Fabulous weather for the boot sale this morning, and there were LOADS of sellers and buyers out and about too - which is just as well as the darned thing is not on next week because there is a balloon fiesta taking place on the site. Mind you, I'm quite excited to see lots of balloons in the skies around here, I've never spotted one in the last seven years - and am even thinking of forking out the £35.00 it would cost P and I to go and see the night glow and mass take off. I really miss not seeing balloons floating serenely by - they're a beautiful and very common sight in Bristol - and I never tire of seeing them from both near and far.
Anyway, this morning's boot sale resulted in a lot of material buying.
Two large pieces of Ikea fabric - always beautiful designs and lovely cotton material - £3.00 for the two.
A piece of vintage Holly Hobbie-style fabric - 50p.
Which goes very nicely with the Holly Hobbie little cloth doll - 20p - who is sitting on a humungous piece of embroidered corduroy I found. The cord was £2.00 and I reckon there is at least 4 yards of it.
Away from the fabric-buying frenzy, I found this embroidered tea cosy - 50p, and a boxed set of Roger & Gallet guest soaps - £1.50. I really like these soaps and they're tres expensive to buy in the shops so I was very pleased to find them.
A couple of nice toiletries for me - Hackett Body Wash (I prefer a more masculine scented shower gel to the very floral ones) and a bottle of Frizz-Ease shampoo - I could definitely do with that for my fuzzy barnet. They were 50p each.
Four vintage Tupperware beakers - with lids - 50p and a rather nice patchwork cloth bag - also 50p. Both these are destined for ebay.
Another 1970s tea towel, this one featuring the Twelve Days of Christmas - 20p. That'll be for ebay nearer the festering season.
And a Sonic the Hedgehog T-shirt for my nephew - 50p. I did also buy three books for re-selling on Amazon but, as is usually the case these days, two of them were utter rubbish. The third one was quite a good find though. All in all, it was a pretty good morning.
Linking up with Me and My Shadow's Magpie Monday.
That's mad, i was only talking about those Holly Hobbie dolls with a friend this week. I had one when I was a kid, they really were all the rage, weren't they? x
Posted by: Vix | 07/31/2011 at 06:26 PM
Looks like you had some great finds too. I love patchwork. I remember my holly hobby doll too!
Posted by: mrs everyday | 08/01/2011 at 06:06 AM
I'd be happy just coming across the Holly Hobby fabric and tea-cosy:-)
Posted by: Maureen | 08/01/2011 at 06:43 AM
Great selection of finds, Elizbeth - I particularly like the Holly Hobbie ragdoll.
Posted by: Caroline | 08/01/2011 at 08:28 AM
What great finds. I am sure you are already a member of groupon but if not todays deal is half price tickets to the Essex spectacular so both you and hubby could go to the festival for £15. You need to buy before midnight tonight though xx
Posted by: clairemackaness | 08/01/2011 at 09:33 AM
Wow the Holly Hobbie for 20p! I just sold a Holly Hobbie for £20! You could sell it towards your tickets! :)
I love that holly hobbie style fabric by the way
Posted by: Rose | 08/01/2011 at 08:27 PM
A fab haul. My favourite has to be the embroidered tea cosy and soaps x
Posted by: Molly | 08/01/2011 at 08:49 PM
Great, great haul!
My favourites are the Cord fabric, the Xmas tea towel and the soaps. Didn't you do well!
Thanks for linking up x
Posted by: Liz Burton | 08/02/2011 at 08:23 AM
What lovely finds! The Holly Hobbie doll and tupperware beakers evoke memories of my 70's childhood...Fab! x
Posted by: Mama Syder | 08/02/2011 at 09:35 AM
What I liked most of all about this post was all the wonderful colours. I like the beakers (can never have enough in my view) and was nice to be reminded of the Holly Hobbie stuff too.
I like the patchwork bag as I like all things patchwork and the colourful tea cosy too
Posted by: Kate | 08/02/2011 at 06:23 PM