Bringing you boot sale bounty, whatever the weather!

It's been a long day for me as I was up with the lark to go hunting for treasure.

When I looked out the window this morning I have to admit that I was rather doubtful as to wheather or not it would be worth my while but thankfully I was pleasantly surprised.

The seller numbers always dwindle dramatically when the weather is crap but sometimes it's nice to have a more manageable number of stalls to peruse.

In the summertime when the fair-weather booters are all out in force this particular boot sale can be quite daunting and you are usually totally shaggard from rummaging after only going round half of it.

 The car boot sale season is still in its winter lull but come next month it should start getting much busier.

One of the sellers decided she'd had enough and left a whole heap of damp shoes behind.

Thankfully it wasn't pouring down but it did drizzle ceaselessly. 

Everything was a bit damp but that doesn't bother me cause I mostly buy clothes & fabrics that are washed when I get home anyway.

The HARDCORE car booters...they'll rummage to the bitter end, whatever the weather!

So what did I come away with?

Well, well...some pretty neat stuff actually!

A couple of decorative brass dishes, an awesome vintage 70s kermit green jumpsuit, a vintage Delroy Fabrics catalogue, a vintage 60s psychedelic print mini dress, a pair of vintage 70s flared jeans, vintage 80s leather boots, an African print shirt & some African print fabric.

I'm very happy with my scores, especially the funky-ass jumpsuit ;)

Two more things to share before I sign off for this time, namely another outfit...

DVF floral silk blouse, Vintage 70s dress labelled 'St Honore', Crushed velvet booties, DIYed necklace & Indian earrings

I got this lovely Diane von Furstenberg silk blouse from last weeks car boot sale and the quirky cut dress I bought from my vintage dealer friend.

Last but by no means least, look what I got through the post yesterday...

My "diving license" certification card, yay!

All I need now is a holiday to somewhere warm that has reefs & fish in abundance ;)

Have a great start to the new week peeps.

Lot's of love,

Jennie

xXx

A-Z of Frocks

Over the past week I've been enjoying reading the A-Z posts featured on several peoples blogs. 

I did for a brief moment entertain the thought of doing one myself but decided against it after remembering how flipping long it took me to do a similar post in the past. 

I always seem to get stuck & can't think of anything remotely witty to write. 

So I thought instead of doing an A-Z about myself, I'd do an A-Z about some of my fabulous frocks, much easier!

If you haven't already, you can pop over to Helga's, La Dama's, Vix's & Desiree's blogs to check out their proper A-Z posts but before you leave here's my frocking one ;)

A is for Autumnal colours

B is for Batwings

C is for Chinese print

D is for Dominatrix

E is for Eighties

F is for Floral print

G is for Gold

H is for Heritage prints

I is for India

J is for Jive

K is for Kanga

L is for Ladylike

M is for Maxi

N is for Nautical

O is for Oceania blue

P is for Psychedelic print

Q is for Quirky print

R is for Ruffles of lace

S is for Swinging sixties

T is for Theatrical

U is for Urban Warrior

V is for Velvet devore

W is for Wool

X is for Xena

Y is for Yardgrass green

Z is for Zebra print

That's all for this time peeps!

Lot's of love,

Jennie

xXx

Dampening discord & nurturing nostalgia

In the light of what's been going down here in the urban jungle of late, I've not been in a good mindset for blogging and I'm still feeling a bit off key; the figurative grand piano has taken a great big knock and it's playing woefully out of tune.

So I'm just going to give you some pictures of my mummy instead cause I'm missing her very much at the moment.

It's at times like these I wish I could turn around to the nearest adult and ask them to phone my mummy to come and collect me cause quite frankly...
"Jennie doesn't want to play anymore!" ;)
Here's my beautiful mamma Ewa:

I believe she was 15 years old when this was taken. I wish she'd held onto that frock ;)

These two photos were taken when mum did a spot of modelling for a local photographers studio. She was only 16 years old but looks atleast twenty I think. A year later my  mum gave birth to my oldest brother Pelle.

Tea & fag break on the balcony in August 1965.

I think this was taken on a trip to Poland in the 60s, check out the groovy print on the dress...yeah baby!

This is one of my favourite pics ever, my mum looks amazinlgy stylish & beautiful. I return to this photo for style inspiration again & again.

A knitted ensemble this time teamed with a cute smile. Check out the funky furniture...I'd so have that in my house today.

Here's mummy clad in a fabulous floral blouse with her pigtail plaits, giving yours truly a sink bath ;)

My mum became involved in local politics in the 70s, I guess that's where I get my activist streak from ;)

She smoked for years and years but then one day when she was fourty-odd she binned her stinky sticks and haven't smoked since ;)

Here's a local news clipping from 1976, it reads "Mother of five & ninth name on the town council list Ewa Andersson,29, demands more childcare opportunities & jobs for women, 5 year old Jessica & Jennie who is almost two agree" ;)

Here's the three of us again, several years later at Christmas, all wearing Laura Ashley style fine frockery.

Yesterday's outfit incorporated one of my mum's dresses from the late 70s.

A very elegant 40s inspired frock...

I've teamed it with a pair of vintage heels, Coach bag, 80s sunnies and a pair of crochet & stone heart earrings... all from car boot sales ;)

I love wearing my mum's old clobber, it makes me feel a little bit closer to her ;)

Close-up for you fellow print geeks ;)

Here are some other treasured bits & pieces that used to take pride of place in my mums wardrobe...

She LOVED clog boots back in the late 70s & early 80s.

This top was handmade my a woman that lived up the road from mum when she was a teenager. Mum wore this on the night she got together with my bio-dad.

This was another staple in my mums 70s wardrobe, I remember admiringly looking up at that yellow sleeve when I was the size of a midget ;)

That's all for today folks!

Hope you are all keeping safe in these crazy times.

Lot's of love,

Jennie

xXx