Last week was a bit crazy. It started with Edward’s first trip to the cinema, his first photo shoot for Mother & Baby magazine, a trip to the Gurgle blog awards (where I came third in my category and won a £250 Mothercare voucher) and ended with lunch with Elmo. Crazy, amazing and quite tiring for a toddler and a mummy with a big bump. But somehow I managed to squeeze in a trip to the shops.
Oops, I couldn’t help myself but I came home with two more vintage jigsaws at the weekend. I just couldn’t resist their round tins, lovely pictures of vintage-ness and smells (there’s something about old toys!). Edward and I have finished both puzzles and fortunately they were complete. Not bad entertainment for 50p each.
I’m definitely not allowed to get them framed (no more room on Edward’s walls) but I think they look quite good just in their tins alongside some other thrifted finds. How I love the simple things in life.
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12 Comments
Megan
September 11, 2011 at 12:55 pmBeautiful! I haven’t seen any puzzles in tins before, what a lovely way to store them.
Abby
September 11, 2011 at 1:31 pmPuzzle tins are so clever, the cardboard boxes they usually come in are so easily wrecked. Great finds! x
Vintage Sweetheart
September 11, 2011 at 2:08 pmThose tins are cute and a great way to keep the pieces all together and still look pretty.
E 🙂
Marty
September 12, 2011 at 5:52 amThose are truly adorable!
Annie
September 12, 2011 at 8:54 amGreat!
Amanda @gidders1
September 12, 2011 at 9:57 amReally lovely, so unusual in the vintage tins, I love them x
Madison
September 12, 2011 at 10:39 amI’ve never seen puzzles in tins before. They look lovely. I must keep my eye out for them now.
Madison xxx
Minibreak Mummy
September 12, 2011 at 12:12 pmSuch pretty tins! I love tins and jigsaws so to have a combination of the two sounds fab!
Mel (MilkChic)
September 12, 2011 at 3:26 pmWow! What a week – congratulations on the award. Those tins are great. Small one is jigsaw obsessed at the moment so I will keep an eye out… I’ve never spotted any before but sometimes you see them everywhere once you know they exist!
Liz Burton
September 12, 2011 at 5:32 pmWell done at the Gurgles.
I love your little shelf display of vintage toys, it looks great.
Kate
September 12, 2011 at 5:40 pmSimple things in life must be needed to bring you down from such a full on and glam week
DogsMom
September 12, 2011 at 8:37 pmYou have had a very full week! Congratulations on doing so well. And finding time to blog about your finds.
Since you are not framing them you can do them again in a few months and it will seem new again.