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advertising inside the shop was fun.
A few pieces I bought complete as they
are, others I cut from pamphlets (or dare
I say it, even books). There is a wealth of
material out there, often from curious
places. For example, the notice for soap
flakes (above the mangle and tub
containing soap flakes) was cut out from
some rather original wrapping paper.

I made the Sunlight bars of soap from
small slivers of wood. I actually bought
one real bar of Sunlight soap years ago
from the old fashioned style Apothecary
shop to be found in Howarth, Yorkshire,
England. (This is the real shop where the
brother of the Bronte sisters bought his
drugs in the nineteenth century – I
digress, I know – but it was very
interesting). Back to the bar of soap – I
simply scanned the wrapper into the
computer, shrank it down then printed
several copies to wrap round the slivers
of wood.

I did the same for the
blocks of Reckitts Blue after
having found a real one.
The rest of the tins and
packets were bought ready
made. There is a great
variety available on the
market that to choose from
if you find you can’t make
them yourself.