Winners,Washer and Dryer Woes and Sales...

Thank you to everyone that entered my giveaway!And to all the new followers I gained while doing this "hello"*waves spastically *.The lucky duck for this giveaway is the ever so adorable Vintage Chinchilla!Please leave me your address in a comment (don't worry I won't publish it just erase it after I've written it down) and I can send you off your goodies!

As much as I'm loving my new home and making it my own my one lament is that it didn't come with a washer and dryer.My best advice to anyone buying a home is make sure you have a few grand saved for fix it ups and things you need.We spent all our money just getting into the place leaving nada for anything else.I don't drive which means my husband has been taking the laundry to the laundry mat.

I love my husband and he's a great guy but..well...laundry is just NOT his strong point.I know some of you fellas are perfectly competent in doing laundry but my hubs is not on of them.Clothes come back damp,unfolded and wrinkled.Its killing me.Oh and in the almost 3 weeks I've been back he's gone once.And he only look one load!Hahaha!I feel like a brat complaining.The poor guy works all the time and I know his days off don't want to be spent at a laundry mat which is why I hope I can get the laundry duties back in my hands again.

How amazing would it be to have this pink washer and dryer?!No,I'm not looking for a vintage washer and dryer but boy are they pretty to look at!No,what I need is just a low priced set in plain ole white with one of those fancy "energy star" stickers on them would do just fine.


My saving for a washer and dryer fund has been slow going.I thought I'd do a sale in my Etsy Shop since I didn't do one for black Friday/cyber Monday like a lot of other etsy sellers did and help it grow a little quicker hopefully.This sale is a short one.Its on now until Saturday Dec.3rd at 11pm CT.If you'd like to save 20% on something you had your eye on there is now time like the present.

500 Followers GiveAway...

Wowza! 500 followers,thanks ever so much to all my readers!Alright,technically at 507 but for those who have been with my blog since the start you're well aware that I'm not exactly prompt with these things.I try but fail miserably.Buuuuut hey I had the excuse of moving into a new home this time around,that's a good excuse,right?No?Ok,tough crowd,geeze! ;)

I'm back in the Midwest and it feels good!After being in southern California for a year and 1/2 I almost forgot about 4 seasons.I'm in the great white north with lots of snow,I thought I'd do a snow inspired giveaway.Thus all my goodies for this giveaway are white!For one lucky reader you get a Robinson's pillbox hat,a hankie,2 pairs of earrings and a darling Avon poodle decanter.All of it vintage naturally as this IS a vintage themed blog..mostly.sometimes I ramble on about other things.Its what I do best(SEE,I'm doing it RIGHT NOW!).



Here are the rules:Obviously be a follower of my blog.I want to to go over to my Etsy shop and tell me what your favorite item is.I'm using you,my fellow vintage lovers, as market research as to what I should keep my eyes out for when vintage hunting.Leave your favorite item in a comment and you got yourself one entry for the drawing.If you like me on facebook that will count as a second entry.If you've already liked me let me know and I'll make a note of it to put you into the bowl twice.I'll do a drawing and announce the winner on Friday.This is open for all my readers so international readers please don't feel left out.

The internet is a big freaking place and I appreciate the friends I've made through it,sharing a little slice of my world with you all and getting to see some of yours.Good luck to everyone and once again thanks for reading!

You're a Winner!

Thank you everyone that entered my giveaway!I'm already up to 424 so 500 will be here before we know it and I'll be throwing another great giveaway!The winner is the lovely Miss Dollie Deville over at The Rockabilly Socialite! Dollie please leave your email in a blog comment so I can contact you for your address (don't worry I won't approve the comment,I'll just use it to copy into an email and delete to prevent any of those pesky spammers from getting a hold of it).


I meant to have an outfit post today.My daughter is at my moms and when I went to lay down with my son so he'd take a nap I feel asleep too!Whoops!I'll have to postpone that till tomorrow when I have natural light on my side again.Oh and I'm having a 20% off sale in my etsy shop that is good till midnight pacific standard time so you have a little over an hour left!The coupn for it is "2YEARANNIVERSARYSALE".Good night guys!

The Same But Different...

Finding vintage twins or vintage that is at least in the same family is exciting!Well...to ME any way.Its how collections often end up starting,like for example my Polaroid Cool Rays with the lacy pattern around the frame of the cats eye started the way.Found one pair,later found another in a different color and kept going with it.Anything bow related is another yet another thing I go gaga for.

I picked up this black brooch with a rhinestone center for $5.00 back in November of last year while thrifting.Not a great thrift price but with most shops in California they see vintage and the fact that they're a THRIFT STORE no longer seems to matter but eh $5.00 really isn't so bad.I just got really spoiled by 50 cent vintage jewelry tables back in Indiana.,(psst Indy I miss these things about you terribly)


and this week I can across this one in a pretty root beer brown and didn't have the rhinestone center.


Now they're in the drawer together perhaps bonding or fighting over who will get worn next?Who knows.


And that concludes the title matching the content.Due to my inability to blog as often as I'd like I'm throwing in a little bit of this and that on this post too.Sorry I have blogging ADD,I can't stay on topic.Honestly though how I blog is much like having a conversation with me,it'll start here and by the end of it ends up WAAAAAAY over there on Mars.I like to think of this as progression in conversation,others argue its an inability to stay on topic *shrugs*

I wanted to show off my lovely hair flower that I ordered from Roxanne.Black roses make my inner goth kid super happy!



If the name rings a bell its because you've ordered a darling hair bow OR you remember past blogs post I've made about her awesome little boy Vince he is battling brain cancer.Vince was admitted into the hospital tonight with a fever.I'm sure most of you are aware that when you're going through chemo it really wrecks a frail body and leaves you open to infection which is NOT a great thing for an already weak immune system.Its frightening when a common cold can become deadly.In my opinion the kids has proven to be tougher than nails so I'm sure he'll be fine but all the same just wanted to make a public "shout out" to my readers that before you go to bed tonight keep him in your prayers,light a candle,send some positive thoughts his way.Whatever your cup of tea is belief wise doesn't matter.

To jump topics once again on to tattoos!If you browse buzzfeed or "Like"
me on Facebook you might recall the 50 unexplainable vintage photos post.There were 3 that really caught my eye and here are 2 that I'm seriously considering turning into thigh pieces.They have a very macabre in comparison to my traditional pieces but all the same they've continued please me when I look at them.


I want to add a banner to this one that reads "I only have eyes for you"


I've got a million and one things to get done before I go spending money on that though so on the plus side it'll give me time to still ponder over them.Before I go hopping around anymore I'm out of here...No,I lied!Don't forget about my giveaway!Ok now I'm done.Seriously.

400 Follower Giveaway!

Ok well its 411 followers now.One of these days I'll be better planned with these things I swear!Its always when you're looking for something that you can't find it.Since I didn't want to do clothes or shoes since its a limited number of people that can enter I do universal things like hats,jewelry and purses and sure enough Murphy's Law came into play and a drought on vintage hats,purses and jewelry fell upon me.

Now onto the goods!I am offering this lovely little lot of vintage items:a bracelet,hat,purse and brooch!Also I apologize for the photos.I not only got around to doing this giveaway late but I got around to taking the photos late in the day so no natural light!Noooooooooo!





close up of the clasp:


the hat:


the bracelet:


the brooch:


Hopefully you're liking what you see!Now onto the rules for entering.You must be a follower of my blog obviously.I need you to repost on your own blog about my give away AND post your favorite item from my etsy shop. I'll also give you another entry to my giveaway if you follow or already are following me on Facebook or Twitter!I know some of you follow blogs but don't actually blog yourselves so in that case sharing this link of your Facebook would also suffice.Thank you so much to all my followers new and old.This blog has been a really fun and positive thing in my life to share my love of vintage with similar people from all over the world!Thanks internet for making it a small world!=)

The will be doing the drawing on Sunday April 10th so giveaway entries must be in by Saturday night.Good luck!

Worst Internet Connection Everrrrrr oh and the Winner Is....

First off sorry for the delay in announcing the winner.The night I did this giveaway the next morning my connection went out and didn't come back until...oh well now!Grrrr.Since my husband is coming back here and we'll be staying here a bit longer than originally planned I need to look into an actual internet provider as stealing the neighbors is starting to become very frustrating.I thought I'd only be here a few months so it wasn't a big deal but its a pain in the butt!

Thank you to everyone that entered and the winner is Miss CherryBubbles!I will be contacting you here shortly.In other news as I mentioned in a few posts ago Alaska ended up not working out but I am happy to report our new plan:Washington!I've wanted to move there forever and now it looks like we are both in agreement that this could be a good thing for us.So the new plan is suck it up here together taking care of my dad,he'll hopefully find work here soon so between whatever he's able to find plus my Etsy income we'll be north bound by spring if not sooner!

As much as I've been saving my pennies I also can't pass up a good deal so I had to pounce when I came across this rocker on Ebay....I paid for it on the 14th of last month.It just TODAY finally showed up but despite needing a good scrub down due to dirt and smelling like cigarettes *cringe* it cleaned up nicely and Wayland was quite pleased with it.

300 Followers Give Away!!!

Finally!Once again better late than never but hopefully you guys find this worth the wait.Let me thank everyone for taking an interest in my blog it is greatly appreciated and its been a lot of fun.If you've been following me since the start you know that I didn't require you to do much to enter.This time I'm going to do it a little differently if you don't mind.

To enter of course all you have to do is first off be a follower of my blog(international follwers yes no worries you are also open to the giveaway!) but this time around when you leave me a comment to let me know you're in and include your email I also want you to tell me what your favorite thing is in my Etsy shop AND this time around I'd like you to spread the word about my give away on your own blog.See?Not the hard.

Up for you lovely followers is a vintage Thomas of Medway hat,vintage leaf hankie,vintage orange bakelite spacer bracelet,vintage white lucite clamper bracelet,vintage Corde purse and even though its not vintage it has a fun vintage look to it a petal cap by Bobbi Dain.



some better close up shots:









I will pick the winner on Oct.1st to give everyone a few days to enter.Good luck!