Secret Book Box

My NEW Secret Book Boxes are now listed in my shop.

The Rankidoodle Book Boxes for your Trinkets & Treasures are lovely vintage books to hold all your special secrets.  The secret book box can be used to hide jewellery, keys, money or special treasures!

Once closed and tied shut with the ribbon it looks like an ordinary vintage book on your shelf.

 

You can purchase this and other secret book boxes here

★ Advintageous fair ★

One of my favourite things to do, like EVER is looking around local charity shops, car boot sales and auction houses trying to find little vintage treasures.  It is rare that I will walk out of one of these places empty handed!  

I recently visited The AdVintageous fair in Scarborough, it was packed full of stalls selling everything from vintage clothes, jewellery and bags to old photos, books and suitcases!  I was in heaven! 

Here area few of my pictures taken at the fair...

Lots of colourful, patterned vintage dresses!

Lovely battered old suitcases

Mickey Ramsbottom & the Alka Seltzers

I couldn't resist the penguin books and bought five!

The next Advintageous fair is at Bridlington Spa Sunday 26th May, it's well worth a visit! 

★ ETSY FRIDAY ★

Theater Clouds is a beautiful shop on Etsy. Elly Mackay creates magical little worlds out of paper and photographs them. They are gorgeous, dreamy images, please take a look...

Elly also has a book full of her beautiful images, you can buy it here

You can visit Ellys website here and read her Etsy interview here where she talks about what inspires her and her creative process

Please also watch this great video showing Elly at work in her studio...

Granny Chic

Have treated myself to "Granny chic" from dottie angel and Ted and Agnes.  It is full of crafty recipes and inspiration for the handmade home.  I think I must be a bit of a Granny as this has to be my favourite book EVER!








Full of gorgeous imagery from the Homes of Tif Fussel (Dottie Angel) and Rachelle Blondel (Ted & Agnes).  Both women share a mutual love of handcrafted and secondhand. There are plenty of lovely handmade tutorials in here and also lots of interiors inspirations from their homes, workspaces and caravans!

A doily table mat tutorial

A fabulous wall in Tifs house

Rachelles caravan "Maude"

Tutorial on covering an old chair

Tifs airstream trailer

You can see more from Dottie Angel here and Ted & Agnes here

You can see my instagram article on Dottie Angel here

My Heart Wanders

I have just bought myself a lovely new book "My heart Wanders" by Pia Jane Bijkerk.  Pia is an internationally acclaimed stylist, photographer and author specialising in interiors, still life and food.  The book is Pias own story about taking risks, letting go and making a home wherever you are.  It is full of beautiful, dreamy photography of Paris, Amsterdam and Sydney...

Pia is also the author of Amsterdam: Made by hand and...

Paris: Made by Hand available here and here

You can visit Pias website here, Blog here and Pinterest page here.

★ ETSY FRIDAY ★

"It's Pretty Old" is my new shop on Etsy where I sell Vintage goods I have collected over the years.

I am a little obsessed with buying pretty vintage books, scarves, crockery etc. and no longer have enough room to store them so am selling them on to better homes, please take a look...

King George V Silver Jubilee jug - 1935

1960s vintage french pop-up anniversary card

Alice in wonderland paperback 1960s penguin book

Lovely retro floral silk scarf

Looking in Junk Shops book - 1968

Please enter 'VINTAGELOVE' at the checkout for 20% discount.