Welcome

Let me introduce myself...

My name is Claire, I'm 24 and the shop I'm sitting is all mine! I opened my haberdashery with a difference at the beginning of December last year and i am incredibly proud of it.

the focus of the shop is upcycling and reinventing what you already have in your wardrobe. 1 wall of the shop is a giant blackboard which i use to display upcycling ideas and it has a different theme every month.

once the display is taken down the example are displayed in other parts of the shop to inspire everyone, and because some of them are very pretty to look at. Prime example must be the now infamous feather trim bag. This little green bag started its life on the sale rail in Primark before being rescued by me and sitting in my wardrobe with the tags on for quite some time. it was transformed with 25cm of feather trim glued in place with my mams trusty glue gun.

My favourite part of the shop has to be the vintage section, this started as one tiny little display and grows by the week. Ive started taking these lovely vintage treasures to fairs in the region and the next one you can find me at will be Chic Vintique in stockton on 21st April.

Of course this blog will showcase lots of what happens in my little shop but it will also be a place for me to show you what i get up to day to day (apart from the shop that's mainly eating, drinking real ale and charity shop shopping).