under pressure

I'm having a hard time coping with all the crap I have to do; it seems like every time I turn around there's another meeting or assignment that I have to write down. I'm really tired too; I didn't get much sleep the last few nights. I just want it to be the weekend already!
Yesterday I wore this dress and the sweet bow necklace I won a few weeks back from Blooming Leopold, but I changed into sweat pants and took a nap after my first class, haha. I promise I'll do a proper post soon, I just have to adjust to all this nonsense and I'll be back to myself soon enough!

i won!

hi there, just wanted to let you guys know that i won the giveaway featured on Blooming Leopold!!! i love this girl's blog/ style, and am psyched to have won!

i rarely win anything (except once i won a raffle at a car show and got some fuzzy dice...lame), so i'm super excited about winning this, especially since the prize is amazing and handmade :)

alright, i have a few more posts planned for this and next week, and then things might get a bit quiet as i adjust to life at college! i cannot believe how fast this summer has gone by, but just looking at all my things packed up and ready to go makes me excited for school again. now i just need to figure out what clothes i need, since closet space is severely limited! i should be fine though. alright, till next time!

the walls came crumbling down

i completely forgot to share with you all the antique sewing supplies that my aunt gave me a few weeks ago! i absolutely love the packaging, although many of the boxes are crumbling with age (hence the inspiration for the post title, lol)

i wish that i used patterns when i sew, many of these tools would be useful! for now they're sitting on the mountain of sewing junk i've collected, which leads me into something i've been thinking about for a while to put up here on the blog... and by that i mean regular posts about the things i collect besides vintage clothing; ie: hats, sewing machines, records...you name it, i most likely have two or more! i sound like a compulsive hoarder, but really i can't resist the history behind an object, and the superior craftsmanship of things from the past when compared to today!

i planned on doing a mini photo shoot with this outfit (the lilac handmade sundress from the salvation army in the previous post, and a piece of ribbon i used as a belt...i really want a bow tie belt!) but it rained...crap. so here's a haphazard shot of the dress/belt (really loving light blue-ish purple and red right now)

i also just totally revamped my wall above my desk/bed yesterday; ripping all of the old stuff that's been up for nearly three years and changing it up with some new stuff, plus these USB lights i got that are little stars, too cute

my cork board collection (here i go again) of things i find, from a robin's egg shell to pressed flowers in the bindings of my childhood fairy tale booksand here is my overstuffed bureau, with two new additions: the clock i got from goodwill (it has the best seafoam color on the back), and a real old princess telephone in yellow, from my aunt! i also have all the old hats from gettysburg, my all time favorite books (lolita, 1984, the jungle, etc...), troll dolls, a vintage train case (one of my first flea market buys, from when i was 10 or something), a metronome, a cameo wall hanging from my grandmother, and the other really old german phone from a while ago!

so much stuff, so little space! my problem is i buy things for my future home, planning ahead, lol

so this post was a mess, but i swear i'll get my crap together for the next one! i already have it planned out..but no telling, it's a surprise!

cherry baby

i don't usually wear a lot of makeup, and i rarely wear perfume, but there's something about buying pretty packages and lining them all up that makes me want to wear pretty stuff more often!* i bought myself a pink lipstick and the perfume Miss Dior Cherie, the commercial itself won me over, but it also smells so pretty! here are some of my things that look best with my new cosmetics :) a spool of thread candy colored nails

a big pink bowa pink lipstick a chiffon flower

and a little white mouse!

lipstick: sephora, perfume: dior, thread and bow: thrifted, nail polish: essie, flower: j crew, mouse: steiff

sometimes, the best things in life are small, and preferably pink!