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It's always worth rummaging around ...

Sometimes you mooch around a charity shop and find nothing of interest.  Just the usual racks of cast-off Primark and Tesco brand clothing, endless DVDs of films you'd never want to watch, plus books ghost written on behalf of celebrities you've never heard of.  Then again, sometimes you strike lucky.  

Today's rummage was very productive.  I found this battered but still handsome vintage confectionery tin.  Apparently the Squirrel Confectionery Company are a Stockport based business, and the picture on the tin's lid is a reproduction from Sir Edwin Landseer's painting 'A Piper and a Pair of Nutcrackers'.  The tin was a mere £2.99.  I spent another 99p on this handy basket in turquoise and pink.  Always useful to have a basket for storing reels of thread or any number of odds & ends.  

I also paid 99p for a pack of  'Thank You' stationery, complete with pink envelopes.  I like the seventies feel to the floral design on the paper.  A quid bought me two packs of 10 white cards with a cut-out heart design.  Not sure what I'll do with these, but I'll find a use.  Added to my haul were a couple of applecore die cuts by Debbie Shore, the pack never having been opened, and finally - ta dah! - these fab cards in cream coloured card. 

I think they're for tables at fancy events, to show the table number so you can find your seat.  I love the stylish grey numbering, and want to use them somehow for my October Make a Book challenge.  Probably joined in a long line to make a concertina book.  I'm waiting for an eBay order to arrive, lettering stencils, so these cards could be printed with an alphabet theme.  Perhaps in black & white only.  

Well, apart from my charity shop delving I also nipped into Lidl for groceries, and besides a calorific white chocolate cookie I snaffled these rolls of washi tape.  

Couldn't resist 'em, just too pretty.  Especially the kitties.  Don't you agree?  

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  1. Vix30 October 2023 at 23:48

    Hello Valerie! Thank you so much for leaving a comment on my blog as it's led me to find yours!
    You're spot on with the usual charity shop fare, the poor quality high street fashion, the celebrity biographies and the odd DVDs and that's what finding an absolute gem all the more exciting, isn't it? I absolutely love your squirrel tin and I'd have snaffled that pretty basket, too. Those die cuts have a very deco feel to them and were too good to miss.
    I try to avoid the middle of Lidl middle but I may have to make an exception for that cat tape! x

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