Shop Update: Pumpkin Patch

Yippee! Autumn is almost here!! The weather is not cooperating this year but thats not stopping me from drinking pumpkin spice lattes and planning corbin's first trip to the pumpkin patch! That is what has inspired today's (late) shop update. Shades of pumpkin, cider and black cat. Perfect for what is coming..eeeee! All these items are available RIGHT NOW in the shop.

Also, the shop is on SALE this week for 20% off everything in the shop, including these brand new listings!

Self Shoot

I wanted to update my blog banner with a more recent picture than the one I've been using. its was about 3 years old and although i looked thinner..i don't want to deceive anyone ;)
Here are my favorite shots from my little "self shoot" for my new blog banner.





what do ya'll think about the new banner?

A New Face

I've been sponsoring the Vixen Vintage Blog for quite a few months and before that was a loyal follower. I used to drool over the items she had in her shop (which has since, closed) and on her blog, wishing I could look that fab. Well as you may remember I finally got to meet Miss Solanah when I was on vacation and she was super cute and so down to earth. It just makes you love her even more. I think I at one point told her she was so cute and tiny I wanted to put her in my pocket. ;)
Well one of the perks to sponsoring her blog is that I can send her things and she will look fab in them and send them back. WOOT! I sent her 3 (of my favorite) dresses from my shop and she snapped some gorg pics and shipped them back. Super easy and now I've got 3 items up in the shop with her fab-ness all over it!
Going Green
Floral Forties
Caught in her Net

Here is Solanah looking a-darn-dorable in some of the dresses from my shop. Don't you just love her? Yeah, I know you do.

BTW: Tons of amazing pieces up right now I have nearly 165 pieces available...and another purchase for me...that I'm hoping to get some sales and pay off ASAP so I can wear it on my B-day! :D

Oh..and one more thing...GIVEAWAYS START SUNDAY!!!!

All your pretties are belong to me

My birthday is FINALLY on a weekend this year so I don't have to work. I want to go out and have a fancy dinner and other things that normal people get to do on their birthday's since I haven't been able to in 6 years. And now I have even more of a reason because I won this dress from slapsymaxi2 on ebay (aka Dawn aka SlapsyMaxi on etsy)
Its a light blue with the most amazing neck and pocket details..
AND it was a steal! Just $31 if you can believe that!
I can't wait to hit the town in my new birthday dress! YAY! Thanks Dawn!

Also, the SUMMER SALE is going on now in the shop! And I've got still only got 2 confirmed sponsors for the giveaways in October (Dawn is one of them!) I'm hoping to hear back from some others and get as many pretties for you as I can. I want to do a giveaway twice a week, one small item (from me) every Wednesday and then every Sunday I'll be giving away one of the sponsored items. You have all week to enter for the big prizes and 24 hours to enter for the small items.
If you are interested in donating a giveaway item please email me through my profile! I'm offering 1 month of free advertisement on my blog in exchange for the item(s).

Vintage Reproductions

I know this is kind of a sore spot for many of my readers but today we're going to talk about vintage repro clothing, the best sites, best prices and some plus and minus points for each one.

There are probably 100s of reproduction clothing companies out there..especially with the "vintage craze" that is hitting right now. I can't in good conscience say you should only wear vintage...sometimes you just can't find the dress you want in your size without waiting a few years. However, reproduction dresses/pants/tops are sometimes made with thin, inexpensive material and they don't last very long and they tend to cost more than vintage items. But you do get the advantages of spandex and standardized measurements instead of custom or handmade vintage pieces. I have quite a few reproduction dresses because I don't like to rob the vintage world of an amazing dress that is just going to sit in my closet because I'm too afraid of getting it dirty. I only have 3 vintage dresses:
#1: I just bought, the Jumblelaya dress
#2 from fabgabs that has 3/4 sleeves so I will have to wait for cooler weather to wear
and #3 is an 80s shirtwaist dress that is too long but its one I wear all the time..it so comfortable (hey look the scarf from the giveaway)
and I have several reproduction dresses. I'm not going to post them today but if you want to see them I can do a post about them in the future.

I'd like to help you find some reproduction dresses, pants, tops that you're not afraid to wear (if you save vintage for special occasions like me) So here are my favorite sites, what they have and some of my favorite pieces from the sites.

Vintage Dress Outlet
Plus: Prices! Lots of Search Options
Minus: Small Selection, Only carry Dresses
I'm actually thinking of purchasing this dress
Its only 44.95 which is about 40 less than I've seen at other sites!
Excellent bargain for this peek a boo skirt dress, its just 29.99
Adorable "hot for teacher" look for just 29.99
This dress is in the clearance section for 29.99...i would totally pay that!

Stop Staring Clothing Co.
Plus: Lots of selection, lots of sizes, lots of styles, made of good quality materials
Minus: Price
Spring dress with darling bow, on clearance for $120
Sailor romper! On sale for $105
"blondie" dress with leopard trim, $178

MOD CLOTH
Plus: Tons of Variety, tops, bottoms, shoes, bathing suits ect.
Minus: For more "trendy" vintage style
Adorable brocade dress, simple "vintage" lines $217.99 (one of the most expensive pieces on the site)
Really sweet cut out dress with button detail $69.99
Super cute full skirt with pattern. $64.99
Bright yellow cardi with red leaves 67.99


HeartBreaker Fashion
Plus:Well Priced, Cute Dresses
Minus: Expensive separates
Sweetheart bust cherry print dress $84
Top only $42, I think the pants are from Bernie Dexter Clothing
Adorable sailor polka dot dress $84

Bettie Page Clothing
Plus:Lots of options and sizes, animal friendly (no fur or leather)
Minus: Expensive, site annoying to navigate
V back dress in polka dot with button detail $160
"Lucy" top $60 shown with pencil skirt (WANT!) $90
Simple teal wiggle dress with cute details $70

Vivien Of Holloway
Plus: Lots of sizes, patterns, variety in patterns
Minus: Not a lot of different styles, I can't afford 1 of everything

Gorgeous halter sarong dress with bolero £89.00
I love these suspender trousers, £49.00 Vivien has a fantastic selection of pants and skirts. Not a lot of styles, but you really only need the classics.
The "signature" halter circle dress, this is what VOH is known for. This dress comes with the matching bolero for just £89.00
40s sarong style dress, tons of prints for this one and such a good deal at only £35.00 for any of them!

Pin-Up Girl Clothing
Plus: Lots of styles, great shoes, tons of selection
Minus: Almost always sold out, some of the stuff is "trashy"

Darling striped sailor blouse $38
Satin pumps with chiffon frills on the back $126
Adorable sailor swim set top $56 bottoms $56
Love the direction this dress is going, great for the office $108

Other sites of mention
Red Dress Shoppe

Daddy-O's (this site carries a lot of the same inventory as the others but it has men's as well)