Flea Market Finds

I am not sure where this week disappeared to but it seems to have whizzed by so fast I nearly missed it! I did however find myself with an hour to kill one day while my car was having some tyre treatments so I visited a local oppie - one I venture into with great trepidation as it is often manned by a fairly ferocious sounding German lady. It usually has lots of buttons that have been carefully sorted and sewn onto cards so every now  and then I pluck up the where-with-all to enter. This week I hit the haberdashery jackpot - gorgeous vintage ric-rac! Check out those colours!

I also found a brass plate which I will cut up and will take to the workshops I am going to next week, and a fondue stand minus its pot which will be perfect for heating my pickle pot ( the jewellery kind not the eating kind!)

 I love the big fat black ric rac too!

I figured I would need some reading material whilst at the Art Retreat next week so I grabbed a few novels - anybody read any of these? Hope they are ok but I figure they will just be used as sedatives after an exciting day of learning stuff from Susan Lenart Kazmer!

The cutest find had to be this childrens book with illustrations by Lucie Atwell. Ms Atwell was a very popular ilustrator in her time and her work is familiar to most people. You can learn more about her here.

These are not her very bestest drawings but they do epitomise her style - innocent and sweet. I think it is a keeper!
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