Bethnal Green's Affordable Vintage Sale

If you are not already aware, I love vintage. And what can a lady like me love more than vintage, no it's not Mr M, it's shopping for vintage!

Judy's affordable vintage sale is coming to Spitalfields Market in London for another amazing sale. It's over not one, but two days. So if you can't make the Saturday 7^th of April, then I suggest you get down on the Monday 9^th. It's the Easter Bank Holiday and the perfect excuse to walk off al those chocolate Easter Eggs you will have indulged in over the weekend,

The sale is one of the only vintage sales in London where you are not charged an entry fee, so you can take a stroll free of charge and just admire the pieces on sale. Although I'm highly positive you'll be tempted by something quirky and unique.

Both days will have at least 170 vintage traders with a multitude of goodies up for grabs. Not just womenswear; we're promised lots of menswear to get your men looking and dressed fine. As well as fashions there'll be furniture and bric-à-brac sellers, homewares, haberdashery and collectibles vendors. You''l also find a few craft stalls so there is definitely something for everyone.

This months theme is Get-Set-Go, showcasing the British and International vendors at their stands. Make sure you take in all the international offerings, there's always something different to be found at the international vendor stands!

At little added extra organised by Judy's is the 'Best Dressed Shopper' competition. Make sure you wear your Sunday Best Vintage Special so be in with a chance of winning vouchers and prizes throughout the day. It's definitely worth a visit, just to try to get a prize!

The market opens at 11am and closes at 5.30, barely enough time to get round all 170 stalls, but do your best!

Mr. M and I are unfortunately unable to make this vintage event, I'm rather disappointed, but I have to say I'm looking forward to our break in France.

An Affordable Vintage Furniture Flea Fair

This weekend, Cambridge offers a real treat in Vintage fairs. A 1950's-1970's Vintage Furniture Flea Fair.

Judy Berger has developed 'The VintageFurniture Flea', organising affordable vintage fairs across the UK. The aim is to make vintage accessible to everyone, from first-time shoppers to keen buyers with the eye for a bargain.

Judy specialises in retro furnishings from the fifties to the seventies, and promises ceramics, bold prints and fabrics (my favourite) and many more exciting and signature pieces from the 1950's to the 1970's.

You may recognise the name, Judy Berger, she is also the mastermind behind 'The affordable Vintage Fair', fairs for fashion and fashion accessories. This fair is now available across 20 cities in the UK. Described as a 'relief from the high-street'.

'The Vintage Furniture Flea' makes vintage furniture affordable and accessible to all of us encouraging us to be unique with our home furnishings, furniture and more. It provides an alternative to cheap imitations and the mass production society that Ikea is dragging us towards.

This Saturday, 12^th of November, Cambridge will bring you the best of Mid-century Furniture and more. I recommend to look out for tea sets, and dining sets as these will have unique collectable prints that can liven a dinner table and a kitchen display. I will personally have my eye on bold prints, although fabrics of the period are not ideal for Marie V cushions.

Popular items will also include prints and illustrations, these are great to hang on walls and collect. Nick knacks, I don't have a better description for these, but everything from ashtrays to porcelain characters and more treasures to line-up on shelves and mantel pieces.

And finally, something I desire, but could never house, signature furniture pieces from chairs, sofas and sideboards. The polished woods are always beautiful, but the aesthetics would not blend well with my own home. But perhaps something for yours?

The Cambridge Guildhall

Guildhall Street

Cambridge

CB2 3NH

11am-5.30pm

Enjoy – Marie V