Vintage Valentine Special

Jewellery, Gifts and Cards

Vintage Vixen: 195O'S pin up girl make up

Hair and Beauty tips, plus vintage fashion

Vintage Tea Party

Recipies and Party ideas for the 'hostess with the mostess'

Wedding Belle

Vintage Wedding Extravaganza!

Hello there...

Welcome to the very first issue of Vintage Belle Magazine Online. I do hope you are excited as I am, yes I know you may be thinking 'this is a blog' but think again. This little beauty is also available on paper, priced at the very reasonable price of £2.20 per copy.

For all you romantics out there this issue is dedicated to St. Valentine himself.

So go on grab a cup of tea, maybe a slice of toast and jam and get your peepers peeled ready for the delights that lay ahead.

Claudette x

Valentines day gift ideas for the one you love

(which can be yourself)

Vintage Belle -Home of handmade, vintage and quirky items made with and sourced with love.

So if you're looking for a special gift this Valentines Day, or want something extra special created for your wedding, please visit me at
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http://www.etsy.com/shop/AnnataTesoro

I know what you may be thinking, fairy lights, tented bed...only seen in movies. Well you are WRONG!

If you dare to be a bit adventurous and want to surprise your loved one with a romantic night in, then take your pick from the top ten below.

1. Camping indoors

Hide something special somewhere in the house or have your self as the treasure!

Make clues and send him on a treasure hunt around the house...the great thing about this idea is it is limited to your own imagination.

Exactly as the title suggests...the aim of the game is to kiss each other in 100 different ways, start with a light peck and move to number 100.

Ensure maximum kissability and prepare your lips with sugarscrub and vaseline.

Think Vanilla Sky...the romantic part, where Tom and Penelope Cruz draw each other.

 Or Titanic? Have fun, study each other.

Go have fun...do it often and be spontaneous!

Love is wonderful after all

Vintage Pony

1. Brush unwashed hair to eliminate all tangles

2. Back comb at the crown. If you have a fringe comb to one side.

3. Gather all hair into a high pony tail and secure with a band. the backcombing would have created volume.

4. Finish with a spritz of hairspray and a bow or ribbon for that fab vintage look.

How to create a Vintage look for your eyes:

1. Apply a base of light coloured shadow over the entire lid and socket.

2. Using a darker shade sweep across the lid from the inside corner.

3. Using a Black kohl pencil draw a line above the lash line and continue the line out as long as your eyebrow. (you could use liquid liner for a more defined look)

4. using a dark grey eye shadow blend from the outer corner of the lid and sweep across the top of your socket to create a line (see photo above).

5. Voila! Now just show off those peepers!

In 1959, upon arriving in New York, Carbonell moved from his classical and religious period in Cuba during the 1940’s and 1950’s through the commencement and development of his modern expression of the 1960’s culminating in Madison Avenue, then pinnacle of the art world. In 1963, he celebrated the first of his seven “One Man Show” at the renowned Schoneman Gallery in New York City. During the 15 years that the Schoneman Gallery exhibited Carbonell’s work, Carbonell was the only sculptor among the artists exhibited by the gallery, which included Picasso, Chagall, Braque, Monet, Matisse, Gaugin, and Renoir.

In 1976, at a formal ceremony at the White House, Carbonell presented “The Bicentennal Eagle” as his gift to the United States of America. The Sculpture is presently part of the Gerald Ford Library, Grand Rapids, Michigan. (Bio continues below)

Manuel Carbonell (October 25, 1918 – November 10, 2011) was a Cuban artist considered among the most important Latin American Masters. Carbonell, Wifrido Lam and Agustin Cardenas belong to a generation of Cuban artists who studied at the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Alejandro in Havana, Cuba between 1915 and 1950. Other students of the Academia during this period include Mario Carreno, Amelia Pelaez, Victor Manuel and Fidelio Ponce. At the Academia, Carbonell studied sculpture under the guidance of Jose Sicre, a former student of Bourdelle, Rodin’s favorite disciple.

One of Carbonell’s most impressive commissioned works of art is the 53-foot bronze monument “The Pillar of History” located at the Brickell Avenue Bridge, Miami, Florida. Created in 1992 the monument reflects the history of Miami’s and its settlers. The monument consists of a 36-foot high bronze bas-relief column that graphically narrates the lives of the Tequesta Indians, Miami’s first inhabitants and features 158 figures. At the top stands a 17-foot bronze sculpture, “Tequesta Family” depicting a Tequesta Indian warrior aiming an arrow to the sky with his wife and child at his side. A more recent monument “El Centinela Del Rio”, a 21-foot bronze and alabaster sculpture is located at Tequesta Point in Brickell Key, Miami. He was also the creator of the 15-foot sculpture “Horse and Rider” a Burt Reynolds’ commission for his former theater.

Carbonell’s modern sculptures, like those of great masters, have a unique and unmistakable style that makes his work excel and is easily identifiable. Carbonell imparted to his sculptures a feeling of universal beauty, which transcends the moment and can be appreciated by present and future generations.

His modern monumental works, created in his modern and distinctive personal style, are part of important art collections and public spaces, “Couple in Love” adorns the lobby of the Mandarin Oriental, Miami, “Lovers” is found at the entrance of the Carbonell Condominium, named in the artist honor, “Torso” formerly at Selby’s Five Point Park, downtown Sarasota is now at the von Liebig Art Center in Naples, Florida, and “New Generation” in Xujianhui Park, Shanghai, China. The sculpture “Amantes” now graces the grounds of the Hotel Bristol, Buenaventura, Republic of Panama.

Carbonell sculptures are found at important museums and art collections such as The Frost Museum, Miami, Florida, The Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California, The Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida, “The Swire Art Trust”, Lefrack Collection, The Nemeroff Collection, The Finkle Collection and in personal collections such as those of Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Burt Reynolds, Kay Ballart, Carlton Varney, Eleanor Kosow, Wayne Huizenga and many others fine art collectors.

Carbonell is also the namesake and major benefactor of the Carbonell Awards, highest achievement award for the theater in Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties.

Carbonell’s inexhaustible vision and his ever changing-style were the product of a brilliant talent and academic background. Ceaselessly searching for the essence of the form and the absence of details, he struggled to provide a sense of strength, monumentality and simplicity to his work. Carbonell recently passed away at 93 years of age where he continued to work daily in his studio.

The Biography

In 2008, Michael launched the Michael Margulies Artist Agency with a mission to represent and market leading contemporary artists and artist estates. The agency collaborates with galleries, art fairs, museums, and other art institutions to present and thereby instill the utmost awareness of the firm’s art catalog while operating under an unconventional business model.

With a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Miami, combined with his distinctive fine art background, Michael has successfully established a solid reputation as the premier contemporary artist agency. For years, he has been a strong advocate to promote local artists and enhance community awareness in the arts. For the past several years, he has actively participated as a committee member for The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)’s Young Leadership Circle. Most recently, Michael served as the Host Committee Chair for the inaugural Miami Project, one of the most highly anticipated art fairs held during Miami’s Art Basel 2012.

I was really introduced to the removal in 1994 when the Summit Of The Americas was held in Miami, Florida. The streets of Miami were completely cleaned up and the buff [the mark left behind when graffiti is scraped and 'buffed' off walls] was everywhere. That was a drastic moment for me! I then continued to piece and continued to get buffed until 1998. The buff has always been a part of my world but in 2008 I decided to recreate a part of history, a part of my life, which is recreating the removals that surround us and go unnoticed.

Could you tell us more?

My work first starts from documenting the removals through photographs I capture in the streets. I then become 3 different characters, the construction worker who creates the wall, the vandal who defaces the property and the city employee who removes the graffiti. My work consists of multiple layers which are a reenactment of what is happening in our surroundings and all have a story and memory behind it. I try to give the viewer the opportunity to visualize and understand a movement that previously went untold and unnoticed by the general public.

There is an increase in street art presence in the fine arts and more shows about graffiti and urban art. What has changed?

I feel that the whole graffiti world has changed. It was an underground movement then but now it is accepted not only in galleries but also in the streets. It was very different in the 80's and 1990's.