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Thrift-ola eBay Sale is ON!
Posted on: July 24, 2012The 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 »
The Diamond Jubilee Festival
Posted on: May 8, 2012I'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 »
Make Me An Offer Monday!
Posted on: December 5, 2011It's that time again when you can haggle over prices in my online store! If you've had your eye on an item but want to scoop it up for a cheaper price then send me an e-mail and make an offer for it... Continue reading »
How it works………
1. E-mail leona@thrift-ola.com with the product name & the price you’d like to pay.
2. If I accept the offer, I’ll e-mail you back and change the price of the product to what you’d like to pay for the rest of the day – although you’ll have to quickly snap it up before someone else does.
3. If I don’t accept your offer, I’ll send you a counter offer and the haggle begins.
Make Me An Offer Monday starts NOW until midnight tonight. Go shop!
BOGOF Colour Pop Kitty Cat Erasers
Posted on: November 21, 2011New Feature! The Happy Monday offer........ Continue reading »
Original display box full of 1980s cat shaped erasers. Made in Japan.
Monday’s can be pretty grim, especially now we’ve well and truly waved goodbye to summer. So to get the week started with a smile I’m going to run a fun offer each and every Monday during the drab wintry months. For today only if you buy a colour pop kitty eraser then I’M GOING TO SEND YOU ANOTHER ONE FOR FREE. Hurrah!
From next week onwards I’ll send news of the Happy Monday offer out via this here blog, twitter and fb at 9am. Exciting!
Go shop colour pop kitties < here > Offer runs whilst stocks last : )
Tis The Season For A Spot Of Upcycling
Posted on: November 18, 2011Now the Winter nights are drawing in, it's time to crack open the craft cupboard and make stuff with all the funny little cute bits'n'bobs you've been thrifting... Continue reading »
I'm in the middle of upcycling a little kitchen chair...
When I’m out buying for Thrift-ola I also source bits and pieces for personal projects like collecting cute buttons to change the boring ones on my cardigans and I’m a fiend for buying sweet scraps of fabric “to make into things”. I’m a bad, bad crafter though and most of these items are scattered about my place making me feel guilty. So this afternoon I decided I’d just get on with it. I finally scrubbed clean a cute little kitchen chair that I rescued from being used as a foot stool by a painter/decorator. I then reupholstered the cushion using a scrap of the cutest cotton fabric I picked up at a jumble. Tomorrow I’m going to sand down the frame and varnish the wood. I’m not really doing things in the right order but at least I’ve started… and it was a fun few hours. Satisfaction guaranteed.
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.
