No...it's still other peoples' tat.

Date: 23 July 2011 08:33:29

Today it's our annual Vide Grenier/Brocante/Bourse aux timbres et cartes postales (that is Attic Sale/bric-a-brac/ Stamp & PostCard Sale). As I read several blogs where the authors find charming things in such places, I decided to try to look around with Floss' eyes. I did see some pretty china, but generally, I'm afraid that most of it was still other peoples' tat to me.

We have a lot of Stuff in the house so if I bought more it would just be more stuff to dust (tho' to be fair, there's not a lot of that going on in our house, and what there is is done by Mr D!) We haven't a huge amount of storage space either. And I've not got the "eye" to imagine where it might be displayed.

However, I did force myself to poke about a bit and I ended up with a few things which I can use on cards. But I discovered I'm rubbish at haggling! I bought a job-lot for 2€ including a pin with about 10 tiny religious medals, a watch face and a wedding ring. I wonder whose it was...

I bought two old books, one with pictures in, and one printed on lovely thick paper. While I don't like the idea of destroying books, these too could be used for my "vintage-shabby chic" range of cards. These cost me the grand sum of 60 cents for both. I bought four post cards too - one is a reproduction, with cute kittens clambering over tins. One is a publicité card for a shop, one is a reproduction of a 1935 postcard of Paris, and the last is a card with a drawing of owls. Le Grand-Duc de Virginie otherwise known as the Great Horned Owl. This is for my mum...because she doesn't collect owls. (A bit of a family joke) The four cards cost me 1€ And a book for 1€ about dolphins. This is in really good condition, and is a gift for Alison & Gérôme's son, Flynn, who is 8 today. I've already bought him a T-shirt and a bundle of lollipops, so I think that should do. I've not got round to making his card though.

But generally, I'm afraid it's still just Other Peoples' Tat. Sorry Floss!