Clerkenwell Vintage Fair

                           

Just found this great video on you tube taken at the Clerkenwell Vintage Fair last year...about seven minutes in you might spot some familiar faces! The next fair is on the 25th March, click here for more details.

Shoreditch Vintage Fair

Anyone who follows me on twitter will probably have noticed that i've gone a bit instagram crazy in the past couple of days.  Last Tuesday i got my very first iPhone and i'm already wondering how i ever did without it!  Here are a couple of snaps from today's fair in Shoreditch town hall.  I'm feeling exhausted from carrying everything up and down two flights of stairs....however i'll be doing it all again tomorrow at the Clerkenwell Vintage Fair!  Click here for the Facebook event page.

Paris!

     
     

Yep, this week i managed to take a day off from endlessly updating the Etsy store and i had a little day trip to Paris!  I stumbled over a cheep Eurostar ticket deal on the net and although i'm supposed to be saving money i convinced myself that i could combine working (i.e. flea market visiting) with a fun day out.  Above are a slightly random selection of pictures from my trip.  It was so cold that after taking a few snaps in the morning i decided that i couldn't remove my gloves for the rest of the day which put paid to any more photo taking.  Plus since I've been to Paris a few times already i didn't really feel the need to go and take any snaps of the main sights (bar Montmartre- i took loads of pictures of tourists taking photos of the portrait painters in the square from the comfort of a warm cafe. None of them actually wanted to sit down and have their portraits painted- it is February after all) I got some slightly strange looks when i stopped to take a pic of the store 'Sympa' (above right) I think I've walked past this shop every time I've been in Paris and it always confuses me how such a mess of a shop can be right on the main through-fair between the tube and the Sacre Coeur.

New York Dress

It's absolutely freezing outside here in London so for once i gave the Friday market at Portobello a miss and instead spent most of my day updating the etsy store.  This is my favorite dress of the day, it's a gorgeous shape and it has the best print of New York City with Skyscrapers, Parks and people going about their daily business. Click here for the listing.

Tomorrow i'm at Judy's Affordable Vintage Fair at Spitalfields Market.  I'm slightly scared at the prospect of being outside for most of the day and i've been stalking the BBC weather website for most of the week (Spitalfields is half covered, but it's open at the sides so it'll still be freezing)  I'm off to dig out my winter boots and warmest coat x

Meow

If you follow me on twitter you'll be well aware that I've spent most of the last couple of days endlessly updating the etsy store with a whole load of summer stock.  I'll be posting a few of my favourites on the blog later on today, however for now here are some slightly odd Victorian cat postcards i stumbled upon the other week.  I can't quite decide if they are cute or creepy, my favourite is the second one down 'The Rivals'.  On the reverse the sender writes that she is going to try to Photograph her own dear cat 'Emmy Lou' and turn her into a postcard...

My Favourite Cardigan & A Facebook Page - Finally

I've been spending a bit too long today faffing on the Internet, getting a few listings done, but mostly trying to work out how to set up a facebook page for the store.  I think I've finally managed it and thanks to everyone who has 'liked' it so far! I've mentioned briefly on the blog before that I'd quit my old job to concentrate on the vintage selling so i'm trying to get a bit more organised and will be updating the page weekly with where i'll be trading.  It may not be the best time to become self employed (every time i turn on the news it's full of doom and gloom about the economy) however I'd been working in retail merchandising for over 6 years and I'd known from day one that it wasn't really what i wanted to do...

Anyway I'm feeling pretty optimistic about the new year, there are lots of markets planned and i have a few other projects I'm working on too. The pics to accompany this post are slightly unconnected; i rediscovered them when i was going through market pictures for the facebook page.  The first is of my favourite ever cardigan,  It has knitted Indians and Buffalo's on it.  The second pic is of Elena of Pintuck Vintage wearing a kind of Blanket/ Gilet type thing that she bought from me.  It kind of reminded us both of LA although i actually found it here in (un)sunny London.

Etsy Update

 
   
   

Shop Capes & Coats
Shop Dresses

So I've just about recovered from my hectic weekend, which means it's time for another etsy update.  I was going to save up all of my coats & jackets for future markets, however i seem to have so many now I'm not  quite sure how I'm going to store them all!  I was contemplating keeping the Red checked cape as it was actually made in Totnes in Devon (which is near to where my parents live)

Also- as a mini test I've also uploaded all of these to ASOS marketplace.  Click here to see the listings.  I've never used the site before and so far nothing is showing up in any of their main categories (I'm hoping that's just their site caching and nothing that I've done wrong at my end!)  If anyone has any feedback about marketplace then let me know, I've done a quick survey of my friends and haven't managed to find anyone who's actually bought anything on there yet.  I do love some of the photos, but I'm not sure about the whole 'street style' angle, sometimes it makes it difficult to see the actual item that's being sold.