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My autumnally-suitable look was based around one of my favourite necklaces!
The hat is from Absolute Vintage – I think it’s a 70’s design though it can be tweaked quite easily to appear much older.
The rest of my outfit consists of high street finds! The H&M mustard cardigan that I love wearing with everything right now! An old Topshop skirt, and Pri- (cough-cough!)-mark t-shirt and thick wool tights.
And here’s a better view of one of my favourite necklaces! An eBay find, I couldn’t resist it’s child-like charm! I mean who wouldn’t want to carry around tributes to their favourite animals?
Right! Now back to the community of sorts! At the Blackbird Tea Rooms (my place of work) we have started The Blackbird Craft Collective!
Held every Wednesday in the beautiful tea rooms we get crafty with knitting, crocheting, sewing and many other types of creative goodness, all whilst enjoying a nice cup of tea and a slice of delicious cake!
We’ve had a couple of sessions so far, and I have to say, with my fledgling crochet skills it’s a lot of fun! The fact you can drop in and out of the conversation (depending on how your work is developing!) and nibble on cake too is perfect!
Emily showing off her first crochet sample! Might have a bit of a way to go on that scarf!
Kate was working on a sock monster!
Deep in concentration!
As I mentioned before, the sessions are held in the tea rooms on Ship Street, every Wednesday from 7pm to normally about 9pm.
This is my calling to all Brighton girls (and boys!) who fancy coming along! We would love to meet you!
And fear not if you haven’t got a crafty skill just yet – Kate, a member of staff at the Blackbird is an incredible knitter and would be more than happy to help guide you in the right direction (as she is with Chloe here!)
You can also use the time to repair any clothes which might need a bit of TLC – let’s face it, we all have some bits like this we never get round to doing!
The girls get stuck in….
So if you are fairly local to Brighton and you would like to join us, then please do!
For a mere £5 you can enjoy tea and cake of your choice, and while away some winter hours making new friends!
I’ve started a facebook group (literally just started!) so if you are interested then please join that, or if you have any questions you can leave them in the comment box below.
I hope to see some of you! The next session (because of Halloween) will be on Wednesday the 7th of November – though I will remind you all nearer to the time!
Hope you’re all very well,
Love Yours Truly, x
Thank you so much Kelly Marie! You made my potentially rubbish week a little bit sunnier!
And as for you dear readers, all shall be explained in the next post. So HUGE apologies for being a crummy blogger lately, and believe me – it’s going to get much, much better!
Good night!
Love Yours Truly, x
My socks even have fringing too! A cheeky H&M find! I love that the dress and socks both have such movement to them – it certainly makes dancing a lot of fun! I’m also really happy that the weather has now become that little bit warmer so that bare legs are an option again! Yay!
And here’s the whole ensemble, in one of the only photos where I don’t look like I’m about to be blown away (pesky wind!)
For the start of the day (after watching a few episodes of ‘Game of Thrones’ in bed – is anyone else obsessed?!) we had another peruse around the antique shops of Lewes, as most of them had been closed when we went the first time round.
Look at this amazing selection of goodies!
The rooms are a delight to walk through, it’s just such a pity that in general, I found it all to be quite over priced. Boo!
I loved this little corner of one particular shop, there were ships in glass bottles leading all the way up the nearby staircase too…
We then headed home for a really exciting evening!
Our dear friend Tiago (the lovely chap we stayed with in Portugal) had his first EP launch, with his solo-project-turned-band ‘Time For T’
The EP is called ‘Dream Bug’ (artwork by Kim Crime) and hasn’t left my ears for a good three days or so!
Thanks for letting me share this with you all. I’m very fond of these boys and their music, so it felt right to show to you all too!
More soon, including the Vintage Nation photos!
Love Yours Truly, x