the tiny cottage at the end of the lane was having an estate sale.everything must go.she had died.and he died the year before at the ripe old age of 92. trudging through the snow, we made our way to the teeny 4 room cottage. it was packed to the gills with their lives – pictures, furniture, dishes.in the corner of a heaping room was a little envelope of booklets. they were dance cards- dating back to their teenage years.what we found most remarkable was that each had only one dance recorded. there were rows of lines for other partners, but…
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$30 bucks.less than a night of cocktails. (yes, um… I’m an expensive drunk)our comrad mandy dye @ work (ogilvy) whipped this hand-embroidered onesie.(includes the price of the onsie, ya’ll)she will embroider a n y t h i n g for you.
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a teeny impromptu babette shower hosted by the fabulous william boys.aka: guncles. drunkles. fairy godparents…(we love you guys!) yes, this is nearly 4months ago. but pink never goes out of style.highlights:vintage champagne glasses of chocolates, 3 kinds of champagne cocktails @ a champagne tasting bar. busbybakes take-home cookies on a homemade 3-tier cake stand.
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New York Times calls it “a treasure of fashion insiders,” this book is insanely inspiring.- first published in Japan in the mid 60’s – and recently re-released in english– (order it on amazon.com) TAKE IVY“set Off an explosion of American-influenced “Ivy Style” fashion among students in the trendy Ginza shopping district of Tokyo” a photojournalist scoured the american ivy league schools shooting every possible thing ‘prep’.think gorgeous 50’s frat boys in rowing crews, pubs, biking, studying– all with the timeless, beautiful backdrop of the country’s best universities. this book literally drips with ivy walls, vintage cars and leather elbow patches.If…
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A random house / clarkson potter book. Pre-order on amazon here: http://tinyurl.com/4vsp7ts For those with bad eyes like myself, here is the copy:
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After a 5 year search, we fiiiinnnaaally found a source for some original, vintage, Boyscouts of American canvas camping cabins. (a fancy description of tents with wooden platform foundations) Indian Trails BSA village (outside of Janesville, WI) proved to be a great source. we hooked up the trailer and hit the road. it was fall & the groundskeeper had taken down all the tents, packed up the cabins, and prepped the grounds to put the campground to rest for the winter months. (shown here are a few shots from their storage facilities and abandoned cabins). behold.an enormous stack of not…
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all of these decaying cabins, cottages and houses line the roads around Beardstown, Illinois.
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there are few things in life more enjoyable than being hurled across the ice …. (clinging for dear life to a rubber tube inflated with air). not pictured: heather snowboarding behind the quad. footage here is our friend Alexei piloting the 4wheeler. word to the wise: always, always, always wear a helmet.
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love love love the old fashioned cabinet cards…. popped in new shots of charliegirl into old frames- love them even more with a patina.(the camp shot was retouched to say wandawega- am loving the old school color + wear)
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1. MCM coffee decanter: retail price $20 thrift: $12. 50’s silk screened Wisconsin tray: retail: $30 thrift: .50 cents3. 1800’s expandable threading rack: retail: $40 thrift: $34. antique wooden Chicago advertising hangers: retail: $5-$10 each thrift: .50 each5. 1930’s gilded wooden oval frame with pastel portrait: retail: $50 thrift: $56. 1920’s die cut anatomy medical flip book: retail: $15 thrift: $27. set of 4 engraved vintage cocktail glasses: retail: $15 set thrift: $28. 1940’s cribbage game, complete. retail: $15 thrift: $29. vintage 30’s leather + brass driving gloves: retail: $15 thrift: $110.leather tooled antique book: retail: $15 thrift: $211. 1950’s…
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