Another busy Vintage Bazaar in Frome!

 Yet another busy day at The Vintage Bazaar flew by last Saturday. We had over 1000 enthusiastic visitors through the door, and a lot of compliments about the high standard of the stands.

 Thank you to all of the visitors, and thank you also to the fab stallholders who really made the day! Thank you also to the brilliant team who work in the Cheese and Grain. They all work so hard to ensure that we have a stress free and enjoyable day.

 Here are a few photos of what was on offer......

 .. you can see more here, here, here and here!

The stalls look fab, don't they? 

 If this has wet your appetite for more, then put Saturday the 21st of April on your 2012 calendar and we will see you then!

The Big Countdown to Saturday the 29th October

The weeks are flying by, and the 3rd Vintage Bazaar at the Cheese and Grain in Frome is only weeks away. The stall holders are sending in new images of their stock on a daily basis, so I will be adding to this post as new pictures arrive..... Above is a selection of Donna Flower's stock. Do visit her wonderful website to see what she has on offer by post.

These 2 images are from Fading Grace who keeps very busy sourcing beautiful items to sell at the many events that she attends.

The Vintage Bothy has been with the Vintage Bazaar from the start, and makes a huge effort to set out her stand with a totally different look for each event.

Auntie Loves Jazz (above) is joining us for the fair, doesn't her stock look great?

Moira is joining us this time with her colourful collection of Vintage children's books and toys.

Niki from Nostalgia at no. 1 will be bringing beautiful treasures to the fair. Her stand is always popular and buzzing with enthusiastic buyers waiting to purchase her latest creations.

Above is something from "box Mad". Emma always brings a funky selection of household items and fab cushions.

More delectable snippets of scrummy fabrics coming our way from Sal!

A Beautiful selection of vintage clothing, silk scarves and affordable vintage Jewellry  is to be anticipated on Emma's stand.

We welcome Jenny and her vintage selection of gardening items to The Vintage Bazaar this time...

Cecile will be at the Vintage Bazaar once again with 2 rails of Vintage fashion as well as textiles and a range of retro items.
 Do keep popping by to catch up with the latest from Vintage Bazaar HQ!

The Giant Vintage Rag Market

at The Cheese and Grain in Frome. Saturday the 30^th June 2012. 9am to 3 pm.

This type of event has become increasingly popular over the past few years and now Clare and I would like to bring the concept of a Rag Market to Frome. We are planning to have 40 stalls piled high with vintage textile related goodies, from fragments of 18^th century silk waistcoats, Victorian shell buttons, Edwardian lace scraps, pre-war french workwear, 1940's patched pinnies, 1950's satin dresses in need of love and restoration, original 60's patent leather kinky boots to unfinished 1970's Laura Ashley patchwork quilts.

Items can be anything related to textiles, so please bring buttons, linens, trimmings, ribbons, lace, hats, costume, stockings, embroidery, shoes, magazines related to vintage fashion, but NOTHING later than 1980 please.

This is a datelined event giving those who trade, make or collect anything in the world of Textiles and Vintage Costume the opportunity to clear out their workshops, studios, sheds and cupboards.... we would advise that you keep your prices at a sensible level, single priced baskets (for example “everything 50p in this basket” usually works well in my experience).

More expensive items are of course welcomed, but the idea is to have each stall selling a selection of affordable bits and bobs to suit every purse.

For this event we are using a different layout for the stands. We would encourage you to sit behind your stalls at the fair in order to keep the aisles as wide as possible.

A plan of the stalls will be available soon on the Vintage Bazaar blog.

Stalls priced at £35 per table, only single stalls are available to create more variety and to give more sellers a chance to have a stand as this unusual event.

Stalls will be allocated on a first come, first served basis at the discretion of the organisers. Your stall cannot be assumed booked unless we have received your booking form AND post dated cheque. We appreciate that there are over 10 months to this event, but this is the required time to plan and advertise to maximum effect.

Please email Lizzie (jltg40@aol.com) for a booking form

Admission will be charged to customers at £1 per adult to cover advertising costs. There will be NO early trade entry to this event.

A changing room is not provided as this Fair. So please take this into consideration when planning what you are bringing.

The Vintage Bazaar

T h e V i n t a g e B a z a a r

With Christmas still a long way off and the financial climate tough everyone is looking for ways to make their Christmas spending money go further. Well, we have the answer for you!

‘The Vintage Bazaar’ is an event which brings together over 40 quality vintage dealers and designers in one place. Here you can buy beautiful vintage and handmade gifts at a fraction of the cost of your high street stores plus wonderful vintage materials to make your own unique presents. As well as providing you with everything you could need for Christmas it’s definitely chic recycling and the ‘make do and mend’ culture at its very best. At this visual feast you can purchase original 1920’s dresses, French fabrics and 1950’s home wares plus handmade millinery, vintage gifts, stunning handmade decorations, fabric and quilts. There will be an array of beautiful vintage clothing and accessories from dealers including Samaya Ling Vintage, Emma Brimble and Sallie Ead as well as vintage fabrics, trims and buttons for all your making needs from well known names such as The Washerwoman, Donna Flower and Hesta Nesta plus stunning handmade gifts from Daisy Darling, Betty and Violet and Nostalgia amongst many, many others.

There’s ample parking outside, a delightful café inside and the eclectic shops on Catherine Hill just a few moments walk away, so mark it in your diary now…the venue is The Cheese and Grain in Frome, Somerset on Saturday Oct 29^th from 9-3pm

NB. I know you are saying that Christmas is ages away and I agree. I just wanted to share Clare's excellent press release that she will be sending to a selection of magazines in the run -up to the fair! We girls at VB HQ do like to plan ahead.....

A little bit of everything.

Many apologies for silence on this blog. I have been having HUGE problems signing in. Finally I have access permitted so can post some news about the next fair in Frome on Saturday October 29th. We are in the process of booking stallholders, and nearly everybody from the April fair has rebooked. We do have a long waiting list of interested people wanting to take a stand at our Fair. It is our intention to keep a good mix of stands at this event, and so would offer "like for like" should any of our stall holders cancel their stand. For example this means that if you sell Vintage Clothing, we can only accommodate you on one of the bigger "bay" stands. To this date all of these are booked.

The flyers have been ordered and I will be happy to distribute them once they arrive. I will be at the Vintage and Handmade Textile Fair on Saturday the 4th of June, and might have them with me by then!

Some of the many stalls at The Vintage Bazaar

Some of the stalls at The Vintage Bazaar in Frome last Saturday.... thank you to Sal for the pix!

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.....

This gorgeous abstract painting of bottles seems an appropriate pic to say a huge and frankly enormous THANK YOU, and CHEERS to all the fantastic stallholders and visitors to the Vintage Bazaar in Frome yesterday. The hall was full to the rafters once again with beautiful vintage items, sadly I didn't have my camera with me.. but I will be posting pix here as my friends send them to me! Thank you also to the "Darling Team" who worked so hard on the day (and for months and months before)...and to Michael for assisting on the desk for hours on end (that was really appreciated by Mr W) .....and to the fab team at The Cheese and Grain who were so helpful and hardworking on our behalf.

Here's to the next Vintage Bazaar at the Cheese and Grain on Saturday October 29th, hope to see you there!

Just one week to go!

The Vintage Bazaar is just around the corner now! Clare and I have been working hard to spread the word about the fair. We are hoping that we shall have plenty of enthusiastic buyers to enjoy purchasing from the 35 different stalls. All our stall holders have been working hard to gather fresh new stock for the event so that (hopefully!) nobody will be disappointed. I shall be bringing a selection of Vintage clothes, textiles and other treasure from France. Click here to see my latest finds. Look forward to seeing you in Frome.

Stall holders for the Vintage Bazaar April 30th 2011

It is only just over a week until the Vintage Bazaar. We are looking forward to our second event in Frome. Here is taster of some of the stall holders who will be exhibiting at The Cheese and Grain on Saturday April the 30th 2011.

Above is a sample of the sort of things you can expect to see on the stand belonging to Sue and Chris.....

Clare will be presenting her latest designs. Beautifully made hats in traditional 20's style for adults and children.

Maud will be in the foyer with her fantastic linens from Hungary.

Sarah will be back with us again. Her stand is a mouth watering experience. Haberdashery and printed cottons jostle for space with fabric boxes and other delights!

Vintage clothing will be on sale from the following :-

The Washerwoman, Sallie at Lucias Red Roses, Cecile, Karen, Sue, Aline, Angela and Emma Brimble........

Hesta Nesta (above) will be bringing quilts, eiderdowns, textiles, vintage trims & buttons & ephemera.

Samaya will be joining us this time, click here to see her stylish blog.

The Vintage Bothy. Vintage textiles and unusual decorative items for the home and garden.

Donna Flower with her stunning collection of textiles, trimmings and vintage clothing.

Next we welcome Jayne and Michele. Their stall will be a real treat with its vintage china,

home-wares, teddy bears and vintage toys!

Above are a few of the things you might expect to see on Rosie's stall.

Below is a creation from Viv (Hen's Teeth)

Sadly Nigel is unable to join us this time, but promises to be back in Autumn when we are planning the next Vintage Bazaar!

Beautiful snippets from Sal can be found on the stall next to Amanda (aka The Shabby Chick)

Treasures from Lucy Bloom

Hand printed cushions and customised homewares from Emma Boyne

Nostalgic handmade items from Niki. For further details of our stall holders, please scroll down the sidebar on the blog. Looking forward to seeing you in Frome on the 30th!