Spring Time Resolution: in like a lamb; out like a lion!

... so I am still in the process, but final stages of, organizing my clothes... especially the non-vintage, but also the vintage.  Chris got us a new and longer desk which makes it more comfortable (and aesthetically pleasing) to sit in front of the computer.  I have a little bit of an attention issue, so sitting in front of the computer is hard for me.  However, I promise to get better at this.  I have soooo much vintage to list that it's ridiculous that I have not put more up yet.  Between my attention span and my kitten obsessed with destruction it is really hard to get any real momentum.  The past two, three weeks I have been training for serving at the restaurant I work at so I can start making up for the money lost when I quit managing a store (to have more time to do all of this organizing and take acting classes).  A friend sent me a link to a great deal for acting classes that only had a few hours left before it expired.  They are for Second City.  Nice to go to places that have a good reputation ESPECIALLY when you pay 1/3 of what the classes normally cost!  phewf!  Anyway, my spring time resolution:  get on all this and keep to my time goals....!!!!  

More listings!!

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knit jumpsuit!

over sized olive green silk with gold beads and quilting bomber jacket.  do it.

And more to come tonight or tomorrow.  but probably tonight.

more even...

yay!  more stuff listed!!  Thanks again to Jubunny for modelling for me!!  Come back from India so I can do more.   I need practice!  =) 

Coming Soon....

so here are some of the items I will be putting up on etsy soon.  The pictures with Jubunny are for the selling.  She had to leave and I had WAY less done than I had planned so I snapped a few picture of some of the other items to to see what they would look like not on me.  here they areeeeeee:

 

and much much more.... just need to get my model back in my apartment.  might be difficult since she is going away to india for an undecided period of time....!

Sneak Peek - Part 3

it's taking a while to go through all the photo's I took playing and deciding what I will be keeping and what I will be selling and then making myself add things to the selling pile that I really don't want to let go.  AND I only got through maybe a quarter of the items that night.... here is a handful more of the items I was trying really hard to part with.

oversized peachy sorbet coloured beaded silk tshirt dress with army jacket.

long fur vest with mint green maxi dress.

black lace long sleeved dress with slits on sides.

denim painted floral with studs.

floral jumpsuit.

white maxi tank dress... I just like this one. 

space age peach jumpsuit with ruffles.

khaki/taupe pocket dress with my glasses.

maxi dress with denim jacket with studded/bedazzled lapel.

sequin vest with white denim with gold studs.

sequin/beaded vest.

70's long leather jacket with striped pleated dress.

textured leopard boxy cardigan.

ruffle dress (one of the first vintage things I ever bought for a fancy dress part I had to go to!) and fur vest.

wool plaid blazer with drop lapel and burgundy velvet maxi dress.

silk beige maxi dress layered with a sheer nylon nightie layered with a lace dress (playing around with grungey layers.  I was a child of the 90's you know).

blue beaded tunic.

white maxi and blue beaded tunic.

Thanks again to Katie for being my ragdoll for the evening!


 Shop opening REALLY soon (March 2011)!!!  gotta get this donezo!

Sneak Peak

ok... for some reason I have been having problems with typing this post.... things kept deleting or disappearing... I really don't know!  frustrating.  Anyway.  I have been on and off organizing and I need to go out and buy some bins and garment bags to get to that final stage before styling and taking pictures can happen.  There are all sorts of items.  Dresses from or inspired by the 1920's all the way to the 70's and a little bit of futuristic pieces too.  Hats, belts, scarves, shoes (which may appear as "lots" so that people who enjoy and entire outfit can purchase the trimmings).

I had to grab a friend of mine to come in and act as a mannequin so I could put together and play around with shapes and colours for the outfits.  I want everything I am selling to be relevant.  Great vintage pieces, but the way we really wear them.  Originally, I was going to make everything look authentic to the decade they were from, but everyone knows what it looked like.  I want to make it now.  How I would actually wear it.  What I was actually thinking and obsessing over when I bought each piece.  So that I know each piece is going to a good home and will be treated the way I would treat them.  More of a clothing adoption.  Before I end up sounding more pathetic and clothing obsessed, here are just a few of the pictures from a few nights ago when Katie brought over some wine and let me play dress up with her:

Vintage Army Green Shirt Jacket thing.  Vintage Floral Romper/jumpsuit.  Mimosa Black Strappy Platform Shoes... along with other shoes scattered about....

Army Green thing again and Floral Maxi Dress with Flutter sleeves.  and boot mugs... no we were not drinking wine with a straw.  that was scotch?

....again jacket thing... there are a lot of pictures with out this jacket, but I just HAD to try it on everything.... sorry.  pale yellow floral wide neck dolman sleeve dress and a pile of clothes including a vintage fur coat in the background.

  Everything pictured and that willll be pictured is vintage from my closet (except for most the shoes.  I have vintage shoes... but it will take longer for me to part with them).  Most I will be selling.  There will be hundreds of pieces...seriously.  I just need to decide how and where I will be selling it all and how I want to organize it.  I think I am going to do mini collections with colour themes and style themes.  I have enough... I am sure I can whip something up.

to be continued....