Autumn Dates!

It's that time of year when summer is drawing to a close and our attention turns to bringing out the autumn stock and getting back on the road. I was just taking a look at our calendar for the next couple of months, and exhausted myself! We are going to be all over the country between now and Christmas, from Exeter to Glasgow and most places in between. We're excited to be visiting some new places, taking Minimum Mouse north of the border for the first time and hitting more universities than ever before.

So, I hear you cry, when are we coming your way? Well, wonder no longer... (click for more info)

September
Saturday 7th - Leicester Vintage Fair at the Cathedral
Thursday 19th - St Mary's University College Vintage Fair, Twickenham
Saturday 21st - Bristol Vintage Fair at The Passenger Shed
Sunday 22nd - Exeter Vintage Fair at The Corn Exchange
Thursday 26th - University of Northampton Vintage Fair
Friday 27th - Judy's University of Leeds Freshers Vintage Fair, Student Union
Saturday 29th - Judy's Lincoln Vintage Fair, The Engine Shed
Sunday 30th - The Leeds Vintage Fair, The Town Hall

October
Wednesday 2nd - University of Kent Vintage Fair, Canterbury
Thursday 3rd - Royal Holloway University Vintage Fair, Egham
Saturday 5th - Southampton Vintage Fair, The Guildhall
Sunday 6th - Bournemouth Vintage Fair, The Pavillion
Tuesday 8th - Nana's Vintage Fair at Staffordshire University
Saturday 12th - Wolverhamption Vintage Fair, Wulfrun Hall
Sunday 13th - Cardiff Vintage Fair, City Hall
Saturday 26th - Scarborough Vintage Fair, The Spa
Sunday 27th - Cheltenham Vintage Fair, Town Hall
Monday 28th - University of Manchester Vintage Fair, Students Union

November
29th-1st December - Girls' Day Out, Glasgow SECC

December
6th-10th December - Clothes Show Live 2013, NEC, Birmingham

We still have a lot more dates to confirm in November and probably some for December too, so we'll update you again soon. Hope we will bump into some of you on our travels!

Hollyoaks Stars, Freebies Galore and Thousands of Students!

We've just returned from a busy, busy weekend at UCAS Students Live, a two day exhibition of all things studenty at London Olympia. We were in the fashion area (of course) alongside fabulous jewellery brand Regal Rose, the student favourite One Piece, new fashion social media site TheMuse.tv and cute fashion brand Mela Loves London.

We met loads of great people, most of whom were off to start their uni adventure in a couple of weeks and were very excited about it. They were stocking up on new term fashion essentials- it was all about the cost knits and quirky jewellery.

We were running a jewellery lucky dip promotion, these lucky ladies each got a surprise piece of free jewellery when they signed up for our mailing list. Unsurprisingly this proved very popular, so we'll definitely be bringing it back for Clothes Show Live 2012!

We also had a couple of well known customers, namely Tom Scurr and David Atkins, who play Barney and Rob in Hollyoaks. They snapped up a couple of pairs of matching flip up sunglasses. Aww, don't they look cute!

Fancy a piece of the action? We'll be traveling across the UK in the next few weeks for freshers fairs and vintage fairs galore. You can find out where we're headed here.

Vintage Fair & Fashion Show, Hennessey's Bar, Digbeth, 11th May 2010

We had a fantastic time at the vintage fair and fashion show last night. The event was organised by students from University College Birmingham in aid of Cancer Research UK. The event was a fun packed night, with The Lost Boys spinning motown, northern soul and reggae all night, delicious cakes from Sweet Disposition to keep us sweet and, of course, the hospitality of Hennessey's Bar (which is just a stone's throw from the Bullring.

We took up residence in the courtyard, along with Lemon Aide, The Old Wardrobe, Bow and Crossbones and Wooly Bears. There were some fantastic clothes, jewellery, toys and gifts and everybody seemed to really enjoy having a little browse and a drink!

The fashion show was the highlight of the evening, and our models did a fantastic job strutting their stuff! Here's a little bit of the action for your viewing pleasure...

Of course, the best bit is that the event raised over £500 for charity!

Our First Ever Craft Fair at RAF Cosford

So, this Sunday saw us get up at an ungodly hour to travel to RAF Cosford, in Shropshire. Why on earth would we want to that? Well, don't worry I'm not about to confess some tragic passion for vintage aeroplanes or anything... it was the venue of a Spring Craft Fair, and an interesting venue at that! We pitched up at a little after 8am to discover that we would actually be setting up in a hangar among the planes (they are museum pieces, by the way, otherwise we really would be getting in the way!) It was a nice opportunity for me to show off our new food themed rings, fittingly displayed on a cake tray. They certainly raised a few laughs!

Here is me (waving) and my sister Elise who had been roped in to help out.

We had lots of new pieces in for the event, which will be popping up on the website very soon...

This is Mr Mouse, ready to serve!

And one of the many, many planes we saw on the day!