Winter, as everyone knows, means big chunky knitwear :) I have a bit of an obsession with oversized cable knit things at the moment, especially heavy cream cardigans with old leather buttons. I'm forever finding gorgeous cardigans (and buying all of them) in charity shops / car boots / ASOS Marketplace/ Etsy, and then having to find enough old matching leather buttons to replace the ones the cardigan came with. Both of these originally had cream plastic buttons...I just love how the cream & leather looks.
Then I found a beautiful raspberry cardigan on ASOS Marketplace (I've since branched out into other coloured cardigans too). The oxblood / maroon / dark red trend that is around this winter is one of my favorite colours. But my lovely new cardigan had horrible plastic metal-look buttons. And they were small, and there was 9 of them - an akward number of buttons to replace!
Finally I found the perfect buttons in a charity shop in Dorchester - material covered, cream with red flowers! What do you think? :)
I didn't pick up much at Yeovil Showground Car Boot this past weekend, but I did get lots of compliments on my big brown hat. One woman asked if it was Laura Ashley, as it was just like one she'd bought for £60-odd years ago. There's no label in it so I don't have an answer, but I did tell her I'd bought it for 50p at the same car boot the week before ;)
Favorite finds:
Macadamia Healing Oil Hair Treatment 10ml: 15p
Vintage metal mini perfume bottle pendant: 50p
Vintage ceramic floral brooch: 50p
Vintage 80s red leather brogues: £3
I'll let you know how the Macadamia Oil does - I've got naturally curly hair thats somewhat dry the day I wash it, and oily by the following day. I've been told by several people that Moroccan Oil is the way to go, despite the price. Macadamia Oil seems to be quite similar, so fingers crossed! Does anyone prefer, or hate, one over the other?
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