Jackpot!!!

My heart always flutters when I see the photo Rachel uses for her "Vintage Here, Vintage There" segments. I think it's so pretty to see all the little vintage dresses lined up!

Well, as you can see, I now have my own photo of pretty little vintage dresses, thanks to Friday's trip to my favorite thrift store!

Let me preface this by saying how amazing this store is-it's the sort of place you can literally stay all day, because by the time you've made your way through the store, they're bringing out new stuff where you started.  But, with that said, I've never really had much luck with vintage clothes there. 

Friday, however, was a different story!  As I was going through the toddler clothes, I came across one after another, after another, after another,....all sized between 18m and 3T- exactly the size Avery's wearing right now!  Frankly, I kind of wish the sizes were all different, because she's going to have a hard time wearing them all before she outgrows them! 

They are all so adorable-take a look:

 These long-sleeved ones are Polly Flinders- I hope they still fit her when cooler weather comes...

 Oh, I love this little striped pinafore...!

 And this one has a removeable topper- so that it can be worn with or without the duckies!

 Sigh... this pink smocked one is so sweet...!

This bubble romper actually wasn't from the thrift store, but it came in the mail (from Etsy) the same day as my big score, so I thought I'd include it, just for the sheer adorable-ness!!

And just because this photo's so pretty, I'll put it up again!

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Favorite Finds & Favorite Girl

I'm linking up again today with Hart & Sew's Little Vintage Style.  But since I've shown so many photos of Avery lately, I thought I'd show you a couple of my favorite recent finds, just for some fun eye candy.

I suppose these pieces of doll furniture can't actually be considered "finds", since I got them both off Ebay (I sort of think of a "find" as something I find at a thrift store), but I still love them so!  I found the high chair a couple years ago, and just couldn't pass up the matching doll bed when it popped up a few weeks ago.  I have got such an obsession with vintage doll furniture, seriously! 

Currently, I don't have them out where Avery can get to them, because they're a little delicate, but I still have high hopes she'll share my love for these sorts of things one day!

 And so here she is for this week's Little Vintage Style! 

She's wearing a little hand-smocked Polly Flinders top that is actually made to go over a red dress.

But the dress is long-sleeved, and we are definitely not having the weather for that here in Florida!!

 

 Red shoes would have completed the outfit perfectly, but alas, she doesn't have any that fit right now...

It's fun to share her little vintage outfits here.  Nobody in my "real life" understands this sort of thing!!!

Kid's Art

I am completely fascinated by kid's artwork- I love the looks of it, and strive to recreate that same unabandoned quality in my own artwork.  I have a master's degree in Art Therapy, so I learned a lot about the subject in school, and have always looked forward to watching my children develop artistically. 

Until recently, neither of my boys were very interested in art though, to my chagrin.  But lately, Noah (4 yrs) has been showing an interest, which I love! 

The above was sort of his first real "person" schema.  He drew these guys every day for a couple months- always with the pointy neck and a belly button!

 And now he's progressed to these sorts of characters.  He's trying to figure out hands, so sometimes they're the scribbles like on the right drawing, and sometimes they're the huge claw-like appendages like on the left drawing.  Personally, I love the claws, because I think they look like wings!

One thing he likes to do is have me print out a picture from the computer, which he tries to draw.  Above is his version of Spiderman.

 And his latest art projects are these intricately-folded pieces of paper, which are then taped together with about fifty pieces of tape!  Here's one I found taped to the wall in my bedroom!

Here you can see all the delicate craftsmanship that goes into one- ha ha!

And, so as not to leave Riley (5yrs) out, here are a couple of his drawings.  He's becoming a good little artist as well, although he's not nearly as interested in it as Noah is. Most of Riley's drawings are a result of my bribing him to draw!

  

But Riley's very good at looking at something and drawing it.  The above is Mac and Lightning McQueen, which he drew by looking at his toys.

I know that my kids aren't necessarily great artists compared to other 4 and 5 year-olds, but it's the process I love so much- watching their skills develop, and the way their brains work while they're working.  I learn new things all the time while watching them create- it helps me with my own artwork!

Little Vintage Style, Once Again....

As you can tell, I haven't been the craftiest lately.  I haven't been super-motivated to do art projects, thus yet another post of Avery photos for Little Vintage Style!  At least Stacy's keeping me motivated to keep my little girly looking cute!

Well, gone are the days when I could just set her down in a little chair and shoot away with my camera!  She definitely had her own opinions today, as shown in the above photo.  She did not want to give me a nice, timeless pose in the grass or by the trees to show off her little vintage top...

She wanted to hold the Frisbee...

...or ride her brother's bike (not really, but she likes to pretend!)...

 ...or push a bike...

...or pull a wagon...

But finally she cheered up and gave me a few really sweet poses and expressions without the colorful, plastic props!

That's my little sweetie!!  Her top is from the thrift store, as are her jeans and shoes, although only the top is vintage.  Thanks for indulging me with all these photos lately!

Vintage Easter

I promise all my posts aren't going to be Avery in vintage from now on, but Stacy over on Hart & Sew is doing a weekly link party called Little Vintage Style, so it's given me the incentive to pull out the few vintage pieces I've got! 

My original intention was for Avery to wear a new pink dress for Easter, but when we tried it on, it was a bit too big.  So this little number made its premiere appearance!

I found this set at a local Goodwill, and it's so adorable!  The dress is a pale yellow dotted swiss, with a chiffon pinafore over the top.  It is handmade, so no tag, and no guess as to its age, although it looks like 1950's to me?

I would have loved for her to wear a little Easter bonnet, but she wouldn't keep one on.  So a bow had to suffice!

She was happy as could be all day in her little dress, and as you can see, she even found some eggs during the Easter egg hunt!

 And just so the boys don't feel left out, here are some pics of their finds as well!

My Vintage Cutie

Avery has a few vintage dresses, which I've either inherited (a couple shown here and here) or found while thrifting.  Until now, most were little baby dresses, but she's beginning to grow into a few of the toddler pieces I've found.  I tried this one on her today, and am in love!  It's adorable!  I don't know the era- I can't tell from the tag- but I'm guessing it's from maybe the 80's?  Regardless, it's such a cute dress I couldn't resist taking some photos of her this evening!  (Don't mind the disappearing/reappearing scabs on her forehead- I edited them out in a few photos, but didn't bother with the rest- ha ha!)

I know that many photos is probably overkill when it's not your own child, but I couldn't pick only a couple- they were all too cute!

Hope you're all having a great beginning to the week!