The Big Feastival
Posted on: June 22, 2011When the Shoreditch Sisters asked Thrift-ola to set up shoppe in their WI tent at the first ever Big Feastival how could I say no? Continue reading »
The Big Feastival - Thrift-ola's first ever festival!
I think I’ve been quite vocal about Thrift-ola not taking part in any events this summer as I try to concentrate on sourcing stock and running the website. Towards the end of LLROK we were doing a couple of events every month from fetes at the V&A and Somerset House to pop-up tea shoppes in vintage and craft fairs. They were so much fun, but also a lot of hard work which for a small business can sometimes take you away from working on the more key elements. HOWEVER, I have made one exception this summer and that’s for my dear gal-pals the Shoreditch Sisters who I did my first event with back in 2006 when they were Viva Cake. They’re hosting a big ol’ marquee at Jamie Oliver’s first ever Big Feastival and they have so many fun things happening in it including Lucy in Disguise, the Beehive Bakery, WAH nails, musical bingo, urban cross stitch, Marawa the hula hooping queen and more. Visit the website here and if you’re in London town do pop by and say hi! I can’t wait to eat, drink, craft and be merry…
1960s / 1970s Wicker Hanging Chair FOR SALE
Posted on: June 20, 2011In the 60s and 70s Britain went bamboo crazy in the home decor department inspired by Danish designs from the late fifties. Many a honey coloured bamboo hanging chair was sold through Habitat and often housed in conservatories with exotic house plants. Continue reading »
Classic hanging chair in conservatory featured in ace book The Home by Wayne Hemingway
When I worked as a stylist we often rented a Photographer’s warehouse space which doubled as a studio and in the corner hung a rattan chair and the models would sit in it to have their make-up done. I absolutely loved it and finally bought my very own from Spitalfield’s Antiques Market about 8 years ago and it’s my favourite chair in the house. It’s positioned next to a huge window and I snuggle up in it atop a sheepskin rug and underneath a Babycham blanket drinking tea, reading magazines or just staring out of the window and daydreaming. Continue reading »
Have Rainhood, Will Thrift
Posted on: June 19, 2011Through sheets of sideways rain, pelting hail, howling wind and the occasional spell of super hot sunshine I thrifted my way to Father's day and back again. Continue reading »
A sneak peek at some of the weekend's second hand finds.
Yesterday, I hopped on a train at Waterloo to head home for Father’s Day. I snuck off twice to trawl charity shops at both Basingstoke (torrential rain) & Winchester (hail stones). With no umbrella I made do with my granny rainhood; which I don’t think the good folks of Basingstoke town centre really understood. Hey-ho. Chazza shop of the day was the RSPCA, practically everything for sale in it is animal related. Yay. There was no Father’s day lie-in for the ol’ man as he accompanied me to Brookfield car boot sale this morning where I treated him to a boot sale burger breakfast and tea and the sun did shine. It was quite lovely. I’ve hauled all my loot back to the Wick and plan to shoot ‘n’ list my finds to the site tomorrow, although I’ll be holding back some of the kitchen and craft related items for a special event happening with the Shoreditch Sisters in a few weeks time. I’ll tell you all about that one tomorrow. Off to spend the evening making Elderflower champagne. Anyone tried that before?
Print Gocco Workshop
Posted on: June 17, 2011Help! I've fallen in love with a machine. It's called Print Gocco. Continue reading »
Craft Central, 33-35 St John’s Square, London EC1M 4DS
Last night I headed across town in the torrential rain to Craft Central in Clerkenwell. It’s the first time I’ve had the pleasure of visiting this cute space dedicated to ensuring craft and design has a strong future. It’s currently home to printmaking extraordinaire Xtina Lamb from Printed Wonders and the Seaside Sisters and last night she was revealing the magic of Print Gocco to a room full of excited creative gals. Continue reading »
Shoppe Update: CATS
Posted on: June 14, 2011I had a super haul of cat ornaments over the weekend and am currently enjoying them sat a top my stock shelving unit. Continue reading »
A lovely line up of cat knick knacks in my studio at the moment.
I have to store them up high otherwise my two kitties will want to ‘play’ with them. This is not a good thing. All these cute fifties cats are available in the Bric-a-Brac Shelf collection. I have more cat related items here.
Hey there! My name is Leona and this is my online shop and blog where you can follow my thrifty adventures and snap up a vintage gem of two.
