Archive for the ‘Tracey Makes’ Category

This is my 1st post for a few weeks as we have moved house, so I have been without my beloved computer for a while.

Currently I’m I have no broadband connection or dial up so I am reliant on a mobile Vodaphone dongle (I love that word) which most of the time seems slower than dial up.

This Sunday we did The Little Vintage Lover Fair at Burnham Market as with  Zoe’s previous fairs the day was really enjoyable, very busy and in a great location.  Saw lots of old friends and also made a few new ones too..  So we would just like to say a big thank you to everybody that made the event so much fun!

Here’s some photos…please be aware, I have just bought a new camera and am not quite used to it yet so some snaps might not be quite the best quality!

Faded Splendour’s pitch for the day:

Tracey’s felt flowers sold very well..

as did her textiles…

Linda’s stock at Past Caring, Holt…always leaves us green with envy!

As does Dianne’s

Daniella?? at Acorn and Will made a few purchases from us…

Its always nice to see Sara, who has become a felt flower addict…

Im now panicking that all these photographs without brodband will take forever to upload…. so I am going to thumbnail the rest below!  Feel free to pinch them but please do leave me a credit on your site.

Tracey makes these beautiful felt flower brooches from original 1940’s patterns, using original vintage felt wherever possible as new felt lacks the quality and muted colours of old.  We normally only sell these at fairs, however so many people have asked me to make them available for sale online.  I have decided to list a few here.

Each flower will cost £10 gbp sterling….including worldwide shipping.  Please choose from any of the thumbnail images (click to make them bigger) below… and email your request.  I will be adding a paypal purchase link shortly.

Please click images below to enlarge

Yesterday we sold at the Little Vintage Lover Fair in the super pretty village of Heydon in Norfolk.  The setting was idyllic in the little wooden village hall, with both pitches inside and out.  The weather was perfect and the little wooden hall buzzed with excited shoppers.

As per normal we bought far to much stock and had a bit of trouble displaying things to its best, but the customers seemed happy as we had a very good days trading..  A few snaps of out jumbled little corner…

Loved the valulted ceiling and minature stage…just so Dads Army..

Teena Vallerine

Mr Elephants foot

We were lucky (I think? ) to be again placed next to Teena (Kitschen Pink) & Lisa (Bobo Bun) who kept us entertained and across from Zoe… thank you Mr Dove for keeping Tracey entertained with tales of olde!

Would also like to thank the organiser Zoe (different Zoe to the one above) and family for putting on what was for us a perfect event… can’t wait for the next one..

Lots more images here in full size, click on a thumbnail and it should open a slideshow gallery which you can navigate through using the arrows to the left and right of the photos.

Most of the photos were taken early morning as people were setting up so if I didn’t get a photo of your stall, I’m sorry but you weren’t set up when I was doing my snapping!  Also most of the photo were candid snaps, with people unaware I was taken them.  If you wish to have a photo removed please contact me and i will remove it.

Cx

Busy getting ready for various fairs, Tracey has been making some beautiful patchwork cushion covers from scraps of 1940’s fabric.  Thought I would share a few pics…

The next two are not quite finished…

The Vintage Gods must for once be on our side… after an amazing week of finding nice stuff last week our good luck seems to be continuing.. Here’s some of our favourite finds of the last few days..

Couple of gorgeous floral eiderdowns.. (we found three but one needs a clean)

An amazing Native American beaded bag c1860

Loads of nice fabric which our cushion elf soon set to work on!

The perfect ‘Twitter’ Cushion

Traceys felt flowers are decorating everything…

Got this 1920’s beaded dress last week, the condition is amazing for its age..

Got this stunning 1940s dress at a car boot sale!!

Have been really busy for the past week… summer in full swing with loads of stuff to do and people to see..

We’ve been finding the most amazing stuff seem to be on a real roll at the moment….clothing, textiles, books etc and had no time to write about any of it…  but hopefully will make time this week

I arrived home earlier today and Tracey had displayed some of her sewing finds in an ideal photo oppurtunity.

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 nice to get away without having my ear bent!

We decided on a two prong attack, we had our usual stall inside plus Tracey took a load of stuff we needed to clear outside…  The competion was on who would sell most….  Craig with his beautiful presented high quality Vintage and hand-crafted goods or Tracey outside with her any item for £3 Vintage clearance blow-out….GUESS WHO WON!

Tracey had the unfair advantage of live band musical chairs!  Which is always a big draw

I had big plans to take loads of photos, but it was busy, very busy, so I had to sneak a photo when I could, sorry my phone over exposes everything..

Early morning Pottergate before the scrum…

Dorothea bought more of her beautiful flowers and plants which she transported by local transport (madness).  She also makes the most amazing face creams, Tracey is now totally addicted to the rose & geranium!

The problem with having two pitches in different places, being really busy and not very organized meant we went hungry….well almost

Almost met some really nice, beautiful and interesting people including Rachael Dadd & Ichi who looked mighty fine…Gutted I didn’t get a photo!!  (If you read this send us one!)  Their band THe Hand had played the Dragon Hall the night before and were on the way back to Bristol after their European tour.. So are now probably viewing Banksys as I write this (jealous).  They’re playing the Art Centre in September so definately going to check them out..

Tracey makes the most beautiful fascinators from Vintage velvets most people look at them with bemusement as they just ‘dont quite get it’ .  The beautiful Maria had the looks and personality to carry it off. Maria I hope you got loads of compliments, you and your lovely friends really helped to make our day enjoyable..

We packed up and left at six but the party in the garden was just getting going with varous lives bands performing in a perfect setting…shame we were too tired to stay (how rock ‘n’ roll are we?).

Must just must also thank Morley Mouse House aka Will (Powerhouse) & Coral (Big Face) for keeping us entertained throughout the day. NEVER listen to Will!

 Cxx