Weekend Finds

A sightly delayed (due to a poorly mouse) taster of our weekend finds from last weekend. TG Green tea storage jar , Guzzini picnic set and Barker Bros springtime cups. These will be heading to our next vintage fair in Dundee on March 10th.

Weekend Finds

This weekend I headed down to Edinburgh visiting the Antique and Collectors Fair at the Royal Highland Centre. I was really excited to discover that Bargain Hunt was being filmed there. I would love to go on this programme but have the slight problem that I wouldn't want them to show it on national telly as I am quite camera shy. Saw both teams in the centre checking out the delights the stalls had on display and stood next to Tim Wonnacott whilst he browsed at one of the stalls, he looked very dapper in his blue bow tie. The fair was great fun and I wanted to buy so much but when I saw these items from Villeroy and Boch's Acapulco range I had to have them. I adore this pattern but find it hard to come by so when I saw it on Saturday I was very excited. I also managed to pick up matching cups and saucers.

On the way home we visited Ikea for a very quick look and I am glad we did as I found this lovely tray and beautiful napkins. I know they are not the usual weekend finds we show you but they are so cute I just had too.

Weekend Finds

Our weekend finds are back and here is the first for 2012. We have cheated slightly and added in two Hornsea 'Springtime' canisters that we found during the week but we love them so much we have pictured them again.

Hornsea items were our biggest finds this week with the 'Springtime' canisters and the striped kitchen items. The cups at the front are made by Seltmann Weiden Bavaria and are beautiful. We also came by the Ercol table which looks great in our livingroom so may be a keeper! Whilst browsing through a warehouse this weekend we found this Smith Corona electric typewriter. We have never bought an electric one before but this one, with its wood effect surround, seemed to call to us. Look out for our new finds on our website soon. 

Goodbye 2011

First thing's first, a happy new year to all of you, we hope you all had a great time over the festive period.

It has been a while since we have blogged as we have been so busy with the Arresting Event at the Academy, our web site and of course Christmas.

2011 has been an exciting year for us as it was the year we set up Cushie Doo Vintage. In six months we have gone from joking with each other about setting up a vintage web site to actually doing it. It has been hard work but a lot of fun.We took part in our first vintage fair in October and then throughout December we traded as part of a pop up shop. We have found some amazing items in some bizarre places but the days out "treasure hunting" are always something we look forward to. We have been sad to let go of some of our finds but it's always great to hear the stories about why people have purchased items including a husband who bought a Pyrex rolling pin after breaking his wife's original one which she'd had for over 40 years.

This year will bring its own excitement as we are in the process of designing our new logo and being involved in some more vintage fairs which we love doing. To keep up with our latest finds and activity keep checking the blog or our Twitter account.



  

Christmas Event

Looking forward to being part of the Christmas Event at the Academy in Aberdeen. We will be there from Thursday to Sunday. Check out Arresting Events Web Site for the timetable of events scheduled for the weekend. Hope to see you there.

Weekend Finds

The choice on Saturday was decorating or getting out and about looking for new items for our next fair at the Academy in Aberdeen from the 1st of December. I found some great stuff.

In the picture above there is a Greenway trio set by Hostess Tableware. I found a set of six in perfect condition. Next to the trio is a gorgeous Winnblad March wall plaque and a Midwinter Berkeley milk jug.

I also found some lovely items in their original boxes. A beautiful set of Ravenhead Chunkies which have never been used and a set of Arcopal egg cups.

If you see anything in our blog or facebook that you would like more information about please e-mail us as we often sell items before we get a chance to put them on our web site.

Weekend Finds

The weather has not been good this weekend so what better way to spend the day than by going out and about looking for great vintage items. Take a look at what I found for our next fair. 



In the picture above there is the beautiful Brexton Picnic Set for four which is in great condition. The Olympia typewriter is complete with its case and inspection papers! The cute little milk jug and sugar bowl is a design called Madrid by J & G Meakin.

These Schreiber units will look great in any bedroom. The legs on them are so cute and curvy.





Vintage and Craft Fair

Last Sunday we attended the Vintage and Craft Fair held by I Heart Art at the Galleria in Aberdeen. The day was a great success with people queueing to get their hands on the goodie bags available to the first 50 in the door. There were lots of other stall holders including Feet and Tea, TwentyThreeTwo, The Closet, Storm in a Vintage Tea Cup and Flourish. Some of the items which found good homes on the day were our lovely 1960s Schreiber sideboard, a 60s nest of tables, Meakin Topic tea set and our typewriter.

Here are some photos of our stall on the day.

We will have to head out hunting soon for more great treasures for our next fair.....

Latest Additions

These beautiful new products have just been added to our website......

A Catch Up.

It has been a while since we have written in our blog, we have been busy sorting out our stock and trying to photograph everything we have bought. We also had our first fair which was quite nerve racking but great fun, we met some very interesting people. We had a road trip in the country recently with our friend Laura showing us some great places we had never visited before or even knew existed. On our day out we came across this side board and could not resist. It is made by Schrieber and has a mirror that attaches to the back of the unit. It has a few scratches to the top but looks amazing, we love it.

Cushie Doo's Long Lost Pal

A wee gem found in the bottom of a box, but too cute not to mention. This trivet has maybe seen better days but would still brighten up the kitchen as the nights draw in.

Font Fortnight Finale

 We started with a typewriter so we'll finish with a typewriter. Modern computers are no match for the design of this Corsair deluxe typewriter by Smith-Corona, with it's mustard yellow case, cream body and flashes of gold. But the extra special thing about this typerwriter is it's font. None of that classic typewriter font here, instead we have a modern (well modern at the time) computer style font transporting you straight back to the days when computers took up most of a room and this typewriter was sleek by comparison. Move over Brother Deluxe, the Corsair deluxe will be the new star of our shop soon www.cuhiedoovintage.com

(slightly extended) Font Fortnight

The unusual and striking font on these storage jars caught our eye immediately. We don't know the origins of these jars but we reckon they date from the late 70s to early 80s. They probably first kept teabags and coffee grounds safe and sound in a fully pine clad kitchen with cheese plants in the corner, the envy of all the neighbours as they ate their prawn cocktails and supped their Babycham. These jars may have blended into the background next to all that pine, but we'd reckon they'd be a cool nod to the past in a modern kitchen. Coming to our website www.cushiedoovintage.com soon....

Font Fortnight: Nice and Spicy

Spice jars lend themselves perfectly to nice fonts and we love when we find practical jars with nice typography. What better way to decorate your kitchen and store your parsley, sage rosemary and thyme than vintage herb and spice jars. Here are some of our selection we've pulled from our collection which will be appearing in our shop soon.

 

Font Fortnight: Hornsea Love Mugs

We love when we stumble upon a Hornsea Love Mug in our travels. Although slightly out of synch with the seasons, we couldn't resist featuring our most recent find. Made in 1977 and featuring lots of things we love, including typewriter look font and cute little yellow birds, what's not to love?

We like to celebrate the seasons here at Cushie Doo and what better way to do it than supping your tea from one of these mugs. We'd love to complete the whole collection of these mugs designed by Kenneth Townsend in the 1970s, but in the meantime we will putting any spares, as we find them, in our shop. If you want to find out more, H is for Home have a great article that can be found by clicking here.

Font Fortnight: Bold & Bright

Hurrah for Hornsea who ensured we will always know what their items are for by printing it on the sides in bold type. How would we know the difference between our milk jug and our mugs if they hadn't labelled them for us? Joking aside, we love these items and the bright, bold font adds 80s style to any kitchen. This range came in several different coloured stripes and had everything from Kitchen Things to Marmalade pots. Check out items from this range at our shop http://www.cushiedoovintage.com/

Font Fortnight

Welcome to Font Fortnight. We here at Cushie Doo love the range of fonts we see on our products so have decided  to make a feature of them. The first featured font is a classic typewriter font typed by a Brother Deluxe typewriter that is currently for sale in our shop www.cushiedoovintage.bigcartel.com. It is a beautiful light blue typewriter in great shape complete with a navy blue leather look case and it's original manual in perfect condition- we thought this was a wonderful find. We love a classic typewriter font and hope to incorporate this into a new logo along with Cushie Doo himself ... keep an eye on our website in the not so distant future.....

Summer Delights 6: The Farewell Party

Today has been a cold one and we have finally given in and accepted that Autumn is close but we won't let summer go without a good farewell party. Today's lemonade set is a must for any good retro knees up, it's exciting and full of character, a must for any party. So get the cocktails ready and lets celebrate the end of a season and the beginning of the next.

Summer Delights 5:

What better way to keep the summer feeling alive than by making our homes feel like the sun is shining inside them. Here at Cushie Doo we think we have found the perfect material to do this. Our seamstress is working hard right now making cushions with these vivid vintage materials so that any home can be cheered up this winter. Check out our shop in October for the finished pieces http://www.cushiedoovintage.com/ . We can't wait to be curled up on the sofa on a cold winter's day surrounded by these designs.

Summer Delights 4: garden parties

Well, with the wind blowing outside the house today this pretty cake stand by Old Foley wouldn't be standing for long had the planned outside afternoon tea gone ahead. But had the sun been shining, rather than the leaves falling off the trees in a nod to an impending autumn, this sunny cake stand would have been the perfect platter for serving mini scones topped with cream and fresh strawberries. However, even though the rain lashed outside, this stand brought a little sunshine inside and a bit of hope that September will bring with it an Indian summer. We envisage this cakestand as the centre piece to a beautiful vintage wedding afternoon tea  but can equally imagine it bringing a bit of decadence to everyday jam pieces and tunnocks caramel wafers to brighten up any afternoon tea. Available in our shop now...

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