tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66811626215271184782024-03-14T07:01:10.927+00:00Lil Vintage MakesPersonal & Professional Blog of LilVintageMakes! Designer of Handmade Gifts & Cards in Somerset UK. Sneak Peeks at the creative process, tips and tutorials, creative inspiration & a little bit of everyday life! Includes a range of LilBusinessHelper guides and help for Creatives and Small Business Owners!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16175747752387425591noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681162621527118478.post-28589543910532211442013-10-03T23:20:00.004+01:002013-10-03T23:20:45.302+01:00 Autumn's here Lets Celebrate!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I don't know about you but Autumn is probably my favourite season of all....<br />
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I LOVE crisp Autumn days kicking up the leaves as I walk through the park, the shininess of a conker as you unwrap it from it's spiky case. Blackberry-ing along country lanes and buying apples from the roadside. Taking them home and baking blackberry & apple crumbles, pies and cakes!<br />
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Apple Days, Halloween & Cider Making, there's a bumper harvest brewing at Lil Vintage!!<br />
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Using Autumn as our muse I've been quite inspired these past weeks....<br />
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A <a href="http://www.lilvintagemakes.com/printables--diys.html" target="_blank">pumpkin garland</a>, to add seasonal decoration to your home!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16175747752387425591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681162621527118478.post-86785140577923937652013-09-30T07:30:00.000+01:002013-09-30T07:30:00.874+01:00Airstream Greeting Cards @ Rockhill Rendevous <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">A friendly informal meet, 27 Airstreams gathered this year </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from a 1954 Globetrotter to a brand new 5 berth European International. You can wander around everyone's trailers on the Saturday's 'Openhouse' or knit, crochet and sew at the 'Unhitch & Stitch' - whilst secretely drinking tea & eating cake!! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> At this annual meet, friendships are forged and travel plans for the next year get hatched too.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year there was even an opportunity to shop at Little Tin Hut's stall which was laid out throughout the weekend with goodies including our cards!</span></div>
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Every Friday over at LilVintage website is a "<a href="http://www.lilvintagemakes.com/fabfriday" target="_blank">Fab Friday</a>" celebration sale! Each week I choose an item or design to celebrate and offer some great discounts! </div>
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This week we are celebrating all things Airstream with our cards AND our brand new Print on offer!!</div>
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I bounded out of bed and flung back the curtains .... oh great rain...Well we were headed to Wales later so pretty expected they said! Luckily those pessimists were wrong and as we drove across the Severn bridge the rain stopped and the sun came out!<br />
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There must have been a show on in South Wales because we spotted 4 or 5 Model T Fords on our way across - Fabulous! As well as a few great American Sleds. If I hadn't been on my way to collect Lily, I'd had been tempted to follow them.....</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16175747752387425591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681162621527118478.post-56829787729471799662013-09-09T13:07:00.000+01:002013-09-09T13:07:03.066+01:00Introducing NEW Personalised Art Prints!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's no secret that hubby and I are huge VW fans, it is indeed how we met. And even though we've been away from the scene for a few years now, it's still runs through our blood! Can you believe we had 6 between us when we first got together! We've owned t25 vans each, which we both seperatly converted to campers, a mk1 golf , a gorgeous notchback and too many beetles to remember!! So when we realised we needed a vehicle for the taking to shows with LilVintage its no surprise our minds turned back to Volkswagens!<span id="goog_1829582726"></span><br />
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If the answer is <b>Yes</b> then head across to the website and check out our <b>Campervan cards </b><a href="http://www.lilvintagemakes.com/cards" target="_blank">here </a>and <b>Campervan art prints</b> <a href="http://www.lilvintagemakes.com/personalised-prints.html" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16175747752387425591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681162621527118478.post-37056177089821251922013-08-14T09:57:00.003+01:002013-08-14T09:57:33.647+01:00Lil Vintage interview at YayRetro!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Recentely I was asked to do an interview with my lovely friends over at YayRetro! It's now up on their blog so if you'd like to find out a little more about me and what influences my designs pop over to their<a href="http://www.yayretro.co.uk/blog/668/Retro-Greetings-Cards-are-just-Fab" target="_blank"> blog </a>and take a look.<br />
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Last week' award was a great boost to me and reading writeups of other winners I soon realised there was an oportunity to get this news out there locally and boost the profile of my business<br />
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Once you have your idea , it time to think up a title for it. Ultimately the editor / journalist will choose the title for your piece but this gives them them a summary of what your news story is. I read somewhere it should be 11 words or less. Pick the main bits from your story and think in headlines (but steer clear of overly cheesy maybe)<br />
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Most publications will want photos to accompany the story, but the editor will not want the photos attached to the initial email enquiry. Firstly select what high resolution photos you have to accompany the story. Next select what subject matter will be best? A picture of yourself, a picture of your business premises, a photo of your products, a photo from your award ceremony?<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The awards, which have been running since 2011, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"> were </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">launched by Jaqueline Gold (Knickerbox CEO) to support women in business, an area she is incredibly passionate about and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">are given out on Wednesday's through Jaqueline's Twitter Page. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16175747752387425591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681162621527118478.post-33097014997826701102013-06-27T15:12:00.000+01:002013-06-27T15:12:32.198+01:00Colour Inspiration - Retro Rose<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16175747752387425591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681162621527118478.post-20906417076521952212013-06-26T10:53:00.000+01:002013-06-26T10:53:23.540+01:00Announcing FAB FRIDAYS at LilVintageMakes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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If you're not local enough to get to the Market, then you can see my full range of cards and artwork <a href="http://www.lilvintagemakes.com/shop" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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The arrival of the magazine I subscribed to last year instead of filling me with joy always fills me with a reminder of the direct debit at the bank rather than the goodies that lie within.<br />
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So no, that magazine doesn't do that for me, but others do. I'll often buy 2 or 3 others from a shop before I get around to my delivered magazine. So what makes those other magazines so desirable and this one less so?<br />
The Magazines I buy are retro and vintage styled, with faded matt covers, they call to me from the shelves of the newsagents, cover price twice as much as the others? That's okay....I'll still buy them!<br />
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I've always had a soft spot for books and magazines from my early working days as a typesetter, get the styling right too and I can't give in!<br />
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The picture on their facebook page had a great atmospheric sky but we were met on the saturday by perfect blue skies and a prettily decorated village hall.<br />
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Afterwards we stopped outside at the littlest bookshop.....</div>
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Before heading across to the field for a nice hogroast! A really nice trip out a fab fair, in a very pretty venue well worth a visit when it's on again (check their facebook page for more info)</div>
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You've all read about her, the old dear that lives alone, saving all her old newspapers, stacking them neatly in piles in the hall, then the lounge, and the kitchen. Not wanting to throw them away, saving each, precious one because she might need it again, that article on page 16, until one day when she's shuffling between the 7ft towers of teetering newspapers that fill every room, they collapse on top of her...</div>
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But wait, that won't happen to you will it? You only read blogs, not papers, and they're all delivered electronically to you via google reader. Hang on didn't you read that google reader <b>will<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.140625px;"> not be available after July 1, 2013</span></b>???? And you have a zillion blogs in your feed *aargghhh*</div>
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You've all heard the quote I'm sure but I'm disagreeing here! If you can organise all of that junk on your 'virtual desk' you can work soooo much easier. Or fill your desk with back up with pretty pictures! Your choice!</div>
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So what can you do about it?</div>
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1. Find another reader<br />
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When I first heard google reader was closing I went and checked out the alternatives. And I plumped for Feedly. It's working great for me so far. I can use it from my computer, chromebook or smartphone. It shows your posts in text style like the old reader OR a fab magazine style picture based dashboard. You can eaily add new content, organise it into custom folders, read 'todays posts', choose a particular folder to catch up on or browse the items you 'saved for later' better still though link your google reader account and it automatically pulls all your blogs from your reader list woo-hoo!!!</div>
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Yes I know you can't click 'read' on that fab new post , the 'save for later' button will just make you feel a little bit more secure....buuuuuuut you already have 2000+ items in there <i>(justincase)</i> that's kinda equivalent to the old lady having filled the lounge and starting a pile by the oven in the kitchen you know!</div>
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So how can you save smarter?</div>
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There are some great online notebooks, I use this one....</div>
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If you clip every post you want to save and give it handy tags, you'll be able to find all you need on 'online marketing posts' or 'recipes to try' with one click. Fab! </div>
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And don't think I haven't noticed your bulging email inbox, I'll get onto organising your inboxes in a blog post soon!<br />
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<i>*don't forget to add <a href="http://lilvintagemakes.blogspot.co.uk/">http://lilvintagemakes.blogspot.co.uk/</a> to feedly so you'll get all the latest posts from me!*</i></div>
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Of course there are lots of other replacements so I've set it up so you can <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/7064527/?claim=cdbmkvbqhcg">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a>
If you've a favourite replacement for google reader, pop it in the comments below...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16175747752387425591noreply@blogger.com0