Blogger Brunch // Crepeaffaire

Nicci and I were lucky enough to be invited to a blogger brunch as part of the Designers/Makers fair held monthly at Old Spitalfields Market. We met Sophie and Hollye from designers/makers, Sara from Kanpai (beautiful photography) and Cheylene from Girl in London (excellent London guide). We started off with some lovely crepes and blogger conversations at Crepe Affaire. If you are stuck for somewhere to have a tasty meal, I can heartily recommend Crepe Affaire, Nicci and I sampled the savoury crepes and boy were they delicious, I think a new favourite brunch spot has been born! 

It was lovely to chat with fellow bloggers as even though we do Fancy Full as a duo, it's sometimes a little lonely as it's normally just us and a computer! 

Chatting with Sophie the founder of Designers/Makers about how she has set up the agency and market was incredibly interesting and is definitely inspiring us to get going with the fledgling Fancy Full Vintage!

Keep your eyes peeled for a post on the market, which will be coming up very, very soon!

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Friday Flashback // Get in my ears!

Hall & Oates, basically any song of theirs, but today specifically it's "I Can't Go For That (No can do)". I've been in a bit of a funk this week, we're in the process of moving house and it's all a bit stressful and unsettling, we've had a few issues sorting out contracts etc and it's led to me being a bit of a pain to live with.

Yesterday I rediscovered the awesomeness of Hall & Oates and you just can't help but want to boogie on down when you hear them. I also can't stop thinking about that Mighty Boosh scene when I hear this song, which also puts a smile on my face. It's a pretty fitting song for a Friday afternoon and should see you through the rest of the working day with a little spring in your step ready for the weekend!

Happy Friday!

Nicci

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FMS photo a day // Monthly challenge

photo credit: fatmumslim

This month me and my mum decided to do something new and have a go at the fat mum slim photo a day challenge. You get a list of things to photograph (above) but the specifics are up to you. It's been really interesting to see the different ways me and my mum have interpreted the cues, as well as everyone else taking part. It's also been really nice doing this with my mum as we live so far apart it's a fun way to find out a little bit about each other's day which we wouldn't necessarily have shared otherwise. Here are my photos so far...

From top, left to right: something colourful, light, you today, motion, afternoon, 8 O'clock, what you saw today, corner.

Are any of you doing the photo a day challenge? You can follow me on Instagram @nicci_in_love if you want to play along! I'm still working on thinking of something pink to photograph...

Nicci

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Fancy Full on tour! // Fancy full Vintage

This time last week saw Fancy Full’s debut into the world of vintage markets! Bright and early (ish), with all our clothes pressed and steamed ready to sell, we packed up a surprising amount of stock and headed on down to Wonderhill Market. The market is set in the Tooting Tram and Social bar, which is a beautiful unique building, it’s also a regular night time haunt of ours and it’s always a little strange being there in the day. We met a few ladies who had been out there the night before and were feeling pretty disorientated which we totally sympathised with!

It took us quite a bit longer to set up than expected, being the perfectionists that we are, people were already coming through the doors while we were putting out our last few items. But we were so pleased with the end results and incredibly proud of our little shop. It was a lot of fun, especially when gin and cake o’clock rolled round at 3pm! Here are a few photos from the day...

Beautiful items from Andapanda and Summerhouse that we were selling on behalf of our very talented family members. My sister handmakes and designs all of the Andapanda stuff and Lucy's mum makes all of the amazing Summerhouse origami cards.

We learnt so much and met some really lovely crafters andvintage sellers.We’re already super keen to plan our next Fancy Full outing so watch this space for details! All the money we made is going right back into buying more stock, so expect to see some photos of all those goodies popping up soon. We’re also in the process of planning an online shop where you can buy the clothes you see in our blog posts and also the other things we’re selling at markets. Exciting times!

Nicci

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