The 'Vintage Summer Boutique'...

I am hosting my first ever summer open house sale this month! Yes, I know I need my head testing and there are not enough hours in the day but sometimes a girl just has to do what her heart tells her. My heart and head love to talk vintage ~ and what better way to do just that with other like minded souls than at a vintage style garden party?

I shall be joined by a small gathering of talented friends with a gift for making, displaying and selling their beautiful vintage stock and hand~made creations. Lots of lovely goodies to be inspired by...

Tea and home~made cake served all day (on vintage china of course!) and the opportunity to browse, chat and enjoy a thoroughly (unashamedly) old~fashioned girls' day out. Shabby Lloyd Loom chairs on the lawn, a cottage garden, a bit of bunting and (praying for) sunshine, hope you get the picture!

If you would like to receive an invitation to The Vintage Summer Boutique, please contact me with your details.

I do hope that you can make it....

Ali x

The Avington Brocante

I am really looking forward to having a stall at this lovely fair on Thursday this week ~ the first time that I shall have been there...

Set in the beautiful house and grounds of Avington Park ~ there will be approximately 30 dealers offering decorative antiques, furniture, accessories, textiles, garden ware and more...

Entrance fee £5.00. Open from 9.30am ~ 4.30pm with refreshments available ~ do come along and say hello if you can!

Avington, Nr Winchester, Hampshire SO21 1DB.

Ali x

The Summer Cotswolds Vintage Fair

Last year I participated in a lovely new fair in the Cotswolds and recently learned that its current organiser was unable to continue with the commitment of any further events this year.  So, I stuck my hand in the air, waved it around a bit and offered to take over the running of The Cotswolds Vintage Fair.

I have made contact with all those stallholders whose details have been passed on to me, and hopefully you will have by now received an email with a new booking form and information.  It would be lovely to hear from you all!  New stallholder applications would be welcome too ~ please contact me via the link on the sidebar or take a peek at the new dedicated blog ~ The Cotswolds Vintage Fair. 

The date is set for Saturday 27th August and will be held in the original venue at Toddington Village Hall ~ set in glorious Cotswold countryside with views to die for.... weather permitting we shall have a vintage style tea room on the lawn...

I am prepared for more sleepless nights, making bunting in my dreams and putting on a few pounds tasting the sample bakes from the cakemaker ~ well someone has to do it!

Wish me luck...

Ali x

Jeanne D'Arc Living Magazine

It's here!

Issue No. 2 .... has arrived from Denmark.  Oh me oh my, this is like receiving a special gift from a thoughtful friend everytime the big white box arrives from Jeanne D'Arc Living.  It never, ever disappoints, each issue is fresh, unique and like no other magazine on the planet.  

Thank you to all the lovely customers that placed orders and reserved your copy ~ they have been despatched today, just in time for the weekend when hopefully you will find a quiet, cosy corner in which to squirrel yourself away and read...

or dream...

sigh...

 

 

wish for...

and sigh again...

There are just a very few copies left ~ available here.

Have a lovely weekend!

Ali x

Love Works Wonders

It really does, doesn't it?

Happy Valentines....

Hearts and flowers to you all...

Ali x

And the winner...

...of the January issue of Jeanne D'Arc Living Magazine goes to...

PG!

Well done! Please let me have your address details via the contact button on my blog or website and I will whizz it in the mail for you. Happy reading...I hope it inspires....

Ali x

Inspirational Giveaway ~ Jeanne D'Arc Living Magazine

I have been catching up with all of those lovely blogs that I follow ~ and it still continues to amaze me how much inspiration and creativity you are all willing to share. It seems that many of us find this time of year a time for renewal, with lots of energy ~ the imaginary lightbulb inside our head is busy flickering, dreaming up new ideas and putting them into action.

For others (me included) the New Year often is slow to start for bodies and brains, our creative flow takes a while to get, well... flowing....

Inspiration sometimes needs a helping hand ~ and the quickest, simplest and most gratifying source of this elusive inspiration is visual...

Don't you just love the feel and smell of a virgin magazine, silky smooth pages...

Just read back the words I have written and think I ought to stop as it is getting a bit risque...

Or is it just me?

I do hope that I am not alone in my love affair, as I am now delighted to announce that I am an official UK stockist of the... (drum roll please) most luxurious, delightful, original, dreamy and utterly inspirational magazine from Jeanne D'Arc Living.

If you haven't come across this company and their extraordinary publication before ~ it is the brainchild of two very talented Danish women with a very unique style. The magazine will be published 8 times this year and is available via my own website alongside selected items from their decorative accessories ranges. I also have a very limited number of back issues.

I would love to give away a copy of the January 2011 issue to share the inspiration...

To enter, simply leave a message on this post and the winner will be drawn out of a hat on Monday 31st January at 6.00pm (UK time). The giveaway is open to all, wherever in the world you may be.

In the meantime, here is a little inspiration from the magazine...

Today's the day...

For my Vintage Christmas Boutique! The roads here are clear with just the merest hint of icing sugar like snow on the rooftops, so it's business as usual!

A sneak preview ~ for more information click on the email me button or visit the blog.



Hope to see you some of you over the next 3 days and keep warm...

Ali x