Blue Jeans

I want a nice pair of vintage or repro 1950s men's jeans. I want to have a pair to wear. I have a couple pairs of trousers and like them and I have seen a few pairs of vintage jeans that just make me swoon. But Right now as I am looking online I cannot for the life of me find a good photo or any good repro I can afford. Does anyone have any ideas? When I buy vintage pants I like them to have a higher waist. I like them to sit at my hips or higher. I don't care about company or anything. I do like when the jeans have the tightener on the back around the small of the back. Along with wanting some jeans I want to get a nice pair of overalls. But really I just need to get more shirts. I only have like 11 vintage shirts. I have a sewinig pattern but the sleeves are wonkey. If anyone has any men's sewing patterns for a chest size of about 38-40 I can pay you whatever you paid for them and give them a good home. I want to get a few shirt patterns and a blazer/jacket pattern. My dream is to find a trouser pattern but I know I won't find one.

I need to get back into sewing. I'm sad I've fallen out of it but my sewing machine is kind of broken and there is no one around to fix it.

Well I am on the hunt for jeans. If anyone can help I would love to work somthin out! This is one of the times when I get very jealous of ladies. THey get WAY better vintage clothes that is WAY easier to come by.

My Bedside table

Is finally back, next to my bed! It's been hiding in the basement since January when I did the Valentines Day shoot! But the only reason I can have it in there is because I had to take everything else out pretty much because we are selling the house. I'm starting to pack things up, it sucks I hate it. I'm giving some of my vintage glassware away to friend who just got an appartment and has, like nothing. I want to sell my Crosey and buy a better one. But much to my dismay I have found out they discontinued the Stack-O-Matics. Which is what I wanted.

I love my Moonbeam Alarm clock! It is seriously THE best alarm clock I have ever used. And I will wake up from the light some mornings which is nice.

These are my vintage spex(sans lenses for the time being) And a vintage knitting magazine from my good friend and vintage love of my like Desiree, a.k.a. the art*deco*dame.

I'm sorting through all of my vintage in the near future so hopefuly more pictures soon!

Shane

Selling the House

My mom is selling our house. I'm kind of sad but it will be good for the whole family! There is so much negativity in the house(seeing as its a house that my father's family build etc and he isn't a part of life at all anymore really and just a source of greif for my mom!) I'm moving to Suburban Wonderland, my sister and getting a place with her boyfriend near school and my mom is coming into a smaller house. The biggest issues with this moving thing is that I need to pack up and get rid of a lot of my shit. I don't know what Im going to do about my vintage. I refuse to get rid of a lot of it which makes it hard to move. SO I might be posting things on here to sell etc.

Music! but not what you're thinking

She & Him have this awesome sound that isn't rockabilly at all. But I love them! Zooey has a great voice to say the least and some of her songs really have a 50s poppy sound! I say give the album a listen! I really love it! It has been king of my record player all week!

HuKeLau

Oh we're goin' to a HuKeLau! HuKe, HuKe, HuKe, HuKe, HuKe HuKeLou!
Name that song!

Beck, Grace Black( Massachusetts Pin-UP Girl) and myself all went to the HuKeLau! It's a local Hawaiian theme restaurant! It's a good time, not kitsch enough for me but it does the trick when us vintage lovers want to go out to eat!

We spent the night talking about the car show season's much waited arrival. We cannot wait to get out and do things. This winter was a killer. I hardly found any good vintage! I can't wait for Brimfield Fair(which is really just a giant Flea Market)

I Have to start selling some of my vintage! Im kind of sad about it! I have been collecting for years! But it all is because of some big news! It's all worked out now that I am moving into Suburban Wonderland! Beck is amazing and letting me move into the cowboy room and make a photo studio in the basement! Her house is about 18 miles from the school so I will commute! I am so excited. Beck really is one of the best things to ever happen to me. I don't know what I would do without her.

Bad Blogger!

I'm sorry Im so behind! I haven't bought much thrifting lately. I got some Chalkwear fish and thats about it( and they are from the 70s, but they still look nice)

I have aquired something better than anthing I could find at good will. I got a new tattoo! Another one! I don't know how many of you are familiar with Grey Gardens but I am obsessed with it and the Beales. So Thats where the quote came from and the rest of the pieces are just things I like. I will take a better picture soon.

Oh yea, by the way I have been away so long because I was finishing up my school play and finishing up college stuff. Wellllll Now I was accepted to Montserrat College of Art(a.k.a. my number one school and the only one I would apply to) I sent them my acceptance and I will be attending in the fall!

My Barkcloth Drapes

So this is one of my very good friends I shot on Friday night in front of a drapes that I bought a few months ago.
SO I bought these at a flea market for less than $20 to my recollection. It was four panels and all the fabric left from when the previous owners hemmed them. I love them and they were worth it and then some. But I have no where to hang them and I feel like they are going to waste just sitting in my sewing room. I might shoot in front of them some more. I might try to sell them. I'm actually not the happiest with how shooting in front of them came out.
The are very nice, and the pattern is cool! I want something atomic though. The leave are very true to Massachusetts' 50s designs. Atomic wasn't huge. Which really sucks, it drives up the cost and rarity of all the nice knickknacks and furniture. I hardly ever find blond furniture.