Vintage finds - bumper edition!

Today I realised I haven't done one of these posts for ages, I used to do them monthly. So here it is - a whole Summer's worth of vintage rooting. I've probably forgotten a few bits, and I'm going to do separate posts for a few select treasures!1950s cabinet - £2! This was from a local antique shop, the owner told me he occasionally takes house clearance lots and so buys 'rubbish' in order to get the 'good' pieces - unfortunately he'd also broken...

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The beginnings of another addiction!

Two new vintage frames! Plus my current ones at the bottom. I'd ordered the red ones and was waiting for them to arrive when I saw the green lucite pair for sale, they're perfect for me! This means I now have glasses which will match most outfits in my wardrobe, though I doubt that will stop me from buying more in the future - I love having another excuse to accessorise. They also all fit in with my Autumn/Winter wardrobe colour plan. I can't wait...

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100 followers giveaway!

As promised, I'm hosting a giveaway to celebrate reaching 100 followers - I'm now on 102 actually!Here it is! I'm going to give away one of my gorgeous Kalandra Jane Designs leopard satin fascinators! The winner will be able to choose from black or red trim on the hat, and I will post worldwide.To enter, you need to be a follower of the blog and leave a comment below. For additional entries, post about this on your own blog, mention it on facebook...

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100 followers!

What a surprise! My list of followers has crept up very slowly over the last year and a half, then all of a sudden about ten have appeared at once! Hello to all you new people, and thanks very much to all my followers for taking an interest in my ramblings and general self-indulgence. It seems I must now do a giveaway, as is the custom in blogland upon reaching such a milestone! I'll come up with something in the next couple of days and let you all...

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New Hat Photos!

WARNING: this post contains gratuitous pictures of my face, over and over. It's one huge vanity fest. A couple of weeks back my friend Berni and I did a photoshoot with some of my hats, taking new headshots to use as product images on the Kalandra Jane Designs website. I'll have all these hats for sale there as soon as I've finished writing the stock pages for them. Berni Harris is a fabulous photographer specialising in wedding, portrait and fashion...

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Autumn wardrobe: teal dress plan

My sister has kindly lent me this draped top pattern from a French fashion magazine from 1957. It's for a 37" bust and 29" waist, so will need sizing up quite considerably. I traced it onto parchment and graded it up, but stupidly I used my sister's notes for the measurements and not my own, and had already cut out the fabric mock-up before I realised! Thankfully it was just some cheap fabric I'd had ages and not my final project fabric. My sister...

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There's no place like home...

There's no place like home... there's no place like home... but who'd want to stay home when you could go out wearing these shoes and delight the eyes of everyone you meet? These beauties are my latest purchase, an exclusive to Schuh by Red or Dead. They were sold out in their Manchester store, as I imagine they are up and down the country due to their squeal-inducing desirability, so I bought them online with free delivery after trying on the plain...

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