Vintage, retro & granny chic glamour; come visit The Vintage Mama & Me shop!

Hello,

We're back to blogging...and now we have a business to go with it! We are selling upcycled furniture, glassware and homewares in Blighty Bazaar, a beautiful vintage emporium in Leamington.

We are very excited and would love to take you along on our journey, so we'll be showing new stock on the blog, as well as giving you a little bit of history about the items. There will also be some DIY posts, showing you how to create the perfect vintage home, and some Now & Then posts in which we will be comparing vintage items to modern reproductions. Posts will be appearing on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Thanks for reading and we'll be back soon!

The Vintage Mama & Me Family

Sewing Project- DIY Vintage Fabric Napkins

We had quite a few friends over for dinner this past week at the Vintage Mama & Me house, so we decided to brighten up our table setting with some gorgeous vintage fabric napkins.

 We started by rifling through the Vintage Mama's sewing box to see what fabric we could find.

Gorgeous late 50 s sewing box is a family heirloom

We decided on this gorgeous vintage floral as the ditsy print had a subtle edge and the colour way was perfect for the room!

Out came the trusty JL mini's and we were away! 

Vintage Mama hard at work!

First was the hard part, teeny tiny seams had to be folded in, ironed, folded and ironed again, then sown to hem the rough edges. Fortunately only one finger got pricked in the process!

Cutting out

Let the pinning begin

Ironing #1

Ironing #2

Once all four seams had been sewn, the napkins were done! Don't they look vintage chic?!

All finished!

The final table

gorgeous!

What have you made lately? Hope you had fun!!

The Vintage Mama

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How to do a Fishtail Braid

This selection of photos will explain and show you how to create the fashionable Fishtail Braid.
First of all brush your hair so that it is smooth and easy to plait with.

For the next step split the (now brushed) hair into roughly two equal parts.

Then take a small section from the outer side (which is directly above the ear.)

Next pull this section over to right and join it to the other larger section

Now do the same, taking a small section from the right hand side and pulling it to connect it to the larger section on the left.

Carry on with this procedure until you have braided all the hair.

Pen-ultimately, tie the end of the hair in a hair bobble.

Finally, loosen the braid, leaving a nice natural look!

Thanks for reading, I hope that you will have a go, let me know how you get on.
Until next time!.......
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Welcome to the Vintage Mama and Me

Hello!
Welcome to Vintage Mama and Me, our vintage inspired family blog. Already, we love blogging! Ange is the writer of the Vintage Glamour Guide, El is the author of El's Vintage Blog and Zoe is a new blogger, so welcome aboard! We hope to inspire you with retro-themed posts, pics, and much, much more!
So, enjoy!

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Ange, El and Zoe
(Mother and daughters!)
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