Happy July!

Happy July everyone!

Hope this month is a great one for you all.

The Dorothy Days Xx

Happy 2015 from The Dorothy Days

Hello everyone!

Happy New Year to you all. I can't believe that it is now 2015. 2014 seems to have flown by so quickly and so much is different now than it was a year ago, feels so strange thinking back.

Just wanted to wish you all a wonderful new year. I hope that 2015 is a good year for you all and a time to make a fresh start if 2014 was a difficult year. Thank you to all of you who have supported The Dorothy Days in 2014. You have all been amazing and it has been wonderful to see support not only from those in the U.K (particularly local support) but also those across the other side of the globe. I can't even begin to tell you how exciting getting feedback from a customer is about their purchase or someone messaging me to say they enjoyed reading my blog or my tweets. Excited about what is in store for my shop in 2015 and also for the Dorset Etsy Team.

The Dorothy Days Xx

5 Kitchen items I love this week

Hello everyone,

Today I thought I would share with you some more items which I love from Etsy. Hope that you are enjoying these posts and the items that I am showing you. 

This week I thought I would show you items which would be perfect for if you are hosting a supper party or just want to brighten up your kitchen now the darker nights are drawing in.

This serving bowl in turquoise and red would certainly brighten up your kitchen this Autumn. It has been handmade by Theresa in Everett, WA, United States

Alyssa and Carla from San Francisco made these funky kitchen utensils, perfect to add some colour to your kitchen!

Wonderful colour combination of blue and orange on this dish towel/ tea towel made and designed by Nadine Westcott

This stack of kitchen bowls print has been made by Allison and Craig, a husband and wife duo from Pittsburgh who run their shop Strawberry Luna

Bright coloured crocheted cotton cloths in persimmon, snap pea green and black currant.

Please take a look at these shops, they have wonderful handmade items in each and buying from them will be supporting independent sellers. To browse Etsy in general please click here

The Dorothy Days Xx

The Dorothy Days - Where to find me on the internet!

Hello everyone,

I have so much to update you all on that I don’t really know where to start!! Tricky getting back into blog writing but I hope it will get easier once I get back into the swing of it again.

I thought today I would update you all on where you can find me on the internet as I am now using a range of social media sites.

Pinterest: http://gb.pinterest.com/thedorothydays/

Tumblr: http://www.tumblr.com/blog/thedorothydays

Wanelo: http://wanelo.com/store/thedorothydays

Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheDorothyDays

Instagram: http://instagram.com/thedorothydays

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedorothydays

Please come and take a look at my different social media sites.

My pinterest page has lots of my own items and I also have a board for local Etsy sellers which is well worth taking a look at, so many inspiring local crafters and artists (I am hoping to feature some of them soon on my blog!)

On Tumblr I post lots of sneak previews of items which are about to go up in my shop and I also reblog beautiful items that I find around the internet so if you like beautiful things please come and have a look!

On Wanelo I have some of my own items and also pretty items that I love

Etsy - This is where my shop is based and where you can find all my vintage and handmade pretties! 

Instagram - If you want to see what I have been up to and behind the scenes photos you can find them here. At the moment I see to be posting lots of photographs of yummy food and tea!! This is the best place to find out what I am up to, new items I am about to list and everyday things that make me smile.

Twitter- I am most active on Twitter and use this a lot :) come and say hello! 

The Dorothy Days X

Quote of the Week - Kerouac

       “What's in store for me in the direction I don't take?” 

Jack Kerouac 

Christmas over in a flash!

Hello everyone,

I can't believe Christmas is now over! So much build up for it and then it is over in a flash. I had a fantastic Christmas. Just had a lovely quiet one with my family but it was wonderful to spend some time with them all. Such a shame about the weather (for those of you not in the U.K the weather has been awful.... lots of rain and wind and flooding in some areas), I had hoped for a white Christmas!

Spending today catching up on things which were put on hold for Christmas and also having a bit of a post Christmas rest before all the New Year events!

Thank you to everyone who tweeted me photos of their Christmas tree, was so nice to see all the different ones people had and how they were decorated. You all had beautiful trees!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas

The Dorothy Days Xx

I am back :) !

Dreaming of the summer-- Feature Friday by The Dorothy Days

Hello everyone :) !

Today is Friday so time for Feature Friday but this week I thought I would do something a little different. Instead of having a feature on one Etsy shop I thought this week I would feature 1 item from lots of different shops that I love :). We have been getting some really cold weather here in the U.K (snow and sleet) so I thought I would do a summer theme to cheer us all up and make us think of the lovely summer months! As always I invite my blog viewers to have a look around the shops. This is a fantastic way to support independent businesses and to buy something that is unique and a bit special :).

First up we have this gorgeous vintage blouse from the shop Telafiera which is run by Vivian from California

This would look so cute for the summer to wear casually like it is show above or you could also dress it up by wearing with a skirt and some jewellery. I love it!!

I also found these lovely set of three Coca cola trays. These would be lovely for serving drinks on for a  summer BBQ and are being sold by Jenn

I adore cats eye glasses and here are a pair of vintage ones in perfect condition ....what isn't there to love?! They are being sold by Sadie from SweetHavenn.

My summer is always filled with BBQs, bike rides and picnics in the countryside so these vintage style gift tags being sold by Velowoman really made me think of lazy summer days.

This handmade paper bowl out of recycled paper is beautiful. Take a look at it in OkiFolki's shop.


Hope that you all enjoyed this feature :)

Have a wonderful weekend

The Dorothy Days

Feature Friday- Oui Vintage

Hello everyone,

I have not done a Feature Friday blog post for aaaaaaaaaaages so I thought it would be nice to do one again as they are lots of fun and I like to give other shops exposure. So today I am going to feature a very lovely shop run by Maggie, a childrens librarian California. She has been collecting vintage since the 80's and has just set up her shop but already it looks fantastic!!! Her shop is called....

Here is a selection of my favourite things from her shop......

This skirt is fab!! It is simple and understated but also has so much elegance about it Check it out here

How fabulous is this 1970s blouse?! Such a fun print...I love it! Click here to view in Maggies shop

I also love this cute 1980s sundress. Would look fantastic with a big pair of sunglasses!

Hope you have enjoyed this feature and please be sure to take a look in the rest of Maggies shop, she has some beautiful vintage clothes.

The Dorothy Days Xxx

Lovely things that happened last week....

• The sun put his hat on :) and we had beautiful blue skies over Brighton.
• Beautiful little lambs were born on my friends farm and more are on their way. They are so perfect.
• Lovely cups of tea, lunches and catch ups with friends.
• I got views on my blog from all around the world including Mecca.....how cool is that?! Big hello to all my followers from around the globe :) thanks for viewing my blog
• Spring flowers started to bloom
• Homemade banoffee pie.....need I say more!!

What lovely things happened to you this week?

The Dorothy Days