Spring-clean your style

Spring-clean your style with all the purse-friendly, designer bargains in the BrandAlley sales and our OUTLET today. Plus you’ll get free p&p when you spend over £80. Time to go shopping!

The Spring Knitting and Stitching Show at Olympia

Love to make it yourself? Don’t miss The Spring Knitting and Stitching Show at Olympia, London. It’s a celebration of sewing, knitting and crochet, plus patchwork, upcycling, projects for the home and other crafty gorgeousness. You’ll find inspiration everywhere, with over 150 companies selling specialist craft supplies all in one place. Heaven!  There are also workshops, catwalk shows, the Dressmaking Factory where you can join the production line to create a simple garment and the Home Sweet Home Making area where you can create pretty and practical things for your home – and more. See you there!

Desire Jewellery & Silversmithing Fair

Today’s your last chance to catch the must-visit Desire Jewellery & Silversmithing Fair in Kensington. It’s a brilliant chance to snap up beautiful modern and traditional jewellery and stylish silverware from both emerging British talent as well as from more established makers. You can also commission unique, one-off pieces straight from the exhibitors, crafted from everything from silver and gold to paper and glass.

Miss Vintage Wedding Affair

Getting hitched retro-style? Hotfoot it over to the Battersea Arts Centre in London today for the Miss Vintage Wedding Affair. This fabulous Fair is the perfect day out if you’re a creative and quirky bride-to-be who wants to have fun with your vintage-inspired wedding day. Over 60 top-notch exhibitors will be there with original ideas, including photographers, florists, hair and make up artists, plus vintage wedding dress sellers to help you design the day of your dreams. And don’t forget to stop for a cuppa and a cake in the wonderful pop-up tea room.

The Vintage Home show

 Mid-century, retro and kitsch looks are all rolled into one amazing show at the Victoria Baths in Manchester today. So, if you’re looking for something fun to do, make sure you check out The Vintage Home Show and spring-clean your style with lighting, art, soft furnishings, ceramics and more from your favourite era.

Make your own Easter treats

With Easter only a couple of weekends away, how about making your own delicious homemade cakes and biscuits? Get creative in the kitchen this afternoon making irresistible sweet Easter treats from the best of the blogosphere. Pick up the recipes featured on iVillage.co.uk here and practice to your heart’s content.

Happy Sunday

Jo x

Picture credits: © Wool image from blog.daum.net; @ Haberdashery from the Twisted Thread website; © Image: Lost Words’ by Nicola Crawford © Nicola Crawford; © Image courtesy of www.annamariestepney.co.uk © Annamarie Stepney Photography 2012; © Poster for The Vintage Home Show, Manchester from The Vintage Home Show website; © Image of Double Decker Bunnies from Bakeat350.blogspot.co.uk via iVillage.co.uk.