Mason jars and winkles

I went to the Newbury antique and collectors fair the other day which I found via this website and I was in heaven!

So much stuff, chairs, tables, cupboards, bits, bobs and so much amazing, rustic cheap stuff. My slight addiction to antique shopping has fo sho got me thinking that my home will be decked out in antique rather than Ikea. So my first find were these fabulous pieces....

I got these two turquoise mason jars which at the moment I have no idea what to use them for but I know that when I get my own house and kitchen they would look amazing as coffee and sugar jars etc and now from working in a colourful kitchenware shop I always get people coming in and buying colours to match their kitchen which got me thinking which colour I want (when I finally get my own home) and I have decided it will be turquoise so these beauties will fit perfectly.

or I found these pictures on the internet somehow somewhere and I thought they both looked kind of cool and a nice different way on using pretty jars and a way cooler and more original idea than coffee and sugar holders (especially since i don't drink coffee!) Might just have to find more jars now.



I also stumbled upon a man who was serious hot property at this antique fair, all of his stuff was selling out so quick and non stop so I of course jumped on the band wagon .... and so worth it!

This is the larger version of the boxes we bought which we have put in our kitchen and looks so good as a windowsill herb holder. It was an old crab collecting box which is nice and worn and rustic. I got a slightly smaller one but looks exactly the same and again like the jars I have no clue yet what to use it for, maybe my make-up or my arty things.
My box also brought the child out of me a little because on the sides they all had different types of fish on them such as crabs, lobster, shrimp, mussels etc.

I went for winkles. Just because it's funny!

Mad, Wisdom, Fool

I just found this and thought it was really fun to try out!

The first 3 words you see will describe you!

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Creating in the sun

Rustic love

In my few tiny little minutes spent browsing the internet today scouring home design websites and photos I was struck by a sudden moment of inspiration and had to rush home to quickly create and take some photos will my enthusiasm was still high!

I like how it looks on my blog background; a little rough and rustic.

Supermoon!

So following all the media razz-matazz about the 'Supermoon' at the moment which, for those of you who don't know, ''In short, Earth, Moon and Sun are all in a line, with the Moon in its nearest approach to Earth and appears brighter and larger in the sky''

It officially happened on Saturday night March 19th but I went on the hunt for it last night.

I used my Canon but the lense doesn't let me zoom in loads so this first photo is the original that I took........

Then I just uploaded it onto Picasa, cropped it up and changed the saturation and tuning and ended up with this.........

And if you fancy going out and giving the Supermoon a go..... you'll have to wait a little while. The next one isn't supposed to be until November 14 2016!! But any kind of moon will work. Give it a go!