Our seaside steamie

Never happier than when doing the washing, eh girls?

I didn't know the British slang for a laundrette is a 'steamie' until today. Actually I'm sure there's another word for it, but I just can't put my neurological finger on it right now.

So we took our huge pile of whites, nearly whites and used-to-be whites along the road in an uber-useful Ikea bag, and loaded up one of the spanking new washing machines with all our precious holiday undies.




We didn't hang around, but as promised I took some pictures of the highlights. These gorgeous signs do look authentic; a great bit of kitsch just yards from our door.

We would never have discovered it if the old Bosch handed broken down!


Oh yes, here are those purgatorial wooden benches! This seaside steamie's benches even have lovely melamine coverings.

The bean and the peanut seemed to thoroughly enjoy it too.

Was that it?

Weird weather

Was THAT summer? It whooshed past in a tyre spray here in Cornwall - blink and you probably missed it. The house has a distinct dampness about it - a combination of Cornish granite being very unforgiving on the condensation front ( or maybe, as my mother keeps telling me, "you never open these windows dear..." ), and that heap of holiday washing in the basement that's just turning nasty on me, unfortunately bound for the launderette down the road because the washing machine groaned its last yesterday... ( aah back to the old student days watching your smalls going round and round as your bum goes numb on a wooden bench ). Our local launderette actually looks great, all old 50's (?) shop signs, perfectly preserved ... will have to snap a few pictures when the service lady (or gentleman) goes for a fag. Watch this space!

Meanwhile I've been working on my recycled packaging for selling my jewellery, and I have to say I'm pretty chuffed with it. After a lovely fellow ETSY seller on the forums suggested I use old book pages (from books that have utterly had it I hasten to add!) to link in with some of the photos of pieces in my shop.


So here's how it's looking at the moment and the feedback from customers has been great. More fun than buying boring old boxes or bags, which is what I've used until now, and best of all, it's about 70% recycled, with just a bit of added glam!