we've moved!

cause sometimes a fresh start is just what you needed.

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63 orange street

this past sunday my beau and i left tampa to spend 3 days in st. augustine at the most adorable bed and breakfast. the old house's amenities included gobs of beautiful victorian furniture, a talking bird named patti and wallpaper galore. more photos from the old city to come!

vintage dress, thrifted. white leather pumps, zara.

 



fall feels

big plaid button ups, little cowgirl boots and romps through the cemetery.

plaid button-up, thrifted. belt, thrifted. pants, cheap monday. boots, zara.

inky moods

halloween time is my favorite. pumpkin beers, pumpkin coffee, pumpkin curry, pumpkin carving, scary movie marathons, evil witches, dog costumes, people costumes, decking the house out in skeletons and spiderwebs...! all of it kind of just makes me want to squeal. i develop a bit of an obsession over surrounding myself with spookiness (from cutesy spookery to the truly bone chilling) sometime around late september each year. here are just a few of the creepy thangs that have been filling my head and my home:

evelyn mchale. 'the most beautiful suicide'.



lillian wells.



costumed babes of the 1940's.



ruth ann moorehouse, squeaky fromme and a third girl.

little witches.

vampira (that waist!).

 

 

 

last, but not least, a peak inside of our haunted home!



lucy

i watched a pretty decent made for tv movie about lucille ball and desi arnaz the other night. some of the acting (ahem, who cast the guy who played clark gable???) was a tad wonky, but the wardrobe people did a bang up job! i most loved the outfits that lucy wore around the house... wide leg trousers, always a scarf around the hair. what a forever babe...

vintage trousers, top and nylon scarf, thrifted. ballet slippers, zara.

laced with romance

i got this gorgeous little dress at laced with romance vintage while visiting a friend in austin a couple of years ago. i was so excited to wear it when i got back to florida... i grabbed it from my suitcase, pulled it on and promptly ripped a panel of lace from it! consequently (and rather shamefully), it's been hanging in my closet in all it loveliness for a very long time, never having been worn, and just waiting for me to take it to a seamstress for a little repair. cut to a couple of months ago - i got a brand new singer and took up sewing! after learning all of the basics and sewing a couple of little blouses and things, i realized, after stumbling over this baby while in search of another dress, that i could fix its little tear in a matter of minutes all by myself! a few peachy little stitches later i was able to finally take this sweet thing out for a long deserved spin.

amazing vintage gown, laced with romance vintage

stray cat

just rockin' this town tonight, and things like that. wearing underthings as clothes.

bustier, thrifted. jeans, cheap monday, vintage sandals, misred outfitters.

back roads

soaking up the last of the little white dress days of summer

dress, old urban outfitters find. vintage heels, a gift from josh.

inspired by:

when it comes to fashion, i'm a big fan of juxtaposition in general. unlikely pairs are just kind of my thing. so, when i saw courtney from cupcake obsessions pairing the hell outta some unlikely thangs in a recent post, i loved it to death. her flouncy, sweet dress/running shoe combo was so visually pleasing to me that it inspired me create one of my own! thanks for inspiring me, doll!

vintage dress, thrifted. belt, thrifted. shoes, new balance.



the other side of the bridge

josh and i went for a little sunday romp in st. petersburg, visiting a vintage market and just wandering around downtown. i always forget how charming st. pete is, and i'm going to make it a point to cross the bridge more often!

vintage romper, thrifted. shoes, opening ceremony "the grunge" from  solestruck.com. leather backpack purse, thrifted. bracelets, thrifted. glasses, urban outfitters.

l.b.d from 1993

you could wear.... the little black dress, the little black dress orrrrr..... the little black dress. 

lbd, thrifted. shoes, zara. silver choker, thrifted.

marshes

watching the bunnies eat breakfast down by the docks before venturing into the sea!

retro bikini top, asks. denim shorts, thrifted. white loafers, thrifted. cat eyes, squaresville tampa. nylon scarf, thrifted.

burnout summer

hi there, it's been a while! time escaped me somehow... i got busy sewing and cooking and thrifting and daydreaming and... there are going to be some little changes coming to my little blog in the near future! more on that in my next post. for now, here are some photographs of me schlumping around in this wet, hot climate that i live in. as casual as this outfit is, it does contain something very special - the holden beach tshirt. every summer since i was born i've gone to holden beach with my family for a week. actually, my dad's family started going there each summer when he was a young boy, and my dad bought this shirt there in the early 70's. a few years ago he passed it on to me, and it's one of my most treasured articles of clothing. we leave this saturday for our week at holden and i can't wait!

vintage tshirt, my dad. denim shorts, thrifted. glitter sunnies, miu miu. shoes, chuck taylor.