RENEGADE MASTER!

image taken by Clairabellemakes

Whoa! I can't believe we were at Renegade last weekend! We've been so busy with orders and hanging our exhibition that it feels like it was forever ago. Time files when you're having fun! I really wanted to share some pictures of some of the amazing stuff we saw at the show because everyone put in such an incredible effort and we found everything so inspiring. Here is a few people we have developed crushes on... and a little snap of our set up too of course! 

Considering we had to take everything down to London on a train, I think our set up looks pretty darn great. We created a little world called "Christmas Corner" especially for the event. I freaking love that place!

This incredible collection of critters is made by my new favourite DIY kit maker Kiriki I've started working on mine and I can't wait till he's finished. Aren't they amazing? I forsee a lot more of these little fellows being welcomed into my home over the festive period. Such a great gift idea!

I initially discovered the wonderful illustrations of Debby Greenaway through our online stockist Ginger Pickle and I have been totally crushing on them ever since. Debby was oposite us at the show and I spent the whole weekend swooning over her ghosty illustrations. They're now pride of place in Vivid HQ - the most wonderful reminder of our weekend :D

It was so lovely to get the chance to meet the lovely Hello Harriet who's possibly the most cat-tastic illustrator in all the land! Stocked up on kitty tattoos to pick myself up on blue days. Who doesn't need one of them in their life?!

It was also awesome to meet Ella Masters, creator of the great beardy man himself. Ella's illustrations are so rockabilly chic it's enough to bring a tear to my eye. Her stall had such an epically great set up too - this is just a fraction of what she had at the show. What an incredible effort!

David got the most incredible bow tie and pocket square to add to his Mad Men style wardrobe thanks to the stunning array of men's accessories brought by April Look. We go to a lot of markets and a heck of a lot of vintage fairs and this has been the best collection of menswear we've seen in... well... forever really! 

We also got to meet the owner of this fabulous stall and amazing material shop Beyond Fabrics. Don't you just want to touch everything? I'm really obsessed with quirky prints and materials so you can imagine this place is right up my street. If you're ever in London you should defo pop into their studio/store in Shoreditch and swoon over all the amazing pattens!

With over 90 makers at the event, you can imagine this place was totally hooching with awesome things to get inspired by and spend all your pennies on. I wish we had more time to hang out with everyone - time passed so quickly it was just a blur!

If you want to see more and get more gift ideas for Christmas you really have to check out Sarah aka The Laughing Medusa's blog post and Claire's write up from Claireabellamakes (Oh! And a peek at her awesome haul of goodies here too) I've pinned their blog posts too as they're absolutely brilliant :D

We'd like to say a big thank you again to everyone who came down and supported the event. 

You rock!

Vivid Please Exhibition! Sofi's Bar, Edinburgh, 22nd November

We're having our first ever solo exhibition at Sofi's Bar in Edinburgh and we'd love to invite you all to join us at the opening on Friday 22nd November! We've got a massive collection of our illustrated prints framed and hung in the main bar, and a special mini exhibition called You Want Fries With That in the back room. We've never seen all our work hanging together before (there is SO MANY prints in our collection!), and we're so proud of it. Not to toot our own horn too much, but it looks SPECTACULAR! hee hee!

Vivid Please 'You Want Fries With That' exhibition
Opening Night Friday 22nd November from 7pm

Sofi's Bar
65 Henderson Street
(Leith by the shore)
Edinburgh
EH6 6ED
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The exhibition will be up over Christmas and you'll be able to buy the prints and cards (framed and unframed) right there by the bar. We've also got our Merry Pugging Christmas cards available there too :D

If you pop along you'll get to see our work in all its glory, take a look into our obsession with real buildings shaped like fun things (!) and rumour has it there might be a glass of bubbly in it for you too...

It's going to be the event of the season!

Hope to see you there,
Vicky & David
xox

Snaps From Renegade Craft Fair London!

What. A. Weekend. We're not long back from our adventure to the Renegade Craft Fair in London and I have to admit that it was epically good! Our wee arms are aching from carrying all our bags to and from London (we got a train from Edinburgh) and after all the hard work and excitement I have to admit I'm rocking a little bit of a Renegade Hangover!

our booth number

Today I thought I would share a few wee snaps from the weekend, but I'll be doing another post sharing pictures of some of the fabulous artists and makers shortly. There has also been a lot of BRILLIANT blog posts online from the wonderful people who came to the event so I'll be sharing their links too... 

If you came to the event and wrote about it please comment with your blog post link and I'll pop it on our blog too - the more the merrier!

A little peek at our table :D 

We sold so so many things and ran out of some of our new banner brooches, made a few new friends and collected a few contacts of people to work with in the future. It's been absolutely phenomenal! Thank you everyone for all your support and kind words - you totally made our week!

Now that we're back we're busier than ever! We've been secretly working on an exhibition that we'll be hanging in Edinburgh on Friday so it's full steam ahead right now, but we couldn't be happier about it all :D I can't wait to share the news of what we're up to next so keep your eye out on our Facebook and Twitter pages for updates...

this is Renegade... QUIET!!

We're also running a giveaway this week with a £30 goodie bag from our stall at the event, so if you didn't make it to London you can still bag yourself a little treat from the weekend. Enter here and spread the word! It ends on the 18th November and is open to everyone :)

That's it for now lovelies but we've got plenty more on it's way!
Don't forget to leave us your blog post links from the event and we'll publish it in our next Renegade blog post :)

xox

Goodie Bag Giveaway (Worth £30!)

Who wants to win a £30 goodie bag from our stall at Renegade in London this weekend? We're having such a blast we just don't want the fun to end :D All you have to do is follow us on twitter to enter via the Rafflecopter widget below (...and you can gain extra entries by tweeting/blogging/liking too!)
I'm not going to give away secrets of what the prize is, but it'll be £30 worth of Vivid Please treats.... Like a totally awesome party bag! Woohoo!
Giveaway is open to everyone (so you can all experience some of the magic that is Renegade!) and ends on the 18th November. Accounts used solely to enter giveaways will not be counted. The lucky winner will be emailed by the 20th :)
Good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

London Bound!

And so our massive Renegade adventure begins! We've got a crazy amount of stock packed up, a new credit card machine, some beautiful new business cards and products and a whole lot of sweet treats to keep us going over the weekend :)
I'm really pleased with how much we've developed and achieved since we bagged are spot in this market. I'm a little nervous but super excited about what's in store and can't wait to show off our table and share everything with you when we're back!

And wise words of wisdom or kind messages would be greatly received :B

Catch you on the flip side if we don't see you there lovelies!
Xox

Renegade Craft Fair, London 9th & 10th November

Hello lovelies
Just a little reminder incase you didn't know already - we're going to be at the infamous Renegade Craft Fair in London this weekend. We'd love to see you if you're in town :)

Renegade Craft Fair

9th-10th November

11am till 6pm

Old Truman Brewery 

Brick Lane

London

 

For those planning to order for our shop, just a wee note to let you know that our Not On The Highstreet store will be closed on Friday till Monday and any orders placed in our Etsy shop will be posted when we return (on Tuesday). Your patience and support over the weekend is much appreciated! 

We've been working super hard lately on LOADS of new goodies including some new mirrors, brooches and notepads and can't wait to finally show it all off and see what you think!

Amongst our new products I've painted up most of our banner brooches :D Thanks so much for helping us decide what to do. It took a lot of work (and paint!), but we're super proud of how the range is looking! I'm planning to add these into our online store as soon as we're back too. We've had such a lovely response to them already, thank you all for your kind words :)

Renegade mentioned in both Mollie Makes & Made Magazine!

In the next few days we'll be wrapping and packing and getting our big travel cases ready for the biggest adventure of our year. It'll be quite a mission with all our stock on the train but I'm certain it's going to be one heck of a weekend :D 

Check out all the wonderful other makers who'll be attending here. I've got my little Christmas Wish List all ready for a total shop-a-thon! 

Vintage Life Magazine Feature!

HOORAY! Our oil cloth lunch bag tutorial has been featured in this month's Vintage Life magazine and we are absolutely ecstatic about it! I'm a big fan of this magazine and have been reading it since I stumbled upon it at the first Hemingway Vintage Festival around 3 years ago. Back then it was quite a little magazine, but jam packed full of retro inspired goodness and a real inspiration to me. It's come a long way over the years and I'm totally delighted that I got to be a part of the November issue!

Some of you early fans might remember that I used to make and sell these in our Etsy shop, but as time went on our product range developed and moved away from the sewing side of things. It's never an easy decision to retire a product, but we just felt it's time was up. When I got asked to come up with a vintage themed DIY, this seemed like the perfect time to re-incarnate it and give it a new purpose!

It sounds a little silly, but seeing our wee faces lined up with all the other contributors was a real kick for me. I'd totally love to be a regular for a magazine and I'm really proud that we got the opportunity to get involved. It's really put fuel in the fire and made me want to do more. Once we're back from Renegade I defo want to get back into doing more projects for our blog. It's been tricky recently with so much going on, but I have a few ideas in the pipeline - it's just a matter of time!

If you're a fan of the magazine you'll spot our sneaky little voucher code in there too... Readers get a special Etsy discount through November (lucky beans!) Perfect in time for those of you getting presents ready for the holidays :)

Rosie The Riveter

We'd like to say a big thank you to Vintage Life magazine for getting us involved in such a fabulous issue - it's got the prettiest wedding dress I've ever laid eyes on, a great article on Rosie The Riveter and a tasty recipe for French Biscuits too... The perfect treat for this achievement :)