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Vintage for children, children's clothes, Milk Magazine

Little Vintage

November 19, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

How cute is this photoshoot from Milk Magazine? Images by Karel Balas for Milk Magazine If only they stayed as pristine as that! I love the way it’s been styled with all the grey and cappuccino hues. And that blonde hair! If only you could get that effect in a bottle. It’s really worth checking this magazine out. Not only does it have some cool kids stuff, it also focuses on design (particularly for family living) and features some gorgeous homes.

Categories: Fashion, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: beauty, children's vintage, craft, culture, design, diy, dressmaking, Fashion, fashion illustration, Inspiration, milk magazine, photography, shopping, style, vintage

Nicole, Zara Wood, Woody, fashion illustration

The Vintage Pinks

November 15, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

In August 1996 Vogue ran an article entitled “Does your house suit you?” Plum Sykes interviewed women whose homes reflected their whole style ethos. One of these women was Yvonne Spore, a stylist, whose plaster pink walls enthralled my 17-year-old mind so much so, that I still have the article. Believe it or not there weren’t even many images in the article other than the one below. But the description blew my mind. “What just happened was this: she knocked […]

Categories: Fashion, Interiors, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: 1920s, 1940s, art, arts, beauty, craft, culture, design, diy, dressmaking, Fashion, fashion illustration, illustration, Inspiration, Interiors, lifestyle, photography, Pink, shopping, style, vintage, vintage fairs. pin-up, vogue

Animal heads for animal lovers, taxidermy, bloomsbury store, graham and green

Furry Friends & Fuzzy Felt

November 13, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Do you remember my post on furry friends and flea market finds? That incredible apartment with the rather fascinating/disturbing taxidermy? Well as a huge animal lover, I have to admit that taxidermy doesn’t sit too well with me, even if I wasn’t involved in the demise of the animal. But here is something your really going to love “animal heads for animal lovers”. Just take a look at these: How ingenious? They just remind me of fuzzy felt and quite […]

Categories: Interiors, vintage • Tags: art, arts, Children's products, craft, culture, decoration, design, diy, dressmaking, Inspiration, Interiors, lifestyle, shopping, style, taxidermy, travel, vintage

Country Living, Creating your own country home. colour pop, shabby chic

Instant Country Sunshine

October 25, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

I don’t mind the winter or the cold, as long as it’s bright and at the moment it’s just a rather nasty grey drizzle. So it’s time to brighten up the day with some colour, courtesy of Country Living “Create Your Own Country Home”. Traditionally I’m a bit of neutrals-fascist but recently, since I moved, I’ve actually found it easier to incorporate a “pop” of colour. Have a look at Sneak Peek to see what I mean. You know, I […]

Categories: Book Reviews, Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: art, arts, books, Colour, Country Living, craft, design, diy, Inspiration, Interiors, lifestyle, photography, shopping, style, vintage

A Haven for Inspiration

October 19, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

I’ve been trying to do quite a bit of sewing recently. Nothing to show you as yet, still a few tweaks to be made but watch this space! So I’ve been spending a lot of time in my Victorian lean-to/conservatory, where I keep my machine, threads and fabric. It’s not a large area and needs considerable work, including a new roof, but when the sun shines, the room just glows and when it rains you can hear the pitter-patter above. […]

Categories: Interiors, vintage • Tags: art, arts, craft, culture, design, diy, dressmaking, Fashion, fashion illustration, illustration, Inspiration, Interiors, lifestyle, photography, style, vintage, work-space

Martyn Thompson, Interiors, Isle Crawford, Spitalfields

Cinnamon & Spice in Spitalfields

October 10, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

I saw this gorgeous book in Anthropologie, “Interiors” by Martyn Thompson, and it’s a feast of vintage inspired homes. Since Autumn is well and truly upon us I thought this photoshoot hit the spot perfectly. Cinnamon and spice in Spitalfields. Mulled wine anyone? “The Spitalfields House is in the east of London. It’s often rented out as a location and I used to shoot here a lot, mainly fashion and accessories stories. I grew up in Sydney, where basically things […]

Categories: 1920s, Book Reviews, Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: 1920s, art, arts, books, craft, design, diy, Fashion, history, Inspiration, Interiors, Isle Crawford, lifestyle, Martyn Thompson, photography, reviews, Spitalfields, style, travel, vintage

Salvage Inspired Best Buys

October 3, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Hands up, who loves salvage style products but doesn’t have the time to scour the globe? I think I might be in good company! Well, this season I’ve been blown away by some of the collections from online and highstreet retailers. They have seriously upped their game and there are some great bargains out there. Ok, so they don’t have the coolness of something you just happened to pick up in a flea market in New York or India but […]

Categories: Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: art, Bodie & Fou, Cox & Cox, craft, culture, design, diy, drawer storage, H&M, Inspiration, Interiors, lifestyle, Next, photography, plumo, Salvage collection, salvage style, shopping, style, vintage, wall storage, wooden stool

Cleo Charuet, Jean francois Jaussaud. Elle Decoration

Furry Friends & Flea Market Finds

September 27, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Cleo Charuet lives in Paris with her cat and several other furry friends – Francois, the Zebra and Brodovitch, the rabbit, to name but a few, only they’re stuffed! Yes, taxidermy is the new art. Framed in her incredible Napoleonic apartment they really don’t look out of place. “Some are shocked by my animal collection but other people collect camembert boxes and no-one asks questions!” I’m not sure it’s a trend I’ll be going down though – might frighten the […]

Categories: Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: art, arts, cats, Cleo Charuet, craft, culture, design, diy, Elle Decoration, Inspiration, Interiors, lifestyle, photography, style, taxidermy, vintage

DIY Ulyana Sergeenko Skirt

September 17, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Do you remember just before summer, I was going on about making a Ulyana Sergeenko skirt, in the post From Russia With Love? Well in true Carolyn spirit, it has only taken me a whole season to actually complete it – just in time to go into winter! Grrrr…. I was actually going to make a summer halter-neck dress out of this fabric, using Simplicity pattern 3823. But once I started putting it together, I thought, stuff it – I’m just […]

Categories: Fashion, vintage • Tags: art, beauty, black boots, craft, culture, design, diy, dressmaking, Fashion, Glamour, how to make a full skirt, Inspiration, photography, shopping, simplicity pattern, style, ulyana sergeenko, vintage, vintage lace