Photo A Day #41 Upstate New York Part 2

The New York State adventure continues, our next stop was a small town called Dolgeville. Driving through the Catskills was such a lovely experience, it's such a beautiful place! We stopped at Woodstock NY in a futile attempt to find C. some new boots as his had suffered during the patchy snow hike in Montana. Alas, no boots and I wasn't really feeling the vibe so we left... I'd read about Beardslee Castle, which is just down the road from Dolgeville, and I was hoping we could have dinner in the dungeon there, but they were closed on the night we visited. We did get some nice pictures, I would love to see it in the snow! There's something about old stone buildings in the snow!

We stayed in a beautiful old house in Dolgeville which had it's very own pond. And across the road was an awesome huge boarded up house. We had the whole place to ourselves so we explored the house, with all of it's wonderful old books and antique furniture. I tried on the lovely old hat we found in our bedroom. There was a stereo photo viewer on the piano with a bunch of old photos to look at as well. We ate dinner in town, and even though we traveled all through Maine, Cape Cod and even Nantucket, we ate the best crab cakes I have ever tasted, in a tiny little cafeteria style dining room attached to the pub. Another beautiful small American town.

Kitty x

Thrifty Finds and Vintage Conquests - Stop. Accessorize.

So as promised, here is the haul from my recent trip to Love Vintage show in Sydney. There were so many treasures inside a small space, the experience was quite overwhelming. But I think I did quite well considering I had several moments of vintage love overload! It's a bit of a long post, so grab a cup of tea before you get settled in :)

This Pencil Scarf is perfect! It has a great palette (pun intended) and the design is so cute! Pencil Scarf happiness :)

Umbrella Brooch. I'm pretty sure this is 1980's, and is a bit faded, but isn't is gorgeous? The lady who sold it to me explained the importance of wearing a brooch the 'proper' way - pointing diagonally downwards and pinned through twice.

Apple buttons. I think it's possible that I let out a little squeal when I saw these. I LOVE apple things! The lady gave me a discount because I was soooo excited, she said I was like a kid in a candy store. Now I just need to find a special something to put these on, any ideas?

Mushroom Bobby-pin. This is so, so, so good! An original 1950's bobby-pin with a tiny mushroom bauble. Never worn! They had a few different fruit and vegetables, like chillies, bananas and pumpkins, but I had to be good and just choose one!

Strawberry Brooch. I had seen an apple brooch at the stall before this one and almost bought it, but thought I'd wait, just in case I saw something I liked better. At the next stall was this strawberry brooch! It's actually waaay better than the apple one, so I'm glad I held out. So juicy!

Furry Collar. I had a hard time deciding on this as well. I'm still trying to think exactly what I can wear it with, but with winter coming up, I thought I'd be kicking myself in a few months if I didn't buy it. And it came with this pretty sparkly red brooch, so I got a two-fer!

1950's original beads. I bought these to use for jewelry that I'm making for my Etsy store. Some nice re-purposed vintage pieces, which I'll show you when they are done!

Finally, something for C. I couldn't leave this ring behind. I'm not a military antique expert, but the gentleman I bought it from says it's a WWII US Army service ring. I know it is military, but usually the US service rings have text engraved on them. So not exactly sure what it is, but it's just a beautiful class ring, and it fits perfectly! It's well-worn and it's nice to give a loving home to something that was cherished by someone before you.

So I'd been hoping to find a cute dress or some shoes, but apparently it was meant to be accessory day! And quite a productive one at that. Post a comment if you have any ideas about ways I can use some of my finds!

Photo A Day #40 Owl Bookends

So I told you I got something amazing at the antique market... This would be it! I was eager to show these to you in a nice natural light but unfortunately I somehow forgot that daylight savings had happened (how could I have forgotten? It only happened yesterday!) Anyway, I was expecting to come home with a good hour of nice golden light left but instead was greeted with a dwindling twilight. So I went to the other extreme and took the photos on the lightbox my dad built for C. Suitably dramatic for my Owl friends I think!

When I saw these, I will admit, I made some sounds that maybe only dogs could have heard. And there was possibly a tear (of happiness) in my eye. It doesn't really matter that I have way to many books to warrant the use of any kind of bookend. I'll just install some extra shelves! Aren't they the most adorable things you've ever seen?

I adore these guys! Definitely the best vintage find of the year so far for me - although the dresses I got yesterday are coming a VERY close second!

Happy Monday xo

What I Wore - River Walk

This wasn't really intended to be an outfit post, but we took the camera on our walk to the river on Saturday and ended up with some good photos, so here they are!

All the clothing aside from the jewelry is a year or two old, so probably not available anymore.

Bodysuit // Urban Outfitters

Linen Skirt // American Apparel

Belt // Urban Outfitters

Shoes // Thrifted - Portland, Maine

Toadstool Brooch // Cherish

Skull Ring // Japan

Octopus Ring // OctopusMe

Photo A Day #39 Vintage Dress Finds

As promised, I went to the antique markets today and of course it was great! I might save my most awesome find for tomorrow, when I can photograph it in some nice natural light. In addition to the mystery item, I also scored these amazing vintage dresses! How gorgeous are they? The lace one is Italian (from Rome) and the long sleeve one just has the most adorable birdie print! Unfortunately the lace one is missing a button, so I'll probably need to add a full new set, but I'm sure I can find some that look good with it. So excited to give these a test run this week!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend, Kitty xo