Raindrops & Roses

I hope you are enjoying this rather wet and windy weekend... Actually, it wasn't so bad here this morning and I managed to dodge most of the cloudbursts for a bit of treasure hunting...

The first thing I found was this pair of gorgeous Victorian vases decorated with purple dog roses. One has had a very poor repair to the neck, so I felt that they weren't good enough to offer for sale in my on-line shop, but I couldn't leave them behind...

I don't mind a few knocks and chips to old china, and when placed up high on the shelves in my laundry room, the cracks are hardly visible.

This pretty little jug was also one of today's finds, as was the vintage sweet tin in the background.

Another of life's casualties was this beautiful shallow rose bowl. It has a large crack running through the base, but I knew I could disguise this. In the summer it will look perfect filled with floppy garden roses, but for now I have another use for it.

I'm not one for buying myself new things (rather than vintage), but I had a gift voucher given to me recently for my Birthday. I bought these gently fragranced pastel paper roses from Laura Ashley, so have arranged them in the bottom of the bowl...Crack?...what crack?!

I had been drawn to the bowl in the first place, as the design was a familiar one to me.

I already had this vintage eiderdown and Welsh hand stitched quilt with a similar look. I would date them to the early 1920's. The eiderdown is a lovely down filled one, so is as light as air. They sometimes have a turn on our bed, when I feel a need for a change - but now that I have a matching bowl in the room too, I think they will be used all the more!

(Part of my collection - A girl can never have too many quilts you know ;-))

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I would just like to thank all of those who visited my web-shop over the last couple of days. I shall be posting some of the parcels out to you in the morning.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend,

Niki x