Not a brocante in sight

As I told you a couple of posts ago, at this time of the year there are no brocantes or vide greniers in our area of France, but last week I did go to a local ( very expensive, grr ) charity shop and bought a few things. I showed you a couple of things in this post, but the other stuff had to wait for better weather. And as we had a couple of hours of sunshine yesterday, I photographed most of the bits and pieces. Nothing hugely exciting, but hey, some of the pieces made me smile. For example, this little creature -

At first I thought it was a deer, but when I looked at the head properly, I realised that it is more like a young Ibex. Ah well, whatever it is, it is sooo cute!

Found another sweet little Digoin/Sarreguemines cafe au lait bowl as well. Front -

 and back -

Vintage chocolate egg mold, well, half of it anyway. Perfect for altering and putting a little Easter scene inside, dontcha think? -

Isn't this pewter plate great? I love the armorial design -

What else did I get? Ah yes, wine tasting cups, I think they are awesome -

I love wood, it is such wonderfully tactile stuff, and if it is carved beautifully, even better. I found this great little piece at the same place -

I use these enamelled, errm, pots, in the garden, planted up with geraniums and fuchsias -

isn't that the prettiest shade of blue?

Found a box full of old buttons as well and spent a couple of hours happily sorting them into the different colours. These are the mother of pearl buttons I dug out -

This cup is chipped. On the rim and on the foot. But it is such a sweet commemorative cup, First Holy Communion, that I just couldn't leave it behind. I think it is so precious despite the chips -

Oh, and last but not least, a little blast of colour, this stunning fuchsia pink, very wide lace -

There were a couple of other things, but the sunlight didn't last long enough, so they will have to wait for yet another day.

Until then, toodlepip xxx