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Jun 03
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THE SUMMER MARKET VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: Beautiful Idiot Clothing

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Our vendor spotlight posts give you a chance to meet some of our amazing vendors before the Vintage Charlotte Summer Market on June 14, 2014 at The Fillmore Charlotte.

It is no secret that we are pretty much obsessed with everything that local designer Beautiful Idiot Clothing makes, here is Hollie talking about how it all started and what they are bringing to market:

We started out making adorable outfits for the little ones, as Rosie and Pepe. One day we finally realized that we could create wonderful pieces for adults, inspired by a style we would want to wear ourselves. With my background in fashion, we began to make prototype dresses and hand painted zip pouches. Perfect pieces for a night out in Plaza Midwood!

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IMG_3468Anthony, feeling left out, suggested we try to make unique skinny ties. The first fabric we used in the process was actually an up-cycled plaid pajama set from Anthony’s brother. We now try to hunt down awesome fabrics from thrift stores, and closets alike, for most of our unique ties. Beautiful Idiot Clothing is beyond ecstatic to bring these styles to the VTGCLT Summer Market!
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Feb 16
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SOSN VENDOR SNEAK PEAK: VINTAGE CONCORD

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Behind the scenes here at Vintage Charlotte, we get more support than we could ever imagine from our talented vendors.  Vintage Concord is always there when we need a sounding board, an awesome event poster designed, or even a shoulder to cry on!   If you’ve meet Vintage Concord at our pop-up markets, you may already know that they have killer vintage finds as well as at the last market they introduced us to some of their new lighting projects and goods. What you may not know is that Vintage Concord just moved to a new studio where they will be offering their new letterpress workshops.  So if you are looking for a creative way to DIY your own wedding invites or you are just interested in learning about letterpress, swing by Vintage Concord’s booth tomorrow at Something Old, Something New!

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vintage concord letterpress something old something new

vintage concord letterpress

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vintage concord something old something new vintage charlotte

 

Something Old, Something New

an evening of {vintage and handmade} wedding inspiration

February 17, 2014
6pm-9pm
Heist Brewery
$5 in advance (tickets available here!) / $8 at the door
Ticket price includes tasty food from Heist catering and the first 50 attendees will receive a FREE goodie bag!
 
Nov 07
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THE HOLIDAY MARKET VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: Vino Backyard Designs

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Our vendor spotlight posts give you a chance to meet some of our amazing vendors before the Vintage Charlotte Holiday Market on November 16, 2013 at The Fillmore Charlotte.

Please welcome Victoria from Vino Backyard Designs:

I am going to have some amazing hand bound notebooks that will be engraved with cute graphics, which will be a great present for men and women alike.

vino backyard designs

vino backyard designs

vino backyard designs

I am also in the process of making some great crocheted items.  I have been crocheting since I was a little girl and thought it would be a great time to share that craft for the winter show.  I will have slouchie beanies in great fall/winter colors, head wraps, infinity scarves (seen in picture), and fingerless gloves.

vino backyard designs

vino backyard designs

I will also have my most popular Christmas item — my single letter monogram ornaments.  I will have them made from wood (they smell like camp fire which I think is everyone’s favorite part about them) in red, antique white, green, and a natural wood.  I have also decided to make them out of red acrylic this year which has been a really popular seller as well.

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Oct 23
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THE HOLIDAY MARKET VENDOR SPOTLIGHT: All Mapped Out

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Our vendor spotlight posts give you a chance to meet some of our amazing vendors before the Vintage Charlotte Holiday Market on November 16, 2013 at The Fillmore Charlotte.

Please welcome Candice from All Mapped Out:

My name is Candice and I’m a recovering academic.  After earning a PhD in Geography, I found that all I really wanted to do was ‘make stuff’.  So, armed with formal training as a cartographer and informal training as a picker/collector of vintage wares (under the tutelage of my awesome parents), I took on the new creative path of All Mapped Out in 2012, designing and making geography and cartography inspired home décor and apparel.

I now have a reason to horde maps and atlases and I take full advantage of it!  I repurpose ‘outdated’ and vintage maps into coaster sets, using actual maps thoroughly sealed onto ceramic tiles to create one-of-a-kind items of places and themes all over the world.

All Mapped Out

All Mapped Out

I also design geography-inspired t-shirts for the map nerd in all of us as well as original designs screenprinted onto vintage maps for one-of-a-kind wall art.

All Mapped Out

All Mapped Out

My goal is to teach my love of geography and cartography outside of the classroom through my products while helping folks add a sense of place to their space.  Bottom line, I’m a huge map nerd and would love to help you find ‘where’ you’re looking for!

Connect with All Mapped Out on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!

Oct 20
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Vintage Charlotte Holiday Market

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Vintage Charlotte Holiday Market

It is finally just around the corner!  VTG CLT is popping up at The Fillmore Charlotte on November 16, 2013 for the second annual Holiday Market! Come out and spend the day shopping with over 50 local vintage/antique/handmade vendors.

Our non-profit partner, go-go fresco will be set up with a little 100% locally-sourced pop-up farmers market. All of their proceeds go directly back towards providing access to fresh local food and food education to those in need!

Central Coffee Co. will be on site keeping us energized, Yelp Charlotte is supplying some swag, King of Pops Charlotte will be cooling us down and Juan Taco Truck will be filling our tummies!

Admission is FREE from 11am-6pm! Get in an hour early (at 10am) for $5 to get first pick of all the goods.

Official Facebook event page!

Jun 19
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The Summer Market Vendor Spotlight: Sweet Southern Purl

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Our vendor spotlight posts give you a chance to meet some of our amazing vendors before the Vintage Charlotte Summer Market on June 29th, 2013 at The Fillmore Charlotte.
Please welcome Martha from Sweet Southern Purl:

sweet southern purl, vintage charlotte, summer market, knitNesting.  

It’s inevitable when you’re pregnant. Most people compulsively clean…getting ready for the upcoming baby.  

Not me.  

Nope…I decided at 6 months pregnant to teach myself to knit.  I had dabbled in crocheting.  I knew a few stitches but couldn’t follow a pattern to save my life.  Regardless…I figure, I got this.  So I dig out some ridiculously huge knitting needles I somehow had, google “how to cast on”, and three hours later (after then googling “how to cast on for children”), I had done it.  I then googled knitting stitches and practiced as many as I could.  After that I was ready to tackle my first project.  

Now most people would have started with something simple…maybe a scarf.  What do I decide to start with…a baby sweater.  It took me probably two weeks and a lot of advice on knitting forums…but I finished.  It was full of mistakes, and the sleeves are crazy long, but it was my first piece…and I’m keeping it.  Forever.  

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The rest is pretty much history.  After a couple more projects people were asking me to open an etsy shop.  I hesitated because who opens a knitting shop after teaching themselves how to knit the month before?  I caved around Halloween of last year…and less than a month later I had a 30 order backlog.  I even knit in labor.  It’s been a challenge knitting with a 2 year old and a baby, but I’ve found my groove.  I love finding new things to create, and I’m beyond excited to be a first time vendor at Vintage Charlotte.

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sweet southern purl, vintage charlotte, summer market, knit

sweet southern purl, vintage charlotte, summer market, knit

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