All the fun of the flea!

If you're a vintage lover (and if you're reading this blog, I'm guessing you just might be!) and you live not a million miles away from the midlands, you simply must check out Malvern Flea! It's basically vintage heaven. It's a huge market that happens once a month and is a fantastic blend of vintage, antiques and oddities.

What's great about it is the fact that it isn't a full on antiques fair, so the variety of stalls means that you might find pretty much anything, and that's the fun of it. And for the odd stall that is selling nothing better than old tat, there are about twenty more selling amazing treasures. Also, Great Malvern is such a pretty little town, so you can pop in there afterwards for spot of afternoon tea, and you have the perfect day out! You can find out more here.

The Haul

We didn't actually buy all that much, we tend to buy a mix of stuff for ourselves and for Minimum Mouse, today we picked up some beautiful leather bags, a cool 1970's flight bag, a gorgeous Welsh tapestry purse and some pretty hand mirrors. I also picked up a 1930's guidebook to Glasgow and the west of Scotland, which I'm planning to give to my dad as it covers his hometown, and then, perhaps inspired by this, we spent quite a while at an amazing stall jam packed with old postcards and found a few hometown treats for ourselves - two old postcards of Aberystwyth for me (one is from 1904!) and a couple of retro 60's Birmingham postcards for James. We're going to frame them and add them to our growing collection of kitsch pictures at home.

New summer treats and a cheeky sale

We're really excited at Minimum Mouse this week, we just took our first delivery from a new supplier yesterday and the stuff is immense! We've spent years building up a network of suppliers who can bring us everything from jewellery supplies to vintage mod gear, but it is always exciting to find a new one, especially when their stock is lovely. So, we've been getting some of the new pieces in the eBay shop, here is a little taster...

We've got some super kitsch t shirts - ideal for festivals & holidays

Another summer essential, the playsuit! Just add sandals and sunnies for an adorable outfit

I just love this original vintage floral halterneck, team with a skirt or denim shorts for that beach babe vibe

You can't beat a good sequin beauty from the 1980's - this one is an emerald wonder!

This is a stunning 1960's jersey dress, unusual and in excellent condition

This Victoriana style green shirt will look gorgeous with jeans for easy, laid back cool

And finally, my ultimate favourite - a fruity wonder! This circle skirt is uber cool.

Because of all this new stuff we don't really have room to move at Minimum Mouse Towers, so we're also having a little sale on eBay. It's just ladies stuff at the moment, we'll hopefully be adding some menswear to the mix soon. It's a mix of all kinds of stuff including a few last pieces of winter wear - a great chance to pick up a bargain if you're from the Southern Hemisphere! You can take a look at the new collection and the sale here.