Its tough for Vintage at Christmas!

So I thought I would share my thoughts and that of a lot of other vintage stall holders during the lean times of the Christmas season. Its very difficult to cope with the fact that during this time...

Fair is fair…..

Decided it would be nice to take my grandson Elliott to the fantastic Carters steam fair on Saturday evening in Maidenhead Berkshire, they were having a fireworks display as well. Elliott was...

Pretty things

Hi been busy finishing off a few smaller vintage finds and thought I would share them with you whist I get together all my pictures of previous before and after creations to post .. there are...

All in the name of Chalk paint !

So Sadie and I decided that we need to explore our local area of Berkshire to source some more Chalk paint. We discovered that there is a shop not to far from us called Country mouse creative...

Coming soon… really …

Just to keep you posted that I am in the process of adapting the blog and getting it to look just right for our new ventures. Taking a while to bring things together and photograph our collection....

Retrofestival Maidenhead

Hi everyone just of to Windsor race course today( in the freezing cold) to look at Marques for Christmas Retro festival in Maidenhead. Will post details of this festival later this week…hope to see...

Changes Galore!

A warm welcome to all again, sorry its been so long but we ( Aisha my mother and myself) have been swamped with many new ventures and moving home. You may notice that the blog looks a little...

Breath…. and type….. Well it surely has been a very busy few weeks (as usual) for team SBV.. We have attended a plethora of Vintage Fairs, and bumped into some fabulous blog world friends too! But...

Alberto Vargas Beauties…

Hello to you all, hope you haven’t been swept away in this horrid English weather, and if your one of my friends from outside the UK, I understand now how you all presume us Limeys have such bad...

Henley on Thames, a town with a passion for vintage!

Hello Kittens!!! I have been absolutely swamped lately, my work load has increased massively and business is going really well with lots of new and exciting projects coming up and already under...

Hello Gorgeous!!

Will you take a look at this little beauty!! Early 1940s Crinoline lady set! YUM!!! I just acquired it and it was so scrumptious that my lovely friend Mrs. Moores Vintage Store just snatched it...

Flea. The Move!

Top of the morning to you all!! I had some lovely news this week that we will be moving to a new home!! A lovely pied a terre , with two bedrooms and a big big garden!!! So, before I have even...

1950s Horrockses Dress! I DIE!

Hello my vintage craving darlings!! Found these little beauties today, your going to love them!!! This stunning sunny shirt dress is from Horrockses from the 1950s, highly collectable, size 10 and...

Sadie Boon Vintage Wedding

Want to share these divine images from a vintage wedding I styled a few weeks ago. The day was fabulous and the bride was so beautiful! As you can see, the theme was very pretty British Vintage and...

Hollywood’s Glamour Years

I have the worst cold… I think it’s the boobons…. so thought I would cheer myself up with some pretty Hollwood glamour shoots. A rather large grin spreads across my face when I look at this...

All the fun of the fair. Windsor!

Saturday was indeed a bright, sunny and wonderful day AND I launched the BVintage Bazaar Authentic Vintage Fair with my bestest vintage friend Berni Bales! With over 20 stalls selling some of the...

Vintage Fair this Saturday!

So it’s my big weekend as I launch the first of my authentic vintage fairs! Yay! With over 20 stalls selling authentic high quality yet affordable vintage fashion and home wears, tarot card reader...

My Blog Recommendations!

I am an avid follower of quite a few blogs, and follow them using the fab Bloglovin site to keep track! So I have decided to share my favs with you all, and my first recommendation is the wonderful...

Jane Russell, Screen Siren.

I once heard an uber famous female music star say that women are either funny OR beautiful, but rarely both… Well Jane Russell was certainly one of these rare women. Her beauty was obvious to the...

Exclusive Vintage Fair dates revealed!

Well, well, we’ve come along way baby…. Do you remember when I was just a girl buying junk at boot fairs and cleaning it up to sell on ebay? Well finally I am fulfilling one of my dreams and with...

Single Girl Valentines. Hurrah!

Valentines day is always rubbish for us single gals. But hey, at least we don’t have to explain our vintage clothing, home decoration and impulse purchases from Etsy to a football watching, beer...

The Vintage Party! At last!

Finally I get round to posting about the Vintage Social pop up vintage party that I and my partner in vintage crime, Berni Bales and I threw last Saturday at the beautiful Harte & Garter Hotel in...

Vintage Party this Saturday!

In case you haven’t heard, I and my bestest vintage buddy Berni of BVintage are throwing a super Vintage Party this Saturday at the Harte and Garter Hotel in Windsor, Royal Berkshire! We still have...

Vintage Girl Crush!

I have to admit, I am a bit of a fan of Fleur De Guerre’s blog Diary of a Vintage Girl. If you haven’t already heard of Fleur, I highly recommend adding her to your list of regular blogs. She is a...

Vintage Social Pop up Party!

Girls, girls, girls! Did you hear about my first ever Vintage pop up party? I’ll be hosting this vintage extravaganza on the 5th of February at the Harte & Garter Hotel in Windsor, much fun to be...

The Retro Lady arrives!

Hello Darlings! Just a quick post to tell you that I have just completed the website for my client The Retro Lady. You can view her web site here. She has some truly stunning vintage and retro...

Vintage Wallpaper Heaven!

I opened my inbox the other day to find these beautiful images of the new line of Wallpapers that are being launched this Spring by Little Green. Here’s the press release. “The ‘50s Line Papers’...

Inspirational Vintage Women Series

Hello, to you all, I hope you are having a sensational start to the New Year. One of the (many) things I want to achieve this year is to regularly post about some of the most inspirational vintage...

Stunning Ballerina Apartment

Happy New Year to all of you! I hope you had a jolly good evening. What are you up to in 2011? Perhaps you might like a change of scene? Well here is a sight worth beholding, and perhaps if you...

Vintage New Year!!!

Happy New Year lovelies! Hope you all have a wonderful time this evening and can’t wait to see what 2011 brings to you and I! S xx