A Glowing Report from the Lovely Amelie Soleil!

Found over on Amelie Soleil’s lovely blog today….original post here

2,000 audience members, 200 year old venue, 20+ performers, 2 days…

It’s been a little bit manic at Frayed Knot Towers recently. We’ve moved again and actually might be in the same city together for more than one night. Maybe.

However, we’ve been so busy, the past weekend of AWESOME simply crept up on us!

We love working for Neil Kendall and the team at Golddust so were so excited to be asked last year to perform at several of their events in 2012. The first of these commenced this weekend with The Morecambe Variety Festival after a 10 hour journey from London.

We had the BEST time. From ghost tours to icecream, sideshow stunts to sleepy showgirls onna train.

Pippa The Ripper – Sleepiest Showgirl Carries Own Bed.

Wonderful, beautiful, superb and an absolute honour to perform at the event.

We have too many pictures but check out some videos of the event…

Frayed Knot Circus (us!)

AND do check out the entire festival shot & edited by Elly Hughes photo.php?v=3413627372598&set=vb.1027458370&type=2

The Liebster Blog Awards!

*blush* We have been nominated for the Liebster Blog Awards by the very kind people over at The Big Forest. Thank you so much for this, we know we’re doing something right now!

First of all, this is the link to The Big Forest – a jolly lovely blog!

We have been asked to do the following in acknowledgement of this lovely award!

1. Acknowledge the person that gave the award and link back to their blog.
2. Copy and paste the award to your own site.
3. Share five of your choice blogs to award and let them know by commenting on their blog.

We would like to share with you the following utterly amazing blogs, and to pass this award onto them!

The Friends of the Winter Gardens - without the fantastic Winter Gardens and the Friends, our task would have been very difficult! So we send them some blog love!

The amazing Jessica Cangiano at Chronically Vintage- for being an inspiration to us!

The lovely Carol Bean’s blog at the wonderful Itsy Bitsy Vintage Local and fantastic!

The utter gorgeousness of the lovely Fuzzylizzie over at The Vintage Traveler. Superbly researched and executed!

Last but not least, some blog love out to Shona at ‘In the Heyday’- a blog we’ve found gorgeous to look and and informative!

More of What You Missed This Weekend!

The mermaid-tastic Emmanuelle Claire

The monkey-tastic Velma von Bon Bon

The amazing Emmanuelle Claire

Vicky Butterfly!!

Vintage loveliness!

What Did You Miss This Weekend at Morecambe Variety Festival???

The amazing Vicky Butterfly!

The stunning Amelie Soleil

The stupendous Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School

The wonderful Dotty’s Vintage Vintage Powder Room with Shelly Alexander

The mind-boggling Rod Laver

The Great Bendini

Fishing in Morecambe

Just What You’ll Be Missing If You Don’t Come to Morecambe Variety Festival This Weekend!

Fun, frolics, sauciness, sideshows, burlesque and a brilliant time is what you will be missing if you miss this Weekend’s Morecambe Variety Festival! From 12.00 noon Saturday 5th May- Evening of 6th May, Morecambe Winter Gardens.

Morecambe Winter Gardens- one of the stars of the show!

Captain Murderer and the Morecambe Mermaid

Brilliant Burlesque!

Stupendous Songbirds!

Stunning Satire!

Vampilicious Vixens!

Veritable Vamps!

and King Neptune’s own Burlesque Ball!

So what are you waiting for??

Remember Folks, it’s THIS WEEKEND!

Ooh, we’re all so excited! It’s been a busy day getting everything in place, and more of the same for tomorrow. Then on Saturday, it’s Morecambe Variety Festival in all its’ glory!!

If you haven’t yet got tickets for the ticketed events, you’ll need to do so on Skiddle here, or from Dotty’s Vintage, 99, Marine Rd Morecambe. If there are any tickets left, we’ll be selling them on Saturday in the ‘Sea of Memories’ exhibition (to be found in the shop on the front of The Winter Gardens).

Morecambe Variety Festival All Over The Place!

First, you can find us on Facebook here. This is our Facebook Community Page. The Events in the Festival are listed in Events, on the top right near photos. In order to be able to invite people to these events, you will need to ‘join’ the event first, then an @invite Friends’ button should magically appear!

There are Events for The Family Variety Show, King Neptune’s Ball, Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School, The Vintage Tea Dance, etc.

We’re also trying to see if we can get #morecambevarietyfestival trending this week on Twitter- as it all takes place this weekend! You can find us on Twitter here

You can also find us on Pinterest here

Remember boys and girls, the event is THIS WEEKEND!

Daytime activities are mainly free, but you will need tickets for The Family Variety Show which are available on Skiddle here and from Dotty’s Vintage, 99 Marine Rd, Morecambe

You will also need to book tickets for King Neptune’s Ball. These are available on Skiddle here and from Dotty’s Vintage, 99 Marine Rd, Morecambe.

Dotty’s also advise that for an appointment in The Vintage Powder Room, booking is needed. For this contact them directly on 07817497495 or by email at hello@dottysvintage.co.uk. x

If there are any tickets left, we will have a box office open at The Winter Gardens on the day, but to be on the safe side, advance booking is recommended!

Peter Pan Collars the Easy Way

There is a post from the lovely Monica Ali at Kukkuk.me, which shos you how to make the simplest Peter Pan Collar. This could be easily adapted to any style of period collar effectively

You can read the original post here

DIY Peter Pan collar
Posted on April 29, 2012

Cute collars are everywhere. I was looking for a DIY version of Louis Vuittons Peter Pan collars & found this one

For the collar you can use felt or rubber flannel.

If you don´t have this tool I suggest that you glue little rhinestones on it.

Sew a cute button on it to keep the two parts together.

Tie it with a bow behind your neck & your done.

Cute isn´t? The collar is made by honestlywtf.com & you can visit them here.

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What’s Happening in the Daytime on Sunday 6 May?

Many of the same daytime activities as have been happening on Saturday 5 May, and a few extras….

Sunday 6th May

Dr Diabalo Side Show 1pm

A journey into the strange and dark collections of side show curios of old.

Captain Murderer and the Morecambe Mermaid 3pm

Live Theatre Show. An end of the pier side showman meets more than his match in the Morecambe mMermaid.
Dark sinister storytelling, based in part on the Charles Dickens
story with a 12 certificate.

Vintage Tea Dance 5pm

Vintage Tea Dance. DJing by Anthony Padgett of http://www.jazzswingdance.co.uk. Original shellac78s on a 1930 HMV Gramophone player. Music from the 20′s – the 50′s. Whether you like to dance Charleston, Lindy Hop, Jive, Foxtrot, Quickstep, Waltz, Tango, Cha Cha, Rumba, Mambo or just your own individual freestyle. Vintage Attire especially welcome.

Ongoing Throughout the Weekend- Open During the Day

Ongoing throughout the weekend at the amazing Winter Gardens Theatre – Morecambe Winter Gardens, 209 Marine Road Central, Morecambe, Lancashire LA4 4BU (The Winter Gardens Car Park is to the rear of the theatre. Morecambe train station is a two minute walk.) On bus routes 3 & 4, also easily accessed the 2, 2a, 5, 6a, 41, and 755.

Vintage Powder Room
Have a makeover in the Victorian powder room with vintage stylists from Shelly Alexander Makeup and from the lovely team from Morecambe’s own Dotty’s Vintage
and then have photos on the beach afterwards. Or you could ask the girls to give you a speactacular look for King Neptune’s Ball?

There will also be stalls selling vintage items…

Everything is OK in Morecambe

Vintage postcards, playbills and ephemera from Morecambe’s heyday. Souvenirs, bizarre artefacts from Morecambe’s past. People have sent in their memeories of Morecambe in the past, and this hopes to share these with you.

The Sea of Memories

Visitors are encouraged to add and contribute anecdotes, memories or experiences of Morecambe throughout the weekend. A sea of written words from townspeople. Bring in yourselves, your memories, your families’ relationships with Morecambe….

Dr Sketchy’s Anti Art School
(Times vary)
Sketch Serpentina the Snake Girl , The Morecambe Mermaid and others in a live art class in the stalls.

Waterstones Story Telling
On the Stalls (Times vary) Join local authors for young peoples story telling in the historic stalls of the Winter Gardens…..

Morecambe Winter Garden Tour
See the incredible renovated Winter Gardens which closed in 1977. Brought to you by the fabulous Winter Gardens Trust times shall vary. A donation to the Winters Gardens Trust is required to preserve this wonderful building, which the Friends of the Winter Gardens have worked so hard to restore.

Open throughout the day
Egyptian Tea Room, Carnival Banner exhibition, Cassie Rendall
exhibition,Vintage Circus Props, Russell Kirk’s Carnival Monsters
exhibition.

Bar and refreshments.