wake up!

Sorry for the sleepy blog lately - I blame it on technology. My powerbook that I've spent the last four years with has finally bite the dust.... It was a long time coming, so I'm not completely devastated - but, that means that I have to start working extra hard to get the etsy shop up and going. This weekend was really promising, we made some great purchases, really great ones! And my new digital camera came this weekend, so taking photos will be so much easier. I don't have a tripod, so it's just finding the time with friends to take photos... The computer thing is a really great motivation though!

(everything you see here will be on etsy in the upcoming days!)

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It's much too late for me right now - but I want to share some photos from our flea market adventure this weekend...

This is the little AM radio of my dreams. It's a vintage tube amp and it takes a minute or so to warm up before it starts playing. Boston has an amazing station that plays really charming old songs, 740 - The Memory Station, and I'm currently listening to one of my favorite polka tune. I'm so happy we found this today because it's been in my daydreams for far too long! I don't want to leave this room....



I found this elephant alongside a sad panda bear - the elephant I gave to Alice because she loves them and once a psychic told her she had a past life experience with them! As for the panda, I'm practicing some control and I'll eventually put him up for sale.

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spring time presents

I have been wanting something from Built By Wendy ever since my high school days... Every collection I find myself himmin' and hawin' over each piece, but I never end up buying anything. Yesterday I saw my boyfriend after he'd been in New York for a few days and when I saw a Built By Wendy bag in his hand it took all I had in me to stay cool and not start jumping around!

I love the peter pan collar and the little string bow at the neck. The color is perfect too! I'm sure it'll be making an appearance in Wardrobe Remix at some point, but for now I need to find just the right skirt to wear with it!
(I am completely tempted to buy the skirt they show it with, but I'm sure I can come up with something equally lovely on my own.... gingham though, it always steals my heart!)



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He also visited Lyell this weekend and with the help of those adorable girls picked out this skirt for me



Unfortunately it wasn't the right size...BUT - there are plans in the works to visit the city this weekend, so hopefully I can exchange it for the right size .... or maybe for this..



or these shorts..




AHH! Lyell, how I love you.

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mother's day weekend

I'm at my parents visiting for the weekend... my parents house is on a pond and yesterday we seemed to have ourselves a little visitor..

The yard is littered with chewed up sticks from our two pups. Those two trees used to be my favorite place to play in the summer time. When the water is lower there are all of these little rocks you can hop across that lead towards a little marshy swamp area. One time after a thunderstorm my mother told me there was a pot of gold outside - I searched for hours and I was convinced that this was the spot I'd find it.

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Today my parents went golfing for the afternoon and so I decided to drive to Putnam, Connecticut to wander around for the afternoon. Putnam is a little town in Northern CT ... slightly run-down, and filled with antique stores...... Trouble.



My finds:

I bought this hair clip in a dark dusty shoppe. I felt like it was just a front for weird old magical objects. The floor boards creaked under my feet and there was the strangest light coming from the windows. The owner had a long grey ponytail and the gnarliest finger nails. Long and jagged. He said this was from the 20's or 30's...
I was reading a post from The Vintage Society about trademarks... I don't think I have a trademark, but I think I'd like this little airplane to be it!




I have a slight obsession with strange cat things. Statues, clothing, pillows.. you name it. I hope this isn't a peek into my future.. (crazy cat lady, eek!) but, I do love this little thing - and I'd like to do some re-pro's to maybe sell online at some point. The trick is finding the right fabric...




I also found this lovely little bag that used to be for sewing notions. I like it better as tote bag, the shoelace drawstrings are my favorite part. That little triangle flap goes around the whole bag, and it's made of the softest cotton!




And well, because- I need another vintage umbrella, really. (sarcasm)



I also bought an early 1960's Ouija board for Alice... she's been looking for one for a while now, but - it turns out she bought one... TODAY! what luck!

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more bits and pieces

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my life

my favorite part of my room...


my life- broken down:


-clutter
-dust
-bubble tea
-crunchie wrappers (this could also be mamba wrappers)
-Veggie Planet (see pizza box in the first photo)

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weekend purchases

I've been meaning to buy this umbrella for the past 5 visits to Cafe Society, and I always get distracted by other things in the store and never buy it. I got worried it would be gone one day, so I finally brought it home!

the dress is from a vintage girl at mass market... I should have gotten some more info from her, because I don't even know her name! I'm really loving this thing! So comfortable and it goes perfectly with these grey suede shoes I've been itching to wear lately....


lastly, this ridiculously ginormo tee...



.... the saying on the back is just ridiculous... "I do it automatically"
Whatever that means.

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mass market day!!

I am home, and today was a longgg day!

This was from the very early start of it. Around 7:50 AM! Before the drizzle made my hair crazy and the weird lighting in the Pozen Center made my eyes go whacky!

the dress is from the 40's, and I picked it up at Cafe Society yesterday afternoon, and I guess she got it yesterday morning!
the shoes are from the bins
Alice made my necklace
the bag is from Bobby From Boston, and it was a gift from my boyfriend
and last but not least, the little fruit charm bracelet is from Rhiannon, which I wore for good luck!

I tried to snap some photos of our setup right before people came to the market, but it was tricky!!


This is Alice, fixing up some shoes, and her genius idea to put that piece of wood across the boxes. She's good. She's really good!






that is Alice and I, crazy on Katharine's cupcakes and so insanely tired!

It was a really, really nice day and I got to meet so many lovely flickr girls and ran into a bunch of other friends I haven't seen in ages! The only bad thing was that I sold this one bag with a label on the front that said "Super Sack" which I wishwishwish I didn't sell.... but, I'm trying not to think about it.

Now, it's time to get out of bed and go to VEGGIE PLANET!!!!!

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