Another GiveAway!

Happy 100th+ Post to The Glamorous Housewife!

She has decided to hold a fabulous GiveAway on her blog. It's honestly simply to die for! She's gifting this beautiful pair of vintage turquoise clip-on earrings:

Go check out this lovely GiveAway from a wonderful blogger. And if you haven't seen her blog before, do poke about. She does some creative weekly themes. Leave her a comment to be entered into the GiveAway.

Overfilled with blogging love!

Ok, so, once again... not a proper post. I will do one shortly, but I just had to put this out there.

I LOVE YOU GUYS!!

I'm still quite a novice when it comes to blogging, but everyday (sometimes much more than once a day) I read your posts and continue to find out so much more. You are all unique and have fabulous writing styles... Most of the time I feel like I'm blabbering, while everyone of you can some up exactly what I wanted to say but couldn't. You let me know there are people out there like me, and you also let me know about things completely new and foreign to me.

When I read your comments, I can't help but smile, and I feel like I've received a virtual hug! Thank you all for your encouragement and words of wisdom!

On a completely different note, I love the picture below of James Dean and Marilyn, don't you?

I know it doesn't make me unique, but I think she's great. Such a lovable smile.

Tickled Pink!

Lizzy, from A Vintage Spirit, completely made my day yesterday, when I discovered that she had given me an award! Imagine that! I was over the moon, simply tickled pink! I've hardly been blogging for very long, but I am filled with love and admiration for all you lovely creative ladies who welcomed me with open arms and fantastic blogs!

But, oh no! Now I have to choose five people to pass it on to? Only five?

Lizzy at A Vintage Spirit (I'm allowed to pass it right back, right?)

Andi B. Goode (Don't you love that name?)

The Freelancer's Fashionblog (The beginning of my blog addiction)

Super Kawaii Mama (Have you seen her tutorials?)

Quiet Like Horses (A gorgeous read, though not vintage themed)

I know most of you already all know each other, but do check out these girls' blogs - Absolutely Amazing!

And now for something completely different (*starts humming Monty Python tune*):

Sometimes you come across a vintage item of clothing that, for some reason or another, falls above the rest, not necessarily because of its age or value, but because it speaks to you. It says, "You and me, we belong together", and you really have no choice but to take it home with you. I have two of these items. One was the brown dress which was feature in an earlier post: it's brown silk, decorated with knitting needles and balls of yarn in blue and white (I first thought they were chromosomes... yes, I'm a science dork). It was one of my first pieces, and I have loved it to death... a little too literally. The fabric is now disappearing (not mendable), and it is reserved for special occasions only.

The second item is a beautiful trench, lovingly fixed and refixed again and again. However, I got it when I was still growing, and, as such, it's just a little too tight. My sister is smaller than I am (lucky), and she claimed it from me in exchange for a too big pair of red heels. I love the shoes, don't get me wrong, but I occasionally peer into her closet pining after the coat.

Well, she's almost officially moved out of the house, but the coat is among the last few things needing to be packed up, and so I took the chance to ware it again, one last time(?), for a photo shoot:

Coat: JetRag Vintage Store

Green Bag: Part of a vintage train luggage set my sister bought me

Shoes: Re-mix

And it even has pockets! (I'm obsessed with skirts/dresses/anything but pants that have pockets)

The Spirit of Good Cheer...

...Needn't Come Once a Year!

This has been a lovely Christmas in July (though I'm still puzzled as to why its not in June?)

Thanks to all who participated (including those who visited instead of hosting) and a special thanks to Maggi for hosting it! Everyone is absolutely and amazingly creative!

I'm off to bed now, to dream of sugar plums, and all the wonderful goodies I discovered today. Perhaps I shall be newly inspired and try to do more cooking/baking?

Me, on Christmas night, after way too much food:

photo credit

P.s. If I threatened to steal your pet/baby this CIJ, I am sorry, and have managed (just) to restrain myself.  They were just all so darn cute!

Do help, my fellow vintage lovers

Why, oh why, do vintage shoes not exist in sizes above a 7? Did women really have smaller feet, or are larger footed women worse at keeping their shoes in good enough order to become vintage?