Summer Vintage Fair!

These photos were taken a few weeks ago at "Glasgow Does Vintage' festival. I have been excited for it all summer since it's the perfect place for vintage lovers to get together. The weather was perfect and the whole city was filled with vintage lovers of all ages who are ready to embrace the end of summer!

My love for Vintage Packaging

I absolutely adore vintage packaging... it can really show the characteristics of what time it came from. From the design to the material, it tells the story of that certain era. Some may think of it as collection useless rubbish, but to me, it's a way to revisit the past and enjoy a mini history lesson. As a designer, I love looking back at designs and the way it has evolved to the contemporary world we live in today. Packaging is such an important part to brand any product, to me, it's 50% towards selling a product. 

Here is a little preview of some of my packaging. Most have been boxed away and this is what sits in my little cabinet of vintage finds...

Flowers make me happy! DIY head piece

When i take a break from working, i love relaxing myself with a little DIY project. I am desperate for the sun to come out and stay. The weather in UK just can't seem to make up it's mind. To push myself a little closer to summer, i decided to add flowers to pretty much anything i wear! This floral headpiece might look totally over the top but i can imagine toning it down with a simple summer dress. I've seen big floral head pieces every magazine, some costing from $300-$1000+! This little DIY project took less than half hour at most and cost around 20 HK dollars! This was therapeutic indeed! 

All you need is:

thread and needle

2x 20cm fabric or lace

a 20cm strip of cotton or medium weight fabric to sandwich between the lace for support

plastic flowers (i recycled some old plastic flowers and found the two pink flowers at a local dollar shop)

   

Then just sew on the flowers whatever way you want. Remember to put all the prettiest pieces towards

the front.