My Sunday Finds

A few treasures found in a car boot sale last Sunday  and after a good ultra sonic treatment they have come out looking good. A few need repairs but nothing major. So hopefully will be listing soon.

A beautiful multi faceted crystal rosary from Lourdes along with  case.

Did not clean this brooch and I think the flowers are hand painted as I love it as is.

The colours on this brooch are gorgeous.

Now I think this pendant  looks like a distorted snail new picture needed!

And this big chunky pendant along with a few buttons that I have not yet sorted out and cleaned and I am off to do that shortly.

But my favourit has to be this lovely little leather rose purse which is so excited to be going on holiday with me next week. So all in all a good, in fact the best finds for awhile. Have you found any treasures lately?

Bruniquel on my Tod

This fortified market town of Bruniquel occupies an amazing  position high above the Aveyron and Vère rivers. Ancient houses, a belfry and the ruins of the medieval fortifications are spread out over several levels. Dominating the village is the imposing fortress built by Queen Brunehaut (534-613), daughter to the Visigoth King Athanalgilde and wife of Austrasian King Sigebert, grandson to Clovis. Just thought I would mention this. 
So as they were having a Vide Grenier today and it's only a 15 minute drive from my house, I thought why not. Here are a few things I saw and bought.

  

They both look so fed up



Had to buy a just a few

 

These were lovely but I managed not to buy



Did buy this little beauty

 

Now wish I had bought this


 

Poor Dominique


 

Ann Miller an American Beauty



Hand made Birdboxes



 So after an hour or so pottering I headed of down this gorgeous little street. Had a couple of hours all by myself and could browse as much as I wanted and yay the sun came out to play.

All Aboard choo choo

Perfect day yesterday as the weather turned cooler decided to take the little ones to the Minature Trains in Gailliac.  Kids absoulutley loved it and we spent a good hour going round as  it covers approx. 200m2. 1kl of track and 20 or more different trains and over  200 hundred wagons.

It was like a watching  a ballet as it is so well orchestrated that all the  trains can run simultaneously. They had  automatic barriers, and all the sounds of  the trains and whistles, a  beautifully built  model church with a wedding taking place:) houses being constructed, and lots more. As in reality the TGV have their own  lane. An old telephone exchange cabinet was recycled to manage all automation with  hundreds of electrical relays switches.  The guy running it looked up as we entered and beamed at us and then ran over to his control box and you could tell he was having great fun.

On the way  home we happened on a  Vide Grenier  (attic sale) and the kids  decided that they would like to have the face masks. Stevie choose the miserable clown and Poppy the miserable old man and I think they are truly horrible ( the face masks that is)!!!!! Was good fun

Lots more pictures on their site if you want to see some more http://trainminiaturegaillacois.o-p-i.fr/galerie.html

Broomsticks, Medieval Fair, and More, Brassac France

We decided to go out for a tour round the Black Mountains roughly about an hour from where we live in the Tarn and we came across this little village called Brassac where a car boot sale (yard sale) was taking place, make my day!! so just had to have a wander around. Parked  next to this gorgeous pink and white deux cheveau, you got the impression that a marriage had taken place either that or the car was owned by a witch and if the car ran out of diesel she could fly off on her broom stick.

Had to cross this gorgeous 12th century bridge to find the sale but had to quickly nip down and get a photo to let you see it, it was all roughly cobbled and really difficult to walk on and is still as beautiful now as it was all these years ago.

Well Joan of Ark greeted us as we walked into the sale and she really looked like she wanted to be elsewhere, sorry Joan couldn't help you out there. 

 

Well have to say there was not  much today that caught my eye, but did  come across a really nice guy called Michel Jessier a French Canadian who lives and works in a place called Saint Felix Lauagais and makes the most beautiful silver jewellery. He was showing us how this drill which is worked by string to turn it, it's 150 years old and he still uses it today. The necklace is just one example of his beautiful work.

Well I saw this little fella in a medieval costume and it turns out that they were having a festival along with tumblers and dancers and street musicians, great atmosphere and everyone was enjoying themselves, but we left them to it as we needed to eat, and so headed of to another village  further up the road called Lacaune.

On arriving in the village we saw this

beautiful flower bed set out to show the name of the village and that I have to say was the best part of the  entire village. Where Brassac was lively and full of people this place was like a ghost town, needless to say we found a little brasserie and had lunch and then meandered home.

Well I did find a couple of trinkets that I will be playing with over the next few days but you will have to wait and see them when I finally add them to my shop:)

A Sunday Morning in France

This morning we got up at 6am as there was a Vide Grenier (empty your Attic)  Set in a lovely little village called Cahuzac sur Vere not far from where we live

Decided to let you see  a few things that were on offer. These zebra boots were the first thing that caught my eye  on the first stall we looked at, and my eyes are still hurting. The stall holder got all excited as she thought she had a sale, in another life perhaps!  Loved the little racing car and wishing I had a full sized one.

Typical French guys playing cards on a Sunday morning, well they play most morning's so Sunday's no different to them

Where's yer onions mate!!! don't you just  love his little ponytail, and what's on earth is Santa Claus doing here!!!! but he was filling his sack up.

The smell of fresh baked bread that instantly makes your mouth water.

This carpet was on offer for a mere €1,000 felt bad when I asked him the price and saw his eyes light up when he thought I wanted to buy it.

Friends of ours Andy and Suzie  having a good clear out before their move to Spain, going to miss these two, but great excuse to pop down to Spain for a long weekend.

I loved finding Hardy as a hand puppet and had to lift him up just in case he was squashing Laurel you know what he's like.

Bet you want to know what I bought, nothing all that exciting really but this is it. 2 loaves of bread, 3 zips (finally found some metal silver ones) and a measly 4 buttons gorgeous ones though:) and Rob bought a brand new strimmer. Just  heard that what we call a strimmer some call a Weed Wacker!!!  tee hee.
 Voila