Monday, 25 April 2011

Vintage Crush - Scott Walker

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There's no doubt about it, I am officially obsessed with Scott Walker, his beautifully haunting voice and songwriting plus he was rather - actually terribly handsome! So as he is my current vintage crush I have compiled a selection of scans from my collection of Rave mags - hope you enjoy, as I'm sure it'll be the first post of many!

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Saturday, 23 April 2011

A Song for Saturday pt5



The David - Light of Your Mind 


This rather obscure tune from 1967 is a rather lovely slice of dreamy baroque 60's psychedelia. Not much is known about the band apart from that they made one album called "Another Day, Another Lifetime" which shall we says is as rare as hens teeth! This tune can be found as a 45 on Phillips and on the cracking 60's compilation Mojo - Acid Drops Spacedust and Flying Saucers: Psychedelic Confectionary from the UK Underground 1965-1969.


Hope you are all enjoying the gorgeous weather this weekend!

Brighton & Choccywoccydoodah

On Wednesday I had a little day trip out to Brighton with the family, I have been here for years and as you can imagine it was scorching hot and totally packed! After a lunch of fish 'n' chips on the promenade we strolled in to town for a little shopping.

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So here I am in the most fabulous shop, Choccywoccydoodah, you may have seen their show on TV. They make the most amazing chocolate sculptural cakes and delicious treats. They are eveing more amazing in real life - each piece is hand sculpted & painted and finished in all kinds of sparkly loveliness! You can buy some of their stuff online - do check out their website.


Easter Window

The easter window had a cottage garden theme, the cake on the left had wellies, veg and teapots - soo cute!


Sparkly Cabbages

Sparkly cabbage patch & cheeky looking bunny.


Easter Eggs

Scrumdiddlyumptious easter eggs, there were also marshmallow & choc sheep, really sweet little choc shoes and of course amazing cakes.


Easter Display

Beautiful candy house - the roof is covered in hundreds & thousands.


Treats

This was our haul - little sparkly egg, chocolate praline butterflies and a gift bag filled with white choc covered marshmallows, milk choc cornflake piece and dark choc rice crispie treat. The chocolate is really goo quality, yummy!  We also had a stroll up to the lanes and I visited a very cool vintage store called Snoopers Paradise on the recommendation of Miss Peelpants and found a gorgeous biba-esque jacket which being the silly gal I am, I failed to try on only to be heartbroken when I got home and realised it was far too small! But my loss may be your gain.....


Brighton Pier

We finished of the day with a 99 and a trip to the pier where I couldn't resist having my pic taken here!

Wednesday, 20 April 2011

Coming Soon...


As I've mentioned on here previously personal circumstances have meant a big change in my life and now I have the opportunity to do something I've always dreamt of doing, yes I'm jumping on the vintage bandwagon and am launching Smashingbird Vintage. 
I have been collecting vintage (or retro as it used to be called!) clothing since I was about 14 and have amassed quite a collection over the years and I have a ton of vintage delights to share with you all. So expect plenty of 60's mod & dollybird gear plus a sprinkling of 70s chic! Now I just have to start getting some bits listed so stay tuned, I'm very excited!!!

Monday, 18 April 2011

Smashingbird does Facebook

Check out my new facebook page here or check out the widget on my sidebar!

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