Vintage Family Photo for February 16th.

I thought this pictures was cute. College girls and Sailors. Found this picture in my grandma's scrapbook.

Rose Colored Sweater

Why is finishing a sweater the hardest part? I have finished knitting pretty much the whole sweater pictured above but have to sew it together and do the finishing touches and it will be ready. As soon as I'm done with this I have a matching dress to sew together.

Most Important Part of an Outfit

A friend of mine was talking about her grandmother's advice when she said your underwear can make an outfit. At first it sounds silly. What does it matter if you wear a thong or bikini or boxers? As much and I don't want to admit to thinking about underwear I though her grandmother had some good advise. After all, seeing a thong ride up over someones jeans is the complete opposite of classy.

I love the vintage and classic look of pencil skirts but modern low rise underwear just doesn't work when wearing one. Instead of buying granny panties I decided to look for a cute sexy alternative. What did I find? Some black lace, high wasted, garter belt panties in one. I found these on modcloth.com in black and nude. I bought one of each.

http://www.modcloth.com/shop/intimates/elegant-underpinnings-contouring-panties-in-black

Check out their website for more cute underwear and shape wear to make your outfits the most they can be.

New Year, New Dress!

Went shopping with friends on January 1st around Clark and Belmont area. I found the above dress at Ragstock and can't wait till its warm enough to wear it. I think this will go great with some white gloves and a nice sweater.

Also bought the shoes below recently. These are not vintage because its hard enough trying to find the right shoes let alone for them to be vintage. I've been searching for the shoes to fit my criteria for some time: black (I already have grey and tan), not too tall and comfortable enough to work and walk in. Of course they also have to go with my vintage dresses! I think these will work.

Happy New Year and Happy Shopping!

Christmas 2011

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas! I wanted to share a couple things I got from my family yesterday.

I got two vintage sewing patters and several needlework magazines. One sewing pattern looks 40s and the other from the 50s. I'll have to do more research and see if I can find the year. The magazines are mostly from the 60s. Here are a few patterns I liked.

The magazines and patterns came from two of my Aunts...do they know me or what? I had to add this last one as a laugh. A sexy mail order underwear ad!

Psychobilly Schedule

I've got my calendar marked for some up and coming shows at Reggie's and the Beat Kitchen!
First is Sweet Cobra at the Beat Kitchen on March 4th. I saw them play at the empty bottle and they were pretty good. Their drummer doesn't just hit the drums; he kills them as if they were a dead body trying to come back to life!
Next show is on March 12th. Its the Psychobilly Spring Fling! I haven't seen any of the bands on the bill but am always looking for new interests.
Koffin Kats are back at Reggie's on April 29th and it looks like they have a new line up. I've seen them a few times before and love their music. I like to listen to it when I run cause it makes me run fast and angry, lol.
Last on my list is the Krank Daddies opening for Calabrese also at Reggie's. I bought the Krank Daddies cd after seeing them play with the Koffin Kats and am glad I did. I've just gotten into Calabrese and look forward to seeing them for the first time in May. They're playing May 20th, the week of my birthday!

Inspiration

I have recently been reading the blog by Fleur de Guerre. She writes a blog titled Diary of a Vintage Girl. She has so many pictures of her in cute vintage outfits since shes a vintage inspired model. What a cool job? The links on her website include vintage clothing and lingerie. I'm wondering if she would be interested in a cute sweater??

Here's a link to her blog http://www.diaryofavintagegirl.com/

and a link to her website http://www.fleurdeguerre.com/