We had so much fun at our 2013 Holiday Market! Here are some photos from the big day!
We had so much fun at our 2013 Holiday Market! Here are some photos from the big day!
Have you seen me on the cover of Today’s Charlotte Woman Magazine?? Huge thanks to Anna Naphtali for shooting my cover photo! Here is a peek of the issue:
Vintage Charlotte is giving away a vintage gifting giveaway! Here are the details:
One lucky Holiday Market attendee will win a gift of gifts! This giveaway is chalk full of gifts you can give to your friends and family (or give to yourself!!) All of the items in this post are included in the giveaway and are all packaged up in a lovely vintage hat box. The winner MUST claim their prize IN PERSON at The Vintage Charlotte Holiday Market (November 16th at The Fillmore Charlotte) and will be required to show ID.
Ways to enter (do all three for increased odds!):
1. Follow us on instagram, share the giveaway photo and tag with #vtgcltgiveaway and @vtgclt [if you are a private user, please comment on our photo to let us know you have shared].
2.Follow us on Twitter, Tweet our giveaway photo and tag with #vtgcltgiveaway
3. Follow us on Facebook, Share our giveaway photo and tag with #vtgcltgiveaway [if you are a private user, please comment on our photo to let us know you have shared].
Up to three entries per person [one per social media platform]! Winner will be selected at 6pm on Friday, November 15th. Vintage Charlotte vendors ARE eligible for this giveaway. Good luck!
Official Giveaway Photo:
Here are the goods:
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.
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.
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.
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.
Connect with Vino Backyard Designs on Facebook!
Mod Bettie, one of our amazing vendors from the Vintage Charlotte Holiday Market is here to let you know how to give vintage this holiday season! Please welcome Donna from Modbettie:
It’s that time of year again….time to start thinking about gift giving!
Too early, you say? Halloween is hardly over, you say? Hey, unique gift giving requires some thought and planning, and Mod Bettie is here to help you figure out how to give a gift that is thoughtful, personal and has some authentic history wrapped in TO BOOT! Plus, if you’re giving vintage you may need a little extra time to plan trips to some of those secret outlying antique/vintage stores to do your shopping!
Admittedly for this first group of ideas you may have to do some sneaky sleuthing to find out a few things before you start your vintage hunt for your beloved giftee, but being sneaky is fun, right? Here are a few ideas to get you going. In the end, you’ll win most creative gift giver of the holiday season!
ModBettie Vintage Gift Giving Tip 1: Use the dates to make it personal.
Many vintage items are dated, and if you can find out the birth year or anniversary year or any other important year to your giftee…the world of vintage gift giving will open up of you and you can personalize the gift using the date.
Easily found vintage items with dates that I love to own and to gift: tea towel calendars, calendar plates, figurines (look on the underside of the item for the date) and books! You’ll probably score a gift giver gold star for this one: a vintage version of a favorite book in a special year for the giftee. The copyright dates for books are usually on first few pages.
ModBettie Vintage Gift Giving Tip 2: Keep family history and memories alive via items.
Have you ever been in an antique or vintage store, placed your eyes on an item and been immediately transported back in time to your favorite relative’s house with a fond memory? Whether it’s your mother’s china pattern, your grandma’s cookie jar or tea pitcher, that favorite book (Books again! Can you tell I love to give and receive books? ) your aunt used to read to you…the item is just the carrier and the memory is the true gift! A walk through your local antique shop may be all it takes to find out this kind of info from your giftee…people typically can’t contain themselves when they see something from their past. Make mental notes and go back and grab!
ModBettie Vintage Gift Giving Tip 3: Locale is key!
Places hold history and personal memories for people as well. Many vintage items can be found with cities, states and countries on them that can hold significance for your giftee. Birthplace, hometown, formative years, college town, favorite vacation spot, favorite sports team…these can be found on vintage mugs, plates, glassware, postcards etc. A vintage map of a significant city or picture of a special place to the recipient can also be a great gift. This may be more of a vintage hunt to track down these specific items- but if you feel up for the challenge-just keep your eyes peeled and start looking-you’ll be surprised at what you can find!
Being a vintage gift giver is a unique and fun way to show people that you are truly interested in the things that are meaningful to them and it’s green, because you are recycling items. So come and join us at The Vintage Charlotte Holiday Market and check some items off of your list!
Keep in touch with Mod Bettie on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook!
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.
Here is a little sneak peak at some of the amazing vintage finds Here a Chick, There a Chick will be bringing with her:
a large selection of vintage purses
gorgeous coats
beaded cardigans
A selection of linens from tablecloths to bark cloth.
vintage maps and ephemera
and of course,fresh picked vintage jewelry and signature one of a kind jewelry made from vintage and antique pieces.
Connect with Here a Chick, There a Chick on Facebook and Instagram!
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.
Here is a little sneak peak at some of the amazing artwork Kristen Solecki will be bringing with her:
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.
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.
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!
With a background in classical piano, I have always had an artistic, creative spirit. I discovered my passion for jewelry design after coming across some old, chandelier crystals in my late Grandmother’s house. I was struck by the beauty of each crystal and yearned to create a necklace that would keep one of the crystals close to my heart.
Over the years, I began refining my techniques in metal work and was overwhelmed by the response to my designs from my friends and family. I decided to launch Blydesign in 2009 as a way to make my pieces accessible to my fans.
Each piece of jewelry is carefully, handcrafted and distributed by myself in my hometown studio located in Charlotte, NC. Some of my favorite materials to work with are resin, brass, and leather.
Blydesign has been featured in Vogue, Shape and several Charlotte publications. The line is currently for sale in stores and boutiques in the Southeast, as well as online.
Connect with BlyDesign on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!
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.