Ready for Summer

Summer Inspiration

my mom, aunts and uncle in my great aunts gorgous pool

my mom in the red stripes

my mom in a tube
*so cute*

my grandma looking fabulous in her hat, sunnies and stripes

my grandma modeling another fabulous suit

mom and aunt - camping

cooking and camping

santa monica 1970

my grandma at the grand canyon

Hello, that beehive and those daisies - amazing

All of these are photos i took of various family albums that my grandma kept completely organized and labeled throughout the years. There are volumes and volumes, and i treasure them so. She always had her camera in her hand or within reach and documented our lives, every birthday party, every christmas, easter, every occasion and labeled in chronological order in beautiful photo albums filled with her hand writing. I love these things. And, Yes, i photographed photographs. I do these kinds of things, like photographing the tv.

The Edison

Prada Postcards

Wish you were here.

Prada introduces their postcard sunglasses line with these awesome vintage color adjusted postcards.
Each pair represents a different sunsplashed destination.
These shades are so cute.

• Los Angeles: light pink sunglasses-destination Santa Monica.

• London: transparent grey sunglasses with orange lenses- destination Cornwall.

• Lisbon: matte black sunglasses with black lenses- destination Setùbal.

• Milan: green sunglasses- destination Forte dei Marmi.

• Manhattan: transparent sunglasses with pink lenses- destination Montauk.

• Paris: transparent sunglasses with light grey lenses- destination Biarritz.

1) Art on Sunset

2) Fishes and Fruits

3) Arclight Cinerama Dome Entrance

4) My Puppy Skirt

5) Favorite Quilt Section

6) Freeway Mural – Astronaut and Giant Hand remain untouched by Graffiti

7) Dresses

Ralph + Oil Cloth

I love that Ralph Laurens Spring dresses are fully inspited by vintage oil cloth tablecloths. Mine is the blue one at the bottom. I put blue rik rak around the edges to make it super hokey. WACKO has a good selection of colors and designs.
I love all of the big bright florals for spring. And neon is back in a big way, um, circa 1989. I had neon slinky bracelets, jelly shoes, scrunchies and i was also in junior high so...

Another Estate

I found quite a few little vintage goodies. My favorite is the American Logs I found. I used to play with Lincoln Logs when I was a kid, remember those? Im pretty sure these are older. Also the pink thing is a handmade stuffed dog with furry ears. He is so cool. The little vintage plastic deer pair will be great around holiday time next year, although I have them up now. I also found a few really great super vintage table cloths, one was of Alaska. This is so much better than vintage/antique stores that are totally overprices and picked through. I love estate!