Happy Easter everyone!

Happy Easter everyone! Hope that you all have an amazing weekend and good luck to everyone going on Easter Egg hunts!

The Dorothy Days X

Dorset Etsy Team Christmas Fair - #DorsetTeam

Sorry to be mentioning CHRISTMAS so early on in the year but exciting news for anyone in Dorset....the Dorset Etsy Team will be returning to Wimborne for their Christmas Fair on Saturday 3rd December at the Wimborne Allendale Centre.

Applications for stallholders are currently OPEN but close on the 1st April.

If you have an Etsy shop and would like to apply to be a seller at the event please find the application form here. The event will feature 70 Dorset Team Etsy sellers under 1 roof!

For more information about the event please see the Christmas Fair Facebook event page 

Please pop the date in your diary. Here is the video from last year's event....

Special Offer - Today only!

Hello everyone,

Super excited to share with you all my special offer which will be running today only in my Etsy shop.

I have recently hit some really big milestones with my shop (1000 sales on Etsy and 1000 Instagram followers) and I really wanted to do something to say thank you :) so today only I am offering a free gift with every order over £10.

Gifts will include necklaces, keyrings, brooches, gift tags etc.

Offer ends at midnight tonight and is valid worldwide

Please find my Etsy shop by clicking here

Enjoy :)!

The Dorothy Days Xx

Spring Fashion Trends 2016: Blue Hydrangea

Hello everyone,

Today my retro beaded necklace which is new to my Etsy shop got featured in this beautiful collection alongside other Etsy sellers from the U.K. It was so pretty that I couldn't resist sharing it. I love this shade of blue and it is beautiful for the spring.

Spring Fashion Trends 2016: Blue Hydrangea

Another of the soft nostalgia pastels for spring, this is colour is almost a washed out denim tone. All available from the UK.

Pale Blue Reversible Hand Woven Pashmina with Silver Lurex PashMala £85.00	Pale Blue Silver Earrings, Periwinkle Teardrop Crystal Earrings, Silver Rhodium Dainty Modern Earrings, Minimal, Bridal TheBonnyBoutique $24.99	Pale Blue St Michael Dress UK 10 REVIVAL4VINTAGE £49.99	Retro pale blue beaded necklace - vintage jewellery - retro tea party dress jewellery - light blue - pastel blue -dorset etsy uk TheDorothyDays £9.00
Blue Pearl and Crystal Jewellery, Pale Blue Bridesmaid Bracelet, Bridal Party Gifts, Blue Wedding, Crystal Cluster Jewellery UrbanDaisyBridal £17.95	Vintage Original 1940's Pale Blue Linen Dress With White Floral Embroidery true vintage floral ww2 pinup lindy WillowHilsonVintage £95.00	Victorian Lace Bracelet in Tatting , Pale Blue - Victoria - Adjustable TataniaRosa $25.00	1950s Baby blue lurex knit sweater / 50s dolman sleeve knitted top - M L Veramode £40.00
Sky Blue Felt Disc Fascinator Headpiece CoggMillinery £85.00	Crochet infinity scarf, chunky scarf in Soft Pale Blue, loop scarf, warm and luxuriously soft! SweetMaya £24.00	Ladies Crochet Hat in Pale Blue with nice Crochet Flower. Chemo Hat Nice and Warm. Creationsbykandpj £12.00	Plus Sized Vintage Womens 60s 1960s Pale Blue Sleevless Top Size 22 Womans baileysbits £8.69
Set of 4 Pale blue wedding bridal hair clips, bridesmaid hair accessories, flower girl, bridal floral headpiece, wedding hair accessory FlowersAndConfetti £10.88	Pale Blue/Grey Secretary Skirt | Vintage Pencil Skirt | Vintage Office Skirt ElsieMoonVintage £11.00	Winter Rose TartanMagpie £8.50	Scottish Harris Tweed A4 Tote Shopper Bag in pale blue check *Limited Edition* TweedieBags £60.00

Hope you like it as much as I do

The Dorothy Days

The Dorothy Days - Year so far...

Hello everyone,

Can't believe it is nearly March, how have 2 months sped by already?! It has been such a busy year so far so I thought it would be fun to share some of the highlights so far and celebrate with you all some milestones too :).

#1  - 1000 Instagram Followers

So happy to reach this big milestone this month.  Instagram is fast become one of my favourite platforms to use and I am really happy that lots of you have come over and followed me :) thank you! 

Find me on Instagram here

#2 - Sellers Advisory Board

I was selected to be part of the Sellers Advisory Board for Etsy! I am so excited to be part of this and will be flying out to New York for the first meeting in a few weeks time. 

You can find more about the SAB here: https://www.etsy.com/uk/seller-handbook/article/announcing-etsys-seller-advisory-board/34287741664

#3 - New Hobby

One of my new year's resolutions was to take up a new hobby so I decided to take up painting. I have been experimenting with acrylics and then recently started painting in watercolour. 

Finding it really relaxing and enjoyable and it has been fun experimenting with different things to paint and ways of painting.

#4 A New Arrival

The Cradle - Beret Morisot - Musee d'Orsay

This month my family got one bigger! He is beautiful. So exciting especially as we haven't had a new baby in the family for over a decade!


#5 Vienna

Had the most amazing trip to Vienna, it is so beautiful out there and I hope that I will get to return some time in the future. Has to be one of my favourite places I have visited to far.

#6 Getting organised!

#7 A HUGE milestone

This month I reached a HUGE milestone for my little Etsy shop and made my 1000th sale. So exciting! Each and every sale means so much to me and I can still remember the joy of receiving my very first sale (I did do a little happy dance!!) and still get so much join from receiving new sales from across the world. Thank you to everyone who has supported me and my little shop!

#8 Origami Challenge

As well as my painting, I have also started trying to learn how to make origami and set myself the challenge of making one per day. I thought it would be fun to post my makes up on social media so have started the hashtag #TDDOrigami and you can follow along on either Twitter or Instagram 

#9 More vintage

When I first started my shop I sold tags and vintage items and slowly have been making more and more handmade items for the shop which I totally love but am making it my goal this year to add more vintage items too. So far I have added lace bobbins, beautiful vintage brooches, trinket boxes etc and I have been experimenting with my shop photography too!

#10 New Branding

Decided that this year it was time for a little bit of a rebrand in my shop so I now have a new logo and banner and should have some new business cards on the way soon as well!

Exciting stuff!

Thanks for reading

The Dorothy Days Xx

#TDDOrigami - A new origami project every day

Hello everyone!

Sorry I have been so quiet on the blog recently but I hope that during March that will change and there will be some more regular blog posts.

This year, one of my New Year's resolutions was to try new crafts just for fun. I have tried painting (both in acrylic and watercolours), resin casting and just recently origami.

Origami is something which always looks really relaxing and fun to do. I have made the odd thing with help from Youtube videos but it is not a craft which I have really tried. So, this week I bought an origami set and am setting myself the challenge of making 1 piece of origami per day just for fun.

I made my first today (a little raincoat) and couldn't resist sharing on social media as I was rather proud of my little creation!! It got me thinking and I decided it would be fun to post each of my new creations to my social media as a way to document what I have made, share with you guys what I am making and also motivate me to keep making them!

If you would like to follow along and see the different origami projects that I will be making please search the hashtag #TDDOrigami 

I will mainly be posting up on Instagram  and Twitter 

I am a total beginner so starting from easy makes and hopefully getting harder. If any of you make origami I would also love to see, please do share your makes to #TDDOrigami