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NYC, pt. 1
Hi everyone! Please meet my dear friend, Caitlin. She and I traveled to NYC this past weekend in search of vegan milkshakes, odd antique stores, and flapper frolics. I’ve always wanted to go to Coney Island, partly because I love quaint rides like Ferris Wheels (not rollercoasters, ah!) but also because one Mills Brother’s song, [...]
Embroidery
Here are two large-scale embroideries that I’ve been working on lately. They are a mixture of 1910/1920s original embroidery patterns (that I got from Angeliska for my 27th birthday) and 1930s film stars. Helen Kane is used as the base to make the Sob Sister’s face. Sob Sister 10 inches x 10 inches hand embroidery [...]
Phonograph Tattoo
We started on my new tattoo piece last Friday. I tried to take photos of it but it’s in such a unique angle that a video did it the most justice. I’m so excited about it! You can see Nick’s work on his wonderful website. One thing that I was going to say (that got [...]
Candid Gems
Behold some captures of in-between life: Waving my hair… needing to apply more lipstick. Vintage grooming requires lots of serene morning time wherein I drink coffee, listen to Margaret Atwood audio books and dawdle about my homework. Eye lashed out. This was for my Gadjo Disko costume last week, which I didn’t get to wear [...]
Valentine Making Day
This past Saturday I had a valentine making party . Elodie sits next to my cup of lavender tea and over looks my new copy of Zelda Magazine, the Magazine of the Vintage Nouveau. It’s put out by my dear friend Diane. Do you have your copy yet!? This issue is only $7.50, shipping included, and [...]
Vintage Vivant Traveling Essentials
“Excuse me, you speak English, right? You are my personal hero, hiking the rainforest like that.” – Girl from Chicago Here I am, pictured above, on the sea-facing coast of Ilha Grande, Brazil during my vacation there to see G. this past summer. Before this photo was taken, G. and I had hiked several miles [...]
November 14, 2009
For those of you who have not been following me for very long, this next outfit may come as a bit of a surprise to you! Black bodysuit – American Apparel Necklace from Lux Jewelry via Uncommon Objects Stretchy black skirt – Express circa 1998 Green handpainted parasol Tapestry bag Black flats This is my [...]
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When I was a kid I watched Betty Boop cartoons and I remember feeling this strange sensation while watching a rotoscoped Cab Calloway sing “St. James Infirmary Blues.” I knew I was traveling in some way, it was like an out of body experience. Since 2001, I have been a part of an online community of “time [...]
