Creating content for my Instagram, making products for my Etsy store and writing posts for this blog has just been something that I've become so utterly consumed by - EXCITEMENT IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT! I am - by definition - wildly impatient so I wanted to share more about My Vintage Daydream and what's coming! My Vintage Daydream was a blog of 'Drafts' that was unlikely to ever see the light of day - but as I turned into 2023, I gave into my love for vintage and committed to it whole-heartedly. I was scrolling through my Photos and I thought to myself 'I'm literally living and breathing this every day now - I actually want to share it too'. A quiet Saturday evening turned into a few first posts! Next thing you know, an unsuspecting blog became an Instagram account - and literally within days - became an Etsy shop. This has been an incredibly spontaneous endeavour and I can't predict where it'll take me, but I can share what to expect in the next co
If I'm completely honest, I never felt that I could pull off a vintage, retro or rockabilly styles. I loved scrolling through Pinterest swooning over the aesthetic of it all! I admired it from afar and vicariously lived through my friends who wore petticoats and victory rolls every day. I just never imagined or considered it for myself! It wasn't until I'd moved to the UK and had a bit more time because of the seemingly never-ending lockdowns during the pandemic - that I took to the internet and dipped my toe into the vast expanse that is vintage and/or retro. I began simply - a pin curl here or a head scarf there - and of course, red anything. I began to discover reproduction brands such as the Collectif and British Retro . I adored the swing dresses and skirts - and I bought my very first petticoat! I daren't part from her and I'll hold onto her until she's hanging by the stitches! She's my old faithful! My favourite dresses in the beginning were these