That was what my partner asked me, when I bought a fancy dishcloth. It wasn’t even that fancy – it only cost £1 from Tiger in Luton – but it had a pattern on it. Oh, and I also bought a couple … Continue reading
Author Archives: modflowers
ribbons and ricrac
One of the more popular pictures I shared recently was a collection of vintage trims. I spotted them on ebay and, tempted, had them on watch for a while. But in the end I didn’t buy them because they were a bit ‘spensive. But … Continue reading
priorities
I consider myself pretty good at prioritising. In my previous job-from-hell, there were never enough hours in the day to do everything and consequently, prioritising was something I had to do rather a lot of. I have stuff to sort out. Some of it … Continue reading
thankyou, grandad
We are rather excited today in the modflowers household. We are going somewhere special for Christmas…. Yes, we are off to the other side of the world again, to catch up with my sister and lad’s cousins! This time it … Continue reading
just like the good old days
There are times when I literally catch myself in the act of becoming a grumpy old woman. One such, only yesterday, was after I had been lamenting how the changes to Etsy’s rules for sellers were an inevitable product of the greed that … Continue reading
great pretenders
There’s always a bit of tension between “vintage” and “retro”, I’ve noticed. “Vintage” is what used to be known, back in my youth, as second-hand. Or if you prefer, just plain old. Whereas “retro” is usually new, but in the … Continue reading