Sunday 14 August 2011

Boot sale finds

Just a few items I picked up from boot sale again this morning. I did buy more than just this but I didn't photograph it all as it was rather boring, camera film for 30p each, brand new Shu Uemura eyelashes for £1.00 and a large bottle of Lush tea tree toner for 50p.

Now onto the more interesting finds...

The iconic Kate Moss pansy print dress for Topshop. I was in so much shock to find this at a boot sale and as most of you know, this dress goes on Ebay for a pretty penny so I snapped this up right away for only £3.00. It is 3 sizes too big for me but once you pin the bust it isn't too bad.


I was really happy to find this rather morbid piece at the boot sale for only £1.00, as I've been after something like this for a little while now. It features a dead moth and flowers as if the moth is perching on them, but the only down side is that it does not have a loop to attach it to a chain as it broke. Any ideas on how I could attach this to a necklace?

13 comments:

  1. That dress is GORGEOUS! Great find, such a bargain! x

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  2. I love that pendant wud be great if u can change that sumhow to a necklace!. We missed the show, since we was half way thru wen we realised so we thought we wudn have place to sit n wud have to stand quite far back so didnt go. Shame tho! Did want to see it and take piccies. Shan

    xx

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  3. I'm so impressed at what you've managed to pick up at a boot sale. Maybe I need to start checking them out.
    x

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  4. Wow! Your style is beautiful. I was watching your posts and every one I saw was more delighted, you have a great talent. Congratulations!

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  5. Wow, what great bargains! I love that KM dress! Where do you go for boot sales? My mum and I went to one on the way to Swanley, but it only had about 20 cars there! :( xx

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  6. That little trinket is amazing!

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  7. Hey! We went to one at Honeydale Farm, it's on the way to Swanley. It's not that big, but usually it's not that bad. Ooh, I might have to venture over to Hayes then! Thanks for letting me know :) xx

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  8. You always get lovely things from boot sales!Also, you can get necklace bails with flat backs (they're usually leaf-shaped) which glue on to jewellery pieces etc, and are available on ebay. Is the moth charm silver? As I might have a spare silver bail which I could send you.
    xo

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  9. that's so cheap!

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  10. Caroline- I tried to comment back but your blog isn't listed on your profile? Hehe.
    Thank you. I am obsessed with going to boot sales, I love finding pieces that I wouldn't find in store.

    Is this the necklace bail?
    http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.79121219.jpg the charm is gold (although in some light it looks silver) I tried looking on ebay but couldn't find any that looked like the photo. xx

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  11. I don't have a blog - I just like reading other people's :)
    Those are what the bails look like, there are some gold ones on ebay here - http://tinyurl.com/3kr7t9u
    xo

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  12. Caroline- Ahh :) Thank you for the link. Might buy them, bit unsure at the moment as the charm is see through so you'll be able to see the attachment thingy and glue through the glass. xx

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  13. Love the dress, it's so gorgeous!

    http://ohchaarr.blogspot.com

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