Mint and Lace

Lookie!  I'm a good girl and have my Friday post out on time!  This is thanks in part to having a free evening the other night after work where I could put the photos up awhile and then just throw in some words at another time.  Lately I've been either doing something every evening after work or I'm too exhausted to want to do much besides lounge on the couch watching some telly.  Also, my weekends have been pretty booked between friends and reenactments.

So not as much time for blogging.  Which I find rather ironic.  Now that I actually have a semblance of a life and am doing things, I don't have the time and/or energy to post about them.  I mean, jeepers, I haven't even posted photos from Reading's WWII Weekend and that was in June!

These photos were taken by the local creek that runs through my town.  I was running errands this day and didn't want to have to drive out of the way to go to my usual spot.  It's a pretty location but the shading from the trees combined with the time of day made for some dim photos.

Outfit Details:

vintage top, vintage collar {Grandma Ruth}

vintage Ferragamo shoes, belt, skirt, handbag {thrifted}

hair comb {eBay}

You can tell by my hair that these photos were taken shortly before The Great Gatsby came out.  I was still experimenting with different methods to achieve nice looking finger waves.  This was not the best of attempts, by far.  But I eventually got better at it and they turned out rather well for the actual day of my Gatsby photoshoot I did before seeing the film.

I've already started editing photos for Sunday's Instagram post, so hopefully it will actually come out this week and on time!  The horror!

Wishing you a wonderful weekend.

My Week According to Instagram

Another week has passed.  This week was a week for rekindling old friendships.  On Monday I met up with my friend Nikkoel who I hadn't seen since graduation in 2004.  We did a Great Gatsby photoshoot before we went and saw the film.  It was really a lot of fun teaming up with someone to take photos.

Wednesday night I got to see my friend Amanda who I know from beauty school and working at the same salon together.  We met up in Lebanon to see Star Trek Into Darkness.  The neat thing was that the cinema played the first Star Trek film beforehand to really get us in the mood for the new one.  I must just say that it was phenomenal and it was really nice seeing Benedict Cumberbatch in 3D and on that big of a screen.

 1. My finger waves turned out great just in time for Gatsby.

2. My mum and I when I was a wee lass.

3. Swooning over RDJ.

4. Last week's Instagram post.

 5-6. All dolled up for The Great Gatsby.

7. Nikkoel and I after seeing The Great Gatsby.

8. Woohoo!

9. Testing costumes for Star Trek Into Darkness.

10. Finally edited Gatsby photoshoot pictures.

11. Zoe Saldana was this week's Style Crush.

12. The final outfit for Star Trek.

13. Oh yes, that's a phaser.

14. The glorious Benedict Cumberbatch in Star Trek Into Darkness.

15. I wore a nightgown as a dress on Thursday.

16. The goodies I won in Nora's giveaway arrived!

17-18. Incredible deadstock vintage dresses my mum told me about.

19-20.Very springy in a lilac dress on Friday.

21-24. Some photos from the Gatsby shoot. The rest can be seen here.

25. Devoured (hehe) the first season of UK's Being Human. Can't wait to watch the rest.

26. Found this beautiful piece on Craig's List.

27. Welcome home, baby.

Yesterday I headed over to my mum's house to restore an old 1950s Formica table that she picked up for free on the side of the road.  I sanded the chipped paint off the legs and painted them a glossy black.  The chrome and top were in pretty good condition and just needed a bit of cleaning.  The table is going to serve as my new sewing station.

I also picked up a beautiful Waterfall wardrobe that I found on Craig's List.  I've wanted a matching one for my bedroom set for quite awhile.  After my current wardrobe's rod broke, I decided it was time to seriously into a replacement.  And voila!  A couple days after searching, I found a lovely one that nearly matches my current set perfectly.

Today was the car show which was a bit of an anti-climax.  The overcast clouds and on and off misting rain kept most of the really pretty vintage cars at home.  I was a bit disappointed because I really wanted to take outfit photos by them.  There was one nice Ford from 1940 that I got my photo with so that's good at least.

How was your weekend?

My Week According to Instagram

Since I didn't get a chance to prep the photos for this post beforehand, like I usually do, I am going to skip over the usual blurb about what happened to me this week and just let the pictures do the talking.

1-2. Last Sunday's outfit.

3. A gorgeous 1920s lady.

4. Shared this blog post on Instagram.

5. Practiced finger waves for seeing The Great Gatsby.

6. The results.

7. My first attempt at finger waves a few months back.

8. To die for vintage shoes.

9. Wednesday's outfit.

10. Another attempt at finger waves.

11. Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald.

12. Andrew Garfield was this week's Style Crush.

13. Such a sweet photo of Tom Hiddleston and a fan.

14. Thursday's outfit.

15. Details of the hair piece and lace on the dress.

16. The Battle at Hogwarts anniversary.

17. Cherry blossoms and sunshine.

18-19. Pink dress and cherry blossoms.

20. Friday's outfit.

21. Repeating last Saturday's top. I couldn't help it, it's too lovely.

22. Flapper dress that I made.

23. And the dress on.

24. Dreamed of Chris Hemsworth rescuing me on a motorcycle from a kidnapper.

25. That's right.  May 4th = May the Fourth Be With You.

26-27. Yesterday's outfit.

28. I have a thing for taking photos by flowering trees.

29. Relaxed in the park and read Gatsby.

30. Saturday night = 1920s fashion books and a Mae West film.

I am tired and off to bed.  I hope you all had a beautiful weekend.