In the Beginning..there was Bettie

Ok, tonight I'm going to reveal my (not so secret) obsession. Bettie Page. I love her! I collect her photos! I have over 6000 of them and they're all organized by outfit...I may have OCD...LOL

Well today I randomly came across a Tumbler feed of Bettie Page Photos called "Bettie Page is all the Rage" it is a collection of some of the rarest photos I've seen...so of course I added them to my collection.
In truth, her adorableness is what really got me into things from the past; pin up, rockabilly and luckily vintage housewares and styles. I fell in love with the lingerie and the clothing.
Sweater dresses, kitten heels...
play suits, bathing suits...
satin, lace and KITTENS!

I always wished I could have hair like hers...I still do. If I'm lucky and if I ever have a little girl she will end up with my husbands hair which is just like Bettie's complete with perfect "fresh from the box barbie hair" waves. I'm so jealous and he knows it...tee hee. As you can guess I named my shop after her and at one time (about 50 lbs ago) I used to look like Bettie...people would ask me if I had a tattoo of myself on my leg...ok, for one who gets a tattoo of themselves? and for two she is still way cuter than me.

Her style inspired me to take the plunge to dark hair and bangs...if you can believe it, I'm naturally blonde...not platinum anymore but still what I like to call ashy-uglified blonde. So, yeah. Bettie is a big part of my life and I love everything she has brought me...without her, there would be no BBV, no pin up, no vintage ad collection and no vintage swimsuit collection and I wouldn't know the first thing about what a bullet bra is other than Madonna.

So yeah, I'm excited and THANK YOU BETTIE for all your inspiration. I wouldn't have done it without you.
P.S. if anyone knows where I can find a suit like this...I need to know! I was thinking of having one made since Bettie made all her own suits (fun fact) I doubt there is another like it.

Also, I have added a TON of new items to the shop 29 to be exact. Lots of cold weather wear. Coats, sweaters, wool skirts and hats. And there is plenty more where that came from!
As you can see there are lots of new sponsors as well so check them out.
GIVEAWAYS ARE COMING SOON!

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I think it would be a great way to see some other shops/blogs in the community!
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Pretty Little Things for Me

As you know I had a sale last week where 70 items in my shop were 50% off. But the most important thing in my shop didn't get selected. I punched all the numbers into a random number generator and the one I was really hoping would get selected because my friend Des of ArtDecoDame and Pretty Little Things Blog really wanted it. She has been talking about it for a while. She is raising money to move her family up to Alaska to be with her husband. She has enough for airfare right now but is still working on the funds to move up the possessions so stop by her store and have a look around, help her get to Alaska :)

Well after the sale I asked her if she was willing to do a trade with me because I have been eying in her store, an amazing charm necklace.
Luckily she was up for the trade, the dress for the necklace..WHOOHOOO! She also sent me some wonderful ads! It really got me! I love vintage ads and these 3 are ones I don't have these. :D I'm so super excited.She is just a doll! Her things are always packaged so nicely and her items are gorgeous. This is the second thing I've gotten from her store. The first was this amazing seagull brooch
One of my very favorites..I wear it ALL THE TIME. Its wonderful!

Dreams and Ads

Well, its happened I'm now doing treasuries so much I'm dreaming about them. Last night I got the idea to do a Clue based treasury set and I've already finished 2 of the 6.

Last night I also took out an ad with Vixen Vintage. I am hoping to get some extra views and hopefully some sales as well. I gave her the choice of these 3 banners because I like them all.


she chose this one. It was the first one I made..and I think its also my favorite. :) I sooo want the bathing suit in this pic!

Don't forget the sale is still on through the 7th and 10 new items are 50% off every day!

I LOOOVE VINTAGE ADS!

I've always had a love for vintage swimwear and I just adore the ads from the 40's and 50's for Jantzen, Catalina and Cole of California. I have a large digital collection and I use them to make banners for my stores (I just put a new one with bathing suits from a Catalina ad up) I've only recently added to my physical ad collection. I did only have the Cole of California ad with the girl in the strapless smocked swimsuit but I've just bought 3 Jantzen, 1 Catalina and 1 random ad from a seller on etsy..she has great deals for her ads...just $4! Scratch that..make that 7 Jantzen. She just listed more. It says she likes to trade if you don't have the cash...I wish I would've noticed that earlier...LOL I also purchased a beautiful ad in Seattle - for what I don't know..but it has the cutest girl in sunglasses and I just had to have it. I said I would only pay $10 for it because I could find ads online for that much so he gave it to me for 10...but tried to keep an additional $5 when giving my husband change...luckily my husband noticed.. he picked up the right amount of change and then put back a $5 hoping that dumb tourists wouldn't notice..the guy was just as dishonest as he looked..so be careful out there kiddos!