tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18354649090407352502024-03-05T18:10:00.222+00:00the vanilla squirrelthe vanilla squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03011510292078333520noreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835464909040735250.post-27539055567261870452014-07-18T21:14:00.001+01:002014-07-18T21:15:22.165+01:00'Tweedy Pies'.......<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....a little flock of 'tweedy pie' chicks.....</span></div>
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...m<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">ade from upcycled vintage wool blankets......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">......or vintage quilts..........</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">.....or beautiful habadashery......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">.....then i'd imagine you would've loved this beautiful fair......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">.....set in the idyllic surroundings of brownsword hall in poundbury......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">....with a cool breeze wafting the beautiful linens......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">....it was hard to resist all the amazing temptations.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">.....but i was very well behaved.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">.....i always feel more relaxed, more creative, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">.....i even quite like the squawking of those wretched seagulls...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">..and find myself channelling dottie angel....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">lollipop coloured vintage housecoats....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...or maybe a little green sylvac bunny matchbox holder</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">so worth it i think?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">....and of course no trip to bridport is worth it's salt </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">there's always a warm welcome from caroline...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....and lots of lovely items you won't have seen anywhere else....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">.....so will just have to buy!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...not that i spend my life</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">....i'm just a bit excited</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">in poundbury tomorrow!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">promise to report back or i might see you there???</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">.....last weekend</span><a href="http://www.cabbagesandroses.com/" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> christina strutt</a><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">(of cabbages and roses fame)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...opened the doors and beautiful grounds </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...as you can imagine...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...and the setting was nothing short of idyllic...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">....the drive to the fair was an adventure in itself...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...once we'd managed to balance the car in a lumpy field</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">....unfortunately we weren't able to go on friday (the first day)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....which was apparently absolutely heaving...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....and involved an element of ladies having elegant</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">'bun fights' over the c & r bargain rails of clothes....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">that many of the stalls packed up and returned home....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....and subscribers received emails basically</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">suggesting that the saturday might prove to be a bit of a wash out...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">so i'm so glad we decided to 'risk it'and ignored all the warnings....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....but one of my main 'raisons d'être' for going at all</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...for quite some time i have been in contact with a fellow</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">michele at <a href="http://www.millieanddottie.com/">cowboys and custard</a> is like a kindred spirit....</span></div>
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<i style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">(see what i mean????!!!)</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">....and through emails and exchanged gifts...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....have forged a friendship...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...it was so wonderful for us to meet at last....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....and her stall was like 7th heaven to me....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">....who to adopt?????</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...i have been admiring this bunny on IG from afar...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">... so when i spied him waiting for me on the shelf...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....he just fell into my arms....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....but came away thinking i could've had so much more!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">....it really was a wonderful fair....</span></div>
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the vanilla squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03011510292078333520noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835464909040735250.post-14405061271907852642014-03-23T16:23:00.001+00:002014-03-23T16:23:48.021+00:00....a little jaunt......<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.kilvercourt.com/" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">kilver court designer village</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...i have such a soft spot for anything</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">....my heart just skips a beat if i spot it in a </span><a href="http://www.stiffkeystores.com/" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">shop</a><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...i know i can always get a fix in my favourite shops</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">....it was the fabric that inspired me....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...a lovely scrap of fluffy pastel yellow mohair...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...that just screamed 'chicks' to me....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...i cut out 6 pairs of vintage quilty little wings....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....and 6 little smiley felty beaks....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">.....i was quite a long way down the creative process</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...today i found myself a vintage sindy doll!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...i discovered her in one of my regular squirrel haunts.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...no ugly ducklings here....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">....only the cutest of the cute...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...so crack open a bag of mini eggs</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....and put a little spring in your step!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...it's so wet and grey and miserable....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...but i found this pretty vintage housecoat at the bottom of my</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...i'd forgotten i'd bought it so it was a happy discovery</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...and so made me wish for sunny days....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...i always love to have fresh flowers at home...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">..these beauties just get better with every day...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...wishing you all love and happy days</span></div>
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the vanilla squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03011510292078333520noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835464909040735250.post-21511544018768214312014-01-25T11:57:00.002+00:002014-01-25T12:00:57.362+00:00valentine love bunnies.....<div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: center;"> ....and this is the result......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....like you?!?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">available now in my etsy shop!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">...this week i had a playdate with my crafty partner in crime</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">..and her array of crafting inspirational books</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">....i'm afraid my unbridled joy in her discovery</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">led to this little lady coming home with me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...shall we say 'passionately adopted with kind permission!!?'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....there were quite a few little beauties </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....look at this little basket of wooden people....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....the squirrel fell in love with these too of course!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....oh and this lovely doll is made by the talented</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....you see she really can't be a 'lazy' daisy after all !</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...what with the mad rush of christmas......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....followed by the misery of all that rain</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....it's no surprise that the january blues</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">(<i>even the dog is feeling sorry for herself!)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">....i seemed to hit a creative crater...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...i'd hung up my sewing skates....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...but i am slowly creeping back into my crafting sneakers...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...never one to be beaten...</span><br>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">i turned to my age-old 'pick-me-up' solution.....</span><br>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">'shopping'!!!!!</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...a tentative forage in my local charity shop</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....a lovely big bag of miniature vintage doilies</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">as my inspiration zone jump-started into action....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...encouraged (and financially assisted)by my husband....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">which has brought colour and joy into my hallway</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.samanthastas.etsy.com/">samantha stas</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">and her adorable shop.....</span></div>
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the vanilla squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03011510292078333520noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835464909040735250.post-43318205345000295612014-01-08T18:08:00.003+00:002014-01-08T18:08:58.456+00:00SALE at the squirrel shop!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....but its in with the new!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...you know me....i love a creme egg or three...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...but it does shock more every year when they appear</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">on boxing day in the supermarkets!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...imagine my surprise then </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....so happy new year to you all....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...thank you for your bloggy friendship and support....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....and time spent drooling over my parents </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">enviable vintage christmas displays.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....here is just a little peek to get you in the mood..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...little wooden angels and adorable cherubs....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....beautiful quilts and little cuties peeking out....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">....on saturday my husband and i celebrated a special anniversary</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...look at rudolph!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">he had strangely never dated a girl </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">with a monkey cupboard before!?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">...one day whilst i was dragging him around a favourite bear shop</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">....who should walk into my life????</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">....i just hadn't met him yet....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">.....but it was swooning love at first sight of course.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">....i think i may even have gasped a little....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">....but i have since discovered </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">a certain arrogance in his swagger....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">.....that is masked by his charming good looks.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">.....and polka dotted pipe cleaner legs....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">.....first he tried to hang out in my squirrel themed tree..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">..but his constant gags about their 'nuts' wore a little thin....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">....he then upset the deer...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">.....and attempted to pinch the top slot</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">by chatting up the christmas tree fairy....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">....and this was just a step too far!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">...after a few quiet words....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">....i have found his home....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">...where he can be king of the swingers......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">....and he's feeling good!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">have you found any festive vintage treasure this year?</span></div>
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