Tons of tins for posterity

Today Mary is just basking in glory.... and she thanks you for kind words


Sorry - this post is a bit tinny!!!

I am posting these old photographs of mine here because all of this has now been dismantled  and transplanted elsewhere..... this arrangement no longer exists....feel a bit sad now.....

For posterity  I thought that I would show you some ('Some' said Arthur 'Did she say some?' 'I think that she did' said Martha) of my tins.  You can see them behind this blog when the first page is loading if you are quick!

This 'arrangement' never stayed the same for more than a day or two because I have would have to sift through each tin to find 'stuff' that I needed for sewing.  It would be far too simple to label each tin and remember what was in each one.  NO - I like to make life an adventure if I can so I add spice to my mix by playing 'tin roulette' every day (even though it would give rise to phrases along the lines of: 'Which ruddy tin is it in...' or something slightly similar...)

A constantly changing landscape of tins......Tinscape

I have gone on about vintage baskets in a previous post (somewhere) and I am particularly fond of children's tiny baskets (our  children were 'forced' to use them each Easter - whether they liked it or not!!).  There are some more of them in a cupboard....oh dear....I have recently sent some very nice baskets to the charity shop....I have recently been back to the charity shop with a view to buying back some very nice baskets.....hopeless.....

Each tin has some sort of haberdashery item in it - the 'Sew and So' needlecase below was mine as a child (of course...never throw anything away....).  As with tablecloths I have tins for Christmas, tins for Easter, tins for Valentine's Day...a tin for all seasons....

As this tin doubles up nicely as a radio I also use it to listen to 'The Archers'.....whilst chewing on a butter scotch....did anyone listen to the Last Night of the Proms - Dom misheard and thought that Crusty Alltopp was conducting.....

How we laughed...

I am rather fond of tins with a black background and bright coloured flowers - some time hence I may devote a whole post just to them

I am rather fond of brightly coloured tins....

Yes - I am rather partial to a nice tin.....

Clashy colours as always - do you find this toooo much?

Just wondered as I am very  intrigued as to what people think when they read this.  Thank you for commenting by the way - that helps me to gauge public opinion!

 You can't beat a nice old cotton reel can you - I have a post lined up of 'car boot finds for 2013' where I bought a carrier bag full of them for £3....it is hopeless isn't it.....

The little drum tape measure above  is tiny and wonderful - also from a car boot for £1 I think.

Kilner jars are very handy indeed for all sorts of things - please colour co-ordinate if possible

As no one has asked (!) I thought that I would tell you my approach to writing a post (unpublished posts now tally at 59).   I load about 20-30 photographs and then delete the ones that I think don't look so nice - I delete and delete until I am happy with the remaining ones.  Sometimes I cannot delete - which is why we end up with some posts having similar photographs - I could not decide which ones should go.  I then add words - sometimes the whole thing in one go or sometimes just a few words  at first.  I then might leave it for months and months and add a few more words over time.  I might delete some words too.  Then - when the time is right - I might post it here.  Sometimes I delete the whole thing and start all over again.

All I know is that it takes a long time....possibly why I am so protective of it all.....

We're all different...

Tins display all g/done and dusted now.....

PS: Currently writing a book entitled: 'The Custards - my life in tin'

PPS: Currently writing a book entitled: 'The Custards - my life in tablecloths'

PPPS: Currently writing a book entitled: 'The Custards - my life in cake'.............

PPPPS: Good to see Arthur and Martha back in town - they are been on their sojourns for a little while

PPPPPS: Great British Bake Off hotting up

PPPPPPS: Currently preparing a GIVEAWAY COMPETITION (a giveaway with an edge!!)  before work gets extra busy - I have taken on some extra work so reduced time here sadly.....or maybe that is a good thing....don't answer that one..

PPPPPPPS: Thank you to those who visited my rather grandly entitled 'Vintage Shop' - the shop with nothing in it.  It was work in progress but as I do all too often I pressed the publish instead of save button.  I am a bit click happy and this happens with posts too - sorry for the confusion.  I will leave it there for now as a constant reminder for the 'to do' list.

PPPPPPPPS: Passed the course that I have been studying for the past two years - now a Fellow.  There are some other members out there I think....

PPPPPPPPPS: I have studied something (ranging from RHS to NHS) most of my adult life.....I might put it on hold for a while now....

PPPPPPPPPPS: Weekend bag tutorial not yet of sufficient standard for public viewing - I should not have mentioned it perhaps!

PPPPPPPPPPPPS: Off to Milton Keynes this weekend...............there will be some  cakes there I hope

PPPPPPPPPPPPPS: Mary is a little miffed that she does not feature in this post

PPPPPPPPPPPPPPS: Question: When I click on some names to look at your blog I am taken to Google Plus and cannot see your blog - so sorry if I have not visited.  I do not understand Google Plus and I cannot add anything else to this laptop because it will explode with overload.  In addition - I was the first person that I knew to get the internet and therefore have had the same old email address for 17 years.  I hate deleting or sorting so my mail box is always 'nearly full' (I like reading old messages as a pastime) - if I have have too much mail the in box implodes and then explodes.  'Tis a fact of modurhn life.  I may have mentioned before that in the early days of the internet friends would gather round to watch a photo of Mount Kilimanjaro take five hours to load up....

PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPS: Slightly cheesed off with seeing my photographs on 'you know where' but of course with them stripped of all attribution now....is it really that desperate! Saw one today that has been used a few times that said: 'Nice to see my pins pop up' But it was my photo (not that you would know it)......