Tag: a vintage affair

HOW TO SELL YOUR VINTAGE THEMED CRAFTS ONLINE…

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Well, if we are all going to start making home made, then maybe a few pence in our pockets for selling them online would no go amiss.

‘How to Sell your Crafts Online’ by Derrick Sutton is a book available from all good book shops.

Not only does it explain where and how to see your home made products but it also teaches you now to make your crafts stand out from the crowd, and then successfully sell online.

You’ll learn how to write fail safe product text, take perfect pictures and how you can make the most of the tools available on the well known Etsy website.

And, while your in the mood for buying a book then you must have also look at ‘Home made, Gorgeous things to Make with love’, by Ros Badger and Elspeth Tompson – it has 101 beautiful and useful craft projects you can make.

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BUTTONS AS A CHANGE OF OUTFIT…

 

You can change an outfit in a second with vintage buttons. They can have just the same effect as a lovely scarf and for half the price.

I’ve changed buttons on jackets, blouses and cardigans for years and have a number of different styles of black cardigans that come out each winter with different buttons on them.

You can purchasee vintage buttons on ebay or my favourite shop is Duttons for Buttons in Harrogate, which has a stock of over 12,000 buttons, they also do a mail order service.

I have also bought a cardigan in a charity shop for the buttons and put some others on it then given it back to the charity shop.

My jackets buttons change every year. This year the skin look was big and I got a number of different styles in it from a company on EBay and Vinted.

Plain coloured blouses, in particular white or black, can look so different with a lovely button on it even if you only change the top button and the sleeve buttons.

I’ve even changed a few buttons on my husbands shirts to give them a new look.

Source: Duttons EBay

TAKE UP SEWING, VINTAGE STYLE…

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Why not start a new hobby in 2012 by taking up sewing, vintage style. Not only could you take it up but you could also get your children to take it up as some of the fabulous accessories are creative for children to make as well as grown ups.

A pretty first sewing kit ‘I love Retro’, .www.iloveretro.co.uk is a good start or for Cath Kidson fans ‘Scissors’, http://www.cathkidson.co.uk

Tape Measure http://www.johnlewis.com or a pin cushion that looks like a cupcake by Lauren Denney http://www.laurendenney.com

An electric sewing machine can be bought from BHS for only £50 http://www.bhs.co.uk

Sewing baskets and kits for ‘The Contemporary Home’ from http://www.tchinet.com