http://travauxmanuel.wordpress.com/2006/12/03/a-great-secondhand-saturday-in-west-hampstead/ Art, crafts, thrift buys, and pretty things Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:08:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://travauxmanuel.wordpress.com/2006/12/03/a-great-secondhand-saturday-in-west-hampstead/#comment-6 Sally Simpleton Thu, 07 Dec 2006 07:14:08 +0000 http://travauxmanuel.wordpress.com/2006/12/03/a-great-secondhand-saturday-in-west-hampstead/#comment-6 Two years ago, I went to the UK for 2 weeks around Thanksgiving. While I enjoy the thrift-scoring and Goodwill-hunting where I live in Seattle, the charity shops there were something else. Once I'd been to one, I had to keep visiting more for the rest of the trip. Two years ago, I went to the UK for 2 weeks around Thanksgiving. While I enjoy the thrift-scoring and Goodwill-hunting where I live in Seattle, the charity shops there were something else. Once I’d been to one, I had to keep visiting more for the rest of the trip.

]]> http://travauxmanuel.wordpress.com/2006/12/03/a-great-secondhand-saturday-in-west-hampstead/#comment-4 Alice Bachini-Smith Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:11:45 +0000 http://travauxmanuel.wordpress.com/2006/12/03/a-great-secondhand-saturday-in-west-hampstead/#comment-4 This is so exciting! I love how you're combining different crafty genres here, can't wait to read more. And there is so much more hand-made loveliness around now, what with these global niche internet thingies, great timing. This is so exciting! I love how you’re combining different crafty genres here, can’t wait to read more. And there is so much more hand-made loveliness around now, what with these global niche internet thingies, great timing.

]]> http://travauxmanuel.wordpress.com/2006/12/03/a-great-secondhand-saturday-in-west-hampstead/#comment-2 Jackie Danicki » My blog news, now with extra estrogen Mon, 04 Dec 2006 23:54:39 +0000 http://travauxmanuel.wordpress.com/2006/12/03/a-great-secondhand-saturday-in-west-hampstead/#comment-2 [...] 2) I’ve started a new blog, Travaux Manuel, to keep track of all the gorgeous art, clothes, crafts, and accessories I fall in love with on a daily basis. (Saturday morning, I was lying in bed with my laptop, showing Antoine all of the really cool crafts and artwork I want to make. He told me I should take a travaux manuel class, which they have in French schools. If someone hands you a perfect blog name on a silver platter, you have no choice but to create that blog. Am I right?) I’m also probably going to talk a lot about my charity shop obsession there (Saturday’s haul: Maharishi jacket, Jigsaw cord jacket, Monsoon mini trench). [...] [...] 2) I’ve started a new blog, Travaux Manuel, to keep track of all the gorgeous art, clothes, crafts, and accessories I fall in love with on a daily basis. (Saturday morning, I was lying in bed with my laptop, showing Antoine all of the really cool crafts and artwork I want to make. He told me I should take a travaux manuel class, which they have in French schools. If someone hands you a perfect blog name on a silver platter, you have no choice but to create that blog. Am I right?) I’m also probably going to talk a lot about my charity shop obsession there (Saturday’s haul: Maharishi jacket, Jigsaw cord jacket, Monsoon mini trench). [...]

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