Easter Weekend Activities.

In the UK we have a bank holiday either side of the Easter weekend (Good Friday and Easter Monday), so ideally, it should be a relaxing holiday from work. Unfortunately, my hubby was away for a week in Seattle, USA, until Sunday afternoon. My eldest daughter is visiting the friends that she made in Montana last year and won't be home again until tomorrow. So, although it wasn't the weekend off that I would have chosen, I still managed some time-out......

The Shepton Mallet Antique Fair had been organised, (possibly unwisely,) for the Easter weekend. I visited on the Saturday, with a friend.

Some of my purchases included these C1950's boudoir slippers - funnily enough I barely have one decent pair of shoes that I wear myself, but I have a small collection of vintage shoes that I shall never be able to wear, due to their tiny sizes! Very sad!

Blackpool holds some special memories for me, so the little hand painted silk pincushion HAD to come home with me.

I adore this photos of the stunning flapper girls in their matching dresses. (I would love to know what colour the gorgeous silky fabric was.) The seated girl, second from the left, looks very mischievous and seems to be causing a few glances from her companions!

I'm sure that they would have had some ostrich plumes in their wardrobes - these came from Sue, who had a stand at the fair. I'm going to arrange them in a large china jug on my dressing table.

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Hail stones fell on Easter Sunday, as I waited for hubby to come home......

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And on Monday we decided to visit the Mells Daffodil Fair for a couple of hours. It is a traditional English country fair, with stalls, side shows, a hog roast and entertainment such as Morris Dancers and Town Crier Competitions.

To escape the crowds and eccentrics in silly hats(!), you can wander through the beautiful spring gardens of the Manor House.


Which rounded off the Easter weekend very nicely.

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I have decided to set up my own Flickr account, so that I can load extra photos relating to my blog posts for anyone interested in seeing more. (They load quicker than on to Blogger, so I am hoping to save myself a few extra moments, which I shall use to comment on other blogs - something that I struggle to do, sometimes.)

The mosaic below is made up of just some of the wonderful photos that I have discovered on Flickr since I joined, taken by some very talented ladies!

1. Blossom, 2. Ceramic Powder Box, 3. Pretty Pastels Cottage Charm, 4. Bella Collage, 5. Inspiration books, 6. DSC_16210001, 7. Vintage Baubles, 8. IMG_0876, 9. IMG_1488, 10. blue roses, 11. French wire form, 12. Pretty Lady, 13. Foil Eggs and a Basket, 14. Vintage dress, 15. Antique store, 16. Vintage dress, 17. brownvelvet_4Chocolate velvet & vintage rhinestone bracelet, 18. round robin "beauty" 3, 19. M.A. round robin "Violette" 1, 20. recital dress, 21. pretty millinery purses, 22. IMG_1748, 23. IMG_1435, 24. IMG_1849, 25. vintage french ribbonwork, 26. DSCN2031, 27. flowers, 28. sweet little nest 018, 29. feb 184, 30. mannequin., 31. im at home., 32. recycling., 33. bath room., 34. playing house., 35. the lover's meet -, 36. fairys shoe's.

I hope that you all had a wonderful Easter weekend too.

Niki x