Christmas is fast approaching......

Well its that time of year again when I always seem to run out of time, trying to balance the demands of university life against the need to craft and enjoy this festive season, it can become very difficult and frustrating! Christmas workshops at Revive have almost come and gone with only one left next weekend. If you're interested in making a unique christmas decoration then check out my workshop here and sign up quick if you would like to take part.

I have put some pictures below of the Christmas Card workshop a few weeks ago, which was a very good success and it was nice to see people's creativity and new ideas. I will apologise for the poor quality of the photos, I have yet to convert to one of those all singing, all dancing smartphones.

Most of the materials I provided were very similar and I love letting you decide how to put the elements together so that you can make your card stand out from the rest, after all we are all unique.

I have been very slow this year in promoting our Christmas Craft Day at home, which for those of you who already know and have booked your place, you are very lucky. A few weeks ago I did post a sneak peek of the wreath and glitter house that we would be making and later today I will post all the details for anyone else who wants to take part. I have approx 5 spaces left so if you do check out the sneak peek and want to book then please don't hesitate to email me vintagefollie@hotmail.com.

Birthday Celebrations: For the princess within us all

Hi bloggers, it has certainly been a very busy month and I want to catch you up on all that's been happening. The main thing that has been keeping me away from my blogging was my prep for my birthday celebrations and as you may see from the above picture, it was all quite magical.

Firstly I will start with my actual birthday and even though it was not filled with excitement (morning at university isn't how I envisage birthday celebrations) I did get some amazing vintage pressies from my mummy. As you may have guessed by now I am a bit of a Disney nut and a few months ago I started to collect some vintage Disney pieces for my collection (please see my post on the Shepton Mallet Giant Flea Market). So, wrapped in a big Disney box I unveiled some classic pieces that have blown me away and which I will treasure for life. 

Contents Included:

1950's Disneyland Park Brochure

1970's Disneyland Park Brochure

Cinderella Playing Cards

Viewmaster Discs for story of Cinderella

Viewmaster Discs for Disneyland Park

Very vintage Mickey and Minnie Figurine

Avon Cinderella Carriage

Top Favourite present was the Disneyland Park brochures, its just amazing to see what the parks looked like in those decades and what rides were first around. As an avid visitor to the Disneyland Parks I can definitely see how the parks have changed over the years. If I could go back in time I definitely would.

Anyway, on to more exciting things, my birthday celebrations:

Cinderella's Vintage Tea Party

The most elegant invitation, I wanted to hit the 'wow' factor straight away to get my guests excited. From then on no detail was spared I wanted to really give the impression that my friends were going to the ball.

Enjoy the photos below and follow the story of Cinderella's Vintage Tea Party........

The most beautiful cake, thank you Jen!

Handmade party favours, enclosed inside is a lavender shoe sachet

Make a wish mini bags, enclosing white chocolate mice

These cute little bags greeted my guests, inside was a plain calico purse that we decorated at the party, always one to spread the love of crafting.

The table with all the food laid upon it

All my beautiful guests, dressed up as princesses for the evening

I thank everyone who attended that night and made it truly magical, all birthdays should be like this.

Christmas buzz is back - Gold wreath

Hi bloggers....... so its definitely been a while since my last update but I had a few things getting in the way of my creativity. However I would like to hope that I am now back in business and ready to get crafting for Christmas. If you haven't already, you should check out my Christmas workshops that I am hosting at Revive this October and November, click here for more details. And some more news today......... we have finally chosen and made our Christmas project that we will be hosting at home at the beginning of December. As you may be able to guess from the picture above, it is going to be a Christmas Wreath. Alongside the wreath, we will also be making a Glitter House which seem to be huge in the crafting world at the moment and make the perfect handmade decoration for your tree.

More details will follow about this craft day in due course, but until then, enjoy the sneak pictures of these two fabulous projects.

Christmas Workshops at Revive

New Christmas Workshops have finally arrived and will be commencing at Revive Charity Shop from the end of October. Check out all the details by clicking the link above, but I have added a few pictures below to give you an idea of the projects you can make, enjoy!



Giant Flea Market Finds

 

Good morning bloggers. We have now returned from our mini vintage getaway and I think it was definitely worth the trip. The Giant Flea Market at Shepton Mallet was absolutely huge and we didn't even make it all the way round as there was just so much to look at. Since we didn't really go to the flea market with a clear idea of what we were looking for it was hard not to look at what every stall had to offer. However half way through the day I realised that I wanted to focus on vintage Disney memorabilia and walked away with quite a few treasures.

 

First up was the ViewMaster and some Disney reels to go inside it. I managed to get hold of Peter Pan, Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book and Alice in Wonderland. I've got a feeling this could turn into a bit of an addiction! These can either be saved to keep viewing back to or I can use them as decorations for scrap projects or for my mini configuration boxes. Total cost: £9

 

 

 

Next up, I found a cute little Mickey figurine which I already have plans for as this little mouse can sit in my Disney configuration box. Perfect. Cost:£2

 

 

On the look out for toy stalls and vintage memorabilia, the next treasure I found were some Disney snap cards which have really gorgeous vintage imagery of the Disney characters from Mickey Mouse to Snow White and Donald Duck. Not sure what I might use these for yet but they are such a cute size that I could use them on a variety of small and large crafting projects. Cost:£1

 

 

My final find was a lovely 1960s Disney Biscuit tin which I managed to get for £16. The imagery going round the tin includes Peter Pan, Snow White, Bambi and many others. This tin will look perfect on my shelf in the craft room, storing all sorts of bits and bobs. Probably my favourite find of the day.

 

 

I did find a lovely collection of Cinderella 1950s French postcards (set of 15) which I did fall in love with, however I didn't fall in love with the price, as it was a bit out of my league costing £80. I did manage to knock the stall holder down to £60 however I felt that was still a little extravagant. Oh well there is always Ebay.

 

So what did mother buy.............

 

Well lets start with the biggest and most expensive piece of the day which was a vintage till , costing £32 which is actually quite a bit of a bargain as the till was in excellent condition and came with an instruction set and key. We are still wondering where to display this beauty at home, somewhere between the kitchen and the craft room at the moment.

 

 

 

Next up is a beautiful teapot which we really did need to complete our collection of this tea set. We already had the teacups, saucers and plates so this teapot would be an added bonus to our beautiful collection. And it wasn't bad at £22.

 

 

A few last bits that mum picked up was a box full of embroidery transfers, costing £3, not sure what we might do with those yet but the box is so decorative that it will look lovely on a shelf in the craft room for the time being.Mum also picked up some vintage flowers, trimmings and buttons which we can never have enough of.

 

 

All in all it has been a very successful weekend and I think Julie, our crafting enthusiast who joined us on the trip, was also very overwhelmed by the amount of vintage treasures we came across. She also went home with a lot of goodies, though we were very well behaved as we all managed to fit in the car comfortably on the way home!

 

 

 

 

 

Vintage Jumble at Rangeworthy

Blogging from a wet Almondsbury, I thought I would quickly share with you bloggers what goodies we have bought so far. The jumble was soooo good and a must for any crafters or vintage fans looking for a bargain. Just check out our stash from this morning. And the good news is that there is more to come tomorrow at Shepton Mallet...... So exciting! Enjoy your weekend!

Dress Up your Lampshade Take 2

Hi bloggers, today I hosted another Dress Up your Lampshade workshop with a couple of ladies who have definitely been enjoying their crafting lately. Unable to make the first class I did I managed to arrange another date to accomodate them and today was the day.So lets have a look at how they got on, of course they produced nothing less than a fabulous piece of home decor for their rooms.

Pauline's Lampshade

Cathy's Lampshade

Another very successful workshop I think, well done ladies!