Take cover - low flying blackbirds

 Just a little follow up on the pie funnels - well what a success that find was - they are as we speak winging their way across the globe

 Some within the UK , several to Australia and several to the USA

Most of them have gone to new homes now - just a few left and my nest will be empty
I have kept a couple to look at on the kitchen window sill (am supposed to be de-cluttering he he)
Have a good week
Sue x

Anyone making a pie ? or 50

 A couple of weeks ago  on my travels I acquired a collection of pie funnels (like you do !?)

 There are about fifty of all shapes and materials , I have a kept a couple of my favourites , but there are plenty more lovelies
here on

                                              

my Ebay  starting at just 99p

 

Finally before I go , a picture of me looking silly as a Rubik Cube at World Book Day today !

Have a good weekend

Sue x

I have a pen-friend !

Hiya

Sorry no pics or anything fancy in this quick post,  today I my first letter from my new pen friend came flying through the letter box onto the mat
Luckily it is non-pupil day at school today so I had just sat down to a fairly leisurely breakfast so perfect timing
It was from the lovely Marina at www.evelynmayvintage.blogspot.co.uk as you may have seen she has organised a great pen friend idea
We seem to have loads in common so I am really looking forward to it all. We were away last week so I have only had chance to send a quick card so far but I will be writing a proper letter very soon.

By the way the last few weeks I have been plagued by spam comments on my blog which were taking ages to delete and reject so I am afraid I have had to turn on the horrid word verification thingy for a while, I know its a pain so hopefully I will try and take it off again sometime.

Have a good week - it is very cold here in Devon but its so much better than all the rain

Best wishes
Sue x

Hi again

 

Hello again

Just to say Hello

We have just got a new computer and I am trying to get used to it, it has got Windows 8 which is really strange

The Blogger thing has changed slightly since I last used it as well so bear with me. I was hoping I could rotate the photos here but by the look of it I should have done it before I chose them !

 

Anyway back at the end of November, we moved house. Still in 'The Village' but a bigger house with a garage to store all my 'stuff' in. We were without the internet for several weeks for some reason as BT weren't able to set us up until the previous owner's contract with another provider finished for some reason. Luckily I could still look at things on my phone - phew

 

We are still gradually emptying boxes and sorting stuff out, I did clear out a lot before the move but there is more. I am sorting through my rather large collection of fabric and knitting patterns and more vintagy bits will be selling some Have a look at my Ebay here

and my other Ebay here

The snowy picture is of the view last week from my kitchen window. The snow only lasted one day and long gone now. Its not very sunny but its dry so far today and my washing is flapping in the wind !

Well there I did it, am back to blogging. Sorry about the photos, hope they don't make you cross eyed all upside down - I will get there

 

Have a great day

Love from Sue x

I will be back!

Hiya Hope you have a brilliant 2013 I will be back soon, we have recently moved house and we had soooooo much to move ! Have s great time x x

Where was I ?

Hello again
Sorry about my mysterious textless post the other day -
I had just written a post with lots of lovely photos about the 'Thank you Teacher' lavender bags I have been making - I clicked on Preview and the whole lot dissapeared :(
I am having trouble with this new blogger thing and wish it hadnt changed
Anyway here are some pictures of just a few of them I have for sales over on my Ebay (see link on my sidebar or search seller Stirfry148) or please do message me.

Twit from the village here !

Hello again

I am still here but almost a month has gone by again.
I am still reading blogs and keep on thinking of things to post about but never seem to remember to bring my phone upstairs which I take most of my 'out and about' photos on.
I must get them uploaded onto the computer. I am also a bit worried about the new blogger, it seems so hard compared to the old version so wish me luck !

As you can see (hopefully!) from my side bar I am now on Twitter so pop on over and follow me or whatever you do on Twitter !!
Vintage from the Village was too long so i am VintageVillager
I will keep this short in case it doesn't work but hopefully I will now show you a couple of fabrics I have just listed on Ebay

Bargains to be had !

Hello again

Hope you all had a good Easter break

Over the holidays I have been listing lots and lots of lovely vintagy bits and bobs on  Ebay

I have been saving stock to have my own website but I have realised that due to work and family life I havn't the time to market it at the moment so I am selling it on Ebay to clear the decks a bit

Have a look if you may be interested, if you win anything let me know you follow my blog !

click here for a link to My Ebay

 Just a few of the items listed at the moment - lots more to follow !

I have just posted this lovely frilly apron off to a lovely lady who contacted me who is organising a vintage fair in West Sussex next weekend , I only wish I could get there but its a long way from South Devon
She has a facebook http://www.facebook.com.popupvintagesussex/ if you are in the area

Enjoy the rest of the weekend

 we have Monday off then back to school for seven weeks until half term

Sue x

Gone dotty !

 Hello again

Where did half term go ? I could do with another week off on my own to get straight but never mind, we had a good week

Where did we go?

 well we went to stay with some friends in Staffordshire and had a lovely afternoon in Stoke on Trent at the Emma Bridgewater factory
The men went off to some aeroplane museum !
We didn't have time for a factory tour but plenty of time for the girls to do some pottery painting and large slices of cake and coffee all served on dotty china in the lovely cafe area whre there was this fantastic cooker, I wish it was mine but sadly no....

They had a lovely factory shop where Mr V said I could choose something for my birthday next month. I havn't unpacked the bag yet so I will show you another time.
I have to look foward to a jug in the classic spot pattern
For mum in laws Birhday I bought a jug and plate in the pink heart pattern and as I spent a certain amount (not mentioned in case Mr V is reading!) there was a free mug thrown in !!

I fancied the oilcoth table covering but it was £25 per metre and as I would need two metres probably I thought I had better not  !

What a lovely day, we are looking foward to the parcel arriving with Miss V's plate and cup and saucer

Have  a good week

Sue x

Happy new year .... at last !

 Well Hello at last and a belated Happy New Year !
It's almost February already and I have been neglecting blog writing but still reading them most days. Anyway must try harder this year !

At the end of the Christmas holidays we had a few hours on one of our lovely local beaches Bigbury  in South Devon.
It was very windy and cold but it blew the cobwebs away and we sat in the car after with a lovely hot chocolate

 I went for a paddle in my wellies

 Back home for a cup of tea and something tasty from the new set of tins I had for Christmas
I love these tins and saw them in the autumn so put them on my Christmas list

I sneakily bought Miss V to give to Mr V another lovely Emma Bridgewater mug for our collection. They are quite expensive to buy for no reason so this is my sneaky way of getting them! he he
We are going to the Emma Bridgewater pottery painting centre soon and I hope there will be a shop there as I still have a little bit of Christmas money left to spend

Well I am going to have to go as Miss V will be home from school in a minute and it is hammering down with hail or sleet or something out there.

I will put the heating and candles on and look foward to a cosy Friday night with curry and wine later mmmm

Have a great weekend
Sue x

Merry Christmas

Hi All
Sorry I have been a very bad blogger the last few months
Just been busy with normal life but I have been reading blogs
Have a lovely time and I will try harder to post next year !
Just painted my nails bright red with white dots and off to a friend for mulled wine in a minute
Merry Christmas and a happy new year
Sue x

Just popped up to say Hello

Hello

Long time its been too !

It was August the last time I posted and now its October (I think as as sit here in the evening in short sleeves)

Well the school holidays passed very quickly and I started my extra hours at work. Goodness I didn't realise how many hours I used to have to myself. Even though I was always busy building up my sales. I am enjoying the job although its hard working school terms and not being able to have a days leave if I wanted one. Oh well it'll soon be half term. I will get used to it I know its just different and very convenient being within easy walking distance and all the holidays off.

I am getting a bit behind with things and the house is even more untidy than usual. Have been squeezing in reading blogs but havn't been able to get around to posting much at the moment.

Anyway I logged in now to show you the great Seaside Swap parcel I had from Tracy at Mad about Bags I loaded the photos and then it went wrong and they all dissapeared and not still on the camera ! I will have to take some more asap and show you then (obviously less the lovely packaging) sorry about that Tracy

Hopefully back in a day or so

Sue x

I'm back to blogging !

 Hi All
Long time no speak ey !
All fine here, we have been on another holiday to the lovely Isle of Wight. We went the day after school finished so it was a bit busy that week packing and things.
It was our third year in a row and loved it as much as ever.

A funny thing was though, we had a meal at the 'restaurant' on the site where the caravan was on the first night and we ordered a bottle of wine (of course!) and the bar had run out of glasses so they gave us plastic slush cups to drink the wine from !!

In the end we got some dirty glasses from an uncleared table and washed them in the basin in the ladies toilet - what a start to the holiday. We did have some lovely meals out after that though

Anyway now its back down to earth and the rest of the school holidays
I am trying to get things listed on Ebay and having a big stock clearout with some low start prices to clear the decks a bit
Some Vernon Ward pictures to start with
See here if you would like to

 Does anyone remember a doll called Flotti from the seventies?
I had one myself. She came with clothes printed on fabric to be cut out and glued together.
She bought back some memories - may even be mine ?

I have been doing some crochet as well, I will take some pictures to show you soon

Back soon hopefully and I will try and bring some brighter weather - very grey and damp here in Devon today

Sue x

You never know whats around the corner

Hello again

Well only a week and a bit until the school holidays.
I have been quite busy this week doing housework and tidying up - shock horror !

We go on holiday soon so I have been winding down the Ebay and doing other things instead...

Carpet shampooing this morning- very satisfying job once I get around to it. In our house we dont have a hallway that goes through to the kitchen and the back of the house which means all the traffic goes through the lounge - not good with a cream carpet, two cats and lots of kids in and out (J's friends - I only have one )
Anyway it looks better now

Also the big news is .... apart from my meal time assistant job at Miss V's school, as from September I will be a teaching assistant every morning !!

I was very pleased to be offered the job as I have only worked there properly since January.

Its going to be a big change as since I was made redundant (well I volunteered to go but only got basic minimum redundancy pay after 20 years loyal service) I have been working hard selling on Ebay and building up Vintage from the Village

I am going to have a lot less time so I dont know what to do with all my stock which is sat in huge piles around my ears as I write this

Options

A- Spend what free time I get in the school summer holidays clearing it on Ebay
B- Carry on setting up my own Website (but I dont know if I will have enough time to market it to drive enough customers to it

As much as I am looking foward to the school challenge I love my selling so desperate to keep something going

Any suggestions please or your thoughts

I may do a few little give aways as well

With love
Sue x

Thank you Teacher !

Hi everyone

I hope the day is brighter with you, it's pouring down here in Devon
Thank you for all you anniversary wishes
all back to normality now and the countdown the school holidays

Talking of which I had a little session on the sewing machine last weekend and have been making Thank you Teacher little fabric gift bags and lavender bags

If you are interested they can be found here on my Ebay or email me privately if you would prefer
I have just had an order for ten mini lavender bags so I am off now to search out some of my prettiest fabrics for another lovely sewing session when I get home form work
If you would like anything specially made , please do send me a message, I would love to hear from you but dont forget ..

Holidays are coming - Holidays are coming - Holidays are coming ...............................

Love  Sue x

Ten - how many ?

Hello again,  well Mr V and I have reached our ten year wedding anniversary today !
You may wonder havn't I got better things to be doing than blogging but Mr V has gone to a school governors meeting and Miss V is out playing with a friend so here I am.

We celebrated last weekend with two nights away. The first in Porthleven, a traditional Cornish fishing village. The rain was pouring down ! we stayed at a B&B right by the harbour and chose this lovely little restaurant for our evening meal (see above)

There were some lovely little shops to browse around in the morning. Then we travelled a few miles to Falmouth for the second night

Some beach hut shops

This is where we stayed The Royal Duchy Hotel  our room was the two windows with blue canopies on the left - very posh it was too  we even had the swimming pool to ourselves !

Anyway , back to reality now !

Off to cook tea and get Miss V off to bed before sitting down to The Apprentice with a bottle of Champagne we were given as a present and have been saving

Enjoy your evening

Sue x

Could anyone help with a translation please ?

Hi
Just a quick one, I bought two pillowcases recently with what I presume is Chinese or possibly Arabic embroidered writing on them

Could anyone help with translation please? presumably something like Goodnight?
They are very pretty and brand new

If anyone could help that would be great

Off now to watch Restaurant Inspector with a glass of wine and a slice of orange cake I made earlier (more about that another time)

Sue x

continuation from my rose ramblings ..........

Hi again

Sorry my link to my ebay where the crochet magazines didnt seem to have worked on my earlier post  so I will try again my ebay link here
If still having problems - advanced search - seller - Stirfry148

I have lots more still to list so if you dont do Ebay just let me know

Thanks
Sue x

Covered in roses - Cath Kidson ones !

 Hello again

Hope you have all had a good week. It has flown by here, probably because it was no school on Monday.

Anyway last weekend Mr V and I had a child free weekend so off we went to Bristol
First we went to a antiques and vintage fair at the West of England University just outside Bristol at their Frenchay campus
I bought an apron to sell on and Mr V bought a coin for his collection. It was quite good and reasonable prices, a lovely location in a new spacious conference centre, a huge cafe area and no crowds. Would go again even though quite a long way from here.

The main reason for heading 'up north' was to spend my Cath Kidston voucher I had for my birthday back in March

We found a nearby car park  (thank goodness for sat nav!) and the shop stood there in all its glory and I could have almost anything I wanted  yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 Look at my rosy stash ! a rucksack, purse,ironing board cover, face flannel, tape measure, shoe bag, beaded food covers and some tissues
What a lot I got !

 My ironing board must be small because the cover is huge and covers the grey flat bit at the end as well ?
A lovely day out we had.
On the Sunday I went to a local car boot sale and then to Tesco for breakfast (we know how to live!)  then across the moors to Yelverton to Buckland Abbey
we stumbled on another car boot sale on the way - perfect !
Yelverton is a fairly posh plcae and it was one of those lovely boot sales with people who dont do them very often selling nice things instead of plastic toys (car boot snob I am)
I bought loads of table cloths and things and have been very busy washing and ironing it all....

 We finally arrived at Buckland Abbey (a National Trust house where Sir Francis Drake lived)
It was a Jaguar and Aston Martin owners club day and there were some lovely cars there -
one day ey !!??

 We had a look around and drooled over the cars and the gardens. Lots more roses to look at and one of my favourites - Love -in-a-mist. I had this in my wedding bouquet and saved the seed and have it in my garden every year from those original wedding flowers

 Also I managed to squeeze in a bit of sewing, making some   Thank You Teacher gifts to sell and for Miss V's teachers

Last but not least I have huge pile of Crochet Monthly magazines which I am selling for just 90p start price on