happy valentines

Ethan and i spent a nice day at home today, and i took the chance to wear my new pink outfit! i love the outfit, but i was dissapointed to find that my shirt is pretty fragile and probably not suited for actual wear. oh well, the skirt is the best, and i love to pieces these shoes that i got from 1385. oh and the necklace was Ethan's gift to me today from the vamoose, also on etsy! he took these pictures too, he really is the best.
today was very nice, we took a long walk around in the park with sirus and then i tried to arrange my new photo spot that i'm setting up for the shop. i put up my first few pictures today on etsy with a dress on my dress form. very exciting!
oh and speaking of exciting, a long time back i mentioned that my sister and i were working on a project together. well, its a long time coming, but we are almost ready to launch our little project. i can't tell you about it quite yet, but i'll give you a big hint... the little bow that i'm wearing in my hair is made from some gorgeous vintage ribbon by my very talented sister! so, more on that to come soon!

NYC part 3 - flea markets, museums and ferries

This is my final post on my trip to NYC, and i'm sure everyone is getting tired of hearing about it by now, but I had to show some of the pictures of our other adventures when we were there. We decided to hit up a couple of flea markets while we where there, so here are some pictures of the garage flea market in Chelsea. Its this huge garage filled with all sorts of different types of treasures, but my favorite stand was one that had all of these vintage children's games and books, along with some great collections of old bottles, staplers and spools of thread! I didn't end up getting any games, but we did buy some vintage bottles to use for our wedding centerpieces and some amazing vintage flower illustrations for our house! We also went to the outdoor flea market in hell's kitchen, which was also fabulous, and where we bought some old drawer pulls for our new ikea dresser. but it was brutally cold out, so neither of us was willing to sacrifice our fingers, so no pictures from there!




We also took a visit to the Met, which I always love. My favorite exhibit this time, maybe because i was already thinking about vintage bottles thanks to the flea market was the old glass display.


Absolutely my favorite way to get into and out of the city is to take the ferry from NJ. On our trip back, it was so cold that the river had frozen over, but the ferries just plowed right through the ice anyways!

the rest of the gershwin

We really couldn't get enough of this place, so we took a whole bunch of pictures! Here are some more of the inside of the room.






The lobby, with the huge horn that runs through the middle of it.





And the outside, with lots of horns! You definitely can't miss this place, especially not at night!

Weekend in NYC - the gershwin

The other weekend Ethan and I went NYC for our friend's 30th birthday party. Being frugal grad students, we stayed at the cheapest hotel we could find within a reasonable distance of her place. Usually staying in really cheap places makes me quite nervous (this one was even less than the YMCA), so i wasn't quite sure what to expect. but, the worrying was for nothing, cause when we got there, it turned out the hotel was amazing!! Its an old building that had previously been apartments and all of the rooms had hardwood floors and really old radiators. the new owners converted it into an art-themed hotel with these crazy horns on the front of the building and through the lobby. Our room was simple but very stylish and just felt very new york! Here are the first of a series pictures we took... i'll put up the others over the next couple days. In these photos, i'm wearing a vintage 40's dress and shoes and several pairs of tights from the typical places. my headband is from forever21.

apple picking in ohio

This set of pictures was taken a little bit ago, back when we were in ohio. i was waiting to post them until i got back some of the lomography shots that i had taken that day also, but alas, the new photo place that we tried was not able to scan the film properly, so those shots will have to wait for another day. But, these pictures do a great job of showing the beautiful afternoon we spent at the farm in the orchards. my usually non-culinary dad even surprised us all by making a wonderful apple pie after we got home!
And i do apologize for falling off on the blogging for a bit. i actually have a bunch of great things i want to post... a fantastic antique sale i found, new vintage outfits, finally some pictures of the clothes i got from my estate-sale fairy godmother (!) and of course, new clothes for the shop! my camera cord that has been lost for these last few weeks was just found, so more posts shortly!
xoxo

bartram's gardens

Ethan and i spent the entire weekend on a massive hunt for a wedding reception place. i never thought i was going to get obsessed with wedding planning, but it turns out i am! well, maybe just about the reception place (hopefully just about this). it turns out i actually have alot of requirements, like having some garden/outdoor space and not being too fancy. anyways, our searching took us to Bartram's gardens in southwest philly. its this crazy little garden on the banks of the river, way down in a place you would never expect it, literally right next to the projects. apparently, bartram was this country's first botanist and he traveled all over the eastern US collecting specimens, sending many of them back to England, and putting other's in this garden. the garden was just lovely, and although we decided it wasn't right for our reception, it was well worth the visit!

daydreaming in ohio

one of my favorite places, the backyard of my parent's house in ohio. right after paris, ethan and i stayed up 24 hours straight to drive back to ohio to my parent's house. we wanted to get there as soon as we could to see my family, and also our two cats and dog (our own little zoo!) we spent three wonderful days there and there are more pictures from our trip to come.

my little sister

this is my little sister, Elissa, isn't she the cutest?!? in these pictures she's wearing a dress from the shop, which is perfect because i wanted to tell everyone that the shop will be re-opening this week! I've got some really great fall stuff that i've been saving up all summer, so keep your eyes peeled!

also, Elissa and I are starting up a new shop, which we're going to keep a secret for now, but i'll be able to tell you more about in just a little while!!! i'll keep you posted!

the last day in paris

we were pretty inspired by our visit to the l'orangerie, so on our last day, we decided to go and see the real thing: Monet's gardens in Giverny. We ended up missing the first trail by just a minute or two, so we stopped by Sacre Coeur first, and then took the trail out to Vernon.

In Vernon, we rented bicycles and rode along a very scenic path with great views of the country side. right before we got to Giverny, we passed some bushes with the most amazing blackberries, which we picked and brought with us for our picnic. Monet's gardens were amazing and lovely, although it was a bit crowded for our liking. but we got some amazing pictures, and we climbed a hill at the edge of town and ate our bread, cheese and blackberries while looking over the whole countryside!

internet snafu ( and the Louvre and Monet)

so i wasn't able to post for the last two days of our trip, but now that i'm back in the states with a decent internet, i'll catch up! i'm glad i can too, cause we got some great pictures on the last couple days. On Saturday afternoon, Ethan and I met up at the Louvre, but never actually went inside, and instead decided to wander down to this museum called l'Orangerie. We were so glad that we did, because inside were these two amazing elliptical rooms with all of the walls covered with enourmous paintings by monet! he created curved canvases specifically for the room so that you would feel totally immersed in the feeling of the waterlillies. so spectacular!

shopping!

Usually i don't do too much shopping when Ethan and I travel cause he's really not much of a shopper, but this afternoon he was at work, so i visited some lovely stores in the city. The first is Marie Papier, an amazing paper and stationary store. In the wedding of my dreams, my invites would come from here!





Next, on to Dalloyau, for some pastries and fruit confits!





finally, a stop at free'p'star, a vintage store recommended by Alix on her blog. it was a crazy, crowded little store just packed to the brim with vintage! in the end, i didn't get anything, i think i was too overwhelmed, but it was very fun to look through all the racks.




oh and last night i was ambitious and put in some rag curls, this is the result! not so bad, maybe my best curling effort yet...