Bygone Beach Days

Shop's Full @ Folksy

2012-03-08T09:00:00.000Z

I think I am done ... my Folksy shop is full ... full for the moment ... full of the stock and designs I have ...

... I have some more ideas of what I would like to make using these gorgeous paintings by my Great Grandfather ... watch this space!

I hope you will pop by and don't forget you get a free door hanger with every order from Bygone Beach Days.

Wordless Wednesday

2012-03-07T09:00:00.000Z

SHELLS by Auntie Doll

2012-03-06T18:35:00.001Z

My Great Aunt died last year ... she was quite an amazing person ...

... In 1953 she traveled alone to Australia for 18 months ... a trip of a life time ... it took 4 weeks by ship. While she was there, although visiting family that lived there, she was still incredibly homesick. While walking along the beach crying she found a shell ... then another ... this began her collection and love of shells.

At one point she had more than the Natural History Museum! She used to do exhibitions and raise money for charity.

She had a great love of art too and painted some of her collection in a book.

I just wanted to share some of them with you!

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Folksy Friday ~ SHELL JEWELLERY

2012-03-02T09:00:00.000Z

I have been stocking up my other Folksy shop this month ... Maria's Craft Corner ... full of jewellery and goodies for girls ...

There are so many lovely things on Folksy that I thought I would share with you some of the pretty shell jewellery I have found ... if you click on the pictures, you will be taken to the items :)

Happy shopping x

FREE - Door Hanger with every order!

2012-03-01T09:00:00.000Z

I am starting to list a few bits again in my Folksy shop ... and I am offering a FREE door hanger with every order (1 per order) while stocks last.

All 8 designs are available, and one will be sent at random, unless you specify if you have a preference :) They measure 9cm x 10cm.

Please pop by my shop in the next few weeks and I will be including this offer with my other shops too, once I start re-stocking them.

Wordless Wednesday

2012-02-29T09:00:00.000Z

ok, ok, I know ....

2012-02-28T11:45:00.001Z

..... so I didn't get the calendar finished ... and I haven't blogged for ages ... {sorry!} been a busy few months ... but I am back for a bit and ready to go! I am going to re-stock my shops, make some more goodies, spend more time in the sunshine and finish the calendar!

....... chat soon!

Sneaky Peek

2011-10-03T09:00:00.000+01:00

If you follow my tweets @bygonebeachdays, facebook page or latest news on my site, you may have seen that I am making a BYGONE BEACH DAYS CALENDAR ... well I thought I would give you a little sneaky peek of one of the pages ... (I have only just started so not got very far!)

I am really pleased with it and can't wait to see it printed :D

Vintage Calendar

2011-09-26T09:00:00.000+01:00

I was in W.H. Smiths the other day ... looking at diaries ... and I spotted this lovely calendar ... Vintage Railway Posters

It made me think about what lovely art work was around in the 1920's and 30's ... it really makes going on holiday to an English seaside look idyllic :)

Have you ever been to Bridlington? I haven't ... yet ... but it look very clean and the sun shines there!

How great are these swimming costume great ... I bet that little boys went very saggy when it got wet!

and a day at the beach is not complete without building a sandcastle while being watched by a random man walking down the beach with a lovely yellow towel.

Magnets

2011-09-22T22:53:00.003+01:00

I am pleased to announce that my cute little button magnets are back in stock.

They measure 2.5cm in diameter.

There are 8 in the set and they retail at £4 a pack.

Please visit my shop or Folksy to buy!

Don't forget to enter my GIVEAWAY and win a beautiful PADDLING mounted picture!

WIN a mounted picture ~ PADDLING

2011-09-16T09:00:00.000+01:00

Would you like to win a lovely mounted picture of children paddling on the beach painted in the 1920's by my Great Grandfather?

On my 'new' website I have a 'sketchbook page' showing all 8 designs direct from the sketchbook and I would like to put beside each picture a little paragraph written by you telling of any memories this picture brings to mind or what it makes you think of ... so all you have to do to enter is to follow this blog & leave a comment below with your 'memory/thoughts'. The winners name will be put with the paragraph & if you would like a link to your blog/webpage.

The picture measures 13.5cm x 9.3cm and the mount measures 8" x 6".

I will pick a winner when I have 10 followers!

WELCOME to Bygone Beach Days

2011-09-15T21:09:00.000+01:00

Welcome to BYGONE BEACH DAYS shiny new blog ... Bygone Beach Days has been known as At The Beach Collection for the last 7 years, but I re-named it last year and gave it a fresh new look. I hope you like it!

I also have a shiny new website & shop

These beautiful watercolours were painted in the 1920's by my Great Grandfather Joseph W. Fletcher R.B.A. Each scene has captured the essence and beauty of the South Coast of England, giving an authentic flavour of life in the early 20th Century and they manage to convey the innocent joy experienced by children at the beach that remains constant throughout the ages.

The children in 'Paddling' include my Grandmother and her little sister.

I hope you enjoy following my blog like the memories that these beautiful pictures bring to mind.