A trip to Reading and a brief visit to London

I am so ridiculously behind with blog posts! Normally I catch up during the school holidays, but the last one was so busy (happily with fun stuff) that I had no time to, so here's some photos from May.

We had a weekend in Reading, staying with friends, which included a trip to a The Sue Ryder Nettle Bed Sales. This was like a massive outdoor charity shop in the grounds of the Sue Ryder Hospice, and it was PACKED! Then we went to London on the Sunday to see The Postal Service, but spent several hours in Camden town first. Seeing The Postal Service was an amazing end to the weekend. They were bloomin' marvellous!

Some fantastic book covers, on vintage books at The Nettle Bed sales

Lucky Cats at out friends house

One of my buys from The Nettle Bed sales, a beautiful oriental painting which was £3.50 :)

A selection of pretty clothes at Frock 'n Roll in Reading. It had the most fantastic selection of vintage clothes.

Brilliant graffiti by Malarky, in Brixton.

Fantastic signs around The Stables Market in Camden

Brixton Academy- so glad we got to see The Postal Service, sooo good :)

The high waisted shorts I got from Collectif in Camden. Full of vintage and Rockabilly style clothing.

Drink, Shop and Do!

We have just got back from a trip to London for our 3rd wedding anniversary. We went away in our campervan and stayed at a campsite in Abbey Wood, and then got the train in. 

We had a fantastic time and expect several blog posts about things we saw and did when we were there!

First off I wanted to share about this place 'Drink, Shop & Do' 

Our friend Clare, who lives in London, took us there, and it's quite near King Cross Station.

It is a design shop and cafe bar. The shop sells work of emerging designer/makers and everything in the cafe is for sale (tables, chairs, cabinets) and is all vintage, so the look is ever changing. The place was so gorgeous and sold wonderful cakes and drinks. I had a yummy oreo and banana milkshake :) 

It had such a wonderful atmosphere and had stacks of games that you could play to keep you entertained.

It also holds workshops most of which are free. One was happening while we were there, as a table of women all appeared to be working on an interesting looking textile project.

I really wish there was a place like this near us! We will definitely be going back!