Big Brown Suitcase: Latest News from Big Brown Suitcase

Big Brown Suitcase: Latest News from Big Brown Suitcase: Hi all Just to let you know that the Big Brown Suitcase online shop is avalable to view at www.bigbrownsuitcase.co.uk .  The stock is be...

Latest News from Big Brown Suitcase

Hi all

Just to let you know that the Big Brown Suitcase on-line shop is filling up with stock which I invite you to view on www.bigbrownsuitcase.co.uk.

We are open for business so please keep visiting it for updates and new stock.

Please use my new email address to contact me ............ baggage@bigbrownsuitcase.co.uk



Big Brown Suitcase Enterprises

Creating a stylish wardrobe and home doesn't have to be expensive. Big Brown Suitcase Enterprises has a range of interesting homewares, quirky memorabelia and much more for those who love affordable, one-of-a-kind, fashion and trend finds.

Combine this with confidence to express the real you we also offer an additional personal development service through one to one coaching and group workshops. So dont feel overwhelmed when you want to feel confident, manage change and generally want to improve your quality of life.

Come along to Conway Mill 'The Peoples Market @The Mill' every Saturday between 10am - 3pm or make an appointment to personalise your Big brown Suitcase experience by contacting Ita by email thebigbrownsuitcase@gmail.com or mobile 07738223226.

VINTAGE IRELAND from Big Brown Suitcase

 £25.00 Collectable Book

 Browse

 £15.00

Make me an offer?

Some retro items for sale

 £16 pair

 £10.00

 £12.00

£18.00

£12.00

£5.00

Georges Market

Come along this Bank holiday weekend to Sunday at Georges Market.  Taste the food, smell the atmosphere and see the diverse temptations for sale.  The Big Brown Suitcase has some fantastic new stock for you to buy.

Mixes of vintage crockery to mix and match.

Fabulous small Ottoman in lovely condition

Other quirky stuff....

Drop by and say hello..............

The Big Brown Suitcase: Limited Edition Leonard Baskin prints

The Big Brown Suitcase: Limited Edition Leonard Baskin prints: For sale:  limited edition prints designed by Leonard Baskin... 1975 and 1979.  Custer's Battlefield and Bicentennial showing the America...

Limited Edition Leonard Baskin prints

For sale:


 limited edition prints designed by Leonard Baskin... 1975 and 1979.  Custer's Battlefield and Bicentennial showing the American Presidents.  

• Superintendent of  Documents US Government Printing Washington DC. GPO. 1975  200 printed of which this is number 3 

• and GPO 1979 281 - 362 printed this one is number 9.

Authentic and excellent condition.


Currently being framed to protect them from damage.

Georges Market

The Big Brown Suitcase will be setting up a stall for the first time at Georges Market on Sunday 15th July so please come along and support me by saying hello.  Also take advantage of 50% discount on selected items. Below is just a very small selection of stock reduced.......

Art deco pitcher £10

Range of vintage ceramic tea pots ideal for the vintage tea party from £4....

Vintage Mother of Pearl and marcasite brooch £15. 

Vintage Laura Ashley dress to fit a very neat size 8 girl.
£25 to first lady to fit it.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO FIND IN MY BIG BROWN SUITCASE?

Just one more day to vote on my poll!
I would really love your opinions.....

Thank you.

Ita

Inspiration

I am always on the look out for inspiration to feed my own creativity and improve my approaches to selling.  Call me an opportunist but I spent forty minutes yesterday browsing in the new interior design / vintage shop called 'Jacob Street' on the Lisburn Road.  Every nook and cranny was creatively utilised complimented with an essence of quality in retro, vintage and contemporary stock.  I screeched to a halt and whipped into an empty parking space in front of the adjoining shop.  The window display is magnificent and the shop had a welcoming glow like a fantasy Aladdin's cave.   While attired in my shabby chic look (jeans and black cotton top dressed with a simple brooch) I was warmly welcomed by the sales assistant.  The shop of my dreams and obviously the proprietor as well but realistically this clever lady is not reliant on vintage to make a living but on her ability to compliment an interior design business with gems of the past!

Congratulations and good luck, Jacob Street from The Big Brown Suitcase.

Another favourite!

http://youtu.be/6HYXCcgWQmM

My Favourite Things ....Poll

I would appreciate your feedback on my blogs....be gentle, I am new to this!
Also don't be afraid to vote for what you would like to see in The Big Brown Suitcase.

Thank you.

The Big Brown Suitcase: Vintage your Sunday afternoon

The Big Brown Suitcase: Vintage your Sunday afternoon: Special Offer!  Vintage Laura Ashley Dress (UK 8) £25  when you visit my stall!

Vintage your Sunday afternoon

Special Offer! 

Vintage Laura Ashley Dress (UK 8) £25 

when you visit my stall!

Do you remember these childrens programmes

Watch with Mother!!!!!

The Big Brown Suitcase: Create your own vintage hair style

The Big Brown Suitcase: Create your own vintage hair style: Have you ever wondered how to perfect that vintage do? Clap your eyes on this you tube video and enjoy!

Create your own vintage hair style

Have you ever wondered how to perfect that vintage do?
Clap your eyes on this you tube video and enjoy!

China just isn't for Tea!

Teacups are not just for drinking tea...... there are endless possibilities on how to use those odd china cups that are handed down as part of the family jewels.  Try making some candles in the cups or use them as a trinket holder on your dressing table.  The rising popularity of the good old cake stand sees many of us churning out two and three tiered centre pieces.  Its not just cake that can be displayed on the plates, try cheese bites, raw vegetables or fruit.  Why not try all three taking advantage of the different levels.


The possibilities are endless!

Embroidered Irish Linen Tray Cloth

Beautiful Irish Linen tray cloth in its original box.  Never been out of its packaging.

Cost: £22 includes p&p.

Payment by paypal 

thebigbrownsuitcase@gmail.com

By cheque.

(Item will be posted once the cheque has been cleared.)

Thank you for looking.

SOLD TODAY!

I Collect Memories.........

As a collector of memories the first thing I learned was that an item over 20 years is classed as 'Vintage'!  Once I had sussed that out the fun part began. However, I am not alone in my quest, indeed everyone and his son or daughter is doing it!  The next hurdle is sourcing the right stock that attracts the right customer but not necessarily something I like .  Having come from a family business with a strong history for retail and services in a rural community it is effortless for me to understand the concept of diversity in a buyers market.

The Big Brown Suitcase derived its name from a distant but strong memory I had as a child when the door to door salesman existed.  He would be invited into our front living room by my mother and I was excited about the wonderful things that were packed into his big brown suitcase.  Oddities, quirky, stockings, spools, tea towels, needles, ornaments linen hankies, ribbon, baubles.......... a bottomless pit.

My mother would always have bought something from him as I watched him pack his case and head off to the next call.  Today, as I source my stock, I look for quality but keep one eye open to find quirky items that are of little use but have a nostalgic value that only I would know.......to me!

What tangible object provokes your favourite memory?