Oh the Vanity

I bought this 1950s vanity recently from Angel's Antiques in Auburn. It was in much better condition than others like it that I've seen, and I think the color of the wood goes well with the other furniture pieces that I have. I do already have a vanity, but I'm hoping to move in to a place soon with more than one room, so this is perfect!

Party Like It's 1949

Since I never really had a housewarming party, I got together with some of my friends and decided to host a 1950's themed Christmas party at my house instead. We had a really great turn out and a lot of fun! For party favors, I designed some refrigerator magnets and labels for 45s, and gave out mini coke glasses with candy cane straws. We watched Miracle on 34th street, had a hula hooping contest, winners for best costume, and served all sorts of 50s themed food—it was soo much fun!!!

These are the girl and guy winners of the costume contest

The Coca-cola glasses and straws that I gave away as party favors

I designed these labels and then we stuck them on the front and back of about a dozen 45s, like this one

These are the refrigerator magnets that I designed as party favors 

 Don't they look so genuine?!

I hope all of you have a very, very Merry and blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year too!

Beep Beep!

For quite some time, I have been looking for a bike because I wanted something vintage but still in good shape. I was starting to get restless because I know that all I do is sit in a cubicle all day and get no real exercise. A lot of my friends have been finding things on Craigslist, so I thought, "Why not?" Right away I saw a posting for an adorable bike in my area and thought it couldn't hurt to go have a look at it. After looking up the address, I realized it was a shop right across the street from me, and they had a whole stock of similar vintage bikes! It is owned by a really nice man who moved here from France. He had such a great variety of vintage bikes and offered to fix anything for me that I had trouble with even after purchasing. This is one of the things I love about where I live—shops owned by local people who are genuine and nice and will chat with you, so by the time you check out you feel like you have made a new friend. I wish there were more of those still! But anyway, pictures!

And just wanted to add—I took it out for a ride today and this song was on my mind the whole time! (You have to listen to the end). I probably should invest in a bell soon ;)

Outfit No.6

So here is another outfit that I put together. Mostly things I already had in my closet, just trying to find new ways of putting them together :)