BUTTONS, BEADS, PLATES AND THE BEAR

Yesterday I went to Todmorden near Burnley, Halifax and Rochdale in the UK with my friends Susan and Ruth

Butter dish and cross stitched paperweight £1.50 each

We got some real finds on the secondhand market and charity shops

I will be making some cakestands out of this £3.50 find

For my two kiddywinks next door

These lovely bracelets were made by Angelini Designs you can contact her on 
Facebook on angdesigns
As we wandered round the market in the rain I spotted a box under a stall that was full of these goodies .....

When the story unfolded about where they had come from we were all hooked.

They had been found in the basement of what once was a high class tailors on Regent Street, Ardwick Green, Salford named Lieberman's. Joanne the lovely owner of the market stall told us how the buttons dated from the early 1900's and others that were found may have been featured, along with a shop bag from Lieberman's, in the Manchester Museum.

Joanne gave me these buttons which had been left open to the elements in the basement and eroded into these fantastic textured pieces.  They are a great find for me to add to some of my art work and I will be sharing them with my friend Gemma Thorpe who works with coastal themes.
Nip over to BUTTON FLOOZIES to see the rest of the stash and contact details for Joanne if you are interested in learning more or are looking for vintage buttons.
A trip to Todmorden, even in the rain, would not be complete without  a lovely homecooked lunch at THE BEAR CAFE followed by a bit of haberdashery & craft shopping on the inside market at A STITCH IN TIME and a call in at the Bead Shop  www.beadzshop.co.uk

BUTTONS, BEADS, PLATES AND THE BEAR

Yesterday I went to Todmorden near Burnley, Halifax and Rochdale in the UK with my friends Susan and Ruth

Butter dish and cross stitched paperweight £1.50 each

We got some real finds on the secondhand market and charity shops

I will be making some cakestands out of this £3.50 find

For my two kiddywinks next door

These lovely bracelets were made by Angelini Designs you can contact her on 
Facebook on angdesigns
As we wandered round the market in the rain I spotted a box under a stall that was full of these goodies .....

When the story unfolded about where they had come from we were all hooked.

They had been found in the basement of what once was a high class tailors on Regent Street, Ardwick Green, Salford named Lieberman's. Joanne the lovely owner of the market stall told us how the buttons dated from the early 1900's and others that were found may have been featured, along with a shop bag from Lieberman's, in the Manchester Museum.

Joanne gave me these buttons which had been left open to the elements in the basement and eroded into these fantastic textured pieces.  They are a great find for me to add to some of my art work and I will be sharing them with my friend Gemma Thorpe who works with coastal themes.
Nip over to BUTTON FLOOZIES to see the rest of the stash and contact details for Joanne if you are interested in learning more or are looking for vintage buttons.
A trip to Todmorden, even in the rain, would not be complete without  a lovely homecooked lunch at THE BEAR CAFE followed by a bit of haberdashery & craft shopping on the inside market at A STITCH IN TIME and a call in at the Bead Shop  www.beadzshop.co.uk