Found this firescreen in a charity shop in Norwich today… Tracey is totally smitten.. Tags: crinoline+lady, vintage, fire+screen
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Free Snood Pattern To Crochet From Original Vintage 1940s Pattern
We have had quite a few requests for a nice and easy to follow Snood pattern.. This free crochet pattern is from our collection and dates from the mid 1940’s… Its available to download here Free Snood Crochet Pattern If you would like more free patterns please sign up to our Free Knitting Patterns list..
At home with ‘The Girls’
The name for our site Faded Splendour was inspired by our fondness for these two French beauties. They sit on their own little chair on our second floor landing….in all their Faded Splendour. Tags: vintage+french+boudoir+dolls,
Blogger 3 Column Templates
I have received quite a few request about how to make a Blogger three column template. I can’t really understand why a template isn’t supplied as standard in the Blogger main menu but there are however many free three column templates available to download.. One of the best sites for this is here they have over 370 ...
Paper Sculpture a Lesson in Folding & Lighting
These images were requested by somebody special. The book was first published in 1946. The sculptures are pretty amazing when you think most of them are larger than life size. CDB hope you enjoy.... shop windows coming soon.... Start at the first and it will slideshow ( I hope) Cxx
Mondays Vintage Finds, 1920′s Bags, Limoges Brooch & Bond Girl Swimming Costume
Just a few of the nicer finds from yesterday… Couple of 1920s Handbags, Perfect Condition Limoges enameled brooch/pendant 1935 Silver Jubilee, embroidery.. Any wannabe Bond girls?? Tags: 1920's+handbag, vintage+limoges+brooch, 1960s+bathing+costume,
Midsummer Sunday at St Gregs
Sunday, Norwich lanes held their annual midsummer fair. At St Gregs we already had our stall set up from our regular pitch on Saturday so it was kind of a stress free morning… Tracey turns into ruthless dictator when setting up her stall and we usually manage at least one good argument. So kind of ...