Bottle Feeding Lambs

This morning at 7am I helped my friend feed her baby lambs that have lost their mums ( I won't go into detail) and are now being bottle fed.  I am in charge next Tuesday for the early morning and the lunchtime feed!!  They are so gorgeous.

They are sleeping in a little dairy and then go out in yard during the day and play and sunbathe.  They don't have names yet they are just little blue, big blue, little orange and big orange due to the colour of the numbers on their sides.  My friend is going to keep them in her paddock when they are big enough.  She was keeping them in her house until her dad said she could keep them at his house where there are outbuildings!  That is why she is my friend because she doesn't think it's mad to keep lambs inside if they've got nowhere else to go.

I've had such a lovely start to my day I hope it continues!!

Gushing with excitement!

Just a quick post to share my joy at my lovely recovered Lloyd Loom Ottoman. 

I bought the ottoman from a carboot sale for £5 and it was in a bit of a state.  I cleaned it up and gave it lots of love and then went on a hunt for some fabric to recover the lid.  I found the fabric at yet another carboot sale for £2 and have enough left over for two cushions and maybe even another project!  I watched the Sound of Music the other day for the millionth time and just love the bit where Maria makes playclothes for the children out of her curtains!  As I'm not a governess I'm thinking bandanas for the dogs or bunting?
Anyway am gushing with excitement with how lovely my ottoman looks for the grand price of £7!!

Love Nostalgic Vicky

My creative Juices Are Flowing

I'm not crafty or clever and talented but I am full of ideas!!!  I had a very satisfying day yesterday when a few plans came together and I thought I'd share them with you.
I had seen pretty pin boards in shops and decided they were far too overpriced and that an equally lovely one could be made!  My need for one next to my desk grew and grew and so the time came to start a plan.  I was throwing an old frame out and my husband suggested I use it for my board!  Yes he is a treasure!  I ordered some foam and then never found time to paint the frame.  This is where my lovely mum stepped in and quickly slapped on some paint for me.  I bought some gorgeous french fabric from Wendy of Ticking Stripes at the Vintage Fair on Saturday and hey presto with a little help from my husband's staple gun here is the finished article!!  I love it and don't really want to stick pins in it!!!

My next project yesterday was to put a recipe on my website homepage.  I had sent out a newsletter stating that I was putting a recipe each month on my website and as the month was well underway thought I'd better get on with it.  The thing holding me back was that I had decided to make the item and take photos to accompany my recipe.  The recipe came from a cook book given to me by my husbands Grannie and dates from 1937.  The instructions are very general and so alot of guess work was needed.  Anyhow I managed the Victoria Pudding and if I say so myself the pictures look really good and it tastes even better.



I bought a Lloyd Loom Chair and Ottoman from a car boot sale on Sunday and had planned to do them up and sell on but have decided I can't part with them and so am going to paint the chair with weather protective paint and have it outside in my new pergola that my husband built for me - yes again he is a treasure! 

I've got to recover the ottoman which will be more of a challenge!  Wish me luck and let's hope the creative juices keep flowing!!!

Love Nostalgic Vicky xx





March Belongs To Chickens......

My girls just come to life again as soon as March arrives.  All winter they have been huddled in their house sheltering from the elements but now the weather has warmed up they are scratching and pecking all over the place.  I have put my chicken wreath on my door and the eggs have started appearing in the nesting boxes - Spring has definitely sprung.  I think some of my bulbs have survived but time will tell.

I have been doing my usual routine of gathering spring flowers in vases and jugs and putting them everywhere around the house to bring spring in.  Haven't managed to develop a spring cleaning routine but the flowers cover up and winter dust!!

I'm getting ready for my next fair in Northampton this week and have gots of new bits and bobs so will hopefully have an interesting stall.  I'm taking items that aren't on my online shop yet so the people at the fair get first dibs before the rest of the world sees them!

I hope it will be a fine spring day to bring lots of people in to look at all the wonderful treasures on offer by all the lovely sellers.  See you Saturday ....

Not Long Now!!



It's not long now till my next fair at the Three Swans in Market Harborough.  I am very excited as usual and plan to spend the next three days deciding which treasures to take.  My husband is going to help me unload this time so I can take what I like which makes life difficult as I want to take everything!  I might do a laundry section as I've got lots of old irons and a fab vintage clothes airer and ironing board. 
I have been getting all organised in January and sorting my stock into numbered boxes!!  I'm the sort of person who needs to have everything organised in the background before I can get on with anything creative!!  Now I have my shop and stock in order I can focus on blogging, designing and have got an editorial to write for a vintage magazine so praying that the creative juices start flowing.

Hope to see lots of people on Saturday - Oh what vintage glasses shall I wear!!!
Love Nostalgic Vicky