Tuesday, March 19, 2013

my kind of night cap. Op-Shop Show-Off February 19th, 2013




































 though i've always been more of a horlicks girl, this cadburys bakelite bourn-vita 'sleepy time' mug is still super-appealing. the cap doubles as a saucer apparently. it's from the 1950's or 1960's i think, and was presumably given away as an advertising ploy-or perhaps you had to save coupons and send away? either way it is C.U.T.E and destined for boy baby room decor, after i've had a slug of the good stuff from it!


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).


Good-opping luck this week guys x








33 comments:

  1. That mug is hilarious Max! Joining in today for the op shop show off too. xo

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    1. he is quite quite comic isn't he! so glad you could join in x

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  2. That's brilliant, I have never seen one of those before! Have various frocks I could show you - but still no camera... Wading through the reviews is sooooo hard! xxxxx

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  3. hi everyone, linking up for the first time after following the op shop Showoff for several months! Am loving then pompon on the lid!

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    1. welcome heather! man, i love that retro radio!

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  4. Oh my grandmother had one, we would fight over it to have our milo in when we stayed with her.
    Thank you for a lovely memory.
    Love V

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    1. oh that's so sweet! claud is turning into a milo drinker despite my efforts to indoctrinate her into the horlicks night cap!

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  5. Very cute cup. Isn't it amazing that these things are kept? x

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    1. i know! being a nostalgic myself, i like to think the person who got it and loved it as a kid just couldn't bear to part with it.

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  6. thats fab! I would change my drink of choice just to drink out of that x

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    1. i know what you mean. even water would come across as sleep-inducing out of such a cup!

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  7. That is so unique...and will look fab on a shelf in his room...way cute!

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  8. That is gorgeous! I'm also linking up for the first time :)

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  9. I think they had one of those in the Napier Art Deco Museum. Very cool.

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  10. That mug is just the coolest!!! Love it! You such a great eye for op-shopping!

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  11. wonderful, wonderful!

    great job on the mug...ive joined in and shared my most recent op shop finds too!

    mezz xx

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  12. Brilliant mug. Makes you want to drink out of it cause its just so cute!

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  13. Its amazing! Dont ever get rid of it! I thought id share my wedding album as my dress was a vintage second hand find! xx

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    1. that is SERIOUSLY the loveliest wedding dress i ever saw. the best 'things' in life really are thrifted!

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  14. Hello

    I'm linking again with a bit of Op Shop Posh. I've been trying to link with you from my blog but Blogger isn't playing nice.
    I'll try later.
    Cheers
    Linda

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  15. What a cutie little mug! Good spotting!

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  16. That's a great mug, and it seems rather familiar. Maybe I saw it on a packet back in the distant past. A night cap is so comforting.

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    1. as soon as the nights start drawing in my mind turns to horlicks, toffee, socks and snow!

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  17. Very unusual - love it!
    Liz @ Shortbread & Ginger

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  18. oh that cup is SO CUTE! i love the colors too.

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    1. me too. clauds room has lots of red and pale blue stuff in it, blankets and things, and quite a unisex colour scheme so i think it will work for the boy baby too x

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  19. LOVING how many people are joining in with your linky
    How exciting

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  20. oh im late I know.....but I got here in the end! x

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