Rave October 1966

Hello October! Here we have the 1966 issue of Rave featuring John (Maus) Walker, it may not be my darling Scott, but it's a Walker at least and in fur nonetheless!

Some great ads inside, including this super classic Miners Hairspray one.

Fresh Cream?

And you must all know by now that I love a bit of fur (vintage only of course!), this spread is just fab & I have total hair envy of this chick! 

Rave August 1966

Oh you lucky lucky people I'm really spoiling you, this is probably the best Rave cover ever & one of the best issues. Of course we have the fantabulous Steve Marriott & Ronnie Lane of The Small Faces on the front...

Here's a great pic & article of the mighty Action, fancy a trip to see them saturday night? Someone get me a time machine! 

This feature on how to turn Princess Anne into a mod is classic, she does look better with a bob doesn't she?!

And finally another We Don't Smoke ad, shamefully I missed this in my special post.

There are of course tons more super articles & pics, but if you want to see them you'll have to go & get your own copy ; p

Join The Tea Set!

Shame on me for forgetting to add this pic to my last post! How cool is this ad? It really is tea-riffic! I totally need one of these tea shirts! Does anyone know what the Tea Set is all about? From what I can gather it's some sort of promo from a tea company....

Rave July 1966

Rave July 1966

Wooops my usual Rave post is a couple of days late! 

This month we have the divine Scott Walker on the cover from July 1966.

Inside there is another city guide, this time it is Paris, I totally love the kitschy illustrations, and there are some really super pop art frocks.

 

How do you fancy being the new Rave Girl? Win a date with the Walkers, a Mary Quant & Vidal Sassoon makeover? Oh yes please!!!

 

I'll be back next month with another issue. 

Best of Etsy - What a hoot!

So as you can see the theme for this week is owls. I love their kitschyness and I think they are rather cute. One of my favourite pieces of costume jewellery is a giant articulated owl pendant form the 70's I got some years ago, unfortunately a few years ago copies of this style were all over the high street (and still are) so I feel like I can't wear mine. I'd hate to think anyone thought I'd got it from Topshop (such a snob aren't I!) Do you have any vintage pieces that have made their way into modern fashions?

Custom Felt iPhone/iPod Cover

$19 from OhMyCake

Vintage Playing Cards

$2.50 from bostonbaglady

70's Plastic Brooches

$4.99 from kidlee

Vintage Big Eyed Vase

$60 from VintageZen

Whooo! 70's Knitted Tanktop

$28 from mbaugher

Winking Owl Pendant

$8 from VintageAlchemy333

Cutesy Pink Handmade Hairpin

$2.95 from littlehalley

Mod Owl Money Tin

$18 from chixycoco

Sarah Coventry Pendant

$30 from PeaceTraveler

Rave June 1966

Another new month is upon us and with is brings a new Rave cover. This is from June 1966 and features David McCallum who is most famous for his role in the sixties spy series Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Another interesting feature in this issue is the Ravers Pop Guide to New York, I'll bet most of the boutiques & clubs are long gone now....

  

  

I choo choo choose you.

My goodness hasn't January whizzed by! Now it's almost February and that means Valentines or for the cynical ones among us the first greetings card made up holiday of the year...  

I can tell you it's been a few years since I've got a card from my other half but I love fun & unusual stationery, so for me it's just an excuse to find the cutest card I can! 

The last card I received was actually from a customer who comes into my shop, it featured two large melons on the front and the classic line "I saw these and thought of you!" Nice. It's quite a funny story as the card obviously wasn't signed but the handwriting had some very distinguishing features so it didn't take me long to work out who sent it! I never mentioned it to the chap in question, who happens to be a local magistrate, and he didn't ask me about it either! We did have a couple of rather awkward meetings after this but I know it was sent in good humour... still kinda weird tho! Does anybody else have any odd valentines stories?

So without further ado here are my top finds from some of my favourite stationery sites. 

You Rock My World by Belle and Boo @ nineteenseventythree

Flower Heart by Heidi @ nineteenseventythree

My Sweet Flower by The Good Life @ nineteenseventythree

Cup of Tea by Esther Aarts @ Hello! Lucky

No Lion by Hello! Lucky

a-pealing by Hello! Lucky

  


And finally here is a bumper 24 pack with stickers and stamps if you are feeling very generous this year!

 Cavallini Valentine's Mailing Set @ Papernation

60's Loveliness

I've been sorting out my pic folders and found these images, although recently I have been mostly been looking to the 70's for inspiration, I'll always love the fun aspect of sixties fashion and style, and can't help falling in love with it all again every time I look at pictures like these.

If I remember correctly some of these images are from the fabulous book Fashion in the 60's by Barbara Bernard - this is a must have for any fashion fan, it's got tons of classic pictures from Mary Quant, Biba, Foale and Tuffin, as well as great general style & advertising images. It's out of print I believe, but a copy does pop up on ebay now and again.

New Finds

I haven't found anything in my local charity shops for ages, until the other day I scored this gorgeous little vintage bag, which kinda reminds me of a doctors bag. It has a great chunky brass fastening and is quite roomy.

I also got this mad 70s pop art print of a marilyn type gal growing out of a corn on the cob, I love it, it's soo kitsch and reminds me a bit of Allen Jones, haven't found a suitable spot for her yet though!