Sunday, 25 November 2012

Bah Humbug ....



Perfect for Christmas - 1940s recipe for humbugs. Let us know if you make them.
Of course you might be too busy stirring up the Christmas puds to be rolling out the humbugs like tiny roly-polys but they sound like fun.

If you are stuck for gift ideas for the festivities, the Emporium shelves are full with treasure and the Grotto is groaning under the  weight of vintage festive goodies.  Bah humbug indeed!

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Milly & Dottie's Bumper Book Bonanza


Hello!

There's nothing better than cosying up beside the fire with a jolly good book to read and we are very pleased to announce that there is a veritable feast of favourite reads in our Library at the moment.

Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timmy, aka The Famous Five, are solving mysteries galore.  It's a case of jolly hockey sticks at our favourite boarding schools, St Clare's and Malory Towers, the perfect opportunity to grab a slice of fruit cake and the odd ginger beer or two from your tuck box whilst catching up on all the antics.  Hop, Skip and Jump are in Toadstool Town too.  We really do think Enid Blyton would be proud of our vintage bookshelves!




We have also been lucky enough to add some wonderful gardening books, King Penguins and a beautiful Ernest Nister "The Language of Flowers" book.   These all sit alongside our old favourites, Milly Molly Mandy, Margaret Tarrant, Dr Dolittle and Peter Pan.   There really is something for everyone.  The perfect gift.





We would also like to say a big 'thank you' to all our customers who have visited our Christmas Grotto recently,  Santa's helpers have certainly been very busy with the brown paper and string.  We are always adding new items to the Grotto so do pop along and see what's new.  There are some lovely books in here too and all sorts of interesting and unusual vintage gift ideas.



If you are thinking of getting ahead of things, then you will find lots of lovely gifts throughout the Emporium from tins to prints, posters to cuddly toys, sewing notions to kitchenalia.

We do look forward to seeing you soon.

Milly and Dottie


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Sunday, 21 October 2012

Teatime Treats




Sunday afternoon, is the perfect excuse to indulge in a spot of afternoon tea.




Nothing beats a cup of tea in a vintage cup and saucer - 1940s Utility ware if possible...


 Whilst our love of custard creams is well known, on cold, wet Autumnal afternoons there's nothing better than a warm pud of two...



And maybe some help from The Ministry of Food...

Tuesday, 21 August 2012

Rambles, brambles, posies and roses





Hello
Fancy a jolly?  There's nothing better than a ramble through the brambles, a hike through the hedgerows and a meander through the meadows.  Summer frocks, sunhats and a pair of plimsolls and we're off.  A bottle or two of ginger beer, a slice or three of homemade cake to keep us going and some sunshine to keep us smiling...
If buttercups and butterflies, birds and bees and strolls along the riverbanks or Devon countryside take your fancy, just pop along to the Emporium where we have a wonderful assortment of goodies to tempt you.  Gorgeous books in the Library, vintage framed prints in the Attic, posies waiting in the Box Room, deligthful posters in the Dovecote and Attic , pitchers and jugs in the Scullery and, if you need a bit of a spruce up after all that walking, a lovely washing set in the Nursery.
See you soon
Milly and Dottie





Monday, 6 August 2012

Milly & Dottie's Summer Selction



New items added to the shelves. 


Wednesday, 25 July 2012

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.

Tuesday, 24 July 2012

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