Vintage Pretty

Thanks to everyone who came out to Vintage Pretty last weekend, we did really well and even sold one of our favourite bejewelled bibs.

 In other news, we have finally ordered our new jewellery studio! It is a beautiful wooden insulated cabin that will go in the back garden and we are so so excited! It should be arriving October 11th and takes just a couple of days to install...and best of all our darling graffiti artist SLIG we will be helping us pimp the inside -- it goes a little something like this:

Scroat from Sir Scrote of Goats on Vimeo.

A couple of our photos of the Pink Treble Clef Necklace with the Motel dress have been featured on the Motel Style Blog

I knew it would be a good week when I saw the moon turn orange last Sunday. This is the dawning of a new era

Lucky Sarah has stowed away on a trip to Edinburgh with a couple of bilge rats today so I am left holding the fort and waiting for my postcard!

I am like 70% offended that nobody has had the decency to inform me about the legend that is Screamin' Jay Hawkins. He actually wrote the song I Put A Spell On You and this live version is fucking incredible! Check out the crazy eyes. And the tusks. 

Oh yeah, back to business. We have some new bracelets in the shop today made from vintage charms, crystals, bells and amazing glittery gold star buttons we bought in Paris.

I had scallops last night

Hello chaps! Not much on the jewellery front today I'm afraid; it's that bastard Evola's fault, he kept us up all night rifling through our bins again! Can't blame him really, we're pretty cool cats and it is his birthday after all. To mark the occasion here is another version of the fantastic Paddy P's Testiclates

Until recently we had never fully appreciated the true majesty and importance of Ganesh in our lives, turns out he's the Lord of success and destroyer of selfishness, vanity and pride. Ganesh's head symbolizes the Atman or the soul, which is the ultimate supreme reality of human existence, and his human body signifies Maya or the earthly existence of human beings. The elephant head denotes wisdom and its trunk represents Om, the sound symbol of cosmic reality and he is the personification of material universe in all its various magnificent manifestations.
Overall he is my second favourite elephant (obviously first place goes to John)

We're sorry we weren't able to make it to Make It Pretty last Saturday : ( Here's some pretty pictures to distract you:

We will be at the next Vintage Pretty fair which is at 10 Feet Tall, Church Street, Cardiff on Saturday, August 28th. Once again selling a bit of everything, from vintage clothing and items to handmade jewellery and housewares, mixing in some art and other cool things along the way (including some amazing toys and cuddlies!)

Testiclates

This week an important alliance has been formed, the results of which may prove cataclysmic for the rest of you mere mortals. But we can't be sure of that yet, so don't panic.

Check out our current inspiration:

We've also been finishing off a custom necklace we were working on for a while:

Interested in your own custom necklace? Send us any precious buttons, trinkets and bits and pieces you have collected and we will combine these with our own materials to make you a brand-new shiny piece of jewellery! Contact us at itsalovelycake@Hotmail.co.uk for more details

We are going to be at Chapter in Canton, Cardiff on Saturday, July 24 for another Make It Pretty craft fair so be sure to check it out if you're in the area! Held in the wonderful Chapter (known for it's creative and chilled out atmosphere), Make It Pretty is a craft fair featuring local designers and crafters, artists and vintage clothing sellers selling the unique and the wonderful. Perfect if you fancy a little shopping trip but would something more special than what the high street has to offer!
Entry is free and the atmosphere is guaranteed to be friendly and fun ^_^

 

Space Is The Place

We have had a reply from the MOD!

 "Please note that with effect from the 1 December 2009 the Ministry of Defence will no longer respond to, or investigate, UFO sighting Reports.
The MOD has no opinion on the existence or otherwise of extra-terrestrial life. However, in over fifty years, no UFO report has revealed any evidence of a potential threat to the United Kingdom.
The MOD has no specific capability for identifying the nature of such sightings. There is no Defence benefit in such investigation and it would be an inappropriate use of defence resources. Furthermore, responding to reported UFO sightings diverts MOD resources from tasks that are relevant to Defence.
Any UFO sightings reported to this e-mail address will not receive a response and will be automatically deleted."

I replied anyway to say I was more concerned it might be the Russians.

We had a lovely day on Saturday trying to peddle our wares in Coopers Field with Kirstie a.k.a. Bizarre Bazaark. I'm loving the Where's Wally vintage clutch bag she pimped!

There's loads more jewellery in our Etsy shop now and and some newer, detailed listings on the website of some of our extra special items: www.itsalovelycake.com/special
This week Sarah is currently playing a lot of G and C chords on guitar... oh yeah they sound pretty sweet with a bit of TESTICLATES action. Lyric of the day: intercourse with a porpoise with no condom on on purpose

We are really excited about a Lovely Cake piece of artwork that Nicole of HellsSewingCircle is currently working on for us which will soon be on display on our website and new business cards coming soon!

Love Kills

We have been playing around with a new theme for the website and we'd love to know what you think of it! Click on the preview button to have a look -- www.itsalovelycake.com

 We are going to be at the handmade and vintage fair in Old Orleans, Church Street Cardiff on Saturday, July 10 so please come check out our It's A Lovely Cake stall selling one-of-a-kind jewellery and accessories!

Here is a new photo of Vintage Faux Gold Tangled Chains Necklace:

Click here to see more of our photos!

in other news, we saw a UFO at about 11:30 PM on Wednesday night. No contact was made, here's hoping for next time! We submitted a report to the MoD and will hopefully receive a response within 15 days. We'll keep you posted with any interplanetary developments.