Sunflower Sailor

 Sorry for the photo-overload here... we just had so much fun snapping away when we decided to pull over and buy some sunflowers after noticing a sweet little lady picking dozens of them.

You may be wondering why I'm actually wearing makeup for once in these photos. Well, it's because we were on our way back from yet another vintage photo shoot at my aunt's house! It was so-much-fun. We had our hair & make-up done a few times throughout each day of the two-day shoot. And i'm going to shut up now so I can leave some mystery until I post some of the photos on here.

P.S. The adorable sailor dress is one of the many great vintage pieces my aunt gave me... I can't wait to wear & share photos of the rest of them.

Treasure

My mom and I went to a town-wide garage sale this morning in hopes of finding some vintage goods and we came out with a full car of treasures. At one point in the morning I was saying how awesome it would be to go to a garage sale with a substantial amount of vintage clothes to choose from rather than seeing an ok piece at one here & there and, sure enough, at the last garage sale we stopped at, my eyes widened as I approached a rack labeled "Vintage". I grabbed 4 dresses and one two piece skirt & shirt set and this 1970s lemon yellow beauty above is one of my favorites coming in at the humble price of $3...Woo hoo!

Bark Cloth

Finally, a chilly day has arrived here in Wisconsin! I took advantage of this nice weather by taking a run this morning and then wearing this 3/4 length sleeve dress I picked up on sale at H&M for $10. The print of the dress reminds me of one that would be on some vintage bark cloth... hence the post's title.

The shoes are from Nordstrom Rack and the arm candy is Jeepers, my most prized accessory.

Taliesin

Today, my mom, sister, and I toured Frank Lloyd Wright's home and current architecture school, Taliesin.  I wish I could have taken more photos to share but photos were not allowed inside of the buildings. I guess you'll have to experience his work yourself at either Taliesin or Taliesin West.

 Above is a photo of what I wore on the tour: 

Shirt: $6 at Nordstrom Rack

Skirt: $2.80 at Savers thrift store

Vintage handbag: $3 at a thrift store in Vegas

Into the Woods

Jean shirt: from a Goodwill in Reno $3

Jean flower shorts: from a Salvation Army in Carson City $1.50

Gold fish belt: from Savers in Henderson $4

Converse: Free, a friend gave em to me

Summer Wonderland

 Tonight I went out with my family to the midwest's traditional "Friday Night Fish Fry" at the most beautiful golf course, Trappers Turn.

All of the clothing and accessories you see in the post were thrifted. The Juicy Couture Dress was bought at a Savers for $5.60, the Kenneth Cole Reaction flats, which retail for $70, were purchased at a thrift store in Lake Tahoe for $3, the vintage purse was just recently purchased for $8 at a Salvation Army, and the little vintage flower earrings were also just purchased at a St. Vincent de Paul's  a.k.a. "Vinnie's".

Wisconsin Thrifting

Year after year, the thrift stores in Wisconsin never cease to amaze me. Each store is packed with all kinds of vintage treasures at the greatest prices whereas in Nevada, they price an ugly 80s dress like it's vintage gold. So when I get back to Wisconsin each summer, I can hardly contain my excitement to scope out my next big find. I've been here for about 3 days and already have made two thrift store outings; I've made out with some great finds...
Day One

Vintage Handmade halter dress: $4.50

Vintage cape: $4.00

Vintage bracelet with excellent quality beads: $5

 Vintage rhinestone earrings: $8.00

This type of rhinestone is such great quality... they really don't make em' like this anymore.

(I have matching necklaces at home too!)

 Cute little vintage flower earrings: $4.50

 Vintage children's musical Fisher Price toy: $4.50

(I thought it was too cute to pass up, plus our puppy might like to chase it)

Vintage ceramic donkey sculpture: 2.50

Vintage 1960s Official Bartender's Guide: $1.50

Vintage National Geographics: 90 cents each

Sunset magazine's Quick Cooking for Two: $1.95

Real Simple meals made easy: $1.50

Day Two

Purple terrycloth romper: $2.50

 Vintage flower earrings: $1.00

 Vintage woven purse: $8.00

 Vintage Pyrex Bowl: $3.99

 The Partridge Family album: $2.92

Polka Party: $2.00
Hansel and Gretel children's record: $2.97

Few Hours In Santa Monica

 Yesterday, we hung out in Santa Monica for a few hours. We grabbed lunch at one of our favorite restaurants in Santa Monica, Cora's Cafe, and walked along the Promenade. I want to live in Santa Monica soo badly. 

In Santa Monica, I wore a metallic dress thrifted for $9 and a jean jacket also thrifted.

Oh yeah, we also took a little trip to IKEA on the way out... above is the typical look of our car after any trip here.

Long Beach

We spent today cruisin' around Long Beach via bikes and hanging out on the beach in what turned out to be some surprisingly warmer weather. 

I wore a really great colored BCBG dress that I bought from a thrift store ($6), a white denim Lucky Brand also from a thrift store ($10), a vintage purse I've had forever, and my new BC Footwear sandals from Nordstrom's Rack ($35 I think).

The Crab Cooker

Mmm for those of you who have never been, The Crab Cooker in Newport Beach is tasty business. My family has been going there for a while now and last night I got my yearly Crab Cooker fixin' in. 

I wore a cashmere sweater ($6) from a thrift store, vintage shorts ($1.50) also from a thrift store, a necklace from The Gypsy Den, shoes from Nordstrom's Rack, and a vintage purse that's been in my house forever.

Today we're going to rent bikes and check out the consignment, vintage, & thrift stores in the area... excellent.

Bonnaroo

The Bonnaroo arch

Blowin' Bubbles

Devon & I eating delicious freshly baked Amish Doughnuts 

Sarah Barthel of Phantogram....I love her.

H & M sheer shirt- I think it was $5 on sale 

Super old converse

A Ralph Lauren backpack I got at a thrift store for like $15

& galaxy shorts pictured in more detail below

Thom Yorke... a name that needs no introduction. 

Hand-painted galaxy shorts from The Gypsy Den. I'm in love.

 We spotted Reggie Watts on the ferris wheel just before we went to his set in the Comedy Tent. Hilarious dude.

The last night at Bonnaroo & it was raining. I'm wearing a thrifted dress, my go-to spiked necklace from The Gypsy Den, and a sweater from The Gap's sale.

Click here my Bonnaroo video!

So basically Bonnaroo was/is awesome. We scored on some unusually cool weather for the fest this year and we were not complaining. This was my first year attending and it was amazing. And even though I did go to a festival that was hundreds of miles away from home, I still managed to stay true to my thrifty-ness. Instead of paying for a $300 four day pass plus camping and $240 travel expenses, we decided to volunteer at the fest through the Work Exchange Team (WET) which covered our full ticket, camping, and three $8 meal tokens to use at the festival vendors... it was a really great deal.

XXX

 Anyways, I hope you enjoyed some of these photos I managed to take. Below is link to a video compilation of some of the acts I saw over the weekend... enjoy!
Click here for the video!
PS.
These are the shows I made it to:
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead, Phantogram, The Beach Boys, Aziz Ansari, Reggie Watts, Phish, Rodrigo y Gabriela, The Roots, The Devil Makes Three, The Cave Singers, Alice Cooper, fun., and Ludacris.