The 'ol shop has been updated today! And if I do say so myself, there's some nice things in there! It's warm and the windows are all open and I'm excited for lazy warm weather dressing days, the ones where you let the dress do the talking and all you have to do is add shoes.

This is me and one of my favorite dresses and and some of the shop's loot. Precariously hanging loot... but this is how my entire apartment is! The dress is from Bobby's ... Best length. Best color combination. Best skirt and neckline shape. I wish allll of my dresses looked like this!!!

and this is a very accurate representation of how I spend most of my etsy working days!





Jadite. Iced tea. Perfect combination! I highly recommend it!

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Today's Inspiration: Celebrated Horses

Happy St. Patrick's Day!! I was just poking around my flickr and realized I never posted these images to my blog! So, here's a bit of luck for you today - in the form of horse shoes, clovers, ribbons, bows, and celebrated horses!

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I S O

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I miss the old days ... Days of crumbling leather spines, cracking vellum covers, gigantic books with hand colored plates, and general amazement at the things that would make their way out of the pages. Since I parted ways with the Archive last summer I've been a lazy rat about finding beautiful book things on my own. Tonight, I decided to change that. In a temper tantrum like fit I've been searching the depths of the Biodiversity Library for books with seahorse illustrations. It's been one a 'to do' list for quite some time .. and I think the search shall continue until I find an entire book with engravings. I know it has to be out there. I just know it.

In the mean time, I share with you the very first of my finds, ghost fish. Tiny sea beats from the Archipelago, both dreadful and beautiful - all stuck between the pages of an old History book.

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Etsy Updates and a Sale!

Here's all of today's shop loot...

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Much more to come! Tomorrow I hope to have the black dresses up - there's only 4 left though... I stole 2 for myself!!! Then a Blue and Red update, probably Monday/Tuesday.

So! Starting now until tomorrow - Friday the 12th at 3:00 PM (Pacific Time) I'll be doing a Flea Market style bartering sale for some of the older items in my shop. I first heard about this type of thing from the lovely Adelaide's Homesewn where she did something called "Ask Me Anything"

So, basically - here's how it'll work. I have a section in my etsy shop called "The Fleas" with items that are up for bartering - pick your fancy from that section and send me a message with an offer price. I'll write you back and either accept that price or offer a different one. If you agree on that price then I'll reserve the Item for you until 3:00! One thing to remember is that the item has to be purchased and paid for by 3! And of course the golden rule of the flea market applies - the more you buy the more you save - so don't be shy and shop away!!

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March 10th

A few weeks ago I stumbled across a set of rubber circus stamps on ebay and somehow I was the only bidder? They finally came last week and I think they're just lovely!

I'm thinking of ways to translate these stamps into pretty embroideries to hang about the house so that I can share my animal stamps with other folks and not just hoard them for myself ... but right now I'm up to my ears in vintage dresses and so embroidered stamp animals will have to wait!



Speaking of those dresses - I had a really great haul from this past weekend's flea and this is one I'm keeping for myself:







40's rayon Larry Aldrich with this crazy fully attached hot air balloon type cape thing in the back and an amaaaazing print! It reminds me of the vibrant flowers in the middle of the dark forest in the 1951 version of Alice in Wonderland ... as for the newest version. I haven't made up my mind yet. I'Il have to see it again to truly decide. If you haven't seen it yet - you should stop reading now, I think it's best to go into the theater with an open mind!

I have to say, it was better then I thought it was going to be ... there's a lot that I liked about it and I think they handled telling the sequel's story nicely... But I left the theater feeling absolutely nothing - isn't it the type of movie that should make you leave feeling excited and giddy? I think I had more feeling in me leaving Sherlock Holmes then I did Alice in Wonderland... There weren't enough scenes of Alice wandering about Underland, too much time at the Red Queen's castle. And maybe too much CGI, especially that awfully cheesy Johnny Depp/Ali McBeal dancing baby-esque scene at the end.. It also seemed like there wasn't as much 3d going on as there could have been. Man, I really wanted smoke rings to pop out of that screen... Is that too much to ask?

Anyway, I will stop with my rambles and get back to my old dresses. Expect a blog post from me later on, in the mean time - if you're curious, you should take a peek at my flickr!

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The start of Spring

There's definitely something in the air right now. It's that funny in between time - the change of seasons - an anticipation for new and exciting things ... I'm being vague - but it's sort of a vague thing .... Does anyone know what I'm talking about? It's subtle - but it's the sort of thing that puts an extra skip in your step and makes you smile a little more, even if there's nothing to smile about.

These pictures are actually from last Saturday, I don't have anything too special to share besides them - so you'll have to excuse my lack of aesthetic interestingness! But, that dress is new and I love it to pieces... I found it in Los Angeles at a weird sort of junky vintage store - it was cheap and in bad condition, but a hot oxy clean bath and some new buttons and now it's just perfect! I've also been rag curling my hair a lot lately.. I've been so inspired by all the pretty early 30s inspired hairstyles in clothing photos that have been popping up on the internet - the loose curls pinned up around the neck! In case anyone wants to try it, I recommend putting the rags in right after you dry your hair and leave them in for about an hour or so - it makes the curls a bit more soft and subtle!

I had a really nice day today, hanging out in my apartment with Meggy and eating fancy lunches and finding a perfect plaid elfkin hooded elf coat at American Rag - and also just getting excited for the weekend in general! I'm going to see Alice in Wonderland tonight and I'm excited and nervous at the same time. The Disney version was a very important part of my childhood and I'm not usually into the dark adaptions of Tim Burton's story-making .... But, I'm keeping an open mind!! And I'm not going to lie, I'm excited for the frivolity of getting a big thing of buttery popcorn and a fountain soda!

Anyway, I better stop rambling and get myself ready to go! I'm wishing everyone lots of beautiful early Spring adventures this weekend!!! And I can't wait to see your photos and share mine, whatever they end up being!

PS I cleaned out my closet yesterday and I have a bunch of things to list, but I think I'll probably get to it tomorrow? I have a few more things to photograph so I think I'll just put it up all at once!

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Los Angeles Adventures

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We stood on stars and stuck our hands into pavement and watched tar bubble up into the middle of the city. Drinking Moroccan Mint icy blended bubble teas from Urth Cafe and spending sunny afternoons with friends. Wandering around beautiful men's stores, Mister Freedom, and the RRL store on Melrose. Oh, and eating as many meals as possible at Square One Dining (where we had our one and only celebrity sighting)

And on the drive home we passed by hundreds and hundreds of blooming trees that just kept on going for miles and miles and just when I thought we'd seen the last of them, there was more! OH! And I wore pants, jeans even! (fancy new RRL raw denim selvedge edge ones that cuff ever so nicely but hurt like hell because I'm not used to wearing pants, never-mind ultra stiff raw denim)

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