Nadia Tarr

 I'm certain one of these Nadia Tarr maxi dresses has to be mine, HAS to! Trouble is, which one?! But guess what? These also come in midi & mini length! Brilliant right? Right! Also available from Nadia Tarr are vintage dresses, interesting! I'm pretty sure Nadia Tarr is a woman after my own little heart. 

HRUSKAA

It's been a while since I found a shop on Etsy that sucked me in so perfectly. 

I want to spend all my lunch money at HRUSKAA. 

Pooka Queen

I have done a blog post about these Pooka Queen hats before, but I'm doing it again a) because she has a new collection and b) I flippin' love them so damn much. It's only a matter of time before I buy one of the first two, talk about "vintage meets modern!" And hey, my birthday IS this month ;)

brightly decked halls

I love these and the presentation of these at Pigeon Atelier.

Mount Royal Mint | wildly cute

The phrase, "cuter than a bug's ear" comes to mind when I look at these little creations from Mount Royal Mint. Not only that but you can have lil' custom critters made so you can have you own kitty or pup (or whatever!) immortalized and pocket-sized! 

A Book By It's Cover

One of my favorite things to do around the holidays is walk around downtown and visit the shops, I never miss the used bookstores where I always find some great gifts for the readers on my list. Recently, I found Sometimes a Great Novel, an Etsy shop that is pretty much the online equivalent of one of my favorite brick and mortar bookstores. Aren't these book covers just the coolest?

Colenimo

 Real appropriate & pleasing autumn dressing, no? Colenimo F/W 2012

Also check out their S/S 2012 collection, which was very 1920s-1930s inspired, HERE. 

the new macrame

Ever since I can remember I've been trying to get my house to look like some dwelling in a 1970s (or very early '80s) Woody Allen film or some of the houses in this book that I found while thrifting years ago - you know, lots of books, lots of plants, kilim pillows, some cream cotton lace or crochet thrown in, lots of textural details, cool lamps, art pottery... I don't really know how to explain it, but it's totally some natural, intellectual, very (cool) 70s vibe. Anyway, it's how I have wanted my house to be for as long as I can remember. Macrame fits perfectly in this schema. I remember when I first bought a macrame plant holder at a yard sale my mom cringed. But see I didn't have to live through the all the awfulness of the 1970s, I have the luxury of picking out the best parts of the '70s an incorporating them into my house (& wardrobe for that matter). Anyway, usually I have to wait and find macrame while thrifting or at yard sales and finding it is actually pretty rare (although I did thrift one this week!), but Cold Picnic is re-thinking macrame so if you're into it, you needn't wait until you stumble upon it at your neighborhood yard sale.

Also, if you like the '70s style I am talking about, you might want to get The House Book, by Terence Conran from 1974. It's an invaluable source of inspiration for me.

Paper Map dresses

Prrrrrrrretty cool paper dresses made of maps. And yes, you can actually buy them, here! 

Oh Baggu, I do love you.

Yes, I realize Baggu bags aren't new, I have those foldy up ones for grocery shopping and all that; but recently I discovered their duck bags - cotton canvas versatile totes in lots of colors! I bought while in Washington DC and loved how roomy it was & how there are short tote straps and a long adjustable strap. Also now they have little leather zippered pouches (not pictured here). I have had to reign myself in while adding items to my cart on their website....