One of the first vintage people I knew about was the wonderful Sarah of Pin Up Curl. I had seen her on TV in a hair competition and loved her style. I was completely jealous of her hair techniques and wondered if I could ever do anything similar to my hair. To be honest,…

This time last year I saw a lot of my vintage friends talking about a marvellous vintage event in Doncaster. Now I don’t think Doncaster is somewhere you would automatically think of as being the centre of vintage happenings, however I saw lots of photographs and social media posts all talking about a wonderful…

If you have followed my blog for a long time, you will have heard about my extended family. Back in the late 1930’s my maternal grandparents got married in Leicester. Little did they know how their life was going to pan out. Grandad Henry and Granma Florrie ended up having 5 children (to my…

Whilst wilfing around on the Interweb I came across a gorgeous dress which really caught my attention. A silky midi dress with a vibrant, swirly floral pattern in teal, orange, amber and black which was being sold on the Shein website. I have to admit that the dress was not something that would normally…

Growing up I often felt like a foundling. Someone who was deposited under the gooseberry bush by a Stork, But why did I feel like this? What made me feel so different to my family? Well, on previous blogs I have mentioned that my family are affected by a genetic illness called Fragile X.…