Biscuit tins, apples and more...

Recently I have been... wrapping apples in newspaper and packing them into wooden trays. We have 3 apple trays and they are overflowing with apples! In the last 24 hours, approx. 30 fell off the trees, this is a normal day and these are the apples we have to throw away! We plan to make cider and I am going to try cooking them tonight even though they are eating apples. Does anyone have any good apple recipes?

I also recently bought some brilliant biscuit tins from Marks & Spencer - one in the shape of a large jammy dodger and the other in the shape of a large bourbon. I bought a custard cream one last year and am v pleased they have brought out more! I thought it was possibly just me who was weirdly excited by this but when I posted photos on Instagram, I got a very excited response from fellow Instagramers! Who'da thought?

Some more recent Instagram pics below (one showing a small brass mouse I bought for a bargain price on eBay recently!)

Portmeirion Totem

I have recently 'discovered' Portmeirion Totem, a fab range from the 70s (that era again, what a surprise!) - I have bought an amber colour small jug and a green small storage jar from Ebay, am waiting for them both to arrive, very exciting! I found this from Pips Trip which is lovely!

A Homemaker birthday treat

It was my birthday recently and a very good friend of mine gave me a Homemaker trio of trios! I already had 2 bowls in this beautiful 1950s pattern and I received 3 teacups, 3 saucers and 3 cake plates. Now I am on a hunt to find one more bowl so I have a quartet of trios! Ridgway Potteries produced this range in this mid 1950s and it was sold through Woolworths. Read more on the excellent retroselect.com here.

I Heart Ebay

More finds, all available on Ebay! I am addicted to just looking and looking at all the wonderful things to be had! Help!

Black and white beauties

Here are some beautiful black and white goodies I am watching on Ebay... normally I am drawn to colour but these are lovely...