A Touch of Vintage

This morning, Rhonda and I headed over to the vintage sale. I was running a little late so once we got there a lot of the great items I saw on Thursday, including the outfit I put together, were already gone.  

But never fear we still found some great items. 

First I got this necklace, its gold and the beads are wood. Its pretty long and can be doubled up, $2.50.

Next, I got these black and gold cameo earrings. They are pretty old looking, and they are "clip-ons" but really the back screws tighter to hold the earring in place, $2.50

Last I got a dark blue with gold accent clutch, $5.

So in all I did pretty well. There were some gorgeous vintage dresses, but I had no real use for them, other than admiring how pretty they were.

Rhonda also bought some things...

She got a tie for her boyfriend Scott, $1. 

I love the abstract floral print on it!

Rhonda also got this great cross body bag, its a really pretty grey color, $5.

 She wanted to add a little something to it, so we found this really cute red rose pin $2. 

This weekend had gorgeous weather.  I went to the football game Saturday, it was really nice in the stadium.  Today was a great day to do a little shopping and then just laze around the house catching up on things. 

That Vintage Thing

Yesterday for my Visual Merchandising class we did a little project. There is a Vintage Sale every year to support the costume museum on campus, and in groups we set up displays with the clothing going on sale.  Behold my group's creation...

We found this awesome 1960's boatneck dress, in pink dupioni silk and paired it with a hat, white leather gloves and a gold belt. 

I thought the hat was the coolest thing! it was completely covered in feathers! 

And the gloves were the softest real leather, so pretty. 

My group was one of the first scheduled to set up displays, so I didn't get to see many of the others. Although there were some really cute ones already completed. 

I would have stuck around and looked through more clothes, but I had to get to work. I did however get a couple of pictures of some cool clothes that were going to be for sale. 

In the area? Check out the sale this Sunday!

WHEN: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3.
WHERE: LSU 4-H Mini Barn, near the Parker Coliseum.
ADMISSION: $5 adults, $2 students with IDs.

Time Warp

 Recently we received some pictures in the mail from my Great Uncle.

Great Grandparent's wedding, December 26, 1929, Cuba. 

They feature my family in 1920s Cuba.

Great Grandmother

I find it really interesting to go back and look at styles and fashions of back in the day.

Great Grandmother

Fashion is constantly moving forward, but I love looking back to see where we have been.

The veil at my great grandmother's wedding is just amazing. I love the head piece, and I was surprised at the length of her dress.

This wedding guest stood out. I love that you can really see the silhouette of her dress, and she is one of the only ones were you can see what shoes she is wearing.

Even though the flower girl is turned away, you still get to see how sweet she looks with the adorable full skirt and puff sleeves.

These pictures really excited me for two reasons. First we don't really have many old family pictures so its something rare for me to see. Second, I love looking at old clothing and to see what my family was wearing back in the day is special.

As a special treat...

I had crazy curly hair from the start, 1992.

Me as a kid, I was adorable...

Starting off the fashionable thing young, 1992.

*Both of my pictures came from a scrapbook, that explains the caption and the colorful background.