On To Better Homes...

I love selling vintage.Besides the fact that it lets me be a stay at home mom it's great to do what you love...unfortunately the pay is unpredictable and often times lousy but I love it and that's what counts.Now as any vintage seller will tell you one of the hardest things to do is let go of some things.Every seller has a bad habit of keeping things once intended to sell and really you can't fault us,some things are just TOO awesome to let go of.

One of my personal vices is curtains!I love,love,make my heart go pitter patter love midcentury drapery!I have boxes full of ones that do not fit my windows that I can't part with,it's sick,it's a disease!Of all the vices out there though it's not so bad...it could be worse,not like I'm robbing old ladies for money to buy crack rocks.

Recently I had a dear internet pal find me on Facebook,he has fantastic taste and when I use to sell on Ebay before I fell in love with Etsy he bought a few curtains from me here and there.As I peeked into his home photos album on Facebook tonight I noticed a pair of the curtains he'd bought years ago are in his guest room and I have to show them off here cause it's a real treat to see the things you love and had to part with go on to a good home that does them justice!

So here are those lovely curtains that just fit so well in the guest room of Mr.Thomas,this fella has good taste,love it and hope you enjoy too!

You Like Me,You Really Like Me

I don't blog as much as Id truly love too but it's so nice to know the people out there enjoy my blog and a big thanks to Yesterday Girl for giving me my first blog award!It makes my geeky vintage loving blogger heart oh so happy!


The rules of this award are easy peasy I pass it on to 7 others who in turn must pass it on to 7 others whose blogs they admire, link to the blogger who gave it to them and let whoever they've given it to know that they've given them an award..Get it,got it?Good.

Ever so hard to narrow it down to just 7 but here are my picks:
Archivia
Hell in a Handbag
Lolita Haze
Twila Jean
Solanah
SellOholicMom
Strawberry Koi

Mama's Got a New Hat..

I won't lie clothes shopping for me is not fun,not right now anyway.I can't really buy things that are my old size (though I still do from time to time) cause I need another article of clothing in my closet that doesn't fit like I need another hole in the head.But I refuse to spend money on clothes I'm only going to wear a short time while I loose this last 20 pounds of baby weight.I consider it motivation to be stuck in a very limited wardrobe of what fits...though depressing from time to time.So what can a gal never have to worry about not fitting?HATS!Thus vintage hats are my current indulgence right now and here is my newest addition and a reasonable $4.00.

Head Vases How Do I Love Thee...

Let me count the ways..hmm,well... a lot!Sadly due to some financial hardships here and there my once great collection of head vases is pretty small now from selling them off.I am slowly rebuilding my collection and hope to reach the goal of one day having wall to wall head vases (or at least one wall covered in them)."Don't you think that'd be creepy?" my husband asks,if by creepy you mean awesome then sure yeah.

Here is the newest addition to the family I picked up a few weeks ago for $5.00,poor gal is missing and earring and she has a chip on one of her lashes but she's still just lovely!

Trick or Treat...

This year was my daughters first year trick or treating.She did very good,didn't get too scared by it all and used her good manners which does a mother proud.The walk home she proclaimed "Mama,this is the best day of my whole life",aw to be 2 again so easy to please.


My son though clearly too young for trick or treating still tagged along happily in the Baby Bjorn (seriously best invention ever for those of you that have a baby that refuses to be set down without crying about it).

In My World...

I've been told on numerous occasions through out my life that I live in my own world.I'm honestly fine with that I rather enjoy marching to the beat of my own drum and daring to be dare I say different.There's a lot of ugly in the world and it's easy enough to get bogged down with it.It's one of the many reasons vintage appeals to me so much because it's a pretty thing that has with stood the test of time,dealt with years of the worlds ugliness and it still pretty.So I often dive into it and forget the rest of the world.

I like that fun for me is digging through piles of what most people my age would consider garbage...but honestly how could anyone think that?It boggles my mind how people can wear something from Forever 21 that's probably going to fall apart after to wash it versus something that has probably been washed literally hundreds of times and looks so worse for the wear.

I like my world because I don't have a lot,I work hard for what I got and that aint much but if I'm going to spend money on something I want to know it's going to last.My world is pretty awesome because I can do amazing things with pocket change.This mint condition veil cost me $1.00 and the green swirl bakelite hoop earrings also $1.00.You can't do that at the mall my friends you simply cant.

You Can Never Have Too Many Shoes...

I love shoes but what girl doesn't?!Unfortunately as a housewife I don't get to dress up and go out as much as I'd like so most of my vintage shoes are in the closet collecting dust except on those times I feel like vacuuming in high heels,that's not because I'm trying to be some cliche 50's housewife but more so because I never grew out of dressing up.

I was fortunate a few weeks ago to find a pair of "everyday" shoes on Ebay in MY size!and I wont them for a mere $15.51Glory!Glory!Glory!Any vintage shoes lover can tell you how wretchedly annoying it is to have your heart skip a beat over a pair of shoes and then sink to your stomach when it hits you that its not in your size.Shopping for shoes online can be a coin flip even when they are in your size but they fit like a dream.

So ladies and gents check out my "new" Thunderbirds.Box is copyrighted 1954.I love dead stock!Or new old stock as most people prefer to say.Oh and disclaimer should my mother ever become very computer savvy and stumble across my blog I can hear it now so Yes mother those are shoes on the kitchen counter,you'll be so kind as to forgive as they were the only spot safe to take a photo with a wide awake and very grabby toddler.