Candlelight Club

Hi lovely people of blog land!

The UK has been such a cold place over the past week and the snow that came home made it feel like Christmas is really on its way.  I have to admit that other than hair and makeup, my vintage ‘look’ has gone out of the window.  There was a time when I didn’t own a pair of jeans and now I do and I have recently bought something I thought I never ever would.  So, I have to admit I am an owner of a pair of Emus.  I came into work the other day with a cardigan and vintage brooch, black silk fishtail skirt and.....my Emus.  It was a bit of an odd look but to be honest, my feet were so nice and toasty I didn’t care! I think that I find summer so much easier to dress for, normally I can get away in winter with wearing what I wore in the sun but with an extra jumper, this year I have no chance.  I will preserve and adapt though.

So back to something useful.  As mentioned before I’m a member of the New Sheridan Club and Mr Hartley has started the The Candlelight Club evenings through this.  The next event is Saturday 18th December, 7.30pm–12am.  The venue is kept a secret until you buy your ticket but it is guaranteed to be in London.

Tickets are limited but will include (and I am very very excited but all of this!)

• A free cocktail on arrival

• A quirky supper of exotic, Christmas-flavoured sandwiches, in our basement hideaway specially decorated for the occasion—including a proper six-foot Norwegian spruce tree

• Live 1920s jazz from Albert Ball's Flying Aces

• Vintage shellac spun all evening by MC Fruity, London's premier vintage DJ

• A one-off menu of attractively priced Christmas cocktails. Details to follow, but Will usually invents half of them himself—and I know that one involves homemade mincemeat vodka…

• Our Christmas present for you to take home: a free limited-edition CD of Candlelight Club 1920s music, cleverly fashioned to look just like an old 78 record—this album will only be available at this event—PLUS a mini bottle of SW4 gin, "The Gin of Champions".

See www.thecandlelightclub.com for more details and I’m sure it’s on Facebook somewhere for all of you who use it instead of ignoring it like me.

I’m currently looking to after Christmas and planning for next year and it looks like the vintage mafia have struck again.  There are so many vintage fairs that insist on the real McCoy – no reproductions are allowed.  I think this is such a shame as I feel that what I make would go down so well at a vintage fair and always be an affordable option for vintage lovers.  Like I’ve said before – for me, I feel that vintage is a look rather than a lifestyle but it seems that other people disagree.  I’ve managed to make a few contacts so hopefully I’ll be at a lot more fairs in the new year.  Very exciting!

Wrap up warm if it’s snowy and I’ll post again soon on some lovely vintagey Christmas things to do and give people this year.  I should be in the spirit of it all as we’re putting our tree up on Saturday and I’ve bought a batch of mince pies –scrum!