Where have I been?

Sorry!

I have plenty of excuses for my poor blogging rate. Mr Betty being away, 3 boys taking up my time, new job, new pets, but in all honesty, maybe I have just not felt in the mood.

I decided, on waking this morning, that I would get back to it.

Lets see how it goes!

I though I would start with a few new additions to the home.

(not incl pets).

My son plays rugby so I can quite often find myself in some faraway village on a Sunday morning.

Very often there is nothing to do whilst they train for an hour pre match (why??). A couple of weeks ago he had a match over in Congleton. Not a million miles away but a nice little jaunt.

I parked up, looked to my right, a car boot no less. All of a sudden I was wishing for more than an hour.

After a nice mooch around the car boot, I decided I would attempt to park nearer the rugby pitch, only to find myself parked up outside an Antiques shop. Three floors of treasures to investigate. It was ace.

I watched Joe getting caked in mud for an hour, then hit the antiques once more. I purchased 3 glass jelly moulds….the start of a collection, and a lovely advertising tray. You will see that shortly.

  

These little Rice espresso cups were a gift from Ms Beth Taylor.

I have always had a love for espresso cups, anything mini right?

As luck would have it, now Mr Betty is on a health kick (has been for a while), he has espresso, no milk of course. I can now embrace the purchase of lovely little cups and these have become a permanent fixture in my coffee making zone.

As you may know, I had a new kitchen about 18 months ago. I love it, but it just wasn't working.

You know how kitchens have to have that layout design that stops one walking 4 miles whilst chucking together a hotpot, well, we sort of had that problem.

I was forever moving my table around (ask the kids), trying to get the feeling right.

In the end I just new we needed to go to Ikea….again!

We bought the Stenstorp kitchen island and things are now pretty much perfect.

Of course then I needed some barstools.

I found these online and I absolutely love them.

Just lately I have been collecting theses Observer books.

It is a bit of a trend I know, but I am a sucker for trends and one can quite often find me jumping on passing bandwagons. The lovely thing about this little collection is that people keep gifting me new additions ( thanks Kristy, Emzy and Searsons).

Mr Betty loves Automobiles, Aircraft and Commercial Vehicles. Littlest loves all the nature ones. I love Cacti because it is yellow.

I purchased these in/out trays at Vintage Village. I am now the Vintage Village administrator, I bought these with my new position in mind. They are now housing part of my rather ridiculous magazine collection. I will just have to find some more for my more important paperwork.

I love my new job. I work from home and my boss is also my friend. 

Perfect.

The mini Kewpie is another Vintage Village purchase, couldn't resist.

This is my favourite corner. I am always taking pictures of it and it is always changing.

I am forever rearranging it's contents or adding new finds.

The standard lamp base was bought at the charity shop for £6.

I like the shape of it and it is a welcome addition to my corner of joy.

Here is the tray I was telling you about, purchased from the antiques centre in Congleton.

It is a little bit rusty but I love it.

I have a thing for trays but have recently given myself an 'only round ones' rule. At least they can all be stacked on my new handy kitchen island!!

Thanks for reading. xx