Been gone so long...

www.gugu.etsy.com

www.persephoneclothing.esty.com

www.floraltrash.etsy.com

Sorry that I've been gone so long but I ran away with the circus. Just in case that you feel the need to follow here are a selection of amazing vintage dresses perfect for joining the circus! Prices start from only $28...all available from etsy, amazing!

Everything All Of The Time...

Here is a sneaky peek at the tops and blouses that I'm going to be listing this week on my Vintage shop at Etsy; www.violetavintage.etsy.com.

Barcelona Street Art

One of the best things about Barcelona is it's ever changing street art; from graffiti to stickers, abstract scratches to full on painted masterpieces...they all come together to create the most wonderful street gallery!

Freaky Fair Sunday

What lovely weather, at last! Barcelona was on top form yesterday with it's annual 'Fiesta Del Tierra' in the main city park (and tumbling out for streets beyond...) . Lots of great stuff to see, try, buy and taste. I really loved this fair ground we stumbled upon near the beach. It's all made out of recycled and reclaimed junk...almost kinda creepy, but in a good way! The 'big' wheel was particularity wonderful with its use of old toilets for seats! Elqui settles for a ride on the horses made out of old tyres.

The Wednesday Wander...

I am going to add a new 'Wednesday Wander' section to the blog, starting from now! Barcelona is such an amazing and inspirational place to live and wander about in...everyday and in every moment (if your looking) there's something wonderful to be found. Here are the snaps I took today...

A sneaky peek...

Here is a quick sneaky peek at some of the vintage items we photographed today for the online shop Violeta Vintage. I really love the layered dress, the white cotton top, black and white striped blouse and the graphic print coat...lets see if they actually make it into the shop!!!

I love Miette!

I Love Miette and although their shop is a little bit of a treck from Barcelona (they're based in San Francisco) I just had to blog about their new wallpaper-inspired confections. The Miette shop in San Francisco is covered in an osborne & little wallpaper, so they decided to create delicious shortbread cookies based on the wallpaper’s floral pattern. Each cookie is topped with royal icing that mimics the wallpaper’s color and pattern perfectly and looks almost too pretty to eat.
To read the full artical on Miette check out design sponge;
http://www.designspongeonline.com/2010/04/weekly-wrap-up-miette-wallpaper-cookies.html