Merry Christmas !

I hope everyone is having a magical little day for themselves - filled with loved ones and cookies and chocolate and maybe a Christmas sweater or an Elvis Christmas carol or two!!

This is my second Christmas in SF ... away from the East Coast... It's really tough being away from family, but Christmas Eve was sort of really great!! A Westley walk to Grace Cathedral hill around 11:15 PM, for a gum drop tree photo shoot and then I wandered into midnight mass ... the cathedral was so pretty with the glowy lights and the frankincense rising up into the rafters. I've never been to a midnight mass before, and I've never actually been into Grace Cathedral ... I think last night was the perfect time to be there.










Today Westley and I are relaxing and eating our own treats respectively - freeze dried chicken for him, and Lacey's cookies for me! Even though my family is miles and miles away - I'm happy to have this little fur baby as my official present shredder!!




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Be well and warm!!!

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The Legion of Honor

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Saturday was a really great day spent running around The Legion of Honor with Sonja. The weather was totally bizarre, when we got there it was foggy, then turned sunny, then turned foggy, and then then the sky was grey, red, and orange all at the same time. When I was running around in that polka dot dress, a live organist started playing Christmas songs and the fog was coming in and it was one of the strangest/best places I could have possibly been!!

These things will probably be going into the etsy shop tomorrow afternoon, I ran out of light today to photograph the polka dot dress so I guess I'll just wait and post it all at once. I'll have another update coming soon too ... I've been stashing some things away for a holiday pop-up shop happening on Friday hosted by my pal Ashley - and whatever doesn't sell after the party will make its way onto etsy. If any of you in SF might be interested in shopping for dresses, have a look here for more info!

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Fragile Wings

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I'm having a hard time putting words to this post because everything that comes out sounds waaayy too sappy. But, it's hard not to dote on such pretty pictures taken by my pal Sonja. On top of being way too sweet and a million times cooler then I ever was during my teenage years - she has the very best blonde hairs I ever did see.

It's nice that we happen live in the same city too! Fingers crossed everything falls into place and Sonja and I get to take 1385 photos on Saturday... I have a small stash of extra pretty things I found in Boston that need proper photos taken before they find a new home..

Oh, and I almost forgot - she also has one of my most favorite tumblrs.

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Wild Flowers of America

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Yesterday I stumbled upon 17 (of 18) volumes of Wild Flowers of America circa 1894.... 16 lithographed flowers in each volume and I feel like I could spend the rest of my afternoon taking pictures of the pretty details.. I'm going to be adding the plates to Libris Lunaria - Vol. 1 is already up... Vol. 2 is next!

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Tender Cuts

When I first started selling vintage I noticed that so many of the collectors/sellers I'd meet always dressed so simply... And usually always in modern clothing. I didn't understand why, but I think I get it now... You start to feel guilty keeping things for yourself - and the ones that you do hold onto feel too precious to wear. I feel like more and more I'm having a hard time finding clothing for myself - and the things that I wear each day tend to be so boring.

I bought these floral shorts almost a year ago from the sweet Emily Bryngelson's clothing line, Tender Cuts and it's been one of my best non-vintage purchases! I also bought the white/black long sleeve blouse too and I can't even tell you how many times it's gotten me out of an outfit pinch. I've been meaning to use both the blouse and shorts for proper pictures ... but I suppose these blurry photos taken a few weeks ago will have to do for now.

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Oh! And I'm back. Lazing about in bed with a scruffy white pup perfectly curled up to my right. I plan on spending my day packing up etsy orders and unpacking my suitcases. I'm feeling extra lazy though and any excuse to putz around on the computer whilst tucked under blankets is a-okay with me ... so I'm having two sales today!
The 1385 shop is 25% off from 11:00 AM Pacific until 5:00 PM Pacific!
And the Libris Lunaria shop will have $10 prints from today at 11:00 AM Pacific until tomorrow, same time!

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11.29

My too short visit with family is almost up.. It's been a really nice week petting doggies, eating too much food, hanging with the coolest 3 year old niece ever, and folding my soon-to-be-here baby nephew's teeny tiny clothes - I think the miniatures socks kill me the most!!

Tomorrow I'll hopefully spend my last afternoon with my best girl digging around a big warehouse filled with pretty dresses. I have my finger's crossed I'll find some silky/lacy things like these underpinning blouses I found at the flea market a few months back. They sort of remind me of French macarons and I'm greedily keeping them until forever!

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1 3 8 5 updates

Well, the etsy shop has been re-stocked ... I'm amazed that I managed to do this entire update whilst manually focusing my camera ... it took 2x longer then normal to photograph - but I'm realllllly happy about my newfound photo location. Taking photos in my apartment was really bumming me out. I live in a courtyard facing apartment and in the Summer time when the light is at its brightest - I have about an hour and a half of good light each day. Now that the days are darker my photo time is cut down to about 30 minutes, if that. But, then I realized that this little window area just 15 feet down the hall from my door is perfect! And the light is nice all afternoon!

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1930s Dusty Blue Crinkle Chiffon Dress

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1930s Hearst Castle Dress

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1950s White Ruffle Blouse

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Edwardian Lace Ruffle + Pintuck Blouse

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1960s Ice Gray Accordion Pleat Dress

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1920s Black Silk Velvet Dress

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1940s Navy Satin Dress with Copper Beading

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1930s Junior Printed School Dress

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As far as shipping goes for orders - I'm leaving for the East Coast this weekend and won't be back until the first of the month - so any orders placed after Friday (Nov. 19th) around 2:00 PM Pacific won't be shipped until December 2nd!

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november 15

Today was a really sad day for me as far as camera stuff goes... my 35mm lens has been on the fritz for the past month and it officially bit the dust this afternoon. I can't decide if I want to try and get it fixed or maybe just buy a 50mm lens instead.. My computer has also seen better days, and of course I fell asleep watching Law & Order SVU on netflix watch it now and I woke up at 1:45 am to a loud thud, which was my knee pushing my computer 4 feet off the bed and onto the hardwood floor. Thankfully it's working still - but I fear its ultimate demise is quickly approaching.

Anywayyyy, here are some blurry photos from yesterday afternoon. The weather here has been so good, in the 70s!! It's been really great not to worry about tights and warm layers. My dress is a teeny tiny teenagers dress from the 30s that I found at the flea market. I can't actually snap the snaps shut, so a cardigan is mandatory. The shoesies are from Maria's lovely shop, Adelaide Homesewn.



Oh! and my backpack! A really lucky flea market find from last month when Alice was here with me.. It was supposed to be a birthday present for my boyfriend but, I haven't let him use it. Not even once.. Whoops!

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November 2nd

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A few different things from the past few weeks...... A ruffly cotton voille 30's dress with a pretty houndstooth-esque printed skirt. I wore it around on Halloween day, the weather was so perfect I didn't even need a sweater! I sort of gave up on shopping for myself and have just been sneakily taking a dress or two from the ones I find for the shop, this is one of them!

I've never seen this movie, but it looks so great! That little girl has the best autumn/winter clothing! And her hair! The cloth ribbon thing definitely looks much better on her and not so great with bangs.

And a gigantic 60s carpet suitcase I found at an estate sale. I once saw a similar bag at a store in Manhattan that was around $700 and it's haunted me ever since. Three years later I finally found one for what seems like chump change compared to the Manhattan price!

Two of my favorite prints in the Libris Lunaria shop ... from a British mycology book... There's 5 plates from that book in the shop and I think I have to add more, they're just so great!

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