We had a very nice morning on Sunday, wandering around the town and looking in charity shops to see what we could find. We actually went for the amethyst chip necklace above, which Chris had seen on Saturday but hadn't bought as he wasn't sure whether I needed it. (Of course I needed it!). When we got there, the shop was closed, but as luck would have it, the lady was just opening it so I was able to buy the necklace. I will be re-purposing it to make memory wire amethyst bracelets and possibly a necklace.
The chips have a lovely range of colours so colour grading them will keep me very occupied.
Having made it to Steep Hill, we stopped at Bunty's Tea Rooms (photo above from their Facebook page), run by a very nice chap Chris knows and a lovely place for tea and cake if you are ever passing. There is vintage china with proper tea cups and the whole place has a vintage look and is very welcoming. We were going to have egg mayonnaise sandwiches but I remembered we had some nice bread at home so we settled for tea and cake. Chris had dandelion and burdock cake which had violet icing and I chose chocolate. Judging by the speed with which the cakes disappeared, I would say they were a good choice!
We set off home suitably replenished and went into pretty much every charity shop we could find. here's what we came home with. Loads of wooden beads and shell beads all just waiting to be made into something interesting. Chris has a few ideas in mind...
Here is my egg and cress sandwich - one of my all time favourite sandwich fillings - and it was delicious!
