Cherries, Lemons & Limes - Oh My!

Gosh, my kitchen is so au courant! In case you have yet to check out the SS11 shows, a big trend for the summery season consists of bold, FRUITY prints! Taking a look at the snap shot from my kitchen above, one might have thought that Stella McCartney had pinched her collection inspiration from inside my own home - but non! She just loves her vitamin C as much as I do.

But this post is not about my oranges, lemons and limes, it is about my lovely cerise-painted vintage butter dish - don't you just love!? Anther fab charity shop find, yup! x

Retro Summer Pimms

...Actually, make that Sangria - I'm not too keen on Pimms.

Don't you just lOove my retro pitcher set?? I bought it towards the end of the summer at a Charity Shop for £3.50 with the hopes of hosting more garden parties and being able to put it to good use. Unfortunately, lousy English summer weather meant no more parties and I had to pack it away in the cupboard.

On Thanksgiving Sunday I had two friends over for dinner and was determined to pull out and show off all of my best kitchen finds by putting them to use. Even though it was a small party of four, I picked out my four favourite glasses and filled the jug with Brita water for us all to enjoy throughout the evening. Party hosting success!

Vintage Vogue

Voila! My vintage Vogue mirror I found for £2!! Ooh what a happy day it was when I found this gem. Here it is sitting pretty atop my bedroom fireplace, it undoubtedly adds a certain je ne sais quoi to the room.

Happy Housewife

Ooh I just love my original 1950s floral apron! I bought this from my local charity shop for something like £1.50 and it was new with original tags - amazing! It likes to hang out on my kitchen cupboard handle, sadly I usually forget to wear it while cooking... then I curse each time I stain my clothes, which is pretty much every time I cook. Darn! At least my lack of wear maintains its pristine condition.

Kitty's Kitchen

Isn't this vintage tea towel AMAZING!? Part of my second 2-for -£1 batch of vintage tea towels found at my favourite local charity shop, I think this one might be my fave so far even though they are all pretty great. This kitten is a definitely too good to get messy, I'd like to hang it up on the wall sometime soon.

Pretty Prints

Late yesterday afternoon I popped into one of my favourite local charity shops right before closing. Considering how well I did in there last weekend, I wasn't expecting to find much. Quickly scanning the rails nothing really stood out until I walked over to the homeware wall and found this little number sitting pretty!

I couldn't believe it was almost closing time and no-one had picked her up. Fortunately for me, I have polar opposite tastes to those who live in my area. The above is a casserole dish by the Broadhurst Bros Burslem from Stoke-On-Trent. Not sure if I can really use it to cook or not, but at least it will look nice hanging out in my kitchen.

...Perhaps she can play host to my sweet potato mash (topped with roasted marshmellows), the Canadian Thanksgiving classic that I plan to make next weekend!