My favourite blogs and websites.

When I started trading in vintage over three years ago the vintage scene was very different. Vintage shops were few and far between and the general public weren't keen on second hand shopping unless it was designer or in absolute mint condition. Nowadays (look at me sounding like an old woman!) it's a completely different industry. In those days sourcing vintage items was a best kept secret whereas now people can't wait to spill the beans on their latest bargain purchase or treasure that they've discovered at a jumble sale or boot sale, me invluded!  

As promised here is a list of the blogs that I regularly follow both for my own interest and to help me keep in touch with the vintage world.

• First up is an obvious one, as part of Worcester Arts and Vintage Events (WAVE) our blog helps all our regular stallholders and customers to keep up with what events we have planned and general goings on in the WAVE world.

http://worcestervintage.blogspot.com/

• Next up is the blog of my friend and fellow WAVEster Jo Bourke (aka Jo Waterhouse in her work environment). Jo and I have alot in common from our passion for hunting out all things old, quirky and interesting to our love for tattoo artwork both on and off the skin.

http://jowaterhouse.blogspot.com/

 

• This blog is owned by another friend that we have made through running the shop and being part of WAVE, Greg Dunn. He is a super talented and creative local artist who works alot with recycled materials such as wood and metal. We had the great opportunity to sell some of his pieces in our shop a while ago and they were very popular. Now Greg is fulfilling his dream by studying  for his MA in Fine Art at The Birmingham Institute of Art and Design and is expanding his techniques to include the patination and manipulation of copper.

http://dunn-roaming.blogspot.com/

• Next up is the style blog of two lovely ladies up in Leeds, Miss Heather Rogers and Miss Claire Bissell who run a lovely little vintage shop in The Corn Exchange called Mad Elizabeth. After bumping into each other at many fairs around the country we've built a friendship and I'm super proud of them for expanding their vintage business so quickly and for the amount of hard work they've put in.

https://marketplace.asos.com/boutique/mad-elizabeth/blog

• Next I had to add the style blog of the lovely, and super stylish, Claire Bissell of Mad Elizabeth. View the vintage world through the eyes of a shop owner!

http://thischarmingstyle.blogspot.com/2011/10/today-im-wearing.html

• This blog is written by a lovely curvy girl who runs a shop called Hummingbird Vintage Boutique. It's always interesting to read what's going on in the lives of people with similar interests or who live similar lives and this is a great one for that.

http://humming-bird-vintage.blogspot.com/

 

• I love to read this blog! The writer, Fleur, has a passion for the 40s and it's wonderful to see what amazing looks and outfits she comes up with. It's an interesting read and the pictures are fab!

http://www.diaryofavintagegirl.com/

• This next blog is from all the way over the oceon in the good ole USA. It's great to see that people who live thousands of miles away still get the same joy from finding treasures at local garage sales and it's interesting to see what kind of thing they consider to be a treasure over there. Great fun to read!

http://apronthriftgirl.typepad.com/apron_thrift_girl/

• Next up is a great blog called A Thrifty Mrs which is packed full of hints and tips on how to lead a frugal lifestyle in England.

http://www.athriftymrs.com/p/about.html

• This blog has to have a mention as it's written by a girl after my own heart! She also has a passion for second hand shopping and baking so it's a must read one for me.

  

http://faithhopeandcharityshopping.blogspot.com/

• Next up is a blog written by a lovely lady called Caddy (aka Annie to her blog readers). We met at a vintage fair in Leamington a few months ago and after chatting to her, and her duaghter Amy, for a while we realised that she had recently written a lovely post on her blog about one of our WAVE Vintage & Craft Fairs that she had recently visited. What a coincedence!

http://thefeltfairyuk.blogspot.com/

• To go with my above post, this is the blog of Caddy's daughter Amy (who had the stall at the Leamington Fair). Amy sells a great selection of vintage kitchenalia and collectables and also organises a vintage and craft fair in Warwick.

http://blightyboutiquevintageandhandmadefair.blogspot.com/

 

• Lastly, this blog is a firm favourite of mine. It's written by a lady called Kat who has a similar passion to me for charity shopping and general thrifting. She's brilliant at keeping the blog up to date regularly and it's a pleasure to read.

 http://katgotthecream.blogspot.com/

Phew! After that mammoth post I'm signing off to get ready for our next fair on Saturday.

Loll

xx