Awhile back—okay, awhiiiiillllllle back—the lovely Brittany from Va-Voom Vintage kindly sent me a copy of her DIY ebook, Pins for Pin-Ups: DIY Brooches for Retro Girls. I'm a retro girl, I love brooches, I love DIY projects, what's not to love about it?! I knew the ebook would be great, because last winter I'd purchased Brittany's Christmas project ebook, Kitschmas Crafting with Va-Voom Vintage, and I had a ton of fun ... Read more »
Vintage Dibs and Dabs
New haircut for a ginger Marilyn-inspired look
Well, I did it! After talking about it on my blog last week, I got my hair cut over the weekend! I was going for a much shorter 'do, and showed my stylist a lot of photos (including some that I'd included in my last post). She's familiar with vintage hairstyles so I knew she'd have her own ideas for what to do with my hair. What I ended up with is not exactly the quintessential middy cut, but similar. I think my bangs ... Read more »
Dare or don’t: going for shorter vintage hair
Hello, my friends! It's been some time since I've met up with you here! When I last posted, we were in preparations for our vacation to Wales and Paris (and a milisecond in London, which was a milisecond very well spent!). All of those adventures include fun stories and tales to share... but with the turn of events in the world, you can understand why sharing delightful memories of our vacation (especially ones that ... Read more »
My new trick to transforming naturally dark eyebrows to match dyed red hair
Here's a relatively unusual post from me today! I have a makeup tip. It's something I found so profoundly changed my perception of an area on my face that was bugging me, that I had to share. So today's post is an ode to MAC Browset! Not a sponsored review or anything, just a girl who fell in love with a new product she bought. ;) This is for those faux redheads out there who, like me, have naturally dark and ... Read more »
A redhead again and LOVING it!
Well my friends, my mom was right. (As moms usually are!) Once you're a redhead, and you then stop being a redhead, you'll probably never stop actually thinking about being a redhead again someday. And so someday is today! Ahhhhhh. That feels SO good!!! I had my hair dyed red by my stylist a little over a year ago. And I absolutely adored it, for 4 or 5 months. But for a variety of reasons I went back to ... Read more »
Vintage Shetland blog tour stop (help the project, pre-order the book & more!!)
There are a lot of things I love in this world. Knitting is one of them. Vintage is another. History, yet another. When all of these things come together, it's magical. Such is the case with Susan Crawford's latest project and upcoming book. It's called The Vintage Shetland Project. If you're a fan of vintage knitting, then you know Susan Crawford. She's a renowned vintage knitwear designer and one of my knitting ... Read more »