Vintage Festival 2011

girlwithbeads will be part of the Upcycled Market at

Vintage Southbank Festival 29th-31st July

The award-winning Vintage Festival this year comes to London’s Southbank Centre as part of the Festival of Britain 60th anniversary celebrations. Over three days and nights, Vintage will celebrate the music, fashion, film, art, dance, design and food from the 1920s to the 1980s that have made Britain the world’s creative and cultural hotbed. The Vintage concept, developed by Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway and their design team, was launched in August 2010 at the highly acclaimed Vintage at Goodwood event. Vintage at Southbank will be a glamorous and cool antidote to festivals in a field.

Upcycled Market at Vintage

The Vintage Village area of the festival will be full of designers and traders selling fashion and fashion accessories, furniture, home accessories, gifts and more. And Upcycled Market is a special area of the market for sellers of design products made from vintage and reclaimed materials, plus items made using environmentally friendly methods. Also products made in the UK, handmade or Fairly traded.

The majority of the festival will be accessible to visitors free of charge including Vintage Village.

For more information on the festival see:

http://www.vintagebyhemingway.co.uk/

New Purses Now Online

New Suit Cuff Purses have just been added to the girlwithbeads shop -

To see the full range visit: www.girlwithbeads.co.uk

girlwithbeads at The London Green Fair 2011

girlwithbeads is pleased to announce that she will have a stall at

The London Green Fair, June 4th & 5th 2011 in Regents Park & its FREE to visit!

The London Green Fair will be a free festival that reflects the green aspirations and achievements of London as a whole, as well as providing an enjoyable and engaging day out for people from all walks of life.

In the prestigious setting of The Regents Park, central London, with covered and open-air environments, the London Green Fair will be an interactive smorgasbord of both serious and suggestive takes on the environmental issues that affect Londoners.

Confirmed content for this year includes.

- 2 full days of festival music with a global/local twist on our main stage - expect cuban, ska, gypsy, roots and beats - brought to the UK in fair exchange.

- The crowning ceremonies and glittering finale of Miss Earth UK.

- Ethical fashion shows plus sustainable fashion workshops, shows and swap-shop.

- A recycled textile mountain will form the centre piece of our huge children's area, with craft and costume making, felting, edible labyrinth, dance, theatre and loads more to come.

- A full programme of folk song and dance, maypole activities, Ceilidh sessions, mask and garland making on our village green.

- Our speaker's tent presents some very special guests, whilst hundreds of campaigning stalls and exhibits enthuse and enlighten.

- Not forgetting the BikeFest, London Permaculture zone, Sustainable transport, Healing area, global cuisine, ethical markets, bars,

- Quiet spaces and gorgeous scenery guaranteed as well.

Visit: www.londongreenfair.org for more info.

nobrands.de

girlwithbeads has just been added to the library of german website nobrands.de

"Nobrand presents sustainable, ecological, ethical and recycled products, focusing on quality, design and individuality."

This great website collates lots of eco-friendly and small companys and is a good source to find new designers, so please do check them out.

Doctor Who Experience!

Went to the Doctor Who Experience this week, I won't lie - I had fun!

Loving the design of the inside of the tardis from the original series, the flying duck brooches on Tom Bakers costume and the original Cyberman mask is way more scary than the new one!

The scariest thing though had to be the waxwork of Matt Smith!

Terrifying!

New Ethical Trainers!

Just bought these 'Ethletic' trainers, kind of like eco converse!

They are made from 100 per cent organic cotton canvas and FSC certified natural latex under fair trade guidelines.

Very cool!

Available from: http://www.fashion-conscience.com/

You've gotta love Clothkits!

I just made these beautiful animals for my new nephews!

Kits available from www.clothkits.co.uk