Girl With The Flower

This is Zoe. I first saw her on the front page of Etsy, and developed an instant girl crush when I visited her colorful shop, GirlWithTheFlower.

I love those bright flowery hair pieces & bold lipstick hues! The first creation with the bird below is my absolute favorite. Major WANT. 

You can find more of this spunky gal on Twitter, Etsy, and Blogger.

Marilyn and MAYBE You

Most often, I like to channel my inner Joan Jett or Kate Pierson, (2 of many fashion idols) but after watching the Marilyn movie, I found myself more curious than ever about the icon's sense of style.

With a little imagination, (and some red lipstick, fabulous mascara, and an amazing hair stylist) these dresses will help you channel your inner Marilyn! What's more, all of these vintage pieces are on Etsy! Thank me later, darlings. xo

P.s. That sexy little metallic gold number is only $50!! Please someone grab it up before I'm tempted to!


Marilyn.

You, perhaps?
From seller:FrockItVintage

Marilyn.

You?
From seller: tamallama

Marilyn.

Just maybe?
From seller:
GrackleFineArt

Marilyn.

If the dress fits!
From seller:
FancyLuckyVintage

Brought to you by: A girl who has just spent WAY too much time browsing the virtual vintage racks of Etsy. ;)

Film Festival, 50 years!

Of the few nights that I make it a point to go out during the year, opening night of the film festival makes the top of the list! This was a pretty special year because it marked the festival's 50th anniversary. Dressing up is a must for the first night, and you better believe it's one of my favorite parts of the celebration! There's also an amazing spread of hors d'oeuvres and what seems to be an endless well of flowing champagne. Of course I took advantage of these things. ;) I wanted to snap many photos of the marvelous outfits of the night, but time was limited, and I was lucky enough that my friend was able to snap one of the beaded 1920's dress I'd been holding onto for the evening. (sorry so grainy, it was taken on instagram). Sooo many compliments on that dress! I was utterly delighted to talk vintage with other fashion lovin' gals there!


1 of many super neat installations around the theater.

I'm not a film maker by any means, but I did have digital video classes some years ago and enjoyed making little movies a great deal. I would LOVE to get back into it one day, when time allows. (we'll see!)

The gorgeous Michigan Theater, downtown Ann Arbor.

Djs for the night

My favorite film of all was Irma, you can read about it here. It ended up getting an award too!

The place was packed!


More installations / displays



My dress!

Does your town/city have a film festival? Do you go? I wanna hear about it! The best one I've ever been to was the Montreal World Film Fest, can't wait to go back one day!

Gone for the week!

Remember how fun it was to be off from school for a week during Spring Vacation? For the first time in a LONG TIME my son has the same spring break as his cousins, and today we're heading up north for a week-long stay with my parents in the country. I've been looking forward to this since the beginning of the year!! :)

It's very important to me that Lukas gets this time, not only with my niece & nephew, but with my parents as well. We've been planning a few fun mid-Michigan activities, but I think it will just be nice to have some quality family time because we don't all get to see each other very often.

I'm also going to try to hit up a few of my favorite antique stores for shop goodies -- pretty excited about that!

Just wanted to give a little heads up because I will be sending some pics/messages to my twitter, but won't be able to tweet back right away ( no, I don't have a smart phone yet!) or get back to shop messages ASAP, as my parents do not have the internet. (yes, they live in the middle of nowhere, deepinnahearta the boonies!) It's super peaceful, I just hope the weather is nice, because I want to help my dad start his garden. Pics to come!

SO:: shop purchases made from today through next Sunday will be shipped the following Monday, April 9th.

"See" you back in the WWW soon, friends!

Have a wonderful week! -- Jessica

Love these kids sooo much. ♥ Childhood is infinitely special!

Mostly Pink

My eyes are leading me to pink this season! Besides red & black, it's probably the 3rd most popular color in the shop on a regular basis. Rearranging the listings yesterday, and I cannot believe how many black pieces I buy. Time to brighten up the shop for SPRING, though. Enjoy!

Find all of these newly listed pieces in the shop! { Lola Vintage }

Tiny and Shiny -- Show & Tell

It was Duff of JeanJean Vintage who first had me really thinking about my jewelry collection. I enjoyed her jewelry box tour posts and was inspired to do a little post featuring some of my own pieces -- finally getting around to doing just that! I've never been much of a jewelry girl at all actually, but after going through every tiny and/or shiny little thing from 2 jewelry boxes, I realize I have more than I knew, and sifting through it also gave me the chance to get rid of what I no longer wear, something that needed to be done a long time ago!

Looking over this collection of pretties I've been holding onto makes me realize that I've had many of these items since I was a teen! I think it's time for a few more sophisticated pieces now that I am enjoying my 3rd decade of life and feeling that just maybe I know a thing or two about accessorizing (still learning, believe me!). Below is what I'll be keeping!

The Tiny and Shiny Collage... with a few common themes ::
 
Things that fly and meow.

Fruit (reminds me of Carmen Miranda, love her!)

Little boxes or containers in which to keep secrets/hide money from myself for a rainy day. The peacock pill box is a thrifted find that made me want to start collecting pill boxes. They're so tiny and cute. The "Happiness" box and "guardian angel" inside were both gifts after my Grandma passed away, so I often keep that one in my purse as a reminder of her.


Things that remind me of my childhood. (Aren't those roller skate earrings so cool?) They were a gift from Kerri of Ten Things for the premiere of Drew Barrymore's Whip-it, a movie filmed right here in Michigan that I was lucky to be a part of in 2008. That glittering unicorn necklace has yet to see the light of day, but I had to have it when I saw it!

Hearts.  Because ♫ Love is a many splendored thing!♫

Flowers, I think they just make so many outfits prettier.

things that remind me of growing up "country". Lol

makin' a statement::
Like to wear this pin on days I'm feeling a little low, it makes me laugh. :-p

ohhhh, just a little pair of earrings I usually like to put on after a romantic break up. ;-p aren't these funny?


definitely want to add some more necklaces & bracelets soon! I'm open to links of vintage pieces from Etsy if you've got a suggestion based on my interests above! :)

S A L E!

There's a pretty big SALE going on in the shop right now. Take advantage, and help me make room for SPRING/SUMMER inventory! p.s. ENDS TONIGHT, so get on it! ;)

xo
{Shop Lola Vintage}