I’ve been meaning to share with you photos of my studio after I painted it grey from bright yellow (goodness, that was a while ago!).  And I guess this is really just a tease since I’m not quite ready to really show you everything. I’ve spent many hours cleaning, organizing and rearranging this room; it’s the one in the house where the misfit furniture ends up and I finally figured out how to make it all work.

Here you see some of my most loved vintage wearable things including stuff that will end up in le shop.  I’m really excited as I’ve had a kind of epiphany in terms of what I want to do with my time and what makes me happy; therefore my shop is going in a slightly different direction than where I was taking it before.  (But I don’t think it would be much of a shock to any of you.)  Details later.  (Oops, there’s that teasing again!  Hee hee.)

xo

Phew!  It took a little while to get all of this up; I wanted to get the shipping as accurate as possible as well as list all necessary details for each piece.  I’m just making my September 1st self-imposed deadline!  Anyhow, please take a look when you can.   I’ve got some really beautiful things in the shop for really reasonable prices.  Just wanted to note: I’ll reimburse shipping overcharges that exceed $1.00 USD.  That might be especially helpful if you are combining goods.

Also, if you order over $20, I’ll include a free vintage hankie in your shipment! (Unless you only order crochet patterns since I can’t email you the hankies, hee hee.)  I’ve got a bunch of white hankies with simple designs that I just hand washed so they are ready for new homes.

Happy looking!

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The weather keeps changing on on down here in the Southland.   We had some really lovely fall-like weather and now it’s back to HOT.  I guess this back and forth has gotten me to focus a little bit on my wardrobe.  What to wear, what to keep, what to give away!  I have a bunch of vintage things, many of which I have never worn, that I’ve decided I need to part with.  For those of you that collect vintage clothing, you know that can be quite the challenge!  My closets are overstuffed as they are; as much as I love these finds I’ll probably never get around to cutting them down to fit me or perhaps the full skirt look I adore so much really doesn’t suit my frame.

Anyhow, this is good news for anyone looking for the right vintage item to add to her wardrobe because I’ll be putting some pretty things up on Etsy soon, including what you see here as well as a coveted nylon blouse (or two!), a sweet bag and maybe some trinkets too.  I’ll let you know when there’s a shop update!

Ok, I may need to cool off with an icy drink – and it’s only 11 am, ha ha!  Have a wonderful weekend, dears.

Coordinating 1930s celluloid ring boxes for our wedding bands.   Mine’s the blue, his is the ivory. I’m crazy for these little boxes, they are so sweet.  I totally lucked out finding two of the same design.

So I ended up using the petal pink batiste to line my dress.  It’s like a cloud floating there on the hanger.  Tinted meringue, even.  I think batiste is my new favorite fabric although my dastardly little pins slip right out of it.

The straps are made of some pretty nude-colored lace I got in the Marché Saint Pierre many years ago for cheap; it’s always good to pick up haberdashery on trips – you never know when you may use it!

For this part of my wedding dress I used this pattern here.  I think it provides some good structure and is close-fitting.  There are two layers there but it’s such a wisp of a dress it hardly weighs a thing.  I may end up wearing a vintage pink crinoline that I have underneath, to fill out the skirt, although I haven’t made up my mind on that yet.

That’s all for now.  Sorry I haven’t posted again with another sewing lesson.  I feel badly about it but I just haven’t been able to get back to it.  But I will, I will!

And thanks so much for the wedding-love: Sharing these things with you make the planning all the more fun!  Have a lovely evening.