Car boot sale

Around this time of year going to car boot sales becomes a bit of a routine in our house (if I can find someone to drive me!) and Sunday was no exception. We drove down to Knebworth to a boot sale that we hadn't been to before but it turned out to be closed so we headed back to one in Stevenage which I also  had never been to. It took a couple of walks around to find anything but here are some of the things I got!

This hat, teacup and scarf were all from the same stall for £3. The hat needs some sewing but I have wanted one like this for ages! The scarf has a riding print on it and the teacup I plan to make into a candle with some wax pellets from eBay. 

I spotted this Topshop dress hiding behind some other things and loved the print on it but sadly its just a little bit too small for me. I only paid £2 so this will be going on eBay and the money can go into my interrailing fund! 

This was another one that doesn't quite fit which is the bad part about car boots as you cant try anything on. This was only 50p so I had to buy it! I also got a couple of bras, a kaftan (for the holiday I'm determined to go on) and a blue jug also for 50p which we have filled with daffodils from the garden.

This globe wasn't from the car boot it was from the loft but I had to include it in a post because I was so excited to find it after I thought we had thrown it away! I've had this globe since I was little and It lights up! 

Shell Candles

These shell candles are one of my Christmas crafts, I am planning on giving them away as gifts for the ladies in my family as most of them are quite girly! I already had the wax pellets left over from a previous craft where I made teacup candles. One thing I learnt from those is that the wick sustainers are really important in keeping the wick in place! I think the wax cost me around £6 and out of that I made 3 small teacups and 8 shell candles so it was good value for money. The shells are actually scallop shells that I washed and sterilised. We ate the scallops but you could ask at the supermarket if they had any shells they were throwing away, there are lots of crafts that could be done with them! To make the candles I fixed the wicks to the sustainers and put them in the right place on the shell. I then used a double boiler (one pan of boiling water with a smaller pan over the top) and added the wax pellets, stirring until they were fulling melted. After taking it off the heat I added a few drops of vanilla room fragrance and poured the wax into the shells. They set very quickly especially in a cold house but its helpful to stir them occasionally to get rid of any bubbles. This time I completely forgot but they have turned out okay, a very cheap but good looking Christmas gift!