Pure Spirit

We have just finished Pure Spirit which was on from Sunday 7 August through til Tuesday, we had a great show and are really excited to be selling to our wonderful boutiques but also some new ones! 

We enjoyed setting up and used flower brooches to decorate our walls and a ditsy navy floral fabric as wall paper. It was a good show, our neighbors were Foryoureyeslie we loved there collections and they were really friendly too. We also liked Tofu and Dahlia.
Our collection which was inspired by the 70s, with braids, tassels, flared sleeves and long skirts is easy to wear and stylish. I was wearing our new willow top, I have not wanted to take it off! Thank you to everyone that visited and has purchased our Autumn Winter collection.

Vintage festival week end

We had a great week end at the vintage festival on the South bank in London this week end. We had a pop up shop in the vintage village. The weather was amazing, the stalls were unique and beautiful, the people were stylish and we felt like as I heard a stylish shopper say "like we woke up in Vintage heaven"

Our By Jam pop up shop on the vintage high street last week end

A big THANK YOU to everyone that came to visit us!!
We saw some very stylish shoppers, we took some pictures when they came to visit us, we love there looks!

Our stylish shopper on the far right is a burlesque performer Beau Rocks 
We have taken some snaps of things we loved and wanted to shout about.

 
We could not resist these hand made dolls and cute animals from lands far away, Bea's Beastlies are created by Justine who is a pretty cool lady, a vintage queen if I may say so! These are not just dolls but fashion accessories. We also loved vintage scarf cushions and a rocking horse covered in floral print fabric by Olive may all made out of recycled fabrics and furniture by Billie, I purchased a particularly special scarf cushion!

We liked these candles in tea cups, and we shopped until we dropped, we brought some treats from Cows vintage pop up shop and Heaven Vintage . We loved the ladies from the Powder room who were doing make up and hair in the most stylish retro dos.  There were tea sets and beaded bags and sexy vintage inspired underwear by Hepburn and Leigh, silver dancing shoes and vintage style everywhere.

The festival highlights

Stylish shoppers

We also sited Daisy Lowe! we were to shy to say hello but we loved her dress, see if you can spot her in this picture!

It made us want it to be at vintage village everyday. I have already been experimenting with forties curls in my hair.

Music in the car park

We went to see a free concert on saturday night, an orchestra was playing in south london inside Peckhams' multi Storey Car park. The atmosphere was amazing, and the music seemed to suit the surroundings perfectly. They played "The Rite of Spring"

After wards we went up to Franks bar on the roof top of the car park. There are sculptures and installations leading up to the top and a pretty insane inflatable rat the inflates to music. I definitely recommend a visit. They are doing free events, film, dance and art all summer long. Its the perfect grown ups playground.

Great cards

birthday card by Anthony McAndrew

We went to the New Cross House to celebrate a friends birthday and she was given this card by Anthony. Loved it! I think hand made birthday cards are worth keeping and this one is worth framing!

Week at Huntsham Court

Huntsham court

We have just come back from an amazing wedding week end at Huntsham Court, we stayed in this Gothic Victorian manor house for three nights and it was incredible. Check out the wall paper and the double baths in the bridle suite. It was shabby chic at its finest and felt like we were in Pride and Prejudice! http://www.huntshamcourt.co.uk/

Hampstead delights

Louis in Hampstead is always such a treat! its always so hard to choose which cake to have.
Love this car, love the cafe they should always be seen together. 

Also not to be missed in Hampstead our the Ponds, you can forget you are in a city. Seriously idyllic! Always a place to be inspired.

Vintage broaches

Carved our beauties

We found these in a vintage clothing shop in Totnes in Devon called Revival. Its a treasure trove, we love these broaches, the flowers are actually carved out.