Showing posts with label autumn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label autumn. Show all posts

Tuesday, 27 September 2016

Fall for a Vintage Autumn

Can you believe we are almost in October! The summer has slipped by and suddenly the nights are getting chilly and the leaves are starting to turn, Autumn is definitely on its way!
One of the things I love about autumn is getting the house ready for cozy nights in by the fire with a hot chocolate. With this in mind on a recent treasure hunt we have got some lovely new stock in that will really help you welcome the autumn into your home!
In our etsy store https://www.etsy.com/shop/VintiqueTree/ we have curated a special section of goodies that we think sum up the season perfectly, 'Falling for a Vintage Autumn'. Here are a few of our favourites below!
Happy Autumn!








Wednesday, 17 December 2014

Autumn Antique treasure hunt

I took Vintique Tree on the road and stood at Newark international antiques fair in October, I haven't had chance to blog, life has been busy!

The weather can be a friend and a mighty foe at these events, but luckily it was kind apart from one or two short but sharp showers. Newark is one of the biggest antiques fairs in Europe and is considered "one of the 1000 things you should do before you die".  Although I was selling I still had to have a browse round and thought you might enjoy some of the things I saw (photos on iphone so some are a little blurry sorry!)...



















Wednesday, 27 November 2013

A Parisian Broncante

These are some pictures from the Parisian broncante we visited when on our mini break to Paris. The stalls were laid out beautifully and I wanted EVERYTHING but the prices were sooo expensive compared to the UK I only returned with a vintage kids game. But a good time was had by all! the pictures are a bit shaky as it was on my iphone!










Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Grand old duke is York


A delayed post but been busy at the antiques fairs! York is a beautiful city and we had a lovely time especially in Betty's Tea rooms. It was like stepping back in time all the ladies were dressed in black and white and the tea was served loose with a little tea strainer! Delightful! Betty's is famous because in the war airmen would sitting downstairs and drink tea and chat, a mirror with their names etched on to it is still there! It crazy to think how life has changed since then!

We were lucky to get a window seat and enjoyed fat rascals and proper English tea! We were shocked to see that later on the queue was around the block to get a table, it proves how amazing the place is!

Another one of my favourite places in York was the Imaginarium https://www.facebook.com/YscHome It was possible the most visually stunning shops I have ever been in, defo worth a look at their facebook page, as it a no photo shop but you can see why, it so lovely everyone would be snapping away and blinding the shop assistances! Its sister store next door The Yorkshire Soap Company is also brilliant, just like a patisserie but with soap!

a good weekend all round x




the fat rascal - I must find this recipe!!


The Golden Fleece is the oldest pub in York and apparently the most haunted (Most Haunted tv show have filmed there!)  I particularly like the cat popping out of the white window!!



The Shambles, a lovely cobbled street full of quirky shops...


Hehe just made me laugh, outside a florist





Sunday, 6 October 2013

Fruits of the season


I love blackberries! We have a gazillion of them at our new home!
There is nothing lovelier than picking blackberries from the hedgerows in the autumn. My mum and I spend some time picking through the prickles to get to the wild berries, these in the picture are from pinterest, I forgot to photograph! Wild organic straight from the hedge blackberries in my experience are never this big but are so sweet and delicious they do make up for it! We got some cooking apples from a generous local farmer recently so I feel a blackberry and apple pie or crumble coming on! 

It is nice to do something that is a ritual of the past, it brings back happy childhood memories of stained hands and war wounds from tripping over brambles. Hope you all had a good weekend :-)