Showing posts with label cool vintage stuff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cool vintage stuff. Show all posts
a little sneak peek
birds and flowers
These vintage flora and fauna posters make my heart flutter with joy. These are little snaps taken of our new posters, this weekend they will go off to be framed, and next week they will be up on the wall of my house. xx
crochet rainbow joy
Recently, my mother in law taught me the age old craft crocheting. I'm still in the process of mastering the art of the granny square, but I have been thoroughly enjoying the challenge. This recent bout of crocheting reminded me that I had inherited a wonderful, huge, rainbow coloured crochet blanket that my grandma had made. The shots above are details of this very blanket. xx
bows for the ladies
You may recall a post a while back where I talked about the amazing vintage mens bow-ties available at forage (previous post here), well I just discovered that are now doing a range of women's bow-ties! Personally, I think these bows would be best suited as a hair accessory. Nobody can deny that bows are good. And moreover, amazingly coloured tartan bows are even better. xx
Images via forage
a drive-in movie in your backyard
Over at Design*Sponge, they are always showing lots of inspiring makeovers and events. This backyard drive-in party really took my fancy though. Just hoist an old white sheet up in your back yard, borrow a projector and some quilts and pillows, and there you have it - pretty much the perfect vintage party of all time, complete with red striped paper straws and popcorn. xx
a google image search
This is what happens if you type in "vintage party" into google image search. I think it's pretty rad. xx
Image found here
not just for eating from..
In my ever growing obsession with vintage crockery, i stumbled upon this amazing wall collage comprised of vintage plates. It is amazing. Sadly, I cannot find for the life of me where i have sourced this image, so to the owner of this incredible shot, I'm sorry that I have not credited you correctly, but thankyou for sharing in cyberspace, this pretty idea. xx
charles and diana vintage crockery
When i was a little girl, my grandma had these Charles and Diana commemorative plates (I'm pretty sure that she had these exact ones, but I may be wrong as I was very young). I always loved them for some reason, and always felt that it was a bit special that Charles and Diana were married in 1981 which was the year I was born. I once asked my grandma if I could have them, but she said no. I think she thought I was too young for such delicate Items! Anyway, I liked them as a little girl, and i still really like them, i don't know why - I just think they are cool. xx
superpeople
These shots are from the frankie blog by a creative agency called Superpeople. I dig the use of vintage ornaments for these shots. Would look great as a table set-up for a dinner party. I'm especially into the kittens and unicorns in the second shot, is that wrong? xx
dear etsy...
Dear Etsy,
Why do you always have so many awesome things that need to shipped all the way from America? Like these ridiculously incredible art deco plates that blow my mind?
Love from,
A vintage party xx
PS. Please can someone buy these? They are too good to let go!
Image via etsy
some general musings
Okay, I was trawling through my iphone this morning and decided that it was time to sort out some of my photographs and put them up on the blog. They are just my general daily musings and things that i like.
Images above: vintage crockery, the amazing roses from Georgie and Ben's wedding and some antique porcelain roses of mum's.
Images above: more roses from Georgie and Ben's wedding, some hand painted vintage crockery and patterns.
Images above: vintage floral fabrics and vintage crockery
Images above: more vintage crockery..
Images above: a little bit of brisbane and a little bit of blue
Images above: some more vintage fabrics. xx
some late bunny stuff
I was just having a little chat with Jamie about this blog and he asked me why I had not done a post on any vintage easter stuff - given that we have just had the easter long weekend. I figured that it was better late than never, and in my google searching I stumbled across an incredible artist on etsy who customises vintage crockery. Needles to say, I am in love with these little treats. To make it even better, its not expensive to buy, and she is local aussie lass. So very clever! You can find her etsy store here: Kelly thestorybookrabbit. these above shots were sourced via the etsy store. xx
a vintage circus
This morning we caught up with a group of our friends for Jamie's annual Easter Sunday egg hunt. Our circus friends Alice and Rich were there with their two incredible children, so it seems timely to post these 1950 circus images. Im loving the costumes and colours in these pictures. xx
Images via Abbey goes design scouting
peonies and peacocks
My friend Georgie, who happens to appear a lot on my blog (i think because i know that she will always check my posts, and she is really the one who introduced me to the world of blogging by getting me addicted to a cup of jo, rockstar diaries, and a whole lot of others), has this beautiful vintage fabric in her lovely apartment. She tells me that the design is called peonies and peacocks, and it is fabric from her grandparent's couch. I am just so taken with it! xx
antique persian rugs
I'm in Sydney again this weekend for the lovely Georgie's Hens night tonight. Watch this space for a post about tonight's festivities!! In the mean time, I'm here at my Mum's house and after years and years of walking on her persian rugs, I have just realised how incredibly beautiful they are. The top right one is my favourite rug- it was shipped over from Hungary with my grandparents when they migrated to Australia after world war 2. xx
vintage florals
vintage tea-towel inspiration
PS. Nat, you were the first person on my mind as I was posting this! xx
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