Books and Buttons

These are my finds at a recent antiques fair and flea market in my local town hall. I feel I was very restrained! I have a huge love for the old penguin books and have started collecting some popular titles, they aren't worth much money but they look very pretty on a book shelf! This green Agatha Christie I picked up for £1 (bargain!) and has been added to the two I found in a second-hand book shop (Lady Chatterley's Lover and Wuthering Heights) on my shelf - three counts as a collection right?!

The buttons were £4 for the four large ones and £3 for the small ones, all mother of pearl, and will be added to my sewing basket - I haven't got a specific use in mind for them but buttons are always a useful thing to have!

Vogue Wall Art

The idea for this design came from some art I saw at a local antiques fair. I love visiting antiques fairs, although most of the items are out of my price range you sometimes discover hidden bargains or, more often, find some inspiration for things to create at home for a fraction of the price. At this particular antiques fair I was struck by a stall selling wall art and particularly several pieces that were a framed film poster and a framed dressmaking pattern. 

Several days later I was browsing Waterstones on my lunch break (another favourite pastime) and found this selection of postcards that showed iconic Vogue covers spanning a century and decided they would be perfect to create my own wall art. I purchased a cheap large picture frame and set about choosing my favourite covers to put in it.

Et voilà a really simple but effective way of creating an individual frame to decorate your wall. The beauty of it is you can easily change the postcards around if you fancy a change and can use any poster or postcards to fill it. When I have some free wall space my next frame will be full of penguin book covers!