Vintage Ramekins......

I love my collection of vintage ramekins.  There is something about holding one in your hands that is full of delectable morsels of yummy food....fabulously cold ice-cream with strawberries and chocolate, fruit salad and yoghurt, yummy leftovers heated up for lunch, piping hot pumpkin soup on a cold Winter's day.... A ramekin holds them all and usually has a little handle to make eating your favourite tidbit on the couch watching a movie all the easier!!Here are some photos of some of my favourites from my own collection...

 I love the black outer and coloured interior of these ones......

 The chunkiness and contrast of these ones....

 Delectable strawberry pink, such a great colour with the blue interior..

These are all from the 1950's, but plenty abound from many different eras - get some and try them out for yourself - I'm sure you'll grow to love them too!!!

Bridge Coat of Printed Velvet....

I go Vintage hunting every day I can..it seems to be an obsession and has been since I was a teenager.  One of the things I love most about it is the thrill of finding what appears to be a very non-descript item and discovering that is full of fabulousness!!! (not sure that's a word but never mind!)

That is exactly what happened a couple of weeks ago when I sighted the blue dustcover of this book on the shelf, and as it looked kind of vintage, I gave it a

peruse.....

The first thing I noticed was that it must have been printed during the Second World War as it was printed to "War Economy Standard", so far so good...

Inside were such visions of loveliness!!! Beautiful 1930's fabric design and dresses and illustrations that set my heart aflutter!

 First a lesson in the difference between machine printed material (on the left) and handprinted (on the right), both divine in my humble opinion!

And then the first dress  - a handprinted voile afternoon frock no less!

Cushions...

Fabulous 30's designs....

A Nursery hanging....

 A handprinted elephant crepe dress....

An amazing wall hanging.....

 An absolutely divine voile afternoon frock......

And finally a bridge coat of printed velvet - who ever heard of a bridge coat - let alone one of handprinted velvet!!!!  Oh my goodness I so want all of these!!!


 So the book stays on my shelf instead of in my stall which is where it should be ...because maybe, one day, I'll use this book to teach myself to do this amazing stuff... or maybe not, but I'm not over looking at it yet.....