Wednesday, January 30, 2013

A Sweet Find

Here's a cute little 40's coat that my girlfriend found for me the other day.  It's a handmade wool coat with a red velvet Peter Pan collar and velvet buttons.  The kicker is the matching hat, so cute, and that fake fur pom pom ball on top, I want one.  It's for sale now in the shop along with a bunch of new stuff.  Now if we can finally get some sunshine here in Michigan I can take some new photos of the large pile of stuff yet to be done.

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Some of my favorite movies in clothes form


Two of my all time favorite movies are "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "About a Boy", I decided that these two smart dresses reminded me of something Veruca Salt might wear.


The sweater isn't really like the one Marcus wore, but it reminds me something that he would wear.  It's one of my all time favorite sweaters.  My daughters were not that keen on wearing it, so it's now for sale in the shop.


Thursday, January 17, 2013

Sunday, January 13, 2013

100 Items!

I just posted my 100th item in my etsy store!  When I first started my shop back in October, I never thought I'd be able to reach 100 items.  It's a full time job having an etsy store and I feel so lucky to be able to dedicate time to something I love to do.

Saturday, January 12, 2013

A Little Bit Mod

Carousel Wig Box

 Vintage K-Mart Jumper

 Vintage Health-Tex Plaid Dress

 Two Piece Ginger Peachy skirt, vest, & blouse

All these will shortly be in the shop

Monday, January 7, 2013

Something a little sweet

All this sunshine is making me photo happy, let's hope it lasts.  All these goodies will be in the shop tomorrow, xoxo

Purple Polly Flinders, Mod Plaid Skirt, Healthtex Jumper

Mod Sweater Dress with Vest, Mr. Roger's Sweater, Ed Emberly Book

Red Hearts Dress, Sweet Winnie the Pooh Smocked dress, Alpine Jumper

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Three sweet dresses

Here are a few dresses that have been sitting around the shop too long.


Vintage 1970's Doree Selevan of Dorissa Scandinavian Dress Size 10




                 Vintage Boho The Beaux Age Hippy Flowered Dress




Vintage NOS Girl's Size 10 Plaid Jumper

All available in the shop!


Thursday, January 3, 2013

Shop Update, a little bit of this & that

Here are a few goodies coming into the shop this week

 Vintage Polly Flinders, sweet 1940's apron, Vintage addition flash cards
Another great Polly Flinders, hand knit sweater with side buttons, Vintage Minnetonka Moccasins





Tuesday, January 1, 2013



I've been fascinated with the Loch Ness Monster since I was a little girl.   I was one of those kids that would check out the same book about sea monster and Big Foot over and over again at the library.  I remember when the popular "Surgeon's Photo" was revealed as a fake, and I was like "no way!"
It really bummed me out.


So I started making these little Nessies out of my favorite stash of vintage feedsack material.  I had been hoarding the fabric for years and I thought this would be a good use for it.


Follow the link to my etsy store for more details and how you can adopt one of these sweet girls.
As for believing in the Loch Ness Monster, I still do!  I'm like Linus with the Great Pumpkin, you can never doubt!



Some day I will make it to Scotland and the Loch Ness and someone will say, "how's about we get in a little row boat and head out into the lake and see what we can find."  And I will say "oh hell no, but thank you I can see just fine from here." I'm curious, but not stupid.