What You'd Expect, Part 2

Big shop update #2, way overdue, but still what you'd expect from the shop! Bows, ruffles, sequins, lace, flowers, and plenty of my favorite color - RED! I nearly fainted when I found those rhinestone-encrusted suede Charles Jourdan heels -they're made for you tiny feet girls out there! (size 5) All these goodies in the shop! xo

Just What You'd Expect

This is 1 of 2 shop updates for the weekend, only because I haven't posted one in AGES and I want to share some of the pretties I've been listing within the past month or so! Again, I'm sorry for the lack of posts my dear friends. I'm a work in progress and so is my shop/blog/online life. BALANCE is key & I'm still working on that.

But as usual, the update is (hopefully) what you'd expect from Lola Vintage -- ruffles, some florals, lace, bows, and the other details that make an item especially feminine. :)

All these pieces are currently available in the shop!

p.s. the first dress pictured I purchased from a huge antique mall after falling head-over-heels in love with it.  It came with a note that read, "worn on a barefoot bride with flowers in her hair". I think a soon-to-be bride should make this 1960s beauty come alive again before summer is over!

How To Be A Grouch

My bio says that I love vintage books, but I realized that I never share any of them on the blog. These pages are from "How To Be a Grouch" starring that cute green & fuzzy sesame street monster, Oscar! Recently found this one while secondhand shopping with my son. I got such a kick out of it, I had to show you guys. Besides the dress racks, the thrift store bookshelves can be hiding fun old treasures too!  
the storekeeper's cereal name, hahaha!!

"Scram" is my new favorite word.

We've all had days where we've said that to ourselves in the mirror, haven't we?

THE BESSSST! I'm sure we're all thinking of someone in particular. :p

I second this one!

The GIVEAWAY. . .FINALLY!

If I were graded for blogging, I'd probably be getting a D- right now. :p Sorry for being away for a while, my dear blogger friends, but I'll spare you the excuses for my month+ long break *and* my justifying of them, and get down to what's really important for this post. . .

a giveaway celebrating 1000 sales!

Thank you sooo very much to my customers for helping me reach this special milestone. Now it's time to  celebrate with a GIVEAWAY for my blog followers, facebook fans & shop customers! I HEART you! You have no idea how happy this little shop makes me. :) Again, THANK YOU!

Please ENTER THE GIVEAWAY for this cute vintage needlepoint box purse by leaving a comment to this post about one of three things: 

1. your favorite vintage era
2. your all time favorite vintage designer, or
3. your favorite piece of vintage clothing

* one extra entry if you tweet this giveaway, please include my twitter handle so I know! @lolavintage 

ONE ENTRY per person, please. open to international friends too! I will choose a winner in one week via random.org AND here's the cherry on top of the sundae, are you ready? . . . When I ship out this pretty little box purse, it will be full of some of my favorite goodies. :)  Don't you love surprises?!  xoxoxo

p.s. expect another awesome giveaway when I reach 2000 sales! ;)

Miniachairs

I've been meaning to share these pics from when my son & I visited the Grand Rapids Public Museum during his spring break. Behold Chairmania! Seeing this exhibit made me want to be the size of Tinkerbell so I could try some of these seats out! Which one is your favorite? Can you spot Cherry from Peewee's Playhouse? Found myself wanting to invest in a doll house afterward too. How fun would it be to decorate a little doll house with tiny furniture like this? Am I too old for one? Probably. :p

Ribbon, Beads, Lace & Color

Did you expect anything else? ;)
Just a few recently added goodies making the shop PRETTY for spring!

1940s RIBBON WOVEN Dress

1920s BEADED Bell Sleeve Indigo Blue Dress


1960s Little Black LACE SLEEVE Dress

1960s Rhinestone & Pale Blue CHIFFON GODDESS Dress

1980s Midnight Blue Sheer LACE Maxi Dress

1960s SPRING SPECKLED Dyed Brocade High Heels by Saks 5th Ave

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.