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.



  

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.

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

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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Summers Delights 3: a sunny forecast

The forecast for today is blue sky, with a few clouds but mainly sun, sun, sun, sun.  That might be wishful thinking looking out at Cushie Doo in the garden today, but its always the forecast on these summery drinking glasses. While we may just have had four days of sun in August, these glasses have four suns featured on each one! We love the bright turquoises and oranges on this beautiful design, which we reckon dates from the late 1970s or early 1980s. So don your roller skates, crack open the creamola foam and have yourself a perfect vintage summery day with these stunning glasses currently featured in our shop http://www.cushiedoovintage.bigcartel.com/.  Catch them before the suns go down....

Summer Delights 2

While the sun is shining it is always good to have friends round to share some cold lemonade (or if your like us here it more likely to be a G&T) and to make the occassion special we all need a good lemonade set. Here at Cushie Doo we think we have found a set that would make all your friends want to come round. This vintage amber lemonade set is stunning and would make a great talking point for any garden party.