Vintage Inspired: Jessie Steele

Jessie Steele offers a bevy of colorful and cutesy vintage-inspired aprons (for you and the tiny tots), towels (with rick-rack), oven mitts and stylish rubber gloves so you can channel your 50's housewife and run a kitchen in style. (For the retro hairdressers out there, she also has a line of smocks ...)


Plus, through April 16, get a whopping 25% off everything in the store with code JSSPRING25 at checkout.







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Vintage Shopping: 115 Suitcases

MLE found this etsy listing for 115 fabulous vintage suitcases. If you can drive out to Michigan and pick em up, they would be yours for a mere $700.


If you don't manage the decor in Anthropologie stores, what do you think you could even DO with that many suitcases???

A few suggestions:

1) Suitcase Furniture , ie chairs and ottomans



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2) Pet Beds



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3) Storage as cabinets or vanities




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Though with that many suitcases, you could probably glue them all together and make an entire house out of them.

Shop Preview: Dress to Impress

Get yourself invited to a party, stat. We've got some new items coming to the shop that are begging to be worn out and about. You can follow us on twitter to know as soon as we post something.

Animal Head Art: Missed Connections

I've seen this site posted about on a few blogs, and got a kick out of the wonderfully illustrated Missed Connections, as interpreted by the talented Sophie Blackall. (Skimming the Missed Connections on Craigslist used to be a morning ritual until my work started blocking the site. Sigh.)

I decided I had to share this one in particular for obvious reasons:


see more illustrations here.
buy prints here.

Vintage Shopping: Leather Satchel

I've been hankering for a cross-body leather satchel/purse lately.

I found these two lovely ones at allencompanyinc that are pretty much scratching that itch ...




I wish I could justify the purchase of both. (I opted for the brown one. But as of right this second, that black Coach purse is still up for grabs for a measly $65)

DIY Holidays: Vintage Silk Tie Dyed Easter Eggs

Easter is next week, and I have always loved this project where you can dye easter eggs using old vintage silk ties.


All you need are some 100% silk ties (your local thrift store should have a bevy in fun patterns) and some white vinegar. Full instructions found here. (Of course, Martha Stewart featured it first).




Aren't the finished products wonderful?




(all photos from Our Best Bites)

Vintage Shopping: Eyeglasses

I wear glasses every day of my life, and am always looking for fun novelty frames to add to my collection. At the Vintage Expo I was excited to discover a shop called Allyn Scura with one of the largest selections of vintage glasses that I have seen in one place. Most of the frames were 'new-old-stock,' which means they've never even been worn. They do have a website, but the stock listed there is pretty limited. You should check these guys out in person at one of the shows they do (mostly southern california, it appears). It is easier to see which frames look best on you in person anyway.

(a few favorites from the Allyn Scura website)







Another great online source of vintage eyewear is the etsy shop Vintage50sEyewear.