Since I paid off one of my student loans recently, I have been trying to save up the money to return my savings account to its former glory, and have been on a virtual shopping ban. But the universe conspired against me and scheduled a whole heck of a lot of vintage sales the past several weekends, and in turn I spent a little money at each one of them... SURPRISE (not)!

But its alright, I cant tell you how good it felt to get my hands on a few good quality new pieces. Shopping withdrawal. Plus, I was able to get rid of a few things at Everyday People. I think I now have enough [shopping] to last me a long while... Including THIS AMAZING little sailor top from B Squad Vintage. Oh my god.


And on a more thrifty note, I attended a little clothing swap the other day with some of my new blogger friends! I cant tell you how fun it was, and HOW MANY CUTE THINGS I SCORED. No, I cannot tell you. So expect my next post to be all about styling my new favorite pieces from some of my new favorite friends! Photo heavy, for sure.

I always attempt to squeeze every last drop out of the summer, every year, and then proceed to ignore the fact that the winter is coming (even though every blogger in the universe becomes obsessed with the Fall collections before August), when really it's already here (damn). Winter in Minnesota means a lot of Netflix, hibernation, home cooked meals and fleeing from one place to another as quickly as humanly possible without freezing your butt off. However, looking back at my wardrobe remix pictures from the last few days, I feel like I may already be sliding into my fall wardrobe... gracefully. And you know what? I don't hate it.




I am a huge fan of wool pea coats, scarves and boots, mind you. But NOT of the cold. As long as this mild weather holds out that we've been having, I think my normally-cranky-winter-attitude may not rear its ugly head. For now, anyways. BE WARNED PEOPLE.



AND NOW, there's something exciting I'd like to mention. MNFashion week is almost upon us, which means lots of fun events to connect with the local fashion community. But this year is even more exciting because I was recently asked to walk in Blacklist Vintage's Fall runway show, "Vintage Did it First"! They have used actual customers as models in the past, and this year is no different. Here is the link to the Facebook event, if you are interested. There will also be refreshments and 10% off all night! Hopefully I wont embarrass myself in front of the entire MNFashion scene (wish me luck!).

I just realized that I take so many iPhone photos of things that I want or love when I'm shopping, but dont end up getting. I think its a habit I got from using Pinterest. Its the same basic principle of saving an image for later. And let me tell you, I love me some Pinterest! Anywho, reflecting on all of these photos makes me pine for a few of them now in retrospect (of course). Especially that vintage mint green table set!

Exciting news! I was asked to contribute to the next installment of The City Scout, which was released today! My recommendations can be seen here, along with several other talented artists, designers and photographers from the Twin Cities area. Thanks to the Studio Sweet Studio blog for asking me to be a part of this awesome project!

Be sure to peruse all of the City Scouts so far, they make my mouth water!

Probably the most fun night I've had in weeks, with my three favorite things (aside from my husband of course)! Maggie, Emma, Erin and I scoured the Mall of St. Paul last night and went for beer and burgers afterwards at The Nook. I scored a dress, Maggie a cute tin, and Erin a strawberry. Thanks girls, I had a great time! As always.

PS: I am totally obsessed with these new trousers.

Vegas is a funny place, friends.

Oh hey, did I not share these Honeymoon photos from our trip to Hawaii yet? Oops! All photos below shot on medium format Kodak film with vintage Yashica-A twin lens camera. I'm really proud of how many of them turned out. So much so, I'm thinking about printing a bunch of these and getting them framed for the MCAD Art Sale in November. Hopefully, I actually follow through on that! (you can see more on my Flickr, here)

And speaking of vacations, I'll probably be on a plane right about now on my way to Las Vegas with my lovely husband! He was lucky enough to to be invited to this national software conference this week, and I'm just tagging along. Not sure how much time I'll actually be out and enjoying the town by myself, since we wont have a rental car. But I do plan on laying by the pool and eating lots of great buffet food, for sure. Anyone who's been there have any must-visit suggestions? Have a great weekend everyone and see you soon!


















Scratch that, let's just go back to Hawaii!

Here's a quick post about a recent trip I took to the Minnesota History Center and saw a History of Underwear show with Maria, Erin, Maggie and Emma! It a was relatively small exhibit (a tiny little room!), but that didnt stop us from oohing and aahing at all of the pretty undies from the fifties and sixties. No sir! (Some almost reminded us of Hannah's line, The Loved One.) We also had a great time gabbing and learning about Minnesota together (even I learned some new things, as a native Minnesotan). It seems we all have several things in common (Maria is married like me, and Maggie will be soon too! I love meeting other married ladies.) Can't wait to hang out with these girls again, and next time, Kimi will have to join us! Right Kimi? ;)







That last picture is of all of us, c/o Maria's phone. Thanks Maria, it turned out so cute!

I've been fascinated with super early color photographs that have been unearthed recently. These first ones are of New York City street life in the 1940's (found via TeenAngster) and the second set are some of the first color images of the quake in San Fransisco in 1906! Those ones are kind of horrifying, dont you think?










And for something completely different, some color autochrome images of 1920-30's America! I just love the vibrancy of these, the palates are so unusual! Although, it almost doesnt seem like some of these are from the past at all, in some ways. Found via Good Night, Day (more here).