Pass me the antibacterial hand gel love....DAGFIELDS HERE WE COME!

What a wonderful rainy bank holiday blooming monday in Manchester!
Well obviously this was written in sarcasm font....
However, my good self and my favourite scouring buddy Elle, went along to Dagfields in Crewe to spend a fantastically dusty afternoon with our heads fully immersed in Antique goodies!

The excitement was a little much for us I have to say, even despite being the only ones under 150 years old there (best kept secret in the north me thinks).We kept our moral high with thoughts of what treasures lay in its many warehouses and our energy levels the same with the wonderfully retro sugary goodness of Lilt (making a comeback I think).

Check some of these bad boys out....

FOMFEST

Err...so FOMFEST has totally destroyed us all, but several good things came out of it:

1. We met Howard Marks. Legend.

2. I learnt that you should never wear a jacket in a car...it's pointless apparently.


3. Jason is Justien Bieber's less talented alter ego.


4. I actually like camping...even in the rain.


Well that's it, but i'm happy with that. As I always say...life is about small pleasures.

Obsessed?? Moi?!!

This week I have mainly been obsessing over various different types of furniture and getting lost in a sea of amazing fabrics!

I have seen the looking glass and literally thrown myself head first down the rabbit hole.

I think I may stay down here for a while.  The air is sweet amongst the brightly coloured linens, and I literally cannot get enough stripes.

Not to be annoying, but how on earth do you choose what your one sofa should look like when you have around 17 favourite fabrics (I don't like to make any of them feel bad by having just 1....)??

So here I am sat in front of computer at 1.06am salivating over my swatches that arrived this morning from designers guild...'GO TO SLEEP' my head is saying....but alas my innate desire for textiles has taken over, and I'm now working on primal instincts only.  

I have decided it is physically impossible to decide on one fabric...it's actually a fact.

Pah good luck picking out of this lot!

What is wonderful about beginning your obsessive furniture journey (on which I can see myself being on for most of my life now....it's just another fabulous shopping outlet!) is that your many hours of commitment unfold the most fantastic websites you never even imagined existed in your wildest dreams!

retrotogo.com has now become by one stop shop of anything vintage or vintage inspired for the home. May give them a buzz and ask them to blog about us while i'm at it - they write about all things vintage!

Allthingsoriginal.com makes me want to step inside my computer and live amongst all the pretty things created by the super talented designers. I especially am loving these prints by Lola's room.  I have this image of a wispy little elfin lady surrounded by old cameras in a fantastic warehouse apartment in London's East end.... 

It's s great to see there's lots of other people like my good self making it on their own!  We should all be supporting each other!

Lola's room print

Err...I LOVE dis guy....well done allthingsoriginal...will now have a post it friend!

Have lots of other great websites to recommend.  Will report back after eventually forcing myself to turn my computer OFF and go to sleep....easier than it sounds....now where is that power button?  Someone just come and take it off me....for the love of god, PLEASE!!

Moo! Not just for cows....

So last week we joined up with the fabulous Moo boutique in Heaton Moor- V up and coming area!

They have a great collection of goodies from independent designers and now a great selection of our vintage goodies too!
Check their website out for more details!

http://www.moo-boutique.co.uk/

I am most definitely NOT the weakest link!

So, yes it is strange but true.....yesterday I popped along to BBC Glasgow for the purpose of potentially being humiliated on national television....
Namely to be a contestant on the Weakest Link!

I have to say  even though I do like to pride myself on knowing lots of rubbish I was getting progressively more nervous as the minutes trotted on and the lovely lady in makeup applied some rather interesting 80's lipstick to my quivering lips (I suppose Im living the full vintage lifestyle then).

As I stepped into the famous Weakest Link studio my palms began to turn clammy and running straight out the door  was becoming a wonderful idea.  However, my love for quizzes (yes I am a dork and proud) and desire to see the munchkin herself caused my feet to stay firmly on my (raised - Im only 5ft 3inches) platform.
The thought that kept sticking in my head ( as I imagine the other 8 contestants were thinking) was 'Just don't let me get kicked out in the 1st round!'

As the lady herself came walking stridently into the studio (in character the entire time by the way) my nerves heightened, although bizarrely enough they came in the form of the serious giggles, which I then proceeded to have the entire game.
The game starts....I'm 2nd to last in the 1st round and as everyone gets their questions right the pressure is on!

I won't let you know who got knocked out first, but needless to say it was not me!  Phew!  As the rounds shuffled on it was my turn to be berated by Ms Robinson...which I absolutely loved!  Somehow I managed to get her to call herself old...know idea how but I was already a winner in my own eyes!

Over half the contestants had done the walk of shame and suddenly the thought crossed my mind that I could actually win this!  Adrenaline took over and the excitement of the game was thrilling!  There were 4 of us left, and I decided to vote tactically....

This was the point that It all went wrong, and I was in turn tactically voted off, having not been the weakest link in that round!!  The rage, the betrayal, the sadness...how would I get my revenge?
My Weakest link dream was over!  Well at least got to have a chat with Anne, and, well I did go straight up to the Green room and eat the last of the sandwiches....Mwaaaahhhaahahaha.  Revenge was mine!!

To Blog and be blogged....

Just had a great little blog from Asos Marketplace about one of our fave new 70's dresses!

https://marketplace.asos.com/blog/2011/03/daily-vintage-discovery-beaded-70

Check out the link for full blog! <3

Once upon a time in Manchester....

Just a little thank you to the fabulous Lynda Moyo at Manchester Confidential for writing such a lovely article about little old me!

Wanted to let the people of manchester know what we were up to, so popped on down to tell Lynda about it all!  It really ended up as the 2 of us jabbering away about clothes for an hour!  Work can be fun!

Click the link below for the full article!
http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/Health-and-Beauty/Shopping/We-Love-Vintage-shop-review_17345.asp