PUTTING THE KITCH IN KITCHENALIA

On my recent trip to Kent we visited Rye which is a very quaint little town with lots of little shops selling antiques and collectables.  The one that stood out for me was “Country Ways” on the Quay this was the shop of Jane Wick’s Kitchenalia and girls eat your heart out,  I have never seen so many fantastic items in such a small space!!! 

I could have spent hours just browsing around in there, I did manage to find some Christmas presents whilst I was in there but cannot reveal them as the people they are for might get to read the blog and I don’t want to spoil their Christmas surprises.

The streets were full of interesting nooks and crannies

I could not resist taking a photo and having a little peek inside this house.

The Quay full of antique shops.

Also while I was off work this week I decided to get a bit more creative and I have made another two picture boxes to take to the fair.

"Sisters"

"Boys Will Be Boys"

Plus of course another little foray to my favourite Charity shops and I found these couple of bits to go into the booth.

All in all a good weeks break off of work I would say  – unfortunately back to the grind and normality tomorrow.  I love holidays

BUSY BUSY BUSY

Had a busy couple of days - Ann and I had a stall on Saturday at the Abington Antique and Collectables fair and I knew I had lots to do to get ready for it but instead on Friday I took the time out to have a wander around the 1,000's of stalls at the Peterborough Festival of Antiques. For those of you who have never been it is absolutely HUGE.... I consider myself to be a SHOPPER but I have yet to get all the way round it and usually give up defeated. You really need two days to do it all properly.

Whilst there I bumped into the Bargain Hunt crew and Tim Wonacott was busy discussing the teams buys with them. Hubby strategically placed himself in the camera's way for his two seconds of fame.....

There is just so much to see and buy but I feel that the prices were a little high, although so saying I did manage to finds some little treasures - how unusual.....

This great basket, which I kept bumping into people with and the wonderful old tin sea side bucket were my favourite finds.

Also found these old Christmas cake decorations, just to let me know that Christmas is on its way. I have displayed them with some Christmas pictures that I have made for our November fair.

I also found some Christmas presents - but they will have to remain a secret as the people they are for could read this blog - no peeking until Christmas!!!!!