Happy final days of Summer Kittens
With September 22nd officially marking the start of Fall we say good bye to Summer for the rest of year. A tout à l'heure. Until we see you again Summer!
For this final weekend of summer last weekend it really went out with a bang! The sun was shining all weekend and temperatures were up! Some might say it was a little too hot on Sunday but I'll take the heat any day!
On Saturday my husband and I spend a nice day out and about. We started the day making a stop into our local vintage reproduction shop,
Vintage Alley. I was really hoping they'd have some Halloween themed stuff on offer as they sometimes do around this time of year but not a Halloween item was in view. Maybe it was just a little too early. Next we went out for lunch at our local brewery, Buffalo Bills, and shared a black pumpkin beer with our lunch. After that, we stopped in at the 80's arcade,
High Scores, for a bit to play some games and beat some high scores... and all this was on the same block! I love our town! After all this we went to Joann's to see what they have for offer for Halloween houseware then tried to go to a shop I know of that was selling vintage Halloween themed items last year. We must have gotten there just a little too late though because they were closed :( Looking through the window I could see all the glorious vintage Halloween things were back in stock so I will have to come back again! We ended the day with a stop at the mall.
We usually just go to the mall for a place to hang out and window shop at Hot Topic, Spencer's, and the Lego store and I usually make a stop at Forever 21 just to see what they have for accessories. But while we were at the mall this time around I noticed that with the new season, there's a new (old) style that's back, late 70's early 80's! I rubbed my hands together and looked just a little more closely at what was on offer and even picked up a super cute outfit at Forever 21 for about $35! There was also a corduroy jumper at Nordstrom that I liked but that one got left behind since it was a bit more and there are a ton of stuff currently on my online wishlist that I'd rather get instead. Maybe if it's still around later I will go back for it though.
Anyhow, on to the
outfit for this Outfit of the Day! ;)
Outfit of the Day (Saturday):
For this day I picked out an oldie but goodie, my Bettie Page (now
Tatyana) Cruiser dress which my husband got for me several years ago at the Bettie Page store in Las Vegas while we were there on vacation one year. I paired this with yellow peep toe flats which I got from Target also several years ago. For fun finishing touches I paired this with a straw banana purse I got from ebay earlier this summer (also worn
here), a straw fruit fascinator I made last year (see the tutorial
here), and a pair of blue flower earrings I got from
Forever 21 several years ago. Just in case it should get cold I grabbed my
Collectif Annette knitted cape which I got several years ago but it ended up staying in the car the whole time since it was such a nice warm day that day.
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| Bettie Page (Tatyana) Cruiser dress- Front View |
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| Bettie Page (Tatyana) Cruiser dress- Front View |
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| Bettie Page (Tatyana) Cruiser dress- Side View |
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| Bettie Page (Tatyana) Cruiser dress- Front View |
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| Bettie Page (Tatyana) Cruiser dress- Front View |
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| Bettie Page (Tatyana) Cruiser dress- Front View |
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| Bettie Page (Tatyana) Cruiser dress- Side View |
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| Straw banana purse- Close Up |
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| Straw fruit fascinator and blue flower earrings- Close Up |
On Sunday my friend and I went out to San Francisco to go to the Urban Air Market where some friends had a booth selling their hand crafted goods! I was so impressed by the tables my friend's sister, Alexandra Green makes! She does everything herself including the welding on her tables and chairs! Check out her absolutely gorgeous work here:
Scrappy Metal Design.
Innovation and creativity must run strong in this family! I was equally impressed with the 100% natural skin care products my friend and Alexandra's sister, Adriana Green had on offer through her product line
Esteli Body. I was addicted to her rose and hibiscus coconut water toner mist which had such a wonderful smell and was so refreshing on a hot day like Sunday. I left the market though with her clay and flowers face mask and rosehips adzuki and rice exfloiating grains excited to try them at home.
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| Two sisters, Scrappy Metal Design and Esteli Body, Urban Air Market, San Francisco (picture taken by my friend) |
Outfit of the day (Sunday):
For this day's activities I decided to wear my
Trashy Diva Lucy dress in red gingham. I love red gingham dresses and Trashy Diva does them so well! I got this dress earlier this summer (I had to have it after seeing the lovely Sammi from the
Soubrette Brunette looking so
spectacular in hers!). Because I knew there was going to be a lot walking this day I paired this dress with red Vans, a gift from my husband from earlier this year. Also, because we were going out to the city where it's usually cold, I also paired this with a red cardigan I got from Nordstrom Rack several years ago. For a finishing touch I wore this with a red strawberry purse which I got from ebay earlier this summer (another inspiration piece first seen on another lovely blogger's blog,
CiCi Marie). A red gingham hair tie from Trashy Diva which I wore tied in my ponytail also helped finish off this up. To continue with the fruit theme I also wore red apple earrings which I got from
Modcloth a couple years ago.
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| Trashy Diva Lucy dress in Red Gingham- Front View |
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| Trashy Diva Lucy dress in Red Gingham- Front View |
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| Trashy Diva Lucy dress in Red Gingham- Side View |
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| Trashy Diva Lucy dress in Red Gingham- Front View |
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| Trashy Diva Lucy dress in Red Gingham- Front View |
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| Trashy Diva Lucy dress in Red Gingham- Side View |
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| Strawberry purse- Close Up |
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| Apple earrings- Close Up |
