Decorative Arts students at Nottingham Trent University set up ‘MINT’ pop up shop in the Victoria Centre in Nottingham city centre last month to promote and sell their unique handcrafted items. The students featured their final collections as well as peices created especially to sell in store. The interior of the store had an antique, hand made feel to it and items were hung from the ceiling and placed into open wooden boxes on the wall.
On my weekend trip to London, I managed to get to Portobella road which is antique heaven, filled with everything you could possibly imagine. The first shop I stepped into was filled with door handles of every kind. Where can you find a shop in Manchester that sells weird and wonderful everyday objects of this sort! The market was filled with hundreds of people all looking to buy either collectable objects or items of interest. It was truely fascinating that this area of London is so very different to the main highstreet, like Oxford Road or Covent Garden area. I noticed many items of vintage worn by students and fellow shoppers, but it was far to crowded to stop people in such a hussle. The antique photo frames below were arranged in an interesting composition which brought me over to the stand to take a closer look. All the frames had their own unique character to them, making them all the more individual.
If anyone knows of any interest antique or second hand shops in Manchester, I would love to know!
Holiday snaps, realistic and surreal at the same time. Isn’t it always the case that when you look back at your holiday photos you realise how much fun you had and that you would do anything to be back on the beach, relaxing in the sun, than working in an office like most people. Seeing as I am terrible at outfit posts here are a few below from my time in turkey. I tried to make the most of my Summer wardrobe whilst being anywhere but England, as the weather here is far from Summer right now. The market in Turkey is certainly not hassle-free but from what I experienced, although it gives you a great insight into the culture of Turkey. My sister and I, below were staggered at the amount of ‘genuine’ fakes out there, from jeans and shirts to watches, handbags and jewellery. The best ‘genuine’ fakes were almost the same price as the authentic bags, which obviously seemed silly and I was convinced that some were not even leather. As well as fake goods, spices and dried fruit were also sold by weight.
For the likes of those who really love the aesthetic of vintage and handmade goods then you will appreciate this post. I visited a handmade fair in Blackpool today after reading about the event only two days ago. I decided that every time I hear about these kind of niche fairs, it always seems to be after they have taken place. Each stall provided something unique and different and I particularly loved the handmade jewelery and handcrafted personalised cards. Me & Yu clothing, based in Manchester had a small stall at the fair selling their new designs. Maneggi, handcrafted and beautifully designed necklaces were displayed at the fair. Each design is unique and it is something I have never seen before so I might be ordering one of those!
I find it rare to find authentic handmade cards that give an edge to design, but ‘Print For Love Of Wood’ proved to be unique in its production. They are a design and letterpress studio in the UK that are dedicated to wood letters and tree paper hugging.
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