Little Sailors

a colourful piece of glass

My sister received a birthday present,
A great idea it was,
To have a piece of glass cut,
And coloured just how she loved.

After a trip to choose the style,
And another to pick her colour,
One month did pass,
The deed was done,
And Naomi had her stained glass.

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Thank you Delia at Apollo Stained Glass, it's delightful!

Not in your wildest dreams...

At the weekend I got to smell the new Jo Malone fragrance, Wild Bluebell. It is delicious! I love it. They also do a candle in that scent too plus a whole range of products... Get my Christmas list ready!

See the beautiful story unwind here

"Get yer coat"

1. Cos (no price)

WoW! What a windy day, and to celebrate this wind I have started to look at new winter coats, here are some of my favs...

2. Trench by Jaeger £760

2. Just Female Cape Coat £148


3. Mac by Jaeger Boutique £250




5. Diane Von Furstenburg £795


Aztec Pattern Coat £100 ASOS



7. Wallis 60s Toffee Coat £120



8. Hobbs NW3 £239



9. Coat models own



10. Coat models own

PS my Autumn look

As we see a change in the skies and autumn 2011 is upon us,
I have chosen this as my winning autumnal look.
The charcoal blouse buttoned right to the top, layered up with a rusty coloured cardigan, little black belt, patent brogues, polka-dot pencil trousers all finished off with a neutral rain mac, perfect for life under the grey northern sky.
Although quite masculine in style, the look still has a geeky-girl feminine appeal to it.

Thank you Paul Smith this range I love!

My Vintage Air Orient

My travels will be taking me back to Asia soon, as I go off in search of some more vintage treasures. Scouring the old villages, tiny shops and eclectic markets, I intend to bring back some little gems, perfect for the final months of 2011. As I look over my declining CC Vintage stock, I intend to return from the far away lands with delicate silk blouses, pretty-printed vintage dresses and unique accessories, all sourced from Hong Kong, Tokyo and Indonesia.

From October I will then be securing my places on the vintage fashion markets across the UK, where you can purchase directly from me.

Some new things up on ETSY!

Click here to see my Etsy shop!

Dressy birds

Jonathan Saunders

Mulberry

Miu Miu

CC Vintage Globe

Lana Del Rey - Video Games

Cannot stop watching. Or listening. To this.
Thanks Grace, you know me so well!
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Celia Birtwell

Her designs are truly lovely.
Colourful, pretty and enchanting.
Just like little works of art.

Channa Horwitz

I recently came across a piece of artwork by the artist Channa Horwitz. After doing some research I became more and more fascinated by her. Aged 79 years, her work spans over five decades featuring beautiful abstract drawings often presented on simple mathematical graph paper. Her work, which for the past 50 years has almost gone unnoticed still looks so timeless. One quote which I found from Horwitz "I always hoped that somebody would find my work, and even if not, I tried to keep it all together and organized so that after I died it could be discovered - or not,"

I have a real love for elderly people, especially my nana. I am so close to her, so in tune with everything that is happening in the world today, from the riots and the wars to the new Maybelline lipstick that has just come out. I think that's why I loved the work of Channa so much, in someways it's sad that it's only now that her work is getting recognized by the world, but then at the same time its brilliant, as it is now that she can produce her own interesting exhibitions, on her terms. Herself, learning along the way "Exhibiting takes up a lot of time, and you produce things for a specific show. I've always had the freedom to explore in any direction I wanted to go, so it's been a very linear progression for me, one step at a time."

Secretly completing her work, with a first husband that discouraged her from making art, Horwitz's modest attitude and fascinating ideas, makes her work even more appealing to me.

Tea-time

Something strange happened the other day, I finally discovered a cup of tea. Being from northern England, its peculiar that I have just never fancied a "cuppa". I usually dose up on strong coffee, however, as my mum took her seat on my sofa, I joined her in the tea drinking and I can say, I finally appreciated the comforting quality it produced. The tea I am now drinking is delicate and uplifting Afternoon Ceylon tea and its delicious! How strange, to reach 3 years before my 3o years I am now enjoying tea in the afternoon. As the weather becomes that little chillier I can happily say, make me a brew. Mmmm.

Mad Men goes Bananas

I am such a fan of the TV show Mad Men to which I am waiting and waiting for the new series to be shown... I think there are talks of 2012? Which feels so far away, but actually isn't!

Anyway, in the meantime, I will be heading to Banana Republic as they have a new little range in from Mad Men's costume designer Janie Bryant. Cigarette pants, lace tops and cute little leopard accessories.

Just call me Betty...

FLORENCE

What The Water Gave Me

A bank holiday track for you, have a listen!

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CC Vintage Globe OPEN

CC Globe now has a little online shop on eBay: CC Vintage Globe.
Selling hand picked pieces from Hong Kong, Japan and China. Here is the direct link

We will be adding vintage items regularly so please keep having a look. Here are some of my favourite pieces...

Vintage 40s canary yellow tulip dress

Pretty white polka-dot dress

Camel midi length skirt

70s floral blouse

Wedding weekend

Something old

Something new

Something borrowed

Something blue

After careful consideration I decided to go with the something old and went with my vintage Japanese polkadot 50s dress

Happy Wedding Day Mr and Mrs Aimson

Hold that sunshine

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Lea Stein

While reading the August edition of Homes and Antiques 'The Vintage Issue' I came across the work of Lea Stein. I instantly loved it! Here are some facts on the talented jeweler and artist...

Lea Stein was born in 1931 in Paris and trained as an artist.

She initially worked for Coco Chanel before establishing her own textile design company in Paris.

Textiles soon gave way to buttons.

Her first range of costume jewellery was launched in the late 1960s.

I love her colourful character driven brooches. Eye-catching with a 3D quality to them, I intend to get my hands on at least one of her pieces!

I currently have a little broach from the NW3 range at Hobbs. You can definitely tell where there influences have come from...

Here are some of my favourites of Lea Stein's broach collection: