Trug. Such an unglamorous name. So close to thug, and trudge, it sounds like the name a troll would go by. Trugs. Not that pretty to look at either to my eye, you know, compared with a fitched basket, a macrame shopper, or a Maori kete. But like all those lovely things a trug is practical and natural, traditional and handcrafted, and therefore ticks lots of my boxes. Terry gave me a Bill Blair trug a few birthdays ago when we holidayed in Oamaru, and I use it almost constantly to cart around gardening bits and bobs, especially growings. They are at the height of their limited beauty when displaying home grown produce. This child of Trug was holding plastic beads on the counter at a local oppy, a very undignified a job for the workhorse garden carrier, so for 20 cents I repatriated it. It looks like it is made of the traditional Sussex Trug materials: cricket bat willow, coppiced sweet chestnut bark and copper nails: and has the makers/company stamp on the base "Chairworks, London, FT1".
The perfect size for garden berry pickings; and little person nature collectings in the meantime.
The perfect size for garden berry pickings; and little person nature collectings in the meantime.
and speaking of Trugging rugging-up, if any of you guys see nice woolen blankets on your op-shop travels, think about a donation to The Hottie Project. The New Zealand crafty-bloggy community are making hot water bottle covers to keep Christchurch kids warm this winter. Or even better, have a bash yourself! Or just help publicise it. Or make a donation to buy the hotties to put inside. All the deets you need are here. Thank you x
pps. I'm in full-time manual mode on the camera as of today. You wouldn't not believe how long it took me to get those pictures *flops down, mopping brow*
But anyway, camera talk is not what you're here for, op-shop talk is what your here for: so spill...and link up!
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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).
