Antique Hunt

I love going around little villages, scouring for antiques, jewellery, furniture and clothes. Recently I have been to these two lovely places: Memories in Ramsbottom and the GB Antiques Centre in Lancaster. About an hours drive from Manchester, GB Antiques has room upon room full of big pieces of furniture, to little rails of clothes hidden away and few pieces of jewels. Memories on the other hand has cases and cases of rare jewellery, art deco pieces, beautiful broaches, toys, books, china and more trinkets that you can imagine! Two floors crammed full of bits and pieces. Memories also has the cutest team members, I loved the little nana's working away in there, talking about the steak dinners and what they had for their lunch! Even if you don't leave with a purchase, you can secretly learn about bacon ribs and where to get the best piece of steak in Ramsbottom!

I picked up two pairs of statement earrings for my 2012 collection! A pair that make me want to go POP and that reminded me of Prada's brightly coloured fruit inspired earrings from 2011. Plus a bronzed pair with little black beads to glam up my simple plain classic outfits.

Creatures of the Wind

Not only do I love the pieces from the Chicago based duos spring/summer 2012 collection, the name itself is totally captivating too. Looking back from 2011 to 2012, bright colours with contrasting prints are exploding onto a variety of fabrics. Little feminine floral jackets teamed with plain dresses and blouses... I cannot wait!

Pure Powdered Pigment

Ooooo send in the colour, let's brighten up 2012.

Let the pastel hues take priority in your wintery wardrobe.

POP.

(stand alone dress by COS)

ACNE

ACNE is nice.

I heart MIU MIU butterfly earrings

Tickle your ears with these lovely gems!

Playful but not too twee...

I love them!

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Priced at a reasonable £90...

miumiu.com

stella & dot

I stumbled across this lovely jewellery website recently and I loved it! stella & dot comes from America but the team travel the globe to find some of the most precious and rare jewels. With no stand alone shops, you can buy online, at one of their pop-up shops. I was really taken with the ideas and concepts behind the pieces. Definitely worth taking a look if wanting a statement piece of jewellery, thats that little bit different and not too expensive.

These were some of my favorite pieces

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CC Vintage customer :-)

Looking lovely in CC Vintage, Leanne rocks the blouse brilliantly!

Christmas Fair at SOUP KITCHEN

This Saturday come along to the Soup Kitchen on Spear St, Northern Quarter. It's going to be packed full of amazing stalls, Christmas deco, food, drinks and music. CC Vintage Globe has some lovely pieces, do not miss it! Vintage fur, cute blouses and stunning dresses, come and see us.

Follow the leader

I love to watch birds flying around the sky, following each other, going round and round and round, getting nowhere fast, not so dissimilar to humans...

Manchester Market Stall

Come rain or shine, CC Vintage will be selling tomorrow... Roll up Roll up x

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We have the most lovely stock, ever!

So many pretty things.

Promise.

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Christmas Market Alert

Ok, I know we are only in mid-November, however, the Christmas Markets in Manchester City Centre start THIS WEEKEND! They add such a festive spirit to the city, mulled wine a plenty! Also this weekend I will be returning to Piccadilly Gardens Vintage Fashion Market, this is my favourite spot as I get to see my regular customers and all the crazy characters that are often meandering around the area... I have my lovely hand picked vintage fashions for sale, plus some new items and some lovely little Christmas gift ideas too. V excited about seeing you all there.

I am pleased to say that I have also got a stall on December 10th, at the Soup Kitchens first ever Christmas Market. All the stalls will be super special as they have gone through a selection process to get the cream-of-the-crop there for the day. My friend who also has a stall is selling some amazing mohair winter scarves, all handmade at very reasonable prices, perfect xmas gifts. With DJs, drinks, stalls and food... what more could you ask for? It's still a while away,make sure you save some pennies for then too!

Oriental opulence: a blossoming trend for CC Globe

CC Globe items are all hand picked in Hong Kong, Japan, China and far east Asia. The floaty luxurious fabrics, unique prints & patterns and excellent tailoring provide you with an exotic piece of fashion. We firmly believe in these styles and how special they are. I found this article online which captures the essence of CC Globe and the up and coming months ahead for our little one off vintage range...

"Emerging in autumn / fall 2011 and lasting into next year, the Oriental fashion trend is a subtle interpretation of the imagined Orient – perhaps not the Orient that you’d commonly encounter on the streets in the modern world, but the Orient of old. Follow the link for styling inspiration." Tania Braukämper.

Oriental fashion

Photo-shoot

I am excited to be organizing a photo-shoot this Sunday with a lovely new model for CC Vintage Globe. I had currently been doing the photos myself, styling, clicking and modeling, however, it's time for change! So this Sunday will see a new set up, let the shoot commence!

07/11/09

I have been Mrs Cheung for a whole two years now.

This makes me very happy.

Being married is nice. Being a wife is good.

Thanks Mr Cheung for choosing me.

07/11/09

Let the good times roll...

(The bride wore vintage, of course...)!

****Freebie alert****

During a brief trip to Tesco to buy bleach and other cleaning products, I decided to stop by the magazine section and treat myself to the latest Grazia & Vogue (a free couple of hours to research the seasons style must haves)... however, I ended up leaving with a copy of InStyle and Glamour! Not usually my choice of magazine, but the freebies on the front grabbed my eye! In need of a new hand cream InStyle is giving away a lovely Cowshed cow pat moisturising cream where as Glamour treats us to a nails inc. varnish, I chose the on trend berry colour, but there are another three to choose from. My hands will be both super soft and colourful within the next hour...

Nothing like a nice freebie to start the day!