (unless my Mum gets a proposal (go ‘ed Mike she makes a cracking Laggy)).
I do have a few pregmundo mates but then a Christening will be ages away. Maybe...
Penguin Books - do judge a book by its cover
It is not that original or ground breaking to love the Penguin Classic books of the 1950s and 60s but I really do find them so satisfying.
Below are three penguin classics that rank very highly in my all time favourite books. If I pass a charity shop it is a compulsion to pop in and see if I can pick any of these up. It is not just how great they look on the shelf, I actually read them. Did you...
Then and Now "Percy Part 1 - The Kitchen"
When looking through some old Photo files I came across a folder full of pictures of Percy Pendle (our pet name for our house SAD) taken on our 3rd viewing after our offer had been accepted. This is back in 2006. Hughie was a teeny weeny baby and Fred was still a twinkle.
As the lovely Heather Lewin took so many nice pics for Ideal Home Magazine (and it will probably never be that tidy again) I...
New York New York
Start spreading the news…we have the most enormous Subway Blind here waiting to be picked up. I would love to have it permanently but even with our highish ceilings we would struggle.
Our customer wanted something over 1.5m high. He has ended up with this beauty, 1.8m high. He must have a loft apartment or something.
Talk about wow factor.
I have warned him to put the seats down in his...
Colporter's Blog
Well what will I write about here…? It is hard enough to fill 150 characters on Twitter.
Well Vintage treasures do not have to be just inside the house. We have a few garden ideas too.
A vintage tin planter and some herbs I planted this weekend. The next project is to plant up a pair of big wooden crates. Any thoughts what to plant? I am thinking some climbers and my favourite, lavender.
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