I'm a verbivore!
I bought Vogue 9996 in, I believe, 2008, the day that my friend Megan and I picked through a small basket of vintage patterns at an antiques mall about halfway to Wyoming.
Last month, I finally bought the fabric and notions necessary to make it. A plaid? Why did I choose a notoriously-difficult-to-line-up plaid? Oh, well. [...]
Thu, February 25 2010 » Vintage & Retro Style, Viva Las Vegas, collections, fashion, sewing » 1 Comment
Dice bracelets. I originally made them just for my own use, but someone said I should sell them, and so I started adding them to my Etsy shop in early ’08. I wound up bringing a pound or two of them with me to VLV10 for my gal-pals and I to mix and match with [...]
Sun, February 21 2010 » Vintage & Retro Style, Viva Las Vegas, fashion, jewelry, pet peeves » 1 Comment
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Whew. Okay. As many of you know, my Biggest Event of the Year is the annual Viva Las Vegas rockabilly weekender. I first attended VLV10 in 2007 at the urging of (and spending all of my time with) my friends at Peek Photo and a mutual friend of ours. They were absolutely sure that VLV [...]
Mon, February 1 2010 » Vintage & Retro Style, Viva Las Vegas, fashion, food, friends, nostalgia, shopping, vacation » 5 Comments
A few weeks ago, I finally finished a book that I had been reading on and off for a couple of months. It’s titled Picture This! The Inside Story and Classic Photos of UPI Newspapers, and it’s a compelling read sandwiched in between both classic and less-familiar photos from UPI’s heyday. But the best part, [...]
Tue, September 29 2009 » Vintage & Retro Style, Viva Las Vegas, fashion, friends, nostalgia, shopping » 2 Comments
(Flommers? Yeah. I dunno. I have some verbal affectations. That’s for another post.)
(Also: It would seem that I’ve feeling very parenthetical today.)
I wear hair flowers. I have, on occasion, purchased hair flowers. I have been given hair flowers in exchange for modeling them, and I have been given hair flowers as gifts. When there is [...]
Mon, August 10 2009 » Vintage & Retro Style, Viva Las Vegas, collections, fashion, jewelry » 1 Comment
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