vintage gems

Vintage Dress: $12 at a Consignment Store in St. George, Utah

Vintage Leather Coat: $16 from Savers Thrift Store in Reno, NV

Vintage Owl Necklace: $3 from a Thrift Store in Wisconsin

Boots: Bought at Marshall's

Photos By Nora--thanks girl!

the ten euro dress

Here's a quick post of what I wore today before I run off to my Italian language class and Hot Yoga.

I bought this vintage dress while in Italy this summer at an outdoor antique market in Moncalieri. This perfect indian dress was only 10 Euro from a vintage clothing booth. I love it because it makes for an effortlessly cool outfit by throwing on some chelsea boots, strappy sandals, a floppy hat, ethnic jewelry or some big shades. 

The vintage tuled handbag is one I bought at a garage sale last year for $2, the vintage indian bangle is a hand-me-down gift from my grandma and the boots are Topshop. 

Gotta go...off to italian!

Also, huge thanks to my Norwegian foreign exchange sister, Nora, for taking these awesome photos today!

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!

Mild December

 I ❤ Ronson dress: bought used at Junkee in Reno for $14

Sweater: Bought on sale at The Gap a couple years ago

Shoes: Bought at The Gap on sale 

Owl necklace: Bought at a thrift store in Wisconsin (one of my favorite vintage jewelry finds) 

The Subject of a Project

One afternoon, during the Thanksgiving weekend, a friend of mine named Taylor met up with me at my house to take photos for her photojournalism class. The project was to create a video/slideshow of someone with an interesting talent or hobby. I was so flattered to have been chosen for my thirfty hobby as the subject of this project. As you'll see below, I showed her around my room, closets, and, of course, the ivy wall in which I take many blog photos.

Enjoy!

Oh, and follow Taylor on Tumblr here.

Fall in the Desert

November is half way though today & I'm not too proud to announce that this is my first outfit post of the month. Yikes! But hey, at least I've been consistent with this whole "Mixtape Monday" stuff.

Anyways, this outfit gives you a feel for the kind of ensembles I wear during the daytime in the desert's idea of "Fall" weather.

Vintage turquoise dress: $10 at Catholic Charities Thrift Store

Vintage crochet wrap: $2 at a Thrift Store

Vintage belt: $2 at a Thrift Store

Vintage beaded necklace: $4 at a Thrift Store in Reno

Pink patent leather flats: Bought on sale at The Gap for around $15

Sailing to Nowhere

I'm just about to take off for class in a bit so i'm going to make this quick...

Shirt- thrift store $2

Shorts- On sale at H&M a few years ago $10

Converse- I've had for 5+ years

Shades- Prada copycats & bought at a random kiosk at Town Square $15

Rings: Anchor- bought at a garage sale I believe

Pirates of the Caribbean- Given to me by a friend

Mmm I tried the Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbuck for the first time today... it was heaven. 

What's your favorite Starbucks drink?

P.S. the title of this post is the name of a Broken Bells song. You should listen to their stuff.

Pretty Backstreets

What I'm Wearing: 

Vintage leather handbag just purchased from Saver// Nordstrom Rack top// vintage pants given to my by aunt// Nordstrom Rack Sandals// Vintage Turquoise bracelet given to my by my mom//

I just arrived in Reno late last night with Jeepers (who I smuggled on the airplane) & today Zac, Jeepers, and I went on a walk to the grassy Quad at UNR then later on we got all the dudes of Bazooka Zoo together for a band photo shoot. This last photo is one of my favorite shots of the day; we were shooting on this street and had to move out of the way for the car passing, which just so happened to be a classic... I took full advantage of this photo-op. 

Check out Bazooka Zoo's music here: http://bazookazac.bandcamp.com/
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