Get The Look: Vintage Gardens
With this lovely weather setting in, we are spending more and more time in the garden, sitting in a striped vintage deck chair, bought for our DIY wedding a few years back. With plans afoot for decking, I’ve been busy…
Hats off to Royal Ascot
To celebrate Royal Ascot this week today we are sharing some of our favourite vintage hats available to buy on Etsy right now. Click on the links to find out more 1. Rosebud pink veil 2. Snood pattern 3. Turquoise…
Mr & Miss Vintage UK
Fancy being voted as Miss or Mr Vintage UK? Now in its 13th year, Twinwood Festival is the original and best festival celebrating the style and music of the 1930s, 40s and 50s. And this year, for the very first…
Last minute Fathers Day gifts
So who has forgotten that it is Fathers Day this Sunday? Well rather than rushing down to the supermarket/garage and buying a bottle of something, why not grab a last minute vintage gift from Etsy. Here are some of our…
Our Fabulous Five: Lets fire up the BBQ!
BBQ season is upon us once again. Each evening we can smell the smells of great food cooking outside and we want to join in! For you vintage lovers out there we at Your Vintage Life have pulled together five of…
Do you Remember?
In todays vintage nostalgia blog read all of Your Vintage Life’s ‘Do you Remember’ posts from this week. As ever, we had fun reading your comments! and recollections! So, what do you remember…? Who loved to watch A.L.F in the late 1980s? A furry…
Get The Look: Flat Packed Vintage Furniture
When you say the words “flat packed” you don’t tend to associate it with vintage or retro. In fact I once wrote an article for Vintage Life magazine called The Flat Pack Backlash, but little did I really know that…
Our Fabulous Five: Perfect pet purchases
We are definitely animal lovers at Your Vintage Life. However, it is sometimes hard to find great products for your pets that fit in with a vintage loving home – no ugly modern plastic pet baskets for us! When shopping for…
Do you Remember?
In todays vintage nostalgia blog read all of Your Vintage Life’s ‘Do you Remember’ posts from Facebook this week. We had great fun reading your comments and memories! So, what do you remember from back in the day vintage lovers…? Did you have one of these yellow…
Making Vintage Your Business: Get Ready For Summer
Yes summer is nearly here (although it is pouring down with rain right now!). We have bought our summer vintage frocks, donned our new retro sandals and are now focusing on the months ahead for our businesses as well as our…
Our Vintage Life
The last 2 weeks has been busy with our first National Vintage Wedding Fair as well as half term. We formally took over the reigns of the fair on the hottest day of the year. It was great to meet…
Get The Look: Vintage Walls
Today’s Get The Look features our home and our love of hanging things on the walls. Plates, plaques, prints, mirrors, fabric and even handbags all adorn our walls. The Lounge is a mixture of teal and red with retro prints that…
We Love…1920s Perfume Bottles
“With the commercial boom in the 1920s perfume sales rocketed. Ladies would apply their perfume before a night of dancing, to allure as well as to feel individual in a time of new found freedom. To reinforce branding, manufacturers designed…
Our Fabulous Five: Our best vintage summer buys
We’ve been adding some amazing new stock to our eBay shop over the last few weeks. With summer coming its a great time to update your wardrobe with some vintage shopping and in todays blog we showcase five of our…
Do you Remember?
In todays vintage nostalgia blog read all of Your Vintage Life’s ‘Do you Remember’ posts from this week. As ever, we had fun reading your comments! and recollections! So, what do you remember…? Altogether now…”PIGS IN SPAAAACCCCCE!” We used to love watching the Muppets back…
Making Vintage Your Business: Meet our Graduates
Today we meet Dawn, the lady behind the vintage business called Oh My Kitsch. She came to our first Vintage Academy workshop last year and her story was featured in the recent edition of V&Oak magazine. “Oh My Kitsch is…
Get The Look: Vintage Photographs
Nothing evokes the memory quite like a vintage photograph, whether it is of a global event, such as a picture depicting the horrors of the First World War or the faded image of family ancestor; for example, a great grandmother…
