Element Eden Winter 2013

The first day of Autumn is officially here in Australia! As you may know, autumn is my favourite season... I just love it when it starts to cool down and everything becomes so beautiful and cosy. The pictures above are from Element Edens 2013 winter lookbook. Element Eden is one of my favourite brands and they do such an amazing job at styling their lookbooks. This one makes me so excited to start sipping tea and crocheting in front of the fire! I have also seen a pattern for those cute little kitten mittens and might even try to make my own pair this winter!  

Vintage Finds

Yesterday I went on an op-shopping adventure with my lovely friend Natalie and I am happy to say that it was a very successful trip! I am very happy with all of my vintage finds, however most of them needed adjusting or fixing in some way. So today I spent the day fixing up and altering some of my finds with the help of the wonderful Minxy Vintage book! Above are some pictures of my vintage finds before I got to work removing stains and fixing bits and pieces. It was a pretty productive day and now I have a whole pile of freshly customised vintage pieces to add to my wardrobe! 

Element Eden: Hi Summer 12

Element Eden have recently released their latest lookbook Hi Summer 12 and I am in love! I can't get enough of the pretty pastel colours, the lovely retro styled photos and that amazing pink hair! It feels as though the style for summer this year has been designed just for me! Every single lookbook that has been released so far this season makes my heart sing! 

In other news, I had my very last class for the semester today and I only have to finish one more assignment and then I'm free! I am super excited to finish this semester. I really can't wait to be able to spend full whole days sewing some pretty summer dresses! I'll be taking some inspiration from these pretty pics for sure!     

Pretty Pleats

{K is for Kani}

{oh, hello friend}

{Daydream Lily}

{Food Coma}

{They all hate us}

This time last year I was on the lookout for vintage pleated skirts every time I entered an op-shop and it's not often that after a whole year I am still looking out for the same thing! I just adore pleated dresses and skirts... they are just so feminine and lovely! I did manage to find a pretty mint green pleated skirt last year but now that summer is coming I'm definitely on the lookout for more!  

Floral Kitty

Floral Kitty is a lovely new boutique that has recently opened up in the lovely city of Launceston and I am so excited to go and take a look at it! It is full of vintage inspired clothing and accessories that are going to be just perfect for summer! I found these dreamy pictures via the Floral Kitty Facebook page and they are currently working on setting up a website to be able to sell their lovely goods on-line, which means that even if you don't live in Launceston you wont miss out! It's so good to finally see Launceston getting so many amazing new shops! 

Quirky Circus

As I mentioned in my last post I am once again inspired to start making more of my own clothes (if only I had more time!) and as I was searching for some sewing ideas I stumbled across Quirky Circus Spring 2012 range. I have to admit none of the clothing jump out at me, but just look at all that vintage goodness used as props!! They alone are so lovely I could look at them all day and they have definitely inspired me to keep on crocheting and churning out more pretty blankets as well as start making some brightly coloured cushions and hang pretty plates from my walls! 

Lovely Layers

One of my most favourite things about winter is that I can finally start to rug up and wear layers again! I find wearing different layers is so very comforting and it can be achieved so simply. Here is some inspiration...

{sock monkey and gee}

{Lulu Letty}

{Wayward Daughter}

{dalobeee}

{Sincerely Kinsey}

Vintage Dresses

Vintage dresses are so pretty and unique! I just love the style of vintage so much more then the modern clothes that are out there... it is just so much more classic! It's pretty rare to find pretty vintage dresses from the op-shop, but if you are looking for a vintage dress for a special occasion or something, etsy is full of them! Here are a couple of vintage dresses that I am loving at the moment...

{jessjamesjake}

{thrush}

{gary pepper vintage}

{dear golden vintage}

Peter Pan Collars

There is something so lovely about peter pan collars. This week I want to attempt to make something similar to this peter pan collar tutorial. I have a cute handmade top I found while op-shopping a while ago but it seems to be missing something... I think that a peter pan collar might just do the trick! Now to I need to find some pretty lace!

{style catcher}

{Wayward Daughter}

{bleubird vintage}

Recent Thrift Finds

{oh so lovely vintage}

This week I have had a very successful op-shopping week! Usually I go op-shopping to find pretty vintage fabric and even though I did not find many fabrics this week, I instead found some nice clothing! My first find was this lovely dress...

I bought this dress for $2 from the salvos and later discovered that its original price was $129.95!

                             

I found these two pretty skirts in an op-shop in Deloraine. I am always on the lookout for vintage skirts and so I just had to take these two home with me! These were also only $2 each.

Lastly, I found this simple, classic black skirt. I was probably happiest with this find as I have been looking online for one exactly like it for a while now and could never find one! This skirt was $2.50 and is definitely going to get a lot of wear this winter!  

Lovely Things: Mustard Yellow

Mustard yellow is one of my all time favourite colours! I absolutely love it and I don't think I will ever get tired of it! Today I found some lovely mustard things while on pinterest and I thought I would share them here :)  

{oh, hello friend}

{tiny white daisies}

{going to make it mine}

{the wanderlust}

{this is glamorous}

{Oh Leander}