tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35390395707473974582024-03-12T17:10:29.924-07:00Daisy DarlingClarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-74634878075036485822013-05-10T01:43:00.002-07:002013-05-10T01:43:56.460-07:00The Vintage BazaarI really have neglected the whole blog thing for quite some time now. As usual work takes over and I'm finding it more and more difficult to keep up with everything. The Vintage Bazaar has taken off in such a super way and as I'm responsible for the PR I'm spending much more time on the FB and twitter pages rather than my own blogs. The Vintage Bazaar has been going now for about 3 years and we Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-69268751351184309842012-11-01T05:23:00.002-07:002012-11-01T05:23:31.129-07:00Pretty Nostalgic MagazineI was really chuffed to be asked by the lovely ladies at Pretty nostalgic magazine to do a short write up about my millinery and what inspires me, but where to start....
The
story of Daisy Darling is a personal one that began with me making cloche hats
for my daughters, Eleanor and Martha and it grew from people stopping me in the
street and asking where they could buy them. At first I just Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-83902237847809217882012-09-20T12:43:00.000-07:002012-09-20T12:44:31.959-07:00The Vintage Bazaar heads East....
This Saturday see's the first venture into Hampshire for Lizzie and I with The Vintage Bazaar. As you can imagine we are both very excited and nervous in equal measure. The hall itself is a stunning Arts and Crafts building in Hartley Wintney ( recently voted best place to live!) and this Saturday it will be packed to the rafters with some of the best vintage and antique textiles, fashion and Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-18283163456822797202012-04-20T12:12:00.001-07:002012-04-20T12:12:33.669-07:00A Quick ReminderDon't forget its The Spring Vintage Bazaar tomorrow from 9-3pm at the Cheese and Grain in Frome. There are some amazing vintage and handmade things coming....dont be late!
Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-9236296138209883892012-03-01T05:30:00.002-08:002012-03-01T05:33:57.796-08:00The Textile Rag and Remnant RummageThis Saturday is the first ( but perhaps not the last!) Textile Rag and Remnant Rummage at Trull Memorial hall in Trull near Taunton form 9-2pm. We have a hall full of vintage dealers who are having a spring clean! What could be better...tons of fabric and trim at sensible prices! One of the many stallholders is Donna Flower who, as you can see is getting some fab stock ready to take. Be there Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-57594108564580923522012-01-13T06:58:00.000-08:002012-01-13T07:17:15.236-08:00Dates for Your Diary!This year is busy, busy, busy with lots of fairs on the horizon. Feb 25th- The Vintage and Handmade Textile Fair in Chipping Sodbury http://www.vintageandhandmade.co.uk/March 3rd - The Textile Rag and Remnant Rummage in Trull near Taunton http://thevintagebazaar.blogspot.com/21st April- The Spring Vintage Bazaar in Frome http://thevintagebazaar.blogspot.com/26th May- The Original Vintage and Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-44331300148447306372011-10-25T04:09:00.000-07:002011-10-25T04:19:21.706-07:00Only 4 more sleeps......This Saturday sees our third Vintage Bazaar in Frome, Somerset. There will be tons of dealers selling quality vintage and designers who use vintage fabrics to create stunning items. You can buy the most wonderful and unique Christmas presents and of course its chic recycling! The doors open at 9am and Lizzie and I have been planning for this event for the last 5 months so it promises to be fab. IClarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-82543022095009963372011-09-30T10:06:00.000-07:002011-09-30T10:10:06.794-07:00The Original Vintage and Handmade Fair.....is on in Chipping Sodbury tomorrow, Sat 1st October please pop along to see all the wonderful stallsClarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-79566709013092565312011-08-07T11:29:00.001-07:002011-08-07T11:58:29.608-07:00Celebrations and new arrivalsThere has been a new arrival this week at The Darling household, a small, brown eyed Arthur rabbit came to live with us much to the delight of the children (and resigned sign from Mr D!). So far they have been very good and stayed true to their promises of cleaning and pettting duties but I realise it has just been a week and things may change as the weather becomes colder! As well as a new Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-2196747622250441592011-06-09T13:37:00.000-07:002011-06-09T14:35:23.894-07:00This Week (couple of months!) I 'Ave Been Mostly........continuing my obsession with feedsack fabrics and patchwork,having a go at making a quilt for little ones birthday with the help of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbTHlGGKMPM, drinking tea with my 'grown-up' girl, being a proud mum at my 'grown-up' girl's cushion making here http://milliemoonshop.co.uk/,making a dress for little one, going to the fairground at Nanny's and lastly ( but notClarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-71491895380773616182011-05-01T11:04:00.000-07:002011-05-01T11:37:35.569-07:00What a Day! Thank you so much to all our lovely stallholders who put on the most delectable show so far! The Cheese and Grain was transformed on Saturday thanks to everyones hard work and preparation. A really special 'thanks' goes to Michael who helped out on the front desk while Mr D was wrestling a small child! and to Trixie who rented him out to us!! Do look at our dedicated blog http://Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-62488729022900332362011-04-27T13:05:00.000-07:002011-04-27T13:37:31.512-07:00ooooh! I say look whats coming to the fair!'The Vintage Bazaar' is fast approaching so here is a naughty peep at some of the delights that will be on my stall! Hope to see you all there this Saturday from 9-3pm at The Cheese and Grain in Frome where there will be a hall full of wonderful vintage yumminess!Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-33596322978853952492011-04-10T12:43:00.000-07:002011-04-23T10:07:58.457-07:00This weekend has been wonderful. Yesterday I had my stall at the original vintage and handmade fair in Chipping Sodbury and got to see lots of my lovely and talented friends. The day started with the usual panic about what I'd brought and what I'd left behind and trying to arrange the table. I had done a test run at home this time as I had more stock and photographed it but when I got there I Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-1729229946996601502011-03-13T13:20:00.000-07:002011-03-13T13:52:35.002-07:00Step Back in TimeThis weekend we ventured down to Ilminster in Somerset for the Talent for Textiles event. We haven't been there before despite hearing very good things about it so we thought we'd make a day of it. The fair itself was superb with a select number of quality stalls inside the Arts Centre. There were some familiar names there like my partner in crime Liz with her wonderful fabrics and clothes plus Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-8518862862110864272011-02-15T09:03:00.000-08:002011-02-15T09:27:55.444-08:00Smile!This weekend we all went to Frome to heavily publicise 'The Vintage Bazaar' by putting our lovely postcards in numerous shops and cafes. Whenever we're there we make a beeline for the shops on Catherine Hill and today was no exception, popping into Marmalade Yarns to see Maxine http://www.marmaladeyarns.co.uk/, Poot (obviously) and Millie Moon http://milliemoonshop.co.uk/ to drop off plenty of Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-55770649834042131152011-01-28T06:51:00.000-08:002011-01-28T07:16:16.079-08:00Long time, no see!I have been neglecting my blog of late so I sat down today and thought I must get on and update it! Looking at the last time I blogged there's an awful lot thats happened including an Alice in Wonderland birthday party, Christmas and new year, numerous flea markets and fairs and now working towards the next Vintage Bazaar! Christmas seems a long time ago now and the snowy weather (although Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-64183282008262439992010-11-26T09:49:00.000-08:002010-11-26T10:12:10.545-08:00The Original Vintage and Handmade Fair....and a small moan!This Sunday is the much anticipated 'Vintage and Handmade Fair' http://http//www.vintageandhandmade.co.uk/ in Chipping Sodbury from 10am. It is always a wonderful fair and the organisers Michele and Jayne really pull out all the stops. This time the fair is larger with even more stalls selling things to easily tempt the pennies from your purses! so even if the weather is cold and blustery you canClarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-87036692212818399892010-10-30T11:24:00.000-07:002010-10-30T11:55:47.797-07:00The Vintage Bazaar!Well today started early (5.00am to be precise!) and off we went to Frome packed up with hats, corsages, jewellery, fascinators etc etc...We arrived and unpacked, ready to start the day. There were so many wonderful stalls selling exquisite vintage delights that it was difficult to focus on setting up and before we knew it it was 9am and the customers started coming in. We had the lovely Jack andClarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-507252936321284422010-10-20T08:20:00.000-07:002010-10-20T08:32:49.582-07:00Nearly There Now......Firstly apologies for being a rubbish blogger over the past month or so...it's all The Vintage Bazaar's fault http://thevintagebazaar.blogspot.com/. I've been really pleased with the response from the press both locally and nationally so its had a really good plug! Its very nearly time for the event itself and to say I'm a bit excited about it is an understatement...and nervous! I thought I wouldClarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-81991079951997673902010-09-04T08:59:00.000-07:002010-09-04T09:19:10.669-07:00A Week of ChangesThis week my little one started at nursery. It's difficult to believe that she is already three and ready for such a big step but I think I was more nervous than she was! She had fallen over the previous day so had a horrid scab under her nose but she was very brave at A+E while they checked it wasn't broken. When she turned up at nursery she did look a bit like a little street urchin ( or 'back Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-4174714932328371812010-08-24T08:41:00.000-07:002010-08-24T09:02:36.558-07:00Busy, Busy Bumblebee...Like the title says I have been madly busy over the past few weeks not 'just' doing the mum thing with two very energetic children but also being a manic PR lady for 'The Vintage Bazaar'. I cannot count ( well I can ..probably) the number of emails I've sent, phonecalls I've made ( using my posh phone voice obviously!) and letters I've sent to various publications in order to try and get the Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-42480705417812553522010-08-03T01:11:00.000-07:002010-08-03T01:32:22.846-07:00You can never have enough chairs! Last week we visited Shepton Mallet and made a visit to Niki's shop http://http//nostalgiaatthestonehouse.blogspot.com/ouse.blogspot.com/ As you can imagine there were lots of beautiful things to look at so for those of you who live too far away I'm including a small taster here. If you live near but have never been you really should make the effort to go.....it won't be a wasted trip! While we Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-7136168768636647022010-07-27T11:34:00.000-07:002010-07-27T12:11:37.729-07:00Looking Forward to The Vintage Bazaar?I thought it would be good to show you all the lovely place where Liz and I are holding The Vintage Bazaar ( http://www.thevintagebazaar.blogspot.com/) in October. As well as all the wonderful stalls which will be there and the 40's beauty parlour ( for those of us who need a bit of glamour...!) Frome itself has some truly beautiful shops. Catherine hill, which is about a 2 min walk from the Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-21531424129202332412010-07-05T11:14:00.000-07:002010-07-05T11:52:05.389-07:00Necessary Purchases and a Brush with Royalty!Well I couldn't go to the Vintage and Handmade Textiles Fair without making a couple of purchases but I was very restrained..honestly I could have happily remortgaged the house and really we could have lived on beans on toast for a while! Firstly was a beautiful embroidered picture from Helen Roskill, this is so clever, she has used a black and white illustration from an old childrens book and Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539039570747397458.post-84369106133608405902010-07-03T12:50:00.000-07:002010-07-03T13:27:28.484-07:00The Vintage and Handmade Textiles DayFirstly, apologies for neglecting my blog of late but it is officially 'mad' time at work so my blog has been relegated to the bottom of my 'to do' list! Today was the first (of many I am sure!) Vintage and Handmade Textiles Day in Chipping Sodbury. This is the brainchild of the lovely Michele and Jayne (http://http//countrycottagechic2.blogspot.com/and http://http//Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454136008235503127noreply@blogger.com7