An item from the shop made it into a treasury on the front page of Etsy!! Hello, excitement! I feel like a celebrity! (And yes, I had to google how to take a screen shot.)

thrifting loot

Have I ever mentioned how living in a small town in the Midwest basically equals thrifting gold? I was so excited about today's finds that I had to snap a photo and share it with you all! Most of these things will be hitting the shop as soon as everything is washed, photographed, and measured. If you see anything that strikes your fancy, let me know! 

(The green skirt is mine all mine, but how CUTE are those pink and blue bow flats??)

outfit: tropical neon

dress: in the shop

necklace: Babette

bangles: Epiphany6 & Co. 

sandals: Otte

If money weren't an issue, this is how I would style this dress. Wooden soled shoes are a good anchor for the bright, hawaiian-esque print of this wiggle dress, and the gold accessories would perfectly complement a nice tan. 

I'm considering doing a giveaway once my shop hits 100 sales (so close!!)!! Would anyone be interested? 

chevron necklace

small crown amethyst ring

box drop earrings

Well hello, you lovely folks! I've had quite the hiatus from this blog, but I fully intend to start posting again very soon.... school and wedding planning took over my life for a few months, but now that we're married and my last week of school is finally here, I can pay more attention to this poor, neglected thing!

I also put the vintage shop on a short hiatus while I was so busy with school, but I am excited to re-open it for the summer. Meanwhile, here are a few beauties from Moorea Seal's Etsy shop. Isn't her jewelry divine? The lavender color of the ring and the gold metals make me pine for warm, sunny days (rather than chilly, rainy ones). I think I'd wear all three together... what, too much?

attempts

About four years ago or so, my mom taught herself to crochet, and then she taught my sister and I. My mom and my sister seemed to take to it very well... they made scarves and my sister even made blankets, which turned out amazing. I, on the other hand, lost my patience for it pretty quickly. I think there are probably still a few half-made scarves lying around my mom's house...

Anywho, I've decided that my patience has grown since I was 20, and I'm going to try my hand at the whole crocheting business again. These pretty little things are my (ambitious) inspiration.

blue fingerless gloves

If you've never tried fingerless gloves before, you most definitely should... just layer a pair of those cheapo finger-ful gloves under them.

gray cowl neck scarf

I think I've talked about cowl neck scarves before... I may have an obsession...

bubble beret

This hat is gorgeous! and not your typical winter beret, what with the quirky bubble detailing.

Are any of you ladies crocheters? Knitters? What have you successfully... or not so successfully made? I want to know!!

favorites

I have a slight obsession with pushing the Etsy Favorites button. Anything and everything that strikes my fancy gets an immediate add to that list... I have no shame in the length of that list. I figured I might as well share them... they are all so fantastic they deserve to be shown! Here are just a few (a very small few):

guest book fingerprint tree

green apple bow tie (with polka dots!)

mini wool felt autumn posies

button up scarf

long time, no post... but time for a bit of bragging

So I know it's been awhile since I've posted anything, but I just had to rave about this... I won something!! I don't think I've ever won a thing in my whole entire LIFE! And I won the prettiest thing I could think of... the kidnapper bell necklace by lovely little shop. Plus, this came at a time when I really needed a pick me up... anyone else ever have those days (or weeks, or months)?

I've posted about Chelsea's shop before and her creations, and I've been pining over them (ok, drooling is more like it) for quite some time.

If you haven't already, go check out her shop and all the other lovely little necklaces she creates!

dang rain

I've had every intention of doing a shop update this week, but with the weather being so rainy, and the fact that my photography studio is, in fact, my driveway, it hasn't happened. So in order to keep this little bloggy blog happy and kickin' with posts, I picked out some fun things I've found recently on Etsy.

make out city (she and him) flat notecard w/envelope

I very much enjoy this note card by near modern disaster, probably because I'm a hopeless romantic and I like any sort of kissing in general. I also think it would be incredibly cute to give for V-Day, am I right?

twist earwarmers in true blue

I realize it's summer and hot as hades outside, but since I'm constantly wishing for cold these days, it seems fitting that I would hone in on this cute earwarmer by YesJess. Last winter, after wearing and realizing knit caps aren't really my thing, I found out that earwarmers are just as cute, and warm too!

paper crane earrings

I love dainty things and these earrings by maria allen jewelry are the daintiest. Plus, I love the idea that paper cranes are usually made from paper, and these ones are for your ears... it adds to the dainty-ness (I just made that word up). Bonus: they are only 10 buckeroos.

night picnic 5 x 7 print

Z and I have been re-decorating our rental house a bit, and I think this print by Julia Pott would be something we would both love to hang somewhere in the house. It's one of those things that you can't really pinpoint why you love it, you just do.