2017 A Year of Positivity...

I decided that this year, 2017 is going to be a good year!

Life felt like I couldn't step of the merry go round towards the end of 2016

After our annual trip to Brighton it was decided; I'm moving forward, onwards and upwards only!

A set back with the naming of my candles has been an opportunity to totally change the name & give them their own identity

There is already a succesful brand which sounded almost identical...

...But that is a post for another day

After lots of tea I've decided to keep Priddy Priddy Vintage running

Despite the neglect it goes through during winter I do keep an eye on things, the odd listing and making sure that any enquiries are answered

I'm looking forward to stocking the cupboards with beautiful things for you all

From this gorgeous little F&F Japan porcelain sea conch - just what a mermaid needs in her life!

To the timeless Sylvac Clam Shell vase

which when filled with gorgeous blooms transforms into something like this

More of the ever useful and yet still pretty Woods Ware Beryl range

To handy, practical and oh so pretty storage tins

And I still cant pass a little piece of Hornsea by, so many happy seaside holiday memories

I enjoy the collecting of these things but not as much as I enjoy sharing them with you.

So I make no promises to post more regularly here on the blog and I can't promise that I'll update the shop weekly

But I do promise to share some truly Priddy things with you

Filing Cabinet Makeover...

Shortly before Christmas I pulled a pretty disgusting looking set of filing cabinet drawers out of a skip.  

It had been in a barn for the past 15 years, was covered in all-sorts and in fairness looking at it the skip might have been the best place for it.

Undeterred I gave it a quick bash to knock off the dead spiders and webs, emptied the drawers back into the skip, called my other half and waited.

He raised his eyebrows and he may have tutted at the state of it going into the car, but home it came.

I gave it a complete wash down with bleach and water and it was rough but it was salvageable. 

There were rust spots, the handles had rusted and it was a very dull grey.

It lived under a cover on the patio over Christmas, which didn't help with the general rough and readiness of it.

I spoke to the chaps who do the spray work for us, a sandblast should get rid of the rust spots, old paint and general grottiness.

Initially I was going to go for a turquoise 

ala Lazy Daisy Jones...

(photo credit to Lazy Daisy Jones blog)

Pretty damned gorgeous isn't it?

...but...

at the moment I've got a project on the go which involves copper and I'm hoping to use them as a photographic prop.

I resisted having a true copper re-spray and went instead with a burnt orange,

 which will sit nicely against my newly painted grey wall!

And so Voila

I love it!  A true one off!

Perhaps one day it will make it to my workshop/craft space....

more likely not though as I'm still waiting 5+ years down the line for that to be a reality!

Wishing...

I had a camera so I can do a little 'Tah Dah' post!

keeping busy behind the scenes

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Waiting for...

A break in the weather to take a few photo's

The weather is vile...wet n miserable, the light is poor and when we do get a break in it all, well it seems a shame not to spend those precious dry moments outside.

So work/crafting is afoot here, a lovely Vintage Suitcase is awaiting fabric choice before being given The Custards makeover, paint has been lavished, bunting was made

{Family has also been fed n clothed and house n home has been 'vaguely' kept}

*sigh*

Thank goodness for the jolly bunting, Union Jack flag and smiling kiddo faces to keep the wet day blues away!

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Crochet Stool Cover...

I bought last year a battered old stool with a view to tidy up, paint and sell.  Then I found a blog where the very talented blogger crochets covers for old stools and thought that a very cool idea...so I popped the stool back in the shed, awaiting its very own little crochet cover.

Jump ahead a year and the latest edition of Mollie Makes landed on my mat this Saturday...I settled down in the comfy chair, turned on selective hearing (tuned the kiddos out) and began to flick through.  And what do you think I spotted in there?  Yep you got it a beautiful little crochet cover for a lovely old stool!

It was the kick up the butt I needed...so I fished out the stool from the shed, sat in the sun on Sunday and began to twiddle...

Obviously I had to have a cuppa...and entertain the kiddos and ensuing cooking, washing, tidying etc

I finished it last night once the kiddos went to bed,

finished photos of the stool with it's lovely cover to follow later

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The Priddy Priddy girlies...

You've got to love an afternoon of crafting with the kiddos...

Hopefully we can find a space in the stock boxes to bring these little girlies to the Vintage Fair coming up...