Who doesn’t love birds in trees? And Christmas trees are no different – rather than splashing out on plasticky baubles it is much more fun to make your own recycled Christmas birds (and creating your own Christmas decorations is, of course, super vintage). All you need is some leftover cardboard and some paints. Draw a [...]
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Christmas Gifts For People Who Have Everything
The problem of what to buy people who already seem to have everything they want comes up every year, so I am revisiting a gift guide I put together a few years ago. I have to say, I think these are great gifts for anyone – there comes a point for all of us [...]
Guide to Eating and Drinking in York
Last year, York was crowned as the best gastro destination in the UK and the fifth best in Europe by Trip Advisor. On such a short trip we only had a chance to try out a limited number of places (even I have a limit to how much I can eat each day), [...]
Guide to Vintage Shopping in York
The City of York is justifiably famous for many wonderful things – the imposing York Minster, a rich Viking heritage, beautifully preserved medieval streets and buildings, a pretty meandering river, and more ghost stories than you can shake a stick at. To that mix you can now add in an amazing collection of vintage shops, interesting museums, [...]
Guide to Vintage Shopping in Bath
The City of Bath was first established as a spa town by those soap-and-water loving chaps, the Romans. Many years after, the Georgians took the idea for their own, and Bath became popular with the Regency elite. Nowadays, with the rather wonderful Thermae Bath Spa, it is once again the place to go [...]
How to Follow Blogs Easily
<a href=”http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/3121619/penny-dreadful-vintage?claim=jgquvfa2j9q”>Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a> Now that Google has removed their follow option for non-blogger sites, some of you may be looking for other ways to follow Penny Dreadful Vintage or other blogs. I personally use Google Reader for the numerous blogs I read – to add a new blog all you need to [...]
Adopting an Indoor Rescue Cat
Chilli was my last cat, I left her behind when I came to the UK so she wouldn’t be traumatised by quarantine. Those of you who follow me on twitter will have seen that the past week or so has been spent preparing to adopt a new family member. Mr D and I visited two [...]
Ugg Boots: a History and a Scandal
A very old photo of my brothers pretending to be bogans in their ugg boots. Faces covered to protect the guilty. This is a little bit different from what I usually write about, but I hope you all find it interesting. No pictures as yet, but I hope to add some tomorrow – if there [...]
Last Minute Emergency Christmas Tips
Despite my pure and unadulterated joy at the Coming of the Snow, I know it has created problems for lots of you. Many people are anxiously awaiting delivery of overdue internet orders, and anyone due to travel is glued to the train, airport and motorway updates. With this in mind, I thought I would put together an emergency Christmas guide. [...]
Christmas Gifts For People Who Have Everything
In the comments yesterday Mrs Exeter specifically asked for help on gifts for people who have everything, so I put my thinking cap on and have come up with a range of options. I have to say, I think these are great gifts for anyone – there comes a point for all of us when you simply don’t [...]
1960s polka dot mod dress by Berketex
1970s green and red tartan knit jumper dress
1960s black and white check blanket dress
1970s floral print hippy smock dress by Emanuelle
