an easter op-shop show off; 26th March, 2013

i found these two Tolo toys separately at op-shops over the past few weeks, both immaculate, both rabbity and therefore cute, if slightly early developmentally easter presents for the boy baby Findlay. i don't like his chances of fending off Claudine who is rabbit-mad, bigger and currently slightly regressed in her choice of toy play. she though has her sights set on a dora-and-diego easter special dvd and has asked princess ballerina to have a word with the easter bunny (they're cousins you know) on her behalf, so no op-shopped gift for her this time around. i'm also having a go at this easter bunny russian doll cross stitch-i won the pattern from cupcakecutie. not a chance it will be completed by eater, but ah-well, it's bunnys all year round around here anyway!

what are your easter plans? any easter specific baking, crafting or outings?
we're off to the Cheviot Domain for an autumnal easter egg hunt in the leaf litter and a stroll among the english woodlands there on easter sunday, weather permitting, and i shall cook up a batch of bonfire toffee at some stage too. but mainly i'll be catching up on sleep, precious sleep!

and, what kind of chocolate egg are you hoping for?
I'm a loyal cadburys creme egg girl myself-best eaten sun warmed and gloopy in my opinion!



here's what we did in our prior easter hols

easter 2011

easter 2012

yes, two years blogging. crikey!



are you an Op-Shop Show-Off? or more modest about your superior second hand shopping abilities? 

do you like to linky?

it’s charitable, green, cheap, exciting, fun, nostalgia inducing, potentially lucrative and often just plain necessary. whatever your reason for second hand shopping we’d love it if you joined us on Tuesdays here at blackbirdhasspoken.blogspot.com for Op-Shop Show-Off, a linky open to all, all week, to link up a blog post about any aspect of your second-hand shopping life. tell us your op-shopping philosophy, or divulge your secret hunting techniques. let us know about your wants, or skite (English translation= “show-off “) about your amazing finds. review the best op-shopping spots in your town, or request or give information on your fascinating finds, you’ll always be talking to an appreciative audience here.

 How to link up?
1. post your second hand shopping related blog post.

2. link to Op-Shop Show-Off in your blog post, so your blog readers can come over and peruse or post in the linky too.

 3. scroll to the bottom of my latest Tuesday Op-Shop Show-Off post and click on the linky tool, then follow the three easy steps.

 4. don't forget to leave me a comment to let me know you linked up.

 5. have a look at some of the other linkers posts/blogs, they're all people after your own heart!

 6. grab the Op-Shop Show-Off Button from my sidebar to decorate yours (paste the code into a HTML gadget under the 'add a gadget' part of the layout section in blogger and save).