Vintage Bowler

 Happy Spring Everyone! 

Today I'm wearing head to toe thrift:

The vintage hat was a gift to me from my boyfriend, my mom bought the vintage necklace for me at a thrift store in Palm Springs, the black lace dress was $12 at a thrift store in Madison, Wisconsin, the saddle shoes were purchased at Savers in Reno, NV last year, and I picked up this vintage handbag at a garage sale this year for $1.50.

P.S. I submitted this outfit to the thrift outfit contest over at Thrift Store Runway. They host a contest each month with 5 winners who get either $100 each or $500 each if they receive 50+ entrants. So head on over to your nearest thrift store, consignment store, or garage sale and whip together some thrifty outfits to win some CA$$$H.
Happy thrifting!

Beachy Lady

 

//Photos by my brother...thanks dood//

 Although i'm so stoked for the cooler weather, i'm trying to take advantage of this last week or so of the summer warmth by wearing summer outfits that haven't yet gotten the blog love & attention they deserve.

Vintage 1950s/60s top- Garage Sale: $1

Printed Pants- Thrift store: $3.50

Vintage Saddle Shoes- Thrift store: $10

Vintage Hat: Antique Mall: $15

Circle Sunglasses- Ragstock: $5

Outfit Total= About $34.50

MOON BOOTZ

 I conquered the snow today without a spot of wetness in my boots with my trusty Moon Boots.

I also wore a BCBG jacket which was my first-ever clothing splurge that I bought when I was in the seventh grade, Hot Chillys leggings (much warmer that your average legging) and, for a splash of color, my new favorite sweater I found at a nearly froze off my ears from the cold, I added my super warm and fluffy vintage hat you can see in this post.

Doughnuts

Zac and I finally stopped by Jelly Donut today, I was so happy! We shared a dozen and my half mainly consisted of my favorites of course, white frosting ones with colorful sprinkles. Mmmm.

To make up for the lack of warm clothing on the rest of my body, today I wore this super warm hat vintage from an antique mall. The sweater is from H&M and is a really unusual one... I included a detail shot of the back of the sweater as it has buttons straight down the back. My aunt gave me the vintage cheerleading skirt this summer for doing some modeling for her etsy account which i've mentioned before and still need to get around to doing a post of the awesome photos that came about. I purchased the shoes from Urban Outfitters quite a while ago. You can see them here in the post Sgt. Karina.

Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice

Wow, my standards for a wedding are set pretty high after going to this one. As you can see from the above photos, the wedding of a family friend's daughter I attended last night was beautiful.

The reception was held at the father of the bride's resort, the Kalahari Resort, which is located in Wisconsin Dells and is home of the world's largest indoor waterpark. 

Good news! I bought my first pair of Tom's for the occasion of the wedding. Good excuse, right? I decided to go with the black corduroy wedges which took a little breaking in but are so comfortable now. The whole idea of Tom's shoes are awesome too.. Check out the movement if you're unfamiliar with it: One for One. The dress I bought at the same store as the Toms at a store called Shoo located on State street in Madison, WI. It's a vintage little dress and wasn't a bad price either ($25). Also, to make the dress flow a little better with the black wedges I tied a satin ribbon around it. 

The bag is featured in my last post. 

P.S. These things are god when it comes to tackling painful, blister making shoes that have yet to be broken in.

papa's got a brand new bag

Hey there, its been a while since i've posted... hanging out in Costa Rica for two weeks can do that to ya I guess. 

Here I am, back in Wisconsin. Today my mom and I went on a little adventure to the cities of Green Lake, Ripon, and Princeton to feed our antique/vintage addictions. As a result, I ended up with this lovely vintage floral purse found at an antique store with the reasonable price tag of 12 bucks.

The rest of the outfit goes as follows:

Sun Hat: new at forever21

 GAP Jean Dress: thrift store 

Shoes: I'm sure you've spotted these shoes a few times in my posts... they're just too good to leave behind.

enjoy the sun!

A Very Vintage Hollywood Prom

I'm so happy to have such a great boyfriend who was willing to come down from college to be my date at my senior prom... thank you Zac! xo The theme for the prom this year was Vintage Hollywood, I think Zac and I were up to dress code. His shoes are of a previous Savers trip and we found Zac's jacket and shirt at savers as well. Score! His pants, however were a bit more difficult. He ordered tan corduroy pants from a skate company called active in his usual size only to find out the night before prom that the pants were a 'super slim fit'. He looked like a little middle school, tight-panted skater boy. Needless to say, it was hilarious. So on the day of prom we went down to the mall and ended up finding a better deal and fit at The Gap on sale for about 15 bucks. Naice! 

Moving on to my ensemble... My vintage 1950s dress was purchased at a local antique mall for only 40 bucks. And I can wear it again. The Classiques Entier shoes were a little bit of a splurge but Hey, they're good quality and soo comfy with that little kitten heel. Another piece i'll be wearing again. The jewelry I wore was borrowed from my mom. Her earrings are vintage and the ring is a newer one. They are both really great pieces. 

Oh and the hair! The style is called victory rolls. I love the pin-up look. It was such a shame to wash them out of my hair though. I've had a girl named Ashley who has done my hair for the past three years from poufy pony tails to giant beehives this girl knows how to make any style work with my hair. I'm going to miss having the excuse of a high school dance for her to do my hair!

These last two photos are from one of the dress up days we have at school before a dance. This day was 'Celebrity Dress up Day'. My friend Devon was dressed as Katy Perry and I as Mary Kate Olsen. 

See any resemblance? HA