old fashioned cake May 3, 2010 18

Ok, so. I’ve been trying to Etsy like mad, but I feel a little burnt out. I was thinking I’d come home and zip through more listings, but I was grumpy as heck all day today!! No idea why. After dinner I’ll tuck up into bed with the laptop and edit some photos I took [...]

summer reading club May 2, 2010 28

It’s been awhile since my last book post, and I’ve been reading pretty often. I churn through things so quickly I don’t always have time to absorb them, and it makes me want discussion & absorption. Which made me have an idea — let’s start a summer blog book club! How it works! 1. I’ll start. I’ll [...]

calico & wingtips April 26, 2010 15

Happenings lately have really really nailed home how I’m absolutely marrying the right person. It’s amazing. It’s really, really amazing. $$ nonsense, friends going missing, crazytimes, and he is so good and solid and calm and helping and saying all the right things. Hi, I sound like the crazies on STFUMarrieds. But no, seriously. So [...]

prince valiant April 18, 2010 14

Holy crap, dudes. I asked S. to meet me at BART Friday night, and he shows up with a baby blue 1964 Plymouth Valiant he just bought. While I was in the city. For like 5 hours. SNEAKY. (I went to the Offbeat Bride reading at Booksmith – wow, that was weird but awesome. I would [...]

save the date April 15, 2010 11

We decided to do our invites and save the dates ourselves, both for financial and control freak reasons. We’re not making the invites until July, but I couldn’t resist sharing these, I’m pleased how they turned out!! Contrary to what one might think, I’m pretty simple and traditional when it comes to stuff like this, [...]

baskets & bows April 15, 2010 2

So I’d decided to slow down the Etsy sales, as I don’t have a lot of time or energy for vintage selling lately. However, the reality of the wedding budget + lots of lots of vintage still in my collection = powering through listing some great batches of clothes and accessories for you. Seriously, it’s [...]

& beyond April 6, 2010 1

This post has been in my drafts for like 2493892 months now. Click publish! Just some tiny bits and pieces from around the internebs. Have you stumbled across anything good lately? The moss flora of New York City and vicinity by Abel Joel Grout, pHD, c. 1916. Google Books makes me want 2349328472 old books. Field Trip [...]

style evolutions April 4, 2010 19

I’m attempting a style evolution, or at least a cohesion. I started tracking inspiration on Tumblr for everyday fashion, vs the wedding tumblr I’d started with fantastic over the top images. I LOVE TUMBLR, by the by. It’s like tiny folders for my head, with other people contributing. So good. I’ve been trying to pay more [...]

spring cleaning April 1, 2010 14

No, really! My mama was here for a quick visit, bringing up some things from my grandparent’s house before it is sold. So we cleaned the clean that can only occur on a bright fresh spring day when one’s mother is coming to one’s house for the first time in 12 years!!! (She doesn’t like [...]

magpie palette no. 3 March 31, 2010 10

Hello hello! some bits & pieces I’ve been meaning to share on a rainy day, and it is indeed a rainy day! Magpie palette moodboard from recent thrift finds & various bits. Click to enlarge. Bow chain handbag, YSL belt, string of pearls, Maggy London dress: destined for the shop. Wallet, for me. Hand me downs from my aunt! I [...]