Vintage 1970's Necklaces

There's something very special about necklaces from the seventies.  They are big, brash and stylised and they shout look at me at the top of their necklacey voices. Here are a few great examples that I found on Etsy.

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Chantal Loves Vintage

Hello Strangers :)

Sorry it's been awhile.

Please forgive me?

I'm here to let you all know that I have started a new blog and Etsy shop called Chantal Loves Vintage.  I did this because I didn't want to be tied down to selling and writing about vintage beads and charms only.  I will still be selling them, I will just be selling and chatting about other stuff too. 


I would love to have kept Betty's Place up and running but I couldn't change my headers to remove the beads and charms but.  You guys probably didn't notice that and if you did probably don't think it's worth me worrying about....but it just niggled me.  My hugely talented sister designed the header for me but her computer died and so it was lost forever without being able to change.

I'll stop babbling now, sorry.

I really really hope to see you over at my new blog, I really love it and I hope you love it too. So drop by and say hello.  I promise I'll wave back.

Vintage/Retro Fair

Tabernacle Junction - Yeovil - 19th November 2011 
Be there or be......well...missing out quite frankly.

I am super super excited about going to this this weekend.
Nothing like this happens in our sleepy rural town, so this is going to be brilliant.

This has all been put together brilliantly by Daisys Vintage Kitchen

My friend is having a stall there.  She makes the most amazing items out of vintage fabrics.  Look how totally fabulous this is.

This is from her shop Pica Pica on Etsy.  She runs this with her friend and between them they have lots of original vintage fabric for sale as well as these fab bags.

There is also a Burlesque Troop called Barmy Burlesque. To find out more about them go to their website Barmy Burlesque or visit their Facebook Page

Here's a few more fantastic stall holders

Poot

Twinklicious, Twinkles Jewellery

Retro Nouveau

As well as the above stall holders, there are many more, plus there will be a hair and make up salon, music, cake, booze........it's just too perfect!

I have a sneaky suspicion that I am going to come back with an empty purse!!!

I emailed my sister in law about this and she is most excited about the pop up tea room.....this made me chuckle as I am most excited about the Troop of 1940's US Airborne.....IN UNIFORM!!!

So make sure you don't miss out on a truly fabulous day in the country and come and hang out back in time.

First Sale

Last week I enjoyed my very first sale since I re-opened my shop.  I sold this lovely necklace.

And here are some photos of the newest arrivals!

I am going away to France for my holidays this year, I will be away from 21st July.  My last posting day will be Wednesday 20th July.

New Designs

New designs put in my Etsy shop today.

Sneaky Peek

Here's a little close up of something I am working on at the moment.

Jump Rings

I've just started jewellery making and am finding it hard to put my trust in jump rings?  Why is this?  Almost every piece of jewellery that I own has them on and other people use them, so why is it that I can't trust them?

I wonder if there is a phobia of jump rings, and what would it be called?

Here are a few photos of my first necklace.  Amazingly it's sold already!

I didn't even get a chance to give it a name :)

20% Sale From My Folksy Shop **Today Only**

Roll up, roll up....for 1 day only I am having a 20% off sale in my Folksy shop

As these beads are vintage, once they are gone, they are gone!! So go grab a bargain before someone else get's in their first :)

You could be walking away with these yummy scrummy beads.

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So cute! 

20% is off the product price and does not include the postage costs.  Once you have completed your transaction I will refund the 20% back to  your paypal account.

Vintage Beads

These little beauties have been listed in my Folksy Shop today.  These are the very last packs of these gorgeous vintage flower beads from the 1950's.  Once these beads have gone from my shop that's it, I am highly unlikely to find anymore!

Vintage Flower Beads Now In My Shop

New In My Folksy Shop

I posted these very pretty and funky vintage flower beads in my Folksy Shop.

Vintage Flower Beads

How cute are they?  Best hurry up and get them while you can, these are one off packs :)

Almost there!

Well, the 30 day journal challenge has finished now but I still have 1 more page to catch up on!

Here's a little look see at some of my previous pages!



I have had a blast doing this challenge!

Just to let you know as well that the vintage buttons I gave you a sneak preview off are all in my shop now so dash along quickly before they all get snapped up!!

Also, these super cute metal buttons went in the shop today so if you are an Owl and a Vintage lover than these are perfect for you!



That's all for now folks except for me to wish you all a happy and creative weekend!

Sneaky Peek

I know I have already posted today but I just couldn't resist another quickie. I wanted to give you a quick sneaky peek at some of the gorgeous vintage buttons going into my shop soon.



They are super nice! They will be going into the shop in the sets photographed which included a pink mix, a set of grandad buttons (at least that's what I like to call them) a tortoiseshell mix and more.

Also, I thought I would share one of my recent journal pages. I haven't blogged about them much but this is one of my favs.

New In Today!!

All these scrummy buttons are new in at Betty's Place today!

Keep checking back as I have a backlog of vintage buttons to list. Don't forget if there is anything specific you are looking for you can ask, Who knows I may have them!!