Sunday and Monday Shop Update

Back to Basics this week with some lovely neutrals and a hint of reddish tones. All of these lovelies are now in the shop

a. 1940's Plum Taffeta Gown b. 1950's Ecru Eyelet Dress c. 1950's Seersucker Suit Set d. 1940's chocolate peep toes e. 1950's Brown and Black Floral Dress f. Bourbon Cork Sandals

a. Woven Ribbons LBD b. 1940's Red Plaid Dress c. Brown Stripe Dress d. Nautical Canvas Sandals e. Minimalist Shift Dress

thanks for reading,

m

The Long and Short of It

Recently, I was contacted by a customer to shorten this maxi dress. Now, there are some things in my shop that i would NEVER take scissors too, but as i truly understand the hesitation towards a maxi dress, I had my friend and part time seamstress (laurie) shorten this dress. I love how it turned out and I hope the customer does too (its in the mail right now).

I just have never felt comfortable in a maxi length dress--they make me feel SO short.

And seeing how cute this turned out kindof made me want chop off all the vintage maxis that I have for the shop.

what do you think? Do YOU wear and like maxi dresses?

The Best of Both Worlds

Most of you know from my other blog posts that i love both nautical inspired pieces and eyelet fabric, so finding this 1940's dress (containing both these loves) at a local antique store was quite delightful.

it reminds me a little bit of this dress that I loved, which was sold at poshgirlvintage.com.

thanks for reading,

m

p.s. i am working on redesigning my blog a bit, but as i have no clue what i'm doing....please bear with me :)

A Few of my Faves

Embroidered Pillow from Modish Vintage

Flax Linen 1960's Dress by Broken Hip Vintage
1940's Indian Summer Clutch from Mousetrap Vintage

Reykjavik Folk Skimmers by Dear Golden Vintage

1950's Plaid Dress by Cheep Vintage


I thought i might start sharing a few of my faves with you, if that's alright :)

i may start it up weekly so do let me know if it gets to be annoying.

Thanks so much for reading :)

m

Shop Update

Sorry this is so late, but last week these things were added to the shop

A bit of red, white and blue (and black)
Green and lavender

yellows, greens, and browns

thanks for looking, and shopping,

m

a lazy fourth of july and a sneaky peaky

well, here's a lesson in humility for me. yipes, this has been me this week. stressed OUT. there's this thing that happens to me where my etsy shop takes over our house like a vicious monster that won't stop until he's conquered 3 floors of house. this week i had to clean to get ready for a concert we had at our house, and i had to organize a ton of stuff and then i felt mad at myself for not being better organized in the first place. and then i didn't have time to work on etsy so i resented myself even more. it sucked. as much as i'm tempted to make this blog seem like i'm perfect, and my house is perfect and a cute squirrel named Sophie brings me my organic breakfast every morning, i refuse. sometimes i have crappy weeks and things go wrong. some days i wear t-shirts and don't have any time for make-up. sometimes i get really sad and feel disappointed in myself.so i'm being honest.
however, it is definitely okay ( and even encouraged) to laugh at this picture.

So that's why i've been a lame blogger this week and also why we decided to ditch the crowds and have a lazy fourth of july day at home. although we did go to a flea market and found this splendid tufted leather 1950's Bench


I screamed "stop!" to steve so i could go pick these snowy weeds the other day. a good weed is hard to find in the city. they were a dime a dozen in the midwest where i grew up.
My wonderful friend laurie brought me about a hundred wooden spools in the loveliest colors, i haven't figured out quite what to do with them yet, but right now they're a fantastic makeshift bouquet in this planter.

Gramaphone salt and pepper shakes from mousetrap on etsy. the hubby not only collects salt and pepper shakers but also vintage sound equipment so this was the PERFECT present. He was pretty excited when he opened it.

one of a few small things i don't like about our house is that there is no window over the sink. so i hung this picture and pretend that this is my backyard, while i'm washing dishes. there are not a lot of things i find more beautiful than flowering trees. meet scout finch, my other pup. this is where she has spent most of her weekend, behind a yellow chair, deathly afraid of the fireworks that are constantly going off in our neighborhood. seriously, it sounds like armageddon.

the poor soul

and an extremely tiny shop preview :)

Hopefully i'll be feeling like this again soon, only with red lipstick and combed hair :)

I hope you all are having good, relaxing or exciting independence days, however you like them!

and if you are new to the blog, i promise i don't post frightening pictures of myself often :)

Thanks for reading,

m

First Day of July SALE!

Every Little Thing at Adelaide's is 10% off today!! just enter 'july1' in notes to the seller and recieve your refund via paypal. please get the word out about this sale, i have lots of new inventory and would love to get the current inventory to good homes :)

nothing says SALE, like a box of persimmons. isn't this a lovely picture my friend esther took?
thanks for reading,
m