Retro Summer

I have been feeling really amazing the last few days.  After all the changes in my life,  I am finally settling back into my own reality, nicely.  I love my new apartment, it already feels like home which is of utter importance to me.  It's so bright and cheery so every day when I wake up I feel bright and cheery too.

Yesterday, I walked over to the farmers market to get some fresh produce, it was a lovely day for a stroll.  I ended up getting all kinds of goodies including some beautiful roses.  Today, I was going to wear shorts and a tee and have a casual day,  but instead, I decided on this vintage blouse.  I just love the light pastel color and the sheerness. The way I usually go about choosing my outfits is with one certain piece in mind, as in the shorts earlier and then the blouse.  I build the rest of the outfit based on the starting piece.  Most times it evolves by the time I leave the house.  How do you choose your outfits?  I always wonder how others do it.  Let me know!

 This outfit is much more my "Seattle" style.  When I lived in Seattle I wore mostly vintage dresses, I still love to, but I like to experiment with more modern looks now as well.  This outfit was so inexpensive too.


Here is all the yummy treats I got at the farmers market

I'm wearing-

Blouse-vintgage

Skirt-from a clothing swap

Shoes-Etsy

Necklace-Vintage 

Close up of the shoes! ;)

All vintage today!

It's a beautiful semi warm day today in SF. I am still trying to wear more of my large collection of vintage dresses. This one is fairly new, I got it when I took a bunch of clothing in to trade at Buffalo Exchange. This beautiful hat, I was lucky enough to find at a thrift store along with 2 others that are amazing, all in the same day. I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend.

I'm wearing

Hat-vintage thrifted Dress-vintage 50s Buffalo exchange Belt-Grandpas old Shoes-etsy

Little bit of lace

This is the first time I have worn this dress I made a few months ago. I think I might do some shirring under the bust to make it more fitted. I like how it looks with the contrasting vintage slip underneath. I made this flower hair clip the other day as well, I used to make these all the time and have tons of flowers left, so I decided to make some more.

The details-

Dress-made by me (Pretty Pirate Designs)

Slip-vintage silk

Belt-vintage from etsy (my fave one ever)

Shoes- Vintage but brand new, never worn old stock from Ebay. Replicated here.

Customer Appreciation Photo!

As an Etsy seller, for almost 2 years now I had yet to have a customer upload a photo in appreciation. It's one of the fun options on the ratings page that people don't take advantage of. This lovely lady bought these great victorian style boots from me a couple weeks ago and I just noticed the photo today. Doesn't she look super cute. Thanks to nishibie for the sweet gesture.

It makes me happy that people are enjoying the fruits of my labor.