Treasury Tuesday – Sunshine Horizon

Mid-June now and the temps are rising. Warm air and sun soaked days are becoming more constant. I must say, I welcome it most heartily! I love love love the hotter months. I love getting outside and having my skin instantly hugged in sunshine. 

Today's treasury is meant to warm you up too! These beautiful travel items and accessories for enjoying summer days were curated by Stefania of Djemila Design. I particularly love the 80s striped shirt and luggage photograph. My pastel shell earrings, "Soft as the Shoreline" also got to join this caravan of travelers!

To view individual items in this treasury, click here.

Last Week's Treasury Tuesday:

Summer Travels Afar

The Sunday Snag – When Winter Comes 'Round

I know, I know, it's just now toasty warm outside. Why on Earth am I doing a winter time snag?! Well, because it's the perfect time to find some great deals on coats and winter gear now that the hungry shoppers have forgotten all about these pieces for swimsuits and sunglasses. 

I snatched up this whimsical piece from Vacation Vintage. Truth be told, I was a little gun shy with this piece. It is a 1960s cape. A cape, you say?! Yes! I have never dreamed of owning a cape before and something about this one seemed like someone should be wearing it in a murder mystery set in Scotland. I'm usually pretty practical and when I saw this I thought, "Can I really get away with this?". And then the part of me I like screamed, "Who the hell cares!". 

The cape is a classic houndstooth pattern in black and white. I wish it were wool, but I believe it's a man-made mix (alas, the 60's). The collar is a crisp mandarin with three giant black frog closures down the center. Best part? It's lined in red! How fun is that?! Am I totally going to be swishing my cape open to reveal that vampy piece of Dracula nonsense? You better believe it! I just need a pair of longer vintage black gloves, so that my arms don't get cold when I reach out my hand for passersby to kiss in admiration of my killer cape.

For now though, this beauty will be tucked away in the cedar chest until my dear Frost shows his face again...

Last Week's Sunday Snag:

The Bucket List Dress

Saturday Shop Talk – Geraldine

"Geraldine"

Personality: The Vivacious and Quick
Places you'll find yourself: Sharing bold ideas with abandon at social gatherings, eyes alight with a keen and quick firing wit

I've been on a 20s kick in the shop lately. After seeing The Great Gatsby and being generally wooed by the freedom and abandon of the Flapper age, I couldn't help but get the 1920s bug in my system. I'm generally a 40s girl, but the Art Deco period is like the unicorn era. A flash of magic, stunned awe, and then poof, it's gone only to become legend. 

I recently got my hands on some gorgeous antique half buckles and clasps. I wasn't sure how I would use them when I got them, but it wasn't long before the idea for headbands was hatched. I now have five made and in shop (see them here).

This particular one, the lovely "Geraldine", was made with an antique metal filigree buckle circa 1900 in the shape of a flower with a green glass stone center. The ribbon is a luscious moss green vintage Swiss velvet from the early 1930s that ties in back. Whoever purchases this beauty can choose with or without accent feathers in earthy brown and ivory tones.

It's quite nice because you can wear it both in a flapper style across the forehead or as a traditional headband. I imagine it would look quite lovely woven into an updo too.

"Geraldine"

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Last Week's Saturday Shop Talk:

In Shining Armor

Friday Photo Swoon – Beaded Beauty

These are heavenly. Superbly decadent even. 

These are copies of antique photos taken by Alfred Cheney Johnston of 1920s/30s women. They were then beaded by modern day artist Binka Rigava of BinkaMinka. I found this posted on The Jealous Curator and had to reblog it. The beadwork is absolutely exquisite and such a novel way to re-imagine these photographs. 

Last Week's Friday Photo Swoon:

Decades of Love