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Thursday 20 February 2014
Wednesday 21 August 2013
21st August - New Website and Mantiquexplorer
Well... the new website has been very warmly received and we are chuffed to bits! If you haven't seen it yet then pop on over to have a look! www.vintagexplorer.co.uk.
Issue 11 is selling very fast and we've had lots of comments about it. It's a 'man' issue so if you want to see what all the fuss is about then nip over to our website to grab a copy before it's too late!
Here are some sneaky tasters...
We're also excited about the launch on Mantiquexplorer this week. We have always made sure that we cover a wide range of subjects and we have a large percentage of male readers and have catered for them from our very first issue. Mantiquexplorer is an extension of that. Visit the website on Friday to see more - www.mantiquexplorer.co.uk.
We're going to be out and about in the next few weeks. We will be at The Vintage Bazaar in Devizes. Wiltshire on 31st August, and we will also be at the HUGE new fair at The Hop Farm in Kent. As one of the sponsors, we will be there with the magazine and also selling a range of top notch vintage stock. For details - http://www.bentleysfairs.co.uk/
Apart from that, we've been enjoying the lovely summer here at VEHQ with plenty of vintage fans to keep the office cool. Long may this weather continue.
See you again soon!
Issue 11 is selling very fast and we've had lots of comments about it. It's a 'man' issue so if you want to see what all the fuss is about then nip over to our website to grab a copy before it's too late!
Here are some sneaky tasters...
We're also excited about the launch on Mantiquexplorer this week. We have always made sure that we cover a wide range of subjects and we have a large percentage of male readers and have catered for them from our very first issue. Mantiquexplorer is an extension of that. Visit the website on Friday to see more - www.mantiquexplorer.co.uk.
We're going to be out and about in the next few weeks. We will be at The Vintage Bazaar in Devizes. Wiltshire on 31st August, and we will also be at the HUGE new fair at The Hop Farm in Kent. As one of the sponsors, we will be there with the magazine and also selling a range of top notch vintage stock. For details - http://www.bentleysfairs.co.uk/
Apart from that, we've been enjoying the lovely summer here at VEHQ with plenty of vintage fans to keep the office cool. Long may this weather continue.
See you again soon!
Thursday 25 July 2013
25th July 2013 - Bit Rubbish at Blogging
OK. Hands Up. We haven't blogged in a while. But that's because we've been busy you see.
We spend a lot of time looking for just the right stories that we know you will love. We're proud of our magazine and take time to make sure we love it so that you will too.
We've also been very busy working on a new website which is being launched at the end of July, this time with it's own shop so you don't have to go via eBay anymore. It's been a long time coming but it will be so worth it.
We've also been working on a few other things but we can't tell you about those just yet. Well - we could but then we'd have to kill you. So until we update next week, this blog will self destruct in 3...2...1...
We spend a lot of time looking for just the right stories that we know you will love. We're proud of our magazine and take time to make sure we love it so that you will too.
We've also been very busy working on a new website which is being launched at the end of July, this time with it's own shop so you don't have to go via eBay anymore. It's been a long time coming but it will be so worth it.
We've also been working on a few other things but we can't tell you about those just yet. Well - we could but then we'd have to kill you. So until we update next week, this blog will self destruct in 3...2...1...
Thursday 30 May 2013
30th May 2013 - Vintagexplorer goes Steampunk
We arrived early, and had finished before most of the other stallholders arrived and in true VE team style, we were all sitting eating our pre-ordered full English breakfast whilst everyone else was frantically setting up their stalls! We like our food.
Without blowing our own trumpet (much), our stall looked brilliant. The display looked fantastic and interesting and was full to the brim with genuine old stuff. We like making stuff and it seemed that the eager steampunkers did too! All sorts of boxes full of cogs, keys, metal bits, gauges, clock parts and medical equipment were flying off the table as people had all sorts of exciting ideas on what to do with them all!
The costumes were amazing and the characters that we met were brilliant and it was really great fun! We particularly liked the guy selling 'Gentlemans Stiffner' and the 'Tea Duelling'.
We also took two boxes of magazines that were greedily snapped up by the assembled crowd of steampunkers.
Our "mad professor" desk drew quite a crowd.
The VE Team - and random man with beard ( in the middle...)
Old film reels, boxes of keys, medical equipment, old rulers, all sorts of interesting stuff!
There were some great outfits and the atmosphere was really great.
We would definitely do it again!
Tuesday 14 May 2013
14th May 2013 - Modern Shows - Lords
We've just about recovered from the Midcentury Modern show at the weekend. It's hard work but it was brilliant. We stayed in a fantastic apartment near Canary Wharf too, which was lovely - once we eventually found it. Let's just say the SatNav almost went straight out of the window...
Lords was full to the brim of the very best of Midcentury furniture, art and accessories.
Woo fell in love with a Hans Wegner chair or 3 and both Karyn and Woo spent considerable time looking at the beautiful modernist jewellery.
Pretty much everyone fell in love with our 50's pinball coffee table which was snapped up by a very happy man indeed.
The displays were all fantastic and we particularly liked Vintage Unit's stand, which looked great.
It was extremely busy and even Mary Portas turned up for a wander round.
A good day was had by all so thanks to Petra and Lucy who organised it so well as usual. Roll on Dulwich in December.
Friday 26 April 2013
26th April 2013 - News from VEHQ
Well, we've been a bit busy lately so sorry for not blogging much last week.
This week we've been up to all sorts of stuff.
Firstly we started having a clear out and tidy up of the unit here at VEHQ. You know when you start something and then really wish you hadn't? Well that...
Anyway - we will get there. We've started sticking stuff up on our Ebay shop so have a look. Our favourite is this genuine vintage American pig mailbox. We think it'd make a great breadbin.
Apart from that, the team have all been up to various things this week.
Woo, is the resident Scandinavian crime nerd and was embarassingly excited to go off to London on Monday to see the Nordic Noir UK premiere of the new Wallander film up in Leicester Square, which was followed by a Q&A by the great Wallander himself Krister Henricksson. Yeah - we don't really know who is he either, but to Woo it was a big deal. She showed us photos and everything. Here's one:
This weekend Karyn and Jez are taking some amazing 1950's Doctors desks up to London to a film studio where they are being used as part of a new TV series. Rubbing shoulders with the stars - that's how we roll.
And Alan, well - he likes to live a vintage life at home. So much so that for the last year he actually hasn't had a TV. After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, he has finally crumbled and been dragged into the 21st Century and got himself a new telly and all satellited (not sure that's a word) and broadbanded up. Now, all he does is moan about the adverts. We preferred it when he didn't have a telly.
We will be getting ready for this in the next two weeks, so it will be all go here, as well as working on the June/July issue of Vintagexplorer.
Anyway, whatever you are doing this weekend - have a great one.
This week we've been up to all sorts of stuff.
Firstly we started having a clear out and tidy up of the unit here at VEHQ. You know when you start something and then really wish you hadn't? Well that...
Anyway - we will get there. We've started sticking stuff up on our Ebay shop so have a look. Our favourite is this genuine vintage American pig mailbox. We think it'd make a great breadbin.
Apart from that, the team have all been up to various things this week.
Woo, is the resident Scandinavian crime nerd and was embarassingly excited to go off to London on Monday to see the Nordic Noir UK premiere of the new Wallander film up in Leicester Square, which was followed by a Q&A by the great Wallander himself Krister Henricksson. Yeah - we don't really know who is he either, but to Woo it was a big deal. She showed us photos and everything. Here's one:
This weekend Karyn and Jez are taking some amazing 1950's Doctors desks up to London to a film studio where they are being used as part of a new TV series. Rubbing shoulders with the stars - that's how we roll.
And Alan, well - he likes to live a vintage life at home. So much so that for the last year he actually hasn't had a TV. After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, he has finally crumbled and been dragged into the 21st Century and got himself a new telly and all satellited (not sure that's a word) and broadbanded up. Now, all he does is moan about the adverts. We preferred it when he didn't have a telly.
We will be getting ready for this in the next two weeks, so it will be all go here, as well as working on the June/July issue of Vintagexplorer.
Anyway, whatever you are doing this weekend - have a great one.
Wednesday 17 April 2013
17th April 2013 - A Busy Weekend.
Following the rather exotic trip to northern Europe last week, we are going to be nearer to home this week, in the West Country where we are based.
On Saturday we will be going to the Vintage Bazaar in Frome. Held at the Cheese and Grain, the Vintage Bazaar is incredibly popular and has some of the very best vintage dealers around as well as a few celebrity customers on occasion! Well worth a visit if you can. You can pick up a copy of Vintagexplorer there too.
On Sunday we are paying a flying visit to the Bath Fashion Festival at Green Park Station. Vintage fashion galore!
Apparently the weather is going to be great so whatever you are up to this weekend - have a good one.
On Saturday we will be going to the Vintage Bazaar in Frome. Held at the Cheese and Grain, the Vintage Bazaar is incredibly popular and has some of the very best vintage dealers around as well as a few celebrity customers on occasion! Well worth a visit if you can. You can pick up a copy of Vintagexplorer there too.
On Sunday we are paying a flying visit to the Bath Fashion Festival at Green Park Station. Vintage fashion galore!
Apparently the weather is going to be great so whatever you are up to this weekend - have a good one.
Thursday 4 April 2013
4th April 2013 - Fun Fun Fun on The Autobahn.....
This weekend we have a great trip planned to pick up some exciting stuff.
Karyn and Jez are heading off at some stupid hour in the morning to get to Folkestone by 8am for the Eurostar, then driving to Dusseldorf. This will be followed by Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Pforzheim and then home with a van laden with goodies !. Karyn will be tweeting en route so make sure you follow us on Twitter to see what she gets up to, which will no doubt include copious amounts of dirty pork and Sauerkraut products. This is what they will be listening to in the van...
Even though the wind at the moment could freeze the balls off a brass monkey, we're thinking ahead to our June/July issue, and sunnier times. At our meeting this afternoon we discussed the possibility of having a Burlesque article and Alan immediately offered to work on this, as well as helpfully suggesting a swimwear feature whilst wistfully reminiscing about Baywatch. It's tough for him isn't it?
We are also still preparing for the Steampunk Fair in May. Woo is getting far more excited than is healthy planning her outfit. In fact she is more excited about that than the actual manning of the stall. We've heard mention of 'Highwayman's coat' and 'Top Hat'. We might pretend we don't know her.
Jez is planning on wearing his vintage Jeantet Aviators as a wannabe Sopwith Camel pilot - classy.
Anyway - enjoy your weekend whatever you are up to!
Karyn and Jez are heading off at some stupid hour in the morning to get to Folkestone by 8am for the Eurostar, then driving to Dusseldorf. This will be followed by Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Pforzheim and then home with a van laden with goodies !. Karyn will be tweeting en route so make sure you follow us on Twitter to see what she gets up to, which will no doubt include copious amounts of dirty pork and Sauerkraut products. This is what they will be listening to in the van...
Even though the wind at the moment could freeze the balls off a brass monkey, we're thinking ahead to our June/July issue, and sunnier times. At our meeting this afternoon we discussed the possibility of having a Burlesque article and Alan immediately offered to work on this, as well as helpfully suggesting a swimwear feature whilst wistfully reminiscing about Baywatch. It's tough for him isn't it?
We are also still preparing for the Steampunk Fair in May. Woo is getting far more excited than is healthy planning her outfit. In fact she is more excited about that than the actual manning of the stall. We've heard mention of 'Highwayman's coat' and 'Top Hat'. We might pretend we don't know her.
Jez is planning on wearing his vintage Jeantet Aviators as a wannabe Sopwith Camel pilot - classy.
Anyway - enjoy your weekend whatever you are up to!
Thursday 28 March 2013
28th March 2013 - Spring!
Spring is (sort of) in the air. And we've got a spring in our step (see what I did there..?) because the latest issue came back from the printers and we LOVE it. We are particularly proud of the cover. How cool is that guy?
We're also busy planning a few events that we have coming up. The first one is the Midcentury Show at Lords on 13th May 2013. Molecula and Vintagexplorer will be taking a stand and have some fantastic pieces of furniture.
We are also going to be at The Steampunk Extravaganza in Frome on May 18th and we have some great stuff to take to that. We've been doing it for fun really. Any excuse to make things and dress up basically.
Jez has been making stuff with all sorts of cogs and old lamps. He picked up this brilliant 'gun' which the boys have enjoyed playing with...
We're also busy planning a few events that we have coming up. The first one is the Midcentury Show at Lords on 13th May 2013. Molecula and Vintagexplorer will be taking a stand and have some fantastic pieces of furniture.
We are also going to be at The Steampunk Extravaganza in Frome on May 18th and we have some great stuff to take to that. We've been doing it for fun really. Any excuse to make things and dress up basically.
Jez has been making stuff with all sorts of cogs and old lamps. He picked up this brilliant 'gun' which the boys have enjoyed playing with...
BUT before then, there is a trip to Germany to go on the hunt for furniture and probably a trip to the largest annual flea market in Germany in Pforzheim. No doubt the van will come back crammed with some amazing finds - then we just have to find some room to put it all...
Anyway - whatever you are up to this Easter Weekend then have a good time and try not to eat too much chocolate.
Tuesday 26 March 2013
26th March 2013 - Issue 9 - Hot off the press!
Issue 9 has literally just come back from the printer and will be sent out tomorrow. If you want to buy a copy then head on over to our shop here.
It's a great issue with some fabulous articles:
Vintage Fashion Labels.
A Passion for Pastoe
Figgjo Flint
France and Søn
Demob Snappy
London Underground Posters
Get your copy now!
It's a great issue with some fabulous articles:
Vintage Fashion Labels.
A Passion for Pastoe
Figgjo Flint
France and Søn
Demob Snappy
London Underground Posters
Get your copy now!
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