y is for yclad magazine

on the 14th of october yclad did a friday feature on vintage lover.

laura windvogel did a really awesome job, thank you so much laura!

i appreciate all your effort so much.

you are so amazing!

and the magazine is absolutely fabulous! ♥

go read it here:

http://ycladmag.com/?p=1342

go check out their facebook page here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yclad-Magazine/134260126667511

b is for beauty and the beast

i love how nature is taking over our ugly fences.

the beauty of the flower is the perfect contradiction to the steel of the gate.

beauty meets the beast ♥

l is for lady bird

i was just outside hanging up some beautiful new vintage to dry when a beautiful little lady bird landed on my hand.

i put her on the clivia's in the garden.

they just looked so beautiful and the oranges made me think of summer.

sometimes the smallest little things can be so beautiful.

we are so lucky to get to see such beautiful things every day.

i just love summer, it's the most awesome season with beautiful dresses to love.

i hope you all have a beautiful vintage and love filled weekend! ♥

c is for customer

if you have been a regular on the cape town market scene, you would have had the privilege of meeting the lovely cheralee.

she is one super talented lady, and i have had the pleasure of meeting her.

she has her own vintage line - the mint collection

go find it here:

http://www.mintcollection.blogspot.com/

go read all about her adventures here:

http://www.cheraleelylestyle.blogspot.com/

she just packed up and left for new york a little while ago, go read all about it here:

http://dearestdorothy.tumblr.com/post/10763323855/cheralee-and-i-had-our-last-market-together-this

but at her last market she bought this beautiful leather bag from me.

now the bag has joined her on her travels.

i have never gotten to travel but at least something from vintage lover has.

i hope you are enjoying your adventures in the big apple, and that the handbag is coming in handy.

i look forward to your return and can't wait to hear all your fabulous stories.

thank you for sharing your travels with us.

go rock new york just like you rocked cape town.

you are one super stylish lady and an amazing vintage lover ♥

p is for pony portrait project, lucky

a while back i discovered the amazing blog of miss angie

aka Lucky Pony

http://luckypony.co.za

her blog is absolutely amazing and so fun and cute.

and i just love it!

yesterday she announced 

The Lucky Pony Portrait Project

and this is what it is all about:

So, i’m calling all clever hands or not so clever hands (like myself) that can or can’t (even better) draw or paint or sculpt or ink etc etc to join the very first ever Lucky Pony Portrait Project and this is how it will work:

I think this project could be super fun and think about it, you will be the only person in the whole world to have a once off original of yourself, made by someone you will probably never ever meet. Ha. Nice. So let me know if you are keen and lets make art together.

It’s open to absolutely anyone, local or overseas and you DO NOT have to be able to draw, I can’t stress this enough. So if you feel like joining, please do so xxx

so head on over here:

http://luckypony.co.za/?p=13006

and go sign up asap!

i did, and i can't wait to join in on this fun.

by now you must have figured that i quiet love drawing and designing and art so this is right up my vintage loving alley. ♥

m is for magazine

vintage lifestyle magazine is south africa's first online vintage magazine.

as you may remember i featured nicole the editor a while back in c is for customer.

i have had the privilege of meeting this lovely lady, who is super talented.

she does an absolute amazing job with this magazine, it is so beautiful and thoughtful.

i am so excited every time a new one comes out.

this magazine is one of a kind and a must read!

if you haven't already read it, here is a few images from the magazine.

well done on yet another amazing issue! 

i have had the pleasure of meeting all the lovely ladies in these photographs.

babette - barbara

http://babetteclothing.blogspot.com/

dearest dorothy - laura

http://dearestdorothy.tumblr.com/

fashion breed - aqeelah

http://www.fashionbreed.org/

and marieke mertz is the make up artist behind these photo's another amazing lady!

go check out her blog:

http://www.materialgirldoesmakeup.tumblr.com

and the amazing photographer is none other than matthew schnetler

(he took the beautiful photograph of naomi in c is for customer)

http://www.facebook.com/TREPHINEphoto

http://polaroids-of-polarbears.tumblr.com/

find the magazine here:

http://www.vintagelifestylemag.co.za

http://blog.diamondsanddust.co.za/

now go read it! ♥

s is for save the date

vintage lover will be joining the you & me & everyone we know night market for the first time on 28 october 2011!

the theme is let's play.

come play with me at the night market, it will be one super awesome evening!

hope to see you all there! 

save the date ♥

t is for time

who needs a time machine?

don't we all wish we could be michael j. fox in back to the future!

(what an awesome set of movies and such classics!)

we don't have the awesome car or the mad scientist, but....

all you need is a vintage date stamp, much cheaper and a lot easier than time traveling!

i found this cute little stamp over the weekend, when i saw i just had to have it.

i will find some use for it.

now i can stamp right back to the 90's and the 80's, in one swift turn of a little wheel.

what's not to love about that era, it did give us a lot of awesome stuff.

just thought i'd share this little lovely with you. ♥

m is for market

don't forget!

29 october 2011 is the fourth city bowl fashion market.

vintage lover will be there, with loads of awesome stock for you!

i hope to see you there, it is the best shopping on a saturday morning! ♥

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=288526544492437

r is for roses

last night while on my walk i stopped to smell the roses.

just down my street is a lady with a beautiful little rose garden.

somehow i managed to forget that it was there, and it was such a beautiful sight.

they were all so bright and beautiful and just screamed spring.

it made me so happy to see these beautiful roses.

sometimes it's the small things that make us smile, so take a minute and stop to smell the roses, or some daisies if you are at rocking the daisies.

i hope you have a wonderful vintage filled weekend! ♥