For some unknown reason I’ve had the Pink Panther theme tune in my head for about two weeks. The plan here is that if I write it down it may expel it from my brain. So…he’s in the pink the pink panther, the rinky dink panther…the one and only truly original panther pink panther from head to toe. OK, all done.

The other thing I’ve had in my head are various vintage goodies.

At an impromptu visit to my fave shop in Nottingham, Bambi Vintage, Continue Reading »

Look look look at what I scored on e-bay! A lovely bundle of vintage belt buckles…

and… Continue Reading »

It’s probably already pretty obvious from my previous posts but if you haven’t already guessed let me say, for the record, I love, love, LOVE 1970s stuff!

I’ve heard people say that the 70s is the decade that style forgot but I couldn’t disagree more. OK, it was the heyday of some nasty synthetic fibres but the prints and colours were beautiful, rich and vibrant. Continue Reading »

One of our Green Hosting clients (my real life in web design and web hosting) is the brand new Queens of Vintage, a blog dedicated to those who love vintage and let’s face it there are plenty of us aren’t there?

The Queens of Vintage site has a featured section called ‘Make and Mend‘, which is a growing resource of ways to give vintage items a new lease of life. Right up my street.

In fact I’ve been thinking about re-vamping a dress of my own just like the maxi dress article. For easy peasy vintage customisation and lots and lots of vintage style visit www.queensofvintage.com

the most beautiful shoes in the world?

Just a little share of one of my favourite vintage finds from my most favourite vintage shop, Bambi. I’ll write a little more about them in a seperate post because they deserve a special mention.

How lovely are these embroidered sandals? The lady in the shop said they were 1950′s and I fell for them as soon as I saw them.

If you want to check out Bambi, you can find them at number 9 Haydn Road, Nottingham, NG5 2JX