Sunday, August 29, 2010

Vintage Holiday Goodness


Last week I went on holiday, which is why it was all a bit quiet on here. I didn't go far, just went up the coast with my Sister, to Lyme Regis, for epic walks and scones galore.


It's such a beaut of a town, with adorable little, higgledy piggledy, independent shops and delicious ice cream coloured houses:


We did a massive walk on our first day, along the cliff path from Lyme Regis to Seaton, which took 4 hours and practically crippled us for the following day, but we managed to fit in some ace charity shopping.



We were in Bridport when I snapped this up for a pound, much to my sister's disappointment at not spotting it first:


Then in a sweet little vintage shop in Lyme Regis, called Sublyme (do you see what they did there?!) I got this gorgeous, gorgeous, GORGEOUS 1950's tea dress for a tenner! I've made a couple of alterations to it, and it is up there in my top 5 dresses now. LOVE IT!


Also, after trying on an extremely overpriced Aquascutum quilted jacket in a charity shop the other day, and seeing all the ace equestrian style stuff in Zara, I couldn't resist this scarf...


Perfect for my winter 'Balmoral' look:


Incidentally, amongst other things, picked this little beauty up in Axeminster for a couple of quids:


And to reassure the boy, I hadn't forgotten about him and the cat, I picked up a pebble from the beach to paint of the three of us on the telly:


And a postcard on the back to him and Jacques Cat...


Anyway, that's all for now... blog you laters

Postcard lovings

xx

5 comments:

Ian D said...

LOVE the pebblecard!! possibly a new venture there?

steven mcvay said...

i want a balmoral look too ?.. but mostly i wish i had someone who would paint me a pebble postcard... i love it..x

Mr Buttons said...

i've been to lyme regis years ago with my aunt and we went fossil hunting there... it is one amazingly beautiful town for sure!

x vInTaGe VioLeT x said...

i keep meaning to go there - i really want to go fossil hunting :)

thanks for the comment on my blog :D

GS said...

You's the sweetest doll, little honey pot snippet trailer head! X