I don't often go opshopping these days, but I still love finding useful and beautiful things to buy second-hand when I get the chance. Here are three recent finds that I bought with 'making things' in mind.
– a beautiful old cake plate. I have a couple of pudding bowls in this same anemone-type pattern, so I was very pleased to find this matching cake plate. It's marked 'Lord Nelson Pottery'.
– a length of very beautiful oatmeal linen. I have embroidery plans lined up for this. (I bought this online, not from a second-hand shop.)
– a crazy old book: 'A Handbook of Bulbs and Perennials for the Southern Hemisphere' by Richard E. Harrison. The pages have come away from the spine and some are missing, but there are some great strangely-coloured photos and diagrams I could put to use.
Are you an op-shopper? Have you had any great finds lately?
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