Friday, August 31, 2012

Pink Cuckoos & Love's Baby Soft...

These are THREE THINGS I LOVE RIGHT NOW: 

Cuckoo Clock
Love's Baby Soft Cologne

Retro Rose Ring

May I just take the opportunity to elaborate on the sniffy greatness that is Love's Baby Soft?  It really smells like love, babies, and soft(ness.)  I think I bought my first bottle when I was, like, 11 or something.  The fragrance is lightly powdery-sweet and THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN PUT TOO MUCH ON.  With most perfumes, I can only stand to put the tiniest drop on, or the smell is just too overpowering for me, and I wind up spending the day washing my wrists over and over like a person suffering from OCD.  Another awesome thing?... This cologne is waysupercheap, and you can buy it at the drugstore.   Also, it's pink.  And pink things are always good.  I love you, Love's Baby Soft!

Thursday, August 30, 2012

*** DIY Black Out Poetry Art Tutorial ***

When Cathy Met Heathcliff

Infatuation

So I made these. 

Or you can make your own, too, using vintage books, a marker, and, well, your creative brain.  

Start by picking an old book that's super dramatic and descriptive.  I used Wuthering Heights for these two pieces and I'm working on a few others using Jane Austen and L.M Montgomery books.  Just read through the pages, and put your mind in a collage-type state:  scanning for words and phrases that pierce, sing, or float to the top. Then see if you can lace them together to create a poem.  For some reason, I find this relaxing.  It's like I'm back in preschool, color sorting.  Except with words and feelings. 


Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Style Muse: Myrna Loy





Photos via Google Images

I LOVE Myrna Loy.  In absolutely all of her photos, it looks like she's saying "Oh, REALLY?..." with her facial expressions.  She has an intelligent, quiet sass about her.  Plus, she was in The Thin Man movies.  And those movies are just wonderful. 

Saturday, August 25, 2012

*** Hipster Movie Princesses United ***

Which hipster movie princess is your style most like?

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Style Muse: Annie Monroe








Photos via Google Images

Is it just me, or is Annie Monroe sorta like a moderny Anna Karina?

Monday, August 20, 2012

* Jane Austen Cameo Necklace Giveaway Winner *



And the winner  is...
(She has been emailed.)

Please stop by later this week for another fun giveaway!

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Style Muse: Anna Karina











Photos via Google Images

I've always loved (actress-model-singer-painter-writer-fivetimesmarried-virgo) Anna Karina's sweetly-smart, brainy-daydreamer style.  She just looks like she was born holding books and flowers.

Friday, August 10, 2012