Delivery by Unicorn?

Posted on: August 1, 2012

The Thrift-ola eBay sale has now finished! Thanks to everyone who placed a bid 'n bought one of our thrifted vintage goodies. The pack-a-thon is nearly complete. Continue reading »

Our best eBay feedback ever!

I spent a nail biting 7 hours on Sunday on the couch with my ipad and an endless stream of teas watching all our vintage lots end in our first eBay sale for quite some years. It was lovely to see lots of old names popping up and snapping up stuff and for the past few days the studio has been a whirl of bubble wrap and boxes. Nearly everything has been sent out now and the eBay feedback has started to  flood in, I ‘grammed the feedback above from one of our oldest customers who knows of my penchant for the horned horse, yes I hooted with delight and wondered how much delivery by unicorn would actually cost? A superb rainbow filled alternative to the drab Royal Mail don’t you think!

The Owl and the Pussycat

Posted on: July 27, 2012

Our vintage sale over on eBay is in full swing and you'll not be surprised to discover there are quite a few owls and pussy cats up for grabs! Continue reading »

1970s flock slogan owl poster

Oh my, the cute-o-meter just exploded! Check out this super fun ‘Nobody’s Perfect’ slogan poster featuring a family of owls bundled together on a snowy branch and a naughty little scamp hanging upside down. Guess he’s the one who’s not perfect. You can bid for it here. Continue reading »

Thrift-ola eBay Sale is ON!

Posted on: July 24, 2012

The vintage Thrift-ola sale has now launched over on eBay! Everything has a starting price of 99p and all auctions will end from 5pm this Sunday 29th July. Here are my top 10 fave pieces in le sale... Continue reading »

1, a 1970s Babycham wall  light

My favourite item in the whole of the sale has to be this vintage Babycham wall light. It had pride of place on the wall in my shop Superette for many years and then in my bedroom. It no longer fits the decor of my place so I’m reluctantly letting it go to a loving new home. There’s also a giant Babycham bottle moneybox in the sale. Continue reading »

Thrifting Adventures in Paris

Posted on: July 15, 2012

the blue skies of Paris

I’m just back from a week of trawling the flea markets, junk shops and thrift stores of one of my favourite cities – Paris! Thrift-ola Towers is bustling with all my finds and I look forward to sharing them all with you in a one-off pop-up Paris Shoppe which will launch online towards the end of August. I’ll also share all of my fave places to thrift in Paris on the blog in September, if anyone is visiting before then feel free to ask me any questions on this post, I’m always happy to help a fellow thrifter. In the meantime I’ve started the mammoth task of photographing everything for our General Sale which will launch on eBay a week today. I’ll be sharing sneak peeks on Twitter and Instagram during the week ahead so start saving your pennies!

The Diamond Jubilee Festival

Posted on: May 8, 2012

I'm blaming the Queen of England for my lack of Thrift-ola activities for the past 6 months. It's true. Last year I signed up for Queen and country to work as part of the curation team for the official Diamond Jubilee Festival which is now only 3 weeks and 4 days away. Here's what I've been plotting... Continue reading »

Some of you will know I started working for Hemingway Design about this time last year and mostly I edit the Vintage Festival blog, run the Vintage Correspondent programme, organise the Vintage area at London Fashion Weekend and snap for the Instagram feed. Well, back in November my duties took another exciting turn when Wayne invited me to project manage their involvement in the Diamond Jubilee Festival which over time also developed into me curating all the fashion and beauty content for the Festival. Continue reading »