It's not too hot for treasures

It's 102 degrees today. That's the number on the thermometer on our porch in the shade, and not factoring what it feels like because of humidity. GROSS! I did stop by a vintage store and bought this super cute kitty brooch!



I had two jobs and an internship most of May and all of June. I literally had two days off all of June. It was good for my wallet, but not for my blog. There was hardly time to do anything vintage related, and even less time to blog about it if I had. I did listen to a ton of Wanda Jackson and Patsy Cline on my commutes though. I hope everyone is having a fun summer!

My Friends are Gross Enablers!

Just kidding! Between my birthday, Christmas, and a couple just-because gifts, I made out like a vintage bandit! Thanks so much to my lovely friends that help me stay stylish!





Look at the details of this purse! It's the perfect combination of gaudy and adorable. I also live with 4 cats, and this matches half of them.

Don Draper and I have the same ash tray!

My roommate and I have been on a Mad Men binge all month. Half way through, I happened to notice that the ash tray Don Draper has in his office is the same as mine! It was my grandparents, and my Dad recently gave it to me. I don't smoke, but it's a great little tray to keep jewelry in. Has this ever happened to anyone with other shows/things?

Best Friends and Faberge Eggs

One of my best friends from high school was in town and stayed with me for a week! One of the best things we did was going to the Faberge egg exhibit at the VMFA! If anyone lives near Richmond, Virginia, I highly recommend going to see it! It will be there until October 2. I was expecting to see nothing but fancy looking eggs, but there were things like jewelry boxes, cigarette holders, animal carvings, etc. A lot of the items on display had an art deco feel. For whatever reason, I always thought of those eggs as being much older than they actually are. These were some of my favorite things:

The Thrift Store Gods Were On My Side Today

I usually do most of my shopping at thrift stores, but finding actual vintage is pretty rare. Today I found a great pill box hat, and my favorite style of old lady earrings! There was also a great 1950s style dress that was my size! Plus it was teal, which is probably one of the best colors ever. I seem to find the best stuff when I decide to go thrifting on a whim. Isn't that how it always works though?

This post brought to you by the color pink

My sister and her friend stopped by my house on the way back from their Spring Break trip. We went to Exile, that store I mentioned that is closing. Everything was at least 50% off, and was a 10 dollar minimum for credit cards. After I found these gloves, I HAD to buy a couple more thing to reach that limit (and beyond). Poor me, right? I'm also going home for my spring break, so I'm sure that will mean more thrifting with my other sister. I can't wait!

No Luck Until the Last Second

One of my sisters came up to visit today. She walked in and we were both wearing black, yellow, and leopard print. We really don't dress similarly at all, but we always end up matching somehow, totally by accident. We went out to thrift stores and vintage stores all day long. She found a ton of stuff, but I wasn't having much luck. I found this super cute poodle brooch at our last stop at least. There were actually several poodle pins, but this one happened to be the cutest AND the cheapest.

This is just a reminder about my give-away here. I'm really glad everyone loves the brooch so much. It was a last minute thing I found and decided to throw in with the purse, so I was surprised when that is what got the most comments. I'll be picking a name on the first, so be sure to comment before then!

Trying to do more outfit posts...

I want to start doing more outfit posts. Two problems: 1. Most of the time my clothes are more casual/un-vintage than I like to fantasize 2. Remembering to take pictures is hard. We'll see how this plan goes. Maybe the answer is going to more drag shows because it seems like it's the only time where I dress cute AND get evidence. These pictures are from a while ago, seeing the wonderful Pandora Boxx. My clothes were modern (vintage inspired), but my jewelry/purse were the real deal! Goal two is to start looking more excited in my pictures. I have a pretty "dead pan" personality though, so that might be harder to do...



I'm going to a late Christmas party tomorrow and a wedding convention Sunday. Depending on what I decide to wear, there might be a good chance of more outfit posts coming soon!

Late Christmas Post

I was able to get a temp job over winter break as a greeter in a museum! That pretty much translates to reading and talking to adorable old ladies and men all day. It's been pretty awesome. I got some nice presents for Christmas, including some good vintage goodies:

Cute Jewelry:

Poodle Purse/Poodle tissue box:

and my wildest fantasy come true:

I LOVE vintage purses, but I HATE that they're usually so small. I'm just a girl who likes to carry a lot of crap around. This one is HUGE. It's big enough to throw in a notebook, and a bottle of water which means I can use it when I'm going back and forth to classes all day! Plus it's totally neutral so I can wear it with anything.

I hope everyone had a good holiday, and a good New Years. To be perfectly frank, 2010 can kiss my ass, so it will be very nice to have a fresh start. :D

Lucky Thrift Finds!!!

All the vintage Christmas ornaments at the antique mall are always really expensive. I joked to my mom that I could probably find a box-full for a dollar at a thrift store sooner or later. Sure enough, there was bag of them today for about a dollar! How lucky is that? There were over a dozen, and I only need to fix the tops on a few. These are my favorites:

My other sister does a lot of craft stuff/jewelry making. She bought a huge grab bag of jewelry bits and pieces. There were several old earrings with no mates. She made them into rings for me! They are so cute! After we were done with thrifting, we stopped by Target and I bought another cloche hat.