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Hello!

Just listed some totally rad 80s and 90s phones in the shop!

Watch the videos to hear their ring tones and be whisked away into a nostalgic feeling of wrapping yourself in a phone chord while talking to your junior high school boyfriend and listening to love song mix tapes.

buy it here

buy it here

buy it here

Use CAUTION when making 3-way calls, you could like totally turn your best friend into your worst enemy.

Halloween Home Decor

I truly failed at decorating my house for Halloween this year. It is my absolute favorite holiday and I barely lifted a finger to let my house reflect that. I even failed at pumpkin carving, which is something I thoroughly enjoy. I bought 5 pumpkins to be carved, but they all rotted. I didn't buy them well in advance, which would give them the opportunity to rot before Halloween. I bought them just last week. We discovered that three of them were rotten on the inside when we cut into them. We gutted the other two, but as it got late, we decided to hold off on the carving until the next day. The next day turned into the next day and the insides developed black mold. Epic fail, all around.
I did, however, manage to create one space in my house that has holiday spirit. It is where my decorating began and unfortunately ended. I think it looks awesome and I'm at least happy that I was able to get one thing right this year. I am tempted to leave it like this year round. So, I thought I would get one last post in for the holiday before it is over. I'd like to share the little corner of my house that was lucky enough to receive the Halloween treatment.

I originally had a grotesque-looking, disembodied, plastic finger sticking in the phone dial, but my kids thought it made a better toy than a decoration and now I can't find it. Also, it would have been awesome if I had an Alfred Hitchcock book or movie cover, "Dial M for Murder" to put next to this phone.

My Mom used this picture for Halloween decor when I was a kid.

I've been on the fence about selling these books. I'm glad I haven't yet, because they make for great decorations.

I know that these "decorations" aren't anything spectacular, but it's all I had the time to do this year. I still think it looks pretty cool and it's the first thing you encounter when you walk in my home, so it sets the mood nicely. Hopefully next year I'll have more to show and I can make my house look really spooky. And next year, there will be pumpkins, even if I have to buy a whole pumpkin patch to make it happen!

Right before posting this, I found the finger! 

One redeeming quality about my meager Halloween decorations is that nearly everything shown is vintage! The books, the phone and even the piano are all 20 yrs old or older. The spider and the skull lamp are from the late 90s, so they are almost there too. 

Geeks Don't Like To Be Called Geeks

Recently, I decided to re-watch the tragically short-lived tv series, "Freaks and Geeks," while I edit etsy listings. I can't believe I forgot how incredible the clothes were during that time. A transitional stage in fashion, where the hippy bohemian style was beginning to fade out to make way for the mid and late 80s day glo, ruffles and big hair. BEFORE the day glo and aqua net came, there was a sweet spot of fashion that is often underestimated. That's the pocket of style I'm inspired by right now.
In order to get myself out of a lousy mood the other night, I decided to scour the interwebs and immerse myself in pictures of the fashions of the late 70s and early 80s. I was particularly focused on middle school and high school styles, so I began my google search with class pictures from then. Let me just share what I found.

These sweaters are perfection and tons of knee high socks in various colors are on my wish list.

Check out that sweet yellow suit the girl in front is wearing.

Plaid pants! And those knee highs.

This family makes me smile.
Plaid pants and legit white boy afros.

and speaking of legit afros

Stripes and bell bottoms and long hair don't care.

That sweater!

Of course, let's not forget what got me thinking about this wonderful time in fashion, in the first place.

The geeks are my favorite. Especially Bill.

I've been coming across these velour button up shirts quite a bit lately and I could not be more happy about it.

the stripes

jean jacket. army jacket.

Sport these styles and you will most definitely.....

be cool

My Threads

I know I said that I would post a pic of my vintage outfits every day, but I have failed in doing so. It's not for a lack of wearing vintage, in fact, I wear at least one vintage piece in nearly every outfit. I just feel so damned narcissistic when I do it.
Alas, I'm met with a conundrum. I feel like it is important for the blog and for the etsy store to show how old items can be made new again and fit into a modern day wardrobe. So, I would like to extend an invitation for anyone to send me pics of their vintage style to post here. Everyone has their own personal style and I would love to see.

Here is my outfit of the day. I find a lot of really beautiful dresses, which I wear quite often. With three kids, I need to be able to move around and often run around, so I usually need to dress my dresses down. For example, I'm wearing Chucks with this dress and I like it. Who says you can't wear tennis shoes with a dress? There are no rules.

My Threads

I like mixing things that you wouldn't expect to be put together.

 For example, this outfit.

The pleated maxi skirt was thrifted and the super hero shirt was bought new a couple years ago.

You don't always have to pair similar things together in your outfits. Play around with your wardrobe. Don't be afraid to try new things. You don't have to wear the same things that all your friends are wearing. You don't have to conform to what is trendy. Wear what you like. Wear what makes you feel good. 

This outfit makes me feel good.

My Threads

I've never been a big fan of bloggers who post selfies of themselves everyday. At times, it seems, this is more an exercise in vanity. However, I am in the business of selling vintage clothes online and to do that, I must have pics. In a perfect world, I would have a beautiful model at my beck and call, but I do not. So, in an effort to show how I style vintage, I will begin posting a pic of my vintage outfit every day.

 Every piece in this outfit is vintage, sans the socks and undergarments. I don't care how many times you can wash them, I will never wear someone else's underwear. gross. 

 I tried to fold the end of the belt up to look like a heart... it turned out okay, i guess.

 Also, my little sidekick here will most likely end up in many of my daily pics. love her.