Milly & Dottie's Summer Selction

New items added to the shelves. 

Now we are 3 !!

 Today Milly and Dottie will be cracking open a bottle of their finest Elderflower Fizz, dishing out lashings of vanilla ice cream and strawberries and maybe the odd custard cream or two.. to celebrate their 3 rd Birthday. 

We would love you to join us in our celebrations .. so please put on your prettiest floral frocks and straw bonnets for the occasion.

Say "Hello" to Summer

Picnics In The Park

Time to find the red watering can

Make dandelion chains and tell the time with the seed heads

Feed the birds in your matching summer frock and hat

 Pick some homegrown vegetables for supper

The sun shining enough to tell the time

Enjoy the return of the Swallows

Summer has arrived! 

(posters from a variety in The Dovecote

1940s Rainy Day Treats

 Bakelite Beehives

Gloves From Dusters

Treacle Toffee Carrots & Camiknickers

101 Things for Girls to Do on a rainy day or two...

Like Cats & Dogs

Meet Rags, Tatters, Bill and Mittens.

Two Fox Terriers, an Airedale and a tabby kitten, all on our Library shelves now!

Rainy Day Sunshine

Well, with the weather gauge permanently stuck on "Wind & Rain" at the moment we could be forgiven for indulging in a spot of weekend whimsy.  After a week of soggy bunting, broken brollies and windswept gardens, you could forgive Dicky for being a trifle cross about not being able to go out and play.  

To cheer ourselves up in the Emporium we have been adding a few bits and bobs to the shelves, Gladys and Eric have taken up residence in the Nursery.  These two beautiful vintage teddies are just the right sort of distraction on a rainy day. 

New items have been added to the Boudoir and tins to the Boxroom, prints and embroidery to the Attic and in the Library a wonderful 1950s book of hobbies if your ideas are running low as well as a delightful 1940s children's book, "Our Friends in The Country."  There is also a delightful 1920s Alphabet of Winter Soirts which is both charming and humorous and very much of its time.

If you fancy making and mending, our Sewing Room is full to the brim with 1940s sewing projects and tips.  Thrifty gift ideas from kettle holders to pin cushions, rattles to calendars, tablecloths to dress jackets, pinafores to drawstring bags, all of which are typically 1940s in style and design and very economical to make too.

In The Scullery there is a wonderful 1950s pegbag, cheerful china and a wobble of jelly moulds to brighten your day.

With best wishes for a sunny, dry and enjoyable weekend

Milly and Dottie

Fit For A Queen

Enjoy the weekend!