Holes and Stains, But I Don't Care

I bought this 1940's dress a while back and it had a big stain on the skirt, it faded a bit with washing, but is too pronounced to sell in the shop, so it's now in my closet.  There is also a tiny hole in the bodice, but I don't care.  It's funny because people always ask me how I don't just keep all the vintage that I have in my shop, but I kind of have a rule that if it's in great condition, I have to try to sell it first.  If you ever see me wearing vintage, it will probably have a hole or stain, but don't hate because that just means that all the perfect vintage is in the shop for you to snatch up! I wore this outfit a few days before Easter and I liked it so much, I wore it again that day, with different shoes (hence, the last photo with my little Ruby and my hubby, Jeff).

The purse I am carrying, I made a few years ago from a vintage leather skirt and an old belt, I still have a box of leather skirts in the garage that I intended to make more of them out of, but I haven't gotten around to it.

 

 dress ~ vintage

belt ~ vintage

tights ~ free people

hat ~ target

bag ~ made from a vintage skirt and belt

shoes ~ vintage

shoes in last photo ~ pink studio

Musical Muse: sheet music from 1898 meets a dress 1940's

Last weekend I was at a local thrift store with Ruby and I saw a box of old sheet music for 95 cents each.  They had the most beautiful designs and lettering and turned out to be half off so I bought a few even though I'm not sure what I will do with them yet.  This one from 1898 especially caught my eye because it reminded me of a dress that been hanging on the "fix-it" rack for a couple days (actually days turn into weeks pretty quickly around here). I though it would be fun to share these "friends" and hopefully this 1940's dress will be in the shop soon!

This post is inspired by Oh Joy's "this & that" series.

Salvaged Halloween Get-Up

Things have been so crazy around here!  As I'm sure you have noticed, we have this lovely new website and blog,  THANK YOU Rachel, of Ironwood Design Studio, for doing a fantastic job and meeting my every little request to my exact specifications.   We are also transitioning to a white background for photos, still working out the kinks on that,  Our clothing and jewelry was featured last week in People Magazine and Taylor Swift has been seen around town in our necklaces.  We've got something bigger coming at the end of the week, hopefully I can tell you soon!

In the midst of all of this, Halloween happened, and somehow I was able to pull off a last minute costume for Ruby and I.  That's the beauty of having a vintage shop and way too many things collected over the years.  Ruby wore my vintage sailor dress from when I was her age and I wore a nautical 40's inspired dress from the 80's, which will soon be available in the shop.  I found some red shoe clips that I added to some pin-up style shoes I had.  Ruby's hat was thrifted and mine was given to me by a sailor many years ago. :) Here are some of my inspirations and photos of us. 

Inspiration photos from here and here.