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I am taking a short break to recover fully from Covid. No orders will be posted until Monday October 17th 2022. I will still be answering emails so feel free to get in touch if you need me. Best wishes for now, Sandy xx

Time to finally put your feet up Ma’am, you have more than done your duty. Rest in peace my Queen. Sandy 🖤

Sandy’s Vintage Charms is off on vacation. No orders will be processed from July 7th until July 18th 2022. I will be answering questions but it may take me a few days to get back to you.  See you all soon. Best wishes, Sandy xx

Here in the UK we are celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee from June 2nd-June 5th 2022. It is also my Husband’s 50th birthday so I will be away until Tuesday June 7th. Any orders placed from Wednesday June 1st will be posted a week later on Wednesday June 8th. Fingers crossed for lovely weather so everyone can enjoy their street parties.  Best wishes, Sandy xx

The humble bean .... from broad beans, to baked beans, from edamame to kidney beans. They come in all different sizes and colours but what made them lucky? Imagine 500 or 600 years ago you are walking along a beach and find a strange nut like object you have never seen before. Unbeknown to you, you have just found a sea bean. It could have drifted for weeks or months and travelled hundreds, perhaps thousands, of miles from an exotic land.    Sea beans were seeds from giant pods found in the Caribbean and North & South America. They drifted...