Before I commence this week's post I must make a formal apology concerning my last post to my long suffering husband, Spike, if any offence was caused at being portrayed as an over-sized Squirrel Nutkin with an unhealthy TV habit. He is in fact a very hardworking man and has a right to relax in any way he sees fit... he also has a very good sense of humour (which is just as well!)
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| Proof - rendering the house single handedly on one of his rare days off work |
Phew, I think I got away with it... now that's out of the way I wanted to share with you some of my latest buys acquired from a little flea market in Cognac last week. I am always on the lookout for unusual trucs and was delighted to find a couple of old stamps for the drink, Cognac.
The lovely stamp or print block, shown below, was made for the Delont Frères Cognac House and was, according the vendor, used to mark their crates.
The second stamp which is actually a wonderfully detailed etching plate is for the Cognac House of Martin Jeune & Co. I was at a slight disadvantage when it came to trying to make a print of the image as my ink pad was woefully tiny and I did end up in a terrible mess with black fingertips as I tried to prise it out of the case. It just goes to show that I'd do anything to make a good impression (sorry!)
Having researched the Cognac houses a little it seems that they no longer seem to be manufacturing which is a shame. My initial thoughts were that the stamps would make super paperweights but on reflection they could actually be used (in a crafty type way) to decorate furniture/walls or whatever takes your fancy for that French je ne sais quoi look (can you tell I have no idea what I am talking about?)
I was also lucky enough to find on the same stall some little stamps from the 1970's that portray scenes from Disney's Pinocchio and thought they would be charming to decorate a child's room with or even perhaps fabrics. They could, of course, just be given to a child, as originally intended, to play with!!!
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| See my Etsy Shop for more photos |
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| Such cute little images from the much loved Disney animation Pinocchio |
Whatever these finds end up being used for at least I have had great fun this week playing with them and I really do hope that someone else will appreciate their quirky nature as much as me.
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