Great Grandma Lois

This is a photobooth picture of my great grandma Lois sometime during the 1930s. Her blouse is similar to my 1930s blouse, but oh how I love that scarf. She was a master seamstress so I wouldn't be surprised if she made the blouse herself. By hand of course, she didn't have a sewing machine until she was older (I just inherited one of them, can't wait to use it!).

Vintage shopping

Rays Ragtime



Magpie



Decades



Avalon

Bombshell


Today Julie, her friend Alyssa, and I went to Portland for some vintage shopping. We went to Rays Ragtime, Magpie, Decades, Avalon, Xtabay, and Bombshell.

Phew!

Rays Ragtime had some great suits I just loved, I'm excited for suit weather, and it was just cool enough today that I could wear one. There were so many pretty hats there I didn't even get a good look at all of them.
Magpie had lots of cute things, including a 30s dress I've been in love with for awhile. But it's much too delicate for me :) Julie however did find a stunning emerald green princess cut gabardine coat, thats seems to have been made for her.
Decades had THE CUTEST shoe box ever. It was a box for a pair of little black shoes with kittens printed inside, but the box is what really got me. I mean, "Paradise Kittens, Kitten-ettes"?

There is no shoe with a cuter name or box.

Next stop was Avalon, which had lots of lovelies to look at, especially the cloches, though now my hair is much too long for them. Plus they are always teeny.
At Xtabay I tried on the greatest navy knit 30s dress with a matching belt and beret! It was truly glorious. I wanted it so bad but I need to save my money for this weekend! The interior of Xtabay is beautiful, like a perfect boudoir, and I wanted to take outfit photos in there, but unfortunately the salesgirl wouldn't let me :(
Last but not least was Bombshell, and by the time we got there is was pouring down rain! So my hair is a bit de-fluffed in the last photo, I think it may be time for another little trim. Anyway, I did get a cute little pink cardigan there, it always seems I'm wishing for a pink cardigan, and it'll make a great transition piece into fall.

Suit-A gift from My aunt

Purse-Antique Warehouse, Solana beach

Hat-A gift from Twila Jean

Going to Gatsby

Photo from here

So. The Gatsby Summer Afternoon.

I'm going.

This is an event I've been dreaming about going to for years. It's an afternoon spent on the beautiful grounds of a beautiful house, dressed in art deco picnic attire, with music, dancing, food, drinks, and lots of socializing. And the greatest thing about it?

It's not a "spectator event". One is not even allowed in if you don't have on period appropriate clothing, as well as the correct picnic furnishings. No plastic water bottles. No soda cans. Even modern cars are parcked out of site. It really will be like I'm back in time, and I will probably go picture crazy and take about 100 photos within the first five minutes of being there.

I am almost TOO excited, and if anyone else is going, please look for me and say hello!

Well thats what I'll be doing this weekend, and I plan on posting about the road trip down there, and spending a bit of time in San Francisco, so hopefully internet at the hotel will be good.

Eeeeeeee!!!!!!!!

I didn't feel like getting dressed.

Here is my new favorite dress.

Ok, ok, it's really a robe.

But if you had a robe this pretty, you wouldn't keep it in the house either.

Now, let me point out that yes, I am technically wearing loungewear in public.

But.

I still loath seeing people in pajamas in the grocery store. There is a difference. My robe is awesome. Their pajamas are gross.

Anyway, I found this "dress" in the back room at work the other day and gasped when I saw it. The pattern is sparrows, hearts, keys, harps, clovers, horseshoes, musical notes, letters, and clouds, all against a background of pink, blue, and gray bows.

The ONLY thing that would make it better?



Can you guess?











If you guessed kitties, then either you have been reading my blog for a while, or you just love kitties too :)

Robe/dress and purse-Urban Eccentric Vintage

Shoes-Nine West

Scarf-A little shop in Rome

Kitty skirt

I've had this skirt for ages, but never wore it because the circle style was not the most flattering style on me. But last night I was sick of not wearing it, so I turned it into a broomstick skirt. Much better :)

Skirt-Buffalo Exchange Portland, Burnside

Blouse-Don't remember....

Shoes-Nordstrom Rack

Hat-Don't remember...

End of summer

Photos by Ruth

It's the end of summer. So...yeah.

Dress-April Cornell

Socks-Estate sale

Shoes-Etsy

Stuff I got

Today before work I popped into a local charity shop and found a couple cool things. First is a vintage waver/crimper, probably from around the 1920s.

Cool right?

I wasn't 100% sure that's what it was until the darling old lady working at the shop told me she remembered her mother using the same thing. Her mother would heat it up the fireplace (actually she said "chimney, which I thought was cute), or kerosene lamp, and clamp her hair.

I want to use it soooooooo bad. But I don't have a fireplace or kerosene lamp :(

Second is a large 70s suitcase, in a style I've been wanting. I have bunches of hard case vintage suitcases, but I don't dare check them onto airplanes, I'm even cautious about taking them out of the house. But this one is perfect. Canvas with "leather" trim (love that combination), so no worries about it cracking or getting wrecked. And it's nice and big!

Now if only I could find a matching weekender, train case, and hat box, all would be complete ;)