Its about time!.......

Forgive me Father I know its been a while since my last confession,  blog!

As most of you probably know this time last year I nearly met St Peter at the pearly gates, but I was spared, and believe me! how you view the world really changes....I've become more laid back, well all the tablets help!...and art has become my therapy.

I started doing the artist trading cards and then moved onto my moleskines. I have one with me at all times, I write, stick, draw and paint in them, never in any order, as you can see! by the time they are full,  they grow a bit in size!

Below are a few examples of what ive been doing....

Also while I've been off the blogdar, I've been on the new celeb diet that I found in Carbohydrate Weekly, its called the Alpha Diet!...each day you can only eat food that begin with the same letter. Day one was ok appples, advocado and asparagus, day three was also good Carrots, Cabbage and Cornflakes, but by the time I reached 'M', I was in trouble, I had a Mars, Marathon and a Mexican ( not the chilli type but a two foot high chocolate ugly betty!). Thus I have ditched this diet and gone back onto the Merlot plan, a bottle per night and you don't care what size you are!LOL!

Heres some more of my work!...

I'm glad to see the postal strikes are off, after all how would the poor postmans wives get any Christmas presents....if they were not delivering all that gold in envelopes stamped 'cash for gold' .  I saw my local posties wife up the kebab shop just now and she had so much gold on she looked like a religious icon!  I can't believe anyone is stupid enough to put gold in the post....Still Jedward are still in the X factor so there must be some stupid idiots out there, perhaps they post their gold before voting!!!!LOL!

Going now to watch poor old Natalie Cassidy be flung around at Blackpool, love that show! its so much more entertaining than watching how little Cheryl Cole is wearing! even Gay Louie has asked to sit nearer, now shes showing more flesh than Katie Tripe Price in a swimsuit. So glad plastic Pete is getting all the publicity now, after all he's so untalented!

In my absence I have also had a tattoo...what do you think?

Glad to see the government is tackling sex education in schools, I believe they are going for shock tactics as I've heard they are showing a dvd of the moment in Eastenders when Heather tells Darren he's won the love lottery!

Glad to be back and I hope soon to see all my old friends from my other blog.....
I would love to catch up with you all.

BYE FOR NOW
LOVE FRED X

I'm coming back

Watch this space....I'll be back soon!

another weather front anyone?

Why oh why do we live here with such shitty weather!
This is what my feet looked like at the end of the firsy day at Ardingly! I did wear my crocs but the holes let all the mud in .
Still never mind I met loads of nice people, including some fellow bloggers. I also met some right tossers who thought that £3 was too expensive for a nice enamel plate, they offered £2! I did consider this offer for about 30 seconds, and then I remembered it has cost £120 to stand in this muddy field so I polietley asked them to rearrange this sentence...off, please, piss!
Another knob head asked how much my pencil sharpener was, when infact it was a Victorian been slicer! I cant imagine what the pencil would have looked like after trying to sharpen it.
Another care in the community escapee also asked how much the calor gas bottle in the van, that was attached to my cooker boiling a kettle,was! Why do these people bother leaving the house! I would put them all in room 101, along with the people who put petrol in, go into the shop and do a weeks shopping! why cant they pull of the bloody
pump!
Ill end now, with a quick weather update for all you carbooters out there...this saturday will be RAIN!!!!!....this sunday will be RAIN TOO! What will all those Polish addidas wearing mobile phone hunters do? perhaps they will go to Tescos where there is now a Polish food aisle for them!
I did hear a funny joke on the radio on the way home...
A man is walking along the road naked with a naked woman on his back, a policeman stops him and asks what he is doing, " I'm off too a fancy dress party , I;m going as a turtle"
"well who is the naked lady then?" the policeman asked,
"That's Michelle!

2 down 2 to go......

Sitting here completely knackered, been humping furniture and boxes all weekend, and in great Brirtish weather conditions we had 26 degress on saturday, fog sunday morning and pissing down with rain as we traded today!
If you have never been to detling antiques fair, here is a quick fredsworld take on it......
Just before you reach the final years of your life, all Kent pensioners are given a sign by God to make a pilgrimage to Detling. They don their matching huskie hound fleeces, charge up their electric scooters and off they trot. They have no intention of buying anything but delight in theatrical asides such as " I had one of those but threw it away!" oh how we laughed! (n0t)
This tribe was closely followed by the NEXTS, you all know one im sure, Mr amd Mrs beige and brown, they would not understand shabby chic if it fell out of their Hello magazine and hit them on the head!
However they 2 days did provide some nice people who had good tastse, If was great to meet a fellow blogger, Lace Threads
she arrived just as it started to pour with rain, but this did not deter her, she ram raided the stall and even had to call her husband who had taken the children to the zoo to come and help carry her booty!.
A couple of enamel jugs and some other bits were bought by a prop buyer who sources for west end shows and they are to be used in the coming production of Carousel at the Savoy theatre in London.
Next we will be at Ardingly, on tuesday and wednesday, we have lots of fresh stock for all those bloggers who say they will see us there.
Going to soak in a warm bath now, with a large glass of Baileys!

Sale of the century......

ATTENTION ALL SHABBY CHIC BLOGGERS
WE HAVE DECIDED TO HAVE THE BIGGEST SORT OUT OF OUR LIVES!
THE HOUSE HASE BEEN RAM RAIDED FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AND ITS ALL FOR SALE

WE WILL BE SELLING THIS WEEKEND AT
DETLING ANTIQUES FAIR IN KENT
AND TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK AT
ARDINGLY SHOWGROUND, NEAR GATWICK AIRPORT.

YOU ALL KNOW OUR STYLE BY NOW SO THERE WILL BE LOTS OF FRENCH ENAMEL, TEXTILES AND COLOUR!

I know its short notice but it would be great to see some of you...

We have the bunting up so you will spot us easily...
see you there, lets prey for sunshine!

another august sizzler!

Well, are we all in training to become penguins? It felt like it today as me and the polish walked around the car boot sale in the rain...what was even more bizzare was the sellers who were just standing there with all there goods out as if they had not noticed! Everything was just getting ruined.
Still after a detour for a sausage and egg Mc muffin, we were back home early, ie before noon!
So I decided to get my finger out and be creative. I raided the vast vintage material stack we have and decided to make a cover for this chair...

I didn't want to do it conventionally so I tried using the scraps to make a patchwork....Im so chuffed with how its turned out, as my sewing machine skills are basic !

Just look at the best packed van I haver ever seen..it was such a shame they never got to unload it. i would love to have seen what else they had.

where to start...

The summer has been extra extra busy, my son got the a levels he needed today to go to university, so as from September we have a room to rent. Free vintage hunting trips to France will be included in your rent as well as many culinary delights from moi! Although my last minute flash of inspiration to put fruit cocktail in tonights chicken curry didnt go down to well with Happy. Shes never satisfied that woman, at least i scooped out all the cherries first! Still she didnt like my haddock, tuna and herring fish cakes with lemon mayo that I made for lunch either! I think the general idea was there but it did not need the extra mushrooms, peppers and breadcrumbs, too much bulk!
Still back to the room, its compact, and has a wonderful art installation of empty Dr pepper bottles intertwined with dirty crockery and various stages of penacillin production! A tetanus jab would be advised. The room is complete with tv, although vari focal lenses would be advised as the grease and dust distorts the picture slightly!.
The bed enjoys a slightly elevated position due to used socks and discarded underwear.
A full empty wardrobe is free to use as all the clothing that will not be required for university will stay on the floor where it is at present.I cannot remenber what color the carpet is as its so long since i have seen it.
However, before you all start to email for a viewing i must state that terms and conditions do apply.
The lucky custodian of the room will be required to use the room in a manner to which it has grown accustomed...ie
The light will need to be on 24 per day, as will the tv and x box.
All windows will be, by order of the management, be shut tightly at all times. No fresh air is allowed in the room as it upsets the fragile teenage eco system.
No natural daylight will be permitted .
All clothing, books, underwear and magazines must be stored on the floor.
Grunting and swearing is the only language spoken and please and thank you are banned.

I know you think these rules seem harsh, but somehow they have worked, and with an A ,B and C, may son is leaving us for the land beyond the fridge.