Some Girls Wander

Bow Peep

Dress - 40's nightie
Cardigan - JCrew
Knee Socks - Forever21
Shoes - Biala
Bag - vintage
Bow brooch worn as barrette - handmade by me

 

This brooch is just a nice velvet ribbon, assembled in a bow-ish fashion (like the other brooches I've been wearing lately).  I just kinda wedged it into my bobby-pin.

Also: I really love the fawn color of that cardigan. It is one of my very, very favorite colors to wear, and I don't find many things that are just this perfect color. Especially for a sweater...it's really lovely to me.

I keep having these Fall-ish leanings, and I just can't seem to help it!
I can't put away the knee socks.

Mister & Miss Cutiepie

I find these two people and their frowsy layers extremely endearing:

 

 Via the always inspiring Hel-looks.

Among the Sprouts and Vines

Ruffle cardigan - JCrew (shortened by me)
Silk blouse - local cheapster boutique last year
Skirt - JCrew
Tights - Target
Shoes - Remix
Bag - vintage

These photos are from last week some time...and it occurred to me as I was getting the photos ready that this outfit is quite similar to this one from February. It's actually the exact Summer analog to it! Very funny! I guess I just fancy cream and mustard and bluey-grey together.

This photo shows all of the colors and pretty surfaces together nicely:

I love, love this cardigan with its cascade of ruffles, but it was an incredibly unflattering length before. Now, cropped just a few inches, I like it so much more.

Isn't that yellow wall so cheery? And the little "sidewalk garden"?
Very sweet.

See you soon!

Dogwood Dress in the Park

Dress - vintage
Fishnets - Target
Shoes - Chie Mihara
Bag - vintage
Bow pin - handmade

I found this dress in this extremely good Etsy shop a month or so back. And holy smokes! She has this dress currently in her shop - be still my heart.

And while I love this dress, it has a decidedly frumpy neckline. Here's a photo of it from the listing, so you can see the way it buttons up - no collar, just a little blah. So I've been puzzling over this neckline-pickle for the last few weeks, and the other day when I went to slip it on, a short-term, vut pretty solution came to mind:

I used safety pins on either side to make an impromptu sweetheart neckline. In my opinion, the sweetheart is the queen of all necklines, so I was happy I could finagle one out of this beautiful 50's Spring dress. I'm not sure what I'll do long-term (stitch the gathers into place and make it permanent?)

Oh! The little bow pin you see up there is another that I made from just the tiniest scrap of vintage fabric that I couldn't bear to toss. It's really simple to do...just make a loop for the bow part, a smaller loop for the "cinching" of the bow, and then two little strips for the "ties". It's really just the illusion of a bow...a more perfect bow than one gets by really tying.

This was such a fun jaunt in the park - we got a few little cupcakes and some cute cafeteria style milks, and headed over for a walk and some duck-watching. Very sweet!

Treats and Sweets

Oh, my goodness.

I just spied this dress in  Francesca's shop. If you'd like to look like a beautiful candy-store proprietress, and you have a whittled-ish waist, I'd recommend you hop like a bunny over there this instant!

Garden On My Shoulder

Sweater + camisole - JCrew
Dress - altered Miu Miu
Underskirt - vintage
Wedges - Anthro
Bag - vintage
Flower brooches - vintage

I'd had the idea to wear a big cluster of my vintage flower pins, but I hadn't found the right dress or outfit to do it with. This peachy silk number seemed like a good place for my garden to grow! I really, really love old enameled metal pins - well, really old pins of all stripes.

I also really love these ballerina-pink wedges that I got on super-sale from Anthro recently! They're very comfy and such a pretty color.

  

A good thing that they're comfy, too, because it was a perfect day for traipsing around with my darlin'.

Happy Friday!

Going Up!

Disclaimer: These are funny, crummy, taken-in-a-mall-with-flash photos. Josiah and I are big time old people and love nothing more than a regular dinner + a movie date each week. We always try to run to the mall near the movies to snag some candy or go to the book store for magazines...and the daylight was all but gone by the time I remembered to take photos.

Dress - vintage via this little snail's shop
Socks - Anthro 07
Shoes - Remix
Bag - vintage
velvet bow - handmade by me

 

This dress is the sweetest, softest little house dress. It even has its matching belt, in perfect shape.
And the bow was just an extra little something...I've used those bow-pins so much. I think they might be one of the most-used handmade accessories I've made myself. Hooray for little bows. And socks + wedges. And the mall, while we're at it.

Back to nicely-lit photos soon, I promise!

Windy with a Chance of Flapper

Blouse + silk slip- Anthro 07 (both altered - blouse taken in, slip shortened)
Tights - Target
Shoes - UO 07
Locket - vintage via Etsy
Headband - BlueSparrow on Etsy

It was so crazy-windy the day we were taking these photos - we high-tailed it home right after, and I could swear the wind was pushing us along. It was the kind of day that, were I still seven years old, I might've tried jumping off of the porch holding an umbrella, hoping against hope that it would catch the wind...you know, Mary Poppins style.

 

*sigh*

This sweet lady made this lovely headband and said it reminded her of me - and then she sent it in the mail! You can't see it too well in my photos, but it's very pretty and Egyptian/flapper-like. Here's one of her photos:

So cute with her bangs!

It's reached the time of year where I begin wearing slips-as-dresses. Here it's topped off with one of my favorite blouses (I love the row of so many shiny buttons, the sleeve detail. the general Victorian-ishness...everything) and a sash.  Light-as-air silk is just perfect for 80 degrees and above.

And I can't get enough of my star locket. It's vying with my bee pendant for most-worn necklace status right now.

Fickle-hearted Francis

After last week's post about the possibly-good-possibly-terrible Urban flats, now I've moved on to being hopelessly enamored with these Fluevog flats. I just love how they look from above. I can't stop thinking about them, actually.

Oh, you almond toe! I find you irresistible right now.

Also irresistible: star headpieces like this one Anja has featured today. We just got back from thrifting, and sadly...no star headpieces were found. But good lunch and a few treasures here and there makes that sad fact a little better!

Licorice and Butterscotch

Dress - vintage
Headband - Anthro 09
Stockings - American Apparel
Belt - Anthro 08
Bag - vintage
Shoes - Biala
Umbrella - vintage

Me being silly/doing my best Elvgren girl impression (only with lots of clothes on). I'm really crazy about this umbrella I procured at the antique store recently. It's such a lovely honey color.

Also crazy about:

Almond-toed shoes. Especially my ladylike grey ones.

I was so thrilled that it was cool and cloudy all weekend. It drizzled all Friday night, so when we went to Ashley's opening, the umbrella came in very handy. Not least of all because I could use it to poke my way through the crowd, or rap people on the head, old-lady-style, if they wouldn't get out of the way.
Kidding of course. 

Well, mostly.