Birmingham Vintage Fair

I'm back! After what seems like forever I'm finally back with a new post! My impromptu break from blogging was not planned, I guess life just got in the way. After moving to uni and starting my course blogging got pushed to the side in my priorities and in a way I kind of fell out of love with blogging. I ran out of ideas and motivation to actually write the posts. However being in new area has given me the opportunity to explore new places and I feel like now is the perfect time to get back into it. 

Being a lover of all things vintage and quirky, as soon as I heard about the vintage fair happening in Birmingham I marked it in my diary. I've only visited Birmingham twice, once for the Frankfurt christmas market and the second to go shopping at the Bullring. I've never had a chance to actually check out the independent vintage shops or the Custard Factory where the fair was held. 

There was something for everyone whether you love flannel shirts, faded Levi jeans and jackets, brightly coloured knitted jumpers (some even had jewels stitched into them ...bonus)  or even 1940's style tea dresses ..you'd find it here!

Some of my favourite stalls were the jewellery ones....

I could spend hours rummaging through rails of clothes, digging through boxes full of scarfs and belts which have been well worn. However after spending a an hour or so here we had a look around the rest of the Custard Factory. It has some incredible urban art, who knew graffiti could be so pretty?

If you want to see more of the places I've been or what I've been up to you can follow me on Instagram (@charoliviap) 

Charlotte x

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Hello everyone, sorry it's been a while since I posted...I've just been so busy with school! These are some of the pictures that I took during my trip to Wales. We visited this lovely historic building called Dinefwr house and the castle there. I love learning about the monarchy, as nerdy as that sounds, and when I was looking around the house I found a room which explained the history of the Welsh kings and queens which tied in with my knowledge of the English kings and queens of that time period, now it all makes sense!

Charlotte xx

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Hi guys, today were were clearing out our attic and I found boxes upon boxes of old family photos taken on my dad's film camera, which I photographed above. It made me appreciate even more how much they have done for me and no matter how much my life may change they will always be there for me. It made me sad to think that I will be moving away from home soon to go to university (next year if I get in eek). I also found my great grandad's binoculars. I never meet him or my grandad so in a way it is special to me to have something personal of his. Also I'm trying to build up my collection of little vintage trinkets to put on my desk and shelf and I'm planning on getting my own film camera as unfortunately my dad's camera no longer works. Hopefully I will find one before I go to Paris in February, which i'm so excited for!

Charlotte xx

                                         

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