Merry Marry Me....

Of course you should choose a vintage wedding dress...

because it's better to use what is already here, better to use what comes from a local source, better to think about the disposal problem...I know...but you are a GrownUp now!

vintage and handmade wedding ideas here at etsy

so a vintage sharkskin suit?
here.....


you know me...I like marriage so much...I did it twice.
I think everyone should have the right to marry...
the old joke: Everyone should have the opportunity to be miserable like the rest of us !!
(ha ha) oh and how far we have come since Obama was elected....no more Don't Ask don't tell....so let's remember that come voting day...


My second wedding was....

Traveling to San Francisco to be married at City Hall in 1997, my second wedding dress was a lacy antique silk slip that was mostly falling apart..
I made that into the mini skirt, then for the blouse I used a 70s faux Victorian blouse that I remodeled ....
I wore some new/edwardian style shoes....and paired it up with my favorite leather jacket. I was hot! Mark wore a thrift store linen suit, with a bright blue shirt and a vintage pink/blue tie and 2 tone Saddle shoes.
Vintage sunglasses of course.
The pics are packed away..... I'll copy them and post them for you all to laugh at.

So....a Vintage Wedding Dress?
I always buy pretty white dresses for my shop and I adore vintage lingerie for the bride. A bride and groom should indulge themselves (sensibly) for their wedding and honeymoon, because soon enough, it won't be about just you 2. There is real life.

And for the lady bride..... pretty dresses....

and pretty lingerie.....

Man garb

when you're tired of wearing nothing but a stinky Hard Rock Cafe t-shirt, toddler shorts and white Nikes....take a look at vintage and dress like a grownup man....

no fooling around !
how about...

a 40s vintage Shirt gabardine Celadon Green NOS Rayon blend,
a vintage Van Heusen 60s Shirt purple calico,
a pair of vintage Izod madras Plaid Pants 1970s , 
a pair of vintage Redline 501 Levis Blue denim jeans....a vintage 60s Sharkskin suit??

A suit

vintage denim work jacket, with very clever chainstitches

70s Willis and Geiger safari shirt

40s vintage khaki military officers shirt..

From A Continuous Lean, Taylor Supply, new man clothes, made in the US. 

 

go here.

Redline Levis

a pair of vintage Converse, vintage leather boots, Redwing Boots, cowboy boots, work shoes

2 of my favorite things

Horses. Beach.

and bonus....Robert Louis Stevenson.
"We consume the carcasses of creatures of like appetites, passions, and organs as our own,
and fill the slaughterhouses daily with screams of pain and fear."




  

from here....

last summer Mark and I went to the Greg Kucera Gallery, and this is part of what we saw....

It looks like driftwood, but many of the horse sculptures are really made of bronze and copper. Cast into metal, they were first made of wood. some were...Madrone.....  that tree is one of my favorites. It's a West Coast native...like me. Others were first made of tropical woods...then cast in metal.
 the artist: DEBORAH BUTTERFIELD
Seven Bronze Sculptures,was the show, and the artist.

It's New to You....

Quite a few vintage separates this week ...including a weird and wonderful fringe sweater jacket from the 70s....and quite a few vintage dresses....and oh my! sizes from XS to XL...

60s jacket with fabric roses....

with fringe and crochet balls....a 70s extreme textures thing going on....

Oooh shiny! 70s mini-trench in shiny black nylon....like a windbreaker, but with STYLE !

70s boho pink plaid top...

and Vintage Dresses! are you ready for Spring? Cause it's ready for you!

cutwork halter with BUTTERFLIES !

MOD. dress.

all of these are in the etsy shop, Right Now! well, you know, unless they are sold...wink.

Crazy metallic wild print dress....with rhinestones......cause it just needed a little bit more....

Malia Hawaiian dress........Bright and Happy !

70s calico peasant dress.......

Black silk party dress !!

Rockabilly 50s style Halter dress..........pretty pink flowers !

Handmade

gun totes, utility pouches, adjustable messenger bags.... anchor clutch bag, vintage stenciled bleach dyed, vintage denim, old lace, vintage buttons....Where can you get all this handmade goodness?
Here.
When I was designing these bags and pouches, it was really important that they be washable....so many I've looked at have to be dry cleaned ($$$) and toxic, and/or only spot cleaned! Hey, life can get messy....all my bags are washable. Gently, like you would wash a cashmere sweater. Yes, you can and should hand wash cashmere...use Woolite or shampoo. With one of my bags, regular laundry soap is fine, and then hang to dry. Easy Peasy!

Sailor Red Anchor stencil Tote pouch Bleach dyed vintage denim

Road map Lace and calico tote bag

Anchor Star Flag Tote Bag Commodore Boat yacht club

Stripe Tote Bag Cotton canvas rope tie Nautical Sailor

Old hand stencil Tote pouch Bleach dyed vintage denim

Nautical Anchor angel wing small Tote pouch Bleach dyed vintage denim

all at funkomavintage......

Who thought of that first?

who gives a shit! this  curatorscode....is being talked about in the blogosphere..... at  http://www.thingsmagazine.net/..

I first heard of this nonsense on NPR on Sunday..Sometimes I can point to the exact person/mood/light/food/blog post/magazine/book passage/snippet of poetry/ 3 martinis/ hangover.........but mostly, what we think...is a long brewing mish mash of life and death. I'm all for linking back to a blog or website if I can, and I do now always link to a pic source if I can at all.....
It is very important to protect copyright, and internet linking to a source should be practiced.

.....And really now...I've been alive a lot longer than the little girl that thought of this CC thing...and I'll tell you...most of the time I cannot pinpoint the exact thing that made me think something, make something, or write something.

for instance....Say you write a post about raising chickens in your city yard....Do you need to link to the first blogpost back in the 90s that talks about chickens? Do you need to reference all the city people back in the ancient times that raised chickens in the cities??
Do you have to link to all the hipster "urban pioneer" bloggers that talk about their chicken coops and egg recipes??
No. But you can share a link to blogpost someone did that was really cool....especially if you use their pictures, you better link the pic (don't steal. Share!)

Hey, you young kids you did not invent--- 1.   good food 2. good housekeeping 3. vintage !! 4. messy bun 5. sewing 6. knitting 7. art 8. craft 9. writing 10. sex 11. babies 12. getting married 13. writing books 14.decorating with used/junk/found 15. DIY  16.gardening 17.chickens 18. kale.......but you may have invented being self-satisfied and narcissistic....
and this is after I found a few shitty scraper blogs that stole hundreds of my posts and pics. Blogger has to pay them ad revenue, yet are not very helpful in shutting them down. I have to send 700 requests to Google with the DCMA violatons One At A Time ! meh. Only Disney will really benefit from the DCMA when they threaten a little suburban mom that makes Disney  Princess hair bows.

so, Mark and I are working on TONS of new projects....the goal is to make a dozen or 2 new handmade items....Yeah! In addition to the vintage we list every week........
Here's some pretty pictures on my workroom shelves......they are very inspirational to me, and maybe to you....