Christmas dinner – its got to be the best part of Christmas day hasn’t it? Yes, it takes some planning but laying the table with all your special pieces of china and tableware, sitting down with people you love (and…
We’ve had a great week remembering all the things we loved, watched, ate and talked about when we were young! All the photos were posted on our Your Vintage Life Facebook page and you guys shared your memories and added your comments. Who watched…
To mark down or not to mark down that is the question. To be honest us vintage sellers are not the best at letting go of dead stock, let alone marking it down in a sale. If we were a high…
We’ve really enjoyed this week and have spent lots of time with the family rather than just working. Last weekend we went to see Santa as well as to meet his reindeer. We went to a local farm and enjoyed…
We’re finally getting round to decorating our home for Christmas and it’s definitely a vintage affair. We sell lots of vintage decorations all year so sometimes it can be hard to decide which ones to keep. Most of our items…
Have yourself a Merry Vintage Christmas… …by adorning your home with 1950s decorations, throwing a vintage Christmas Eve party and creating a traditional Christmas Day! Christmas in years gone by, was more about family than today’s commercialism. Mother saved all…
You’re never too old for a stocking, right? I get a bit stressed buying presents at Christmas, but one thing I love to do is making up a Christmas stocking for someone I care about. There something about finding little…
It has been another great week remembering all the now vintage things (scary!) we loved when we were young! All the photos were posted on our Your Vintage Life Facebook page and you guys shared your memories and added some great comments. Family Tree…
So….you have your stock unloaded from the car, it’s in a pile of boxes and bags on the floor at your local vintage fair. How do you make it look so tempting that a customer can’t resist a purchase? Remember…
We have started to wind down for Christmas, we have stopped buying and are drawing to the end of adding items to the website. Some of our last items are cool though including some job lots of vintage Ladybird books.…
In today’s blog we are very excited to introduce you to a new range of vintage inspired dresses called the Fabulous Miss K. They are simply beautiful and have a 1940s glamour to them. The range is made here in…
Babycham celebrates its 60th birthday this year and have released a special edition glass which can be found in supermarkets and online. I quickly snapped one up to add to my glass collection alongside my lovely deer that Mr YVL…
Everyone says Christmas is for kids, and although we all love it, its true. There’s nothing better than seeing a child’s face light up when they get a present they love or their anticipation of Christmas Eve and Santa’s arrival.…
It has been another great week looking back to the past and remembering the now vintage things we loved when we were younger! All the photos were posted on our Your Vintage Life Facebook page and you guys shared your memories and added…
Choosing stock to take to fairs. To take and what not to take-that is the question! So you have booked a stall at a vintage fair or market, it’s time to pack up the car-what do you take?? Deciding what…
The weeks seem to fly by here at Your Vintage Life – we write our Friday blog and before you know it we’re doing it again! As it is the run up to Christmas most of our time has been…
Everyone love vintage style these days. From beautiful lacy maxi dresses paying homage to the 70s and circle skirts that belong in the late 40s, on every street you can see tonnes of girls (and guys!) wearing styles taken from…
