Cherry pink and apple blossom white

It turned out to be quite a nice day on Saturday. With temperatures of about 23 degrees Celsius but the sun regularly playing hide and seek, it was rather humid though, and at times it felt like a thunderstorm was brewing.

We decided to take a chance at the charity shops, including a picnic and a little walk in the park along the way.

I wore a short-sleeved white summer dress with a cheerful pattern in pink, red and green, slightly V-necked and with three little white flower buttons at the yoke.

















The dress is made from Terlenka polyester.

This label fell from a shirt Jos was trying on in a charity shop a couple of years ago. Although we didn't buy the shirt, I secretly took the colourful Terlenka label, featuring the iconic elephant, home with me.















While trawling the Internet in search of further information on Terlenka, I came across this advertisement from the 1950s emphasizing Terlenka's drip-drying qualities.

I accessorized the dress with a pink pearly necklace, which I “inherited” from my great-aunt Josephine, my paternal grandmother’s sister and Angelica’s youngest daughter. She died quite a few years before my grandmother and eventually some of her belongings ended up at my parents, who apparently didn't care much for her pieces of costume jewellery. My dad even let my little niece play shop with them and I was lucky enough to be able to rescue some of it from the tangled mess it had become.

I thought the dress would be perfect with my green shoes, bought cheaply at a local shop and very comfortable. Initially, I wore a tomato red jacket, but that soon had to be discarded as it was much too warm. 

Look at that cute green plastic brooch which I found at Cardigan Antique Centre last summer!

The wicker handbag from last week's flea market had its first outing. I'm very pleased with it, especially since I saw the same one at a vintage market on Sunday for € 20 while I only paid € 3.

Dress: Blender Vintage Shop
Jacket: charity shopped
Brooch:Cardigan Antique Centre
Wicker handbag: flea market
Necklace: great-aunt Josephine
Shoes: retail

We took our picnic to a bench in the park, from where we enjoyed the croaking of many invisible frogs in the nearby water garden.

The park looked particularly lush and the air was fragrant with scented flowers and blossoms.

I struck gold at the charity shops as I found no less than five new-to-me tops, costing only € 3 each.

The pink one is from Karen Millen and judging from similar items on their webshop would have cost over € 100 originally.

I particularly love the green knitted sailor-style top from Belgian retro brand "Who's That Girl".
I already have the same top in blue, bought in the sales a couple of years ago.

This photo was taken in Pembrokeshire and yes, I am actually wearing jeans, so please just look at the top (and the scenery).

It was taken at one of the UK's best beaches, at Barafundle Bay.













My final finds were this pretty scarf and enameled peacock brooch, which the silly man at the till said was a seahorse.

That was it for Saturday, but we still had a treat to look forward to on Sunday.

In my next post, I will take you with me to a vintage market!