Vintage shop hopping

Today Julie and I did a bit of vintage shop hopping around Portland, there have been a number of new vintage shops around town that we had yet to explore, even found one we didn't know about before! And of course since vintage shopping takes sooooo much energy, we stopped and perked up with a chocolate peppermint milkshake from Burgerville ;)



On our way to one shop, we drove by Lady Bird's General Store and the fringy, glittery window display begged to be explored further. The shop was great, they had pretty decor, a good selection, and the shop girls were really friendly. Not to mention the prices were great! They had mostly clothing (men's and women's) and accessories, but some decor and locally made items. And if you find yourself dragging your boyfriend/girlfriend shopping with you, they have a cute little couch and some vintage pin up magazines :)





Lodekka is a darling little vintage shop housed in a vintage double decker bus! How Pushing Daisies is that?
Defiantly the most unique vintage shopping experience of the day :)
The setting of course was superb, and they had lots of pretties on both floors. I left with some stockings, a great belt, and some darling barrettes. I just love that I bought pretty things from a double decker bus. Best bus ever.





Next we went to see the darling Lulu of Lulu's Vintage and Shop Vintage Portland (which I highly recommend if you want to navigate Portland vintage shops). Her fresh shop was filled with pretty things for men and women, with a fantastic Enid Collins collection displayed neatly on a shelf, oh how I would love my purses to look that neat and tidy.




Last stop of the day was Living Threads Vintage, a fantastic new shop downtown filled with treasures. We met the owner, Christine, who reads Vixen Vintage! She was super sweet, it was wonderful to meet her!
Her shop had great clothing for men and women, and an excellent selection of accessories. Shoes, purses, hats, glasses, ties, they've got it!

All of these shops were great, you should visit them all if you can! Tell them I sent you!

And a big thank you to all the owners and employees for being so friendly and letting me take pictures, we'll be back again!

Dress-Buffalo Exchange

Cardigan-Tea With Gladys vintage

Hat-Thrifted

Bowtie-Urban Eccentric Vintage

Misty morning

Photos by Josh

My brother snapped these shots just before we left Astoria last weekend. The morning mist had floated to the other side of the river, I just love foggy weather. This should be my backdrop for all my outfit photos, too bad it's not right outside my door!

Cardigan-Handmade by me using this pattern

Skirt-Handmade by me using a 1930s pattern.

Blosue-H&M via Buffalo Exchange San Diego

Shoes-Flashbacks San Diego

Ribbon Beret-Estate Sale in Ohio

Bakelite sparrow-A gift from Sam

Tumblr

Photo from here

I've really been enjoying Tumblr ever since I got an account, it's filled with so many inspiring and just plain beautiful images. This was one of my favorites from this week, isn't it cute? Anyway, feel free to follow Kitten Feathers if you would like to see what inspires me daily!

xoxo

Thanksgiving in Astoria

This year my family gathered in Astoria Oregon for the Thanksgiving holiday. The boys cooked the bird, and everyone brought a little something for the meal, I brought the bread and rolls. I didn't have any containers big enough to transport them, so last minute I lined a vintage picnic basket with a little tablecloth and viola! Way prettier than a large plastic bowl.
We had a great lunch, and afterward watched Elf (because Christmas pretty much starts the minute you finish eating), and worked on quilt squares for an awesome family made quilt. Everyone is designing a square out of felt pieces, mine has hats on it :)
It was a wonderful holiday, great to be out in a beautiful setting with family!

Oh, I suppose I should mention that this is the cardigan I've been working on! I'm very happy with the way it turned out, especially since there was no size on the pattern, hehe. I used this free pattern, found after months of searching for a pattern similar to one that was worn in The Edge of Love. I just shortened the length by a few inches, I prefer sweaters to hit at the waist. I used this yarn in the color "turmeric", which seems to sell out very quickly, easy to see why, I love it! And the vintage buttons are from a huge collection I inherited from my great grandmother Lois, they matched perfectly.
You can find more free 1940s patterns here

Cardigan-Made by me using this pattern

Skirt-Urban Eccentric Vintage

Blouse-Camas Antiques

Shoes-Buffalo Exchange San Diego

Hat-Estate sale in Ohio

Bakelite bird pin-A gift from Sam

The Edge of Love

I watched The Edge of Love about a year ago, having totally different expectations for it than what it was. To be blunt I didn't like the film, but it had great, realistic style inspiration. The only story aspect from the film I liked was the friendship between the two main characters, which reminded me of Twila Jean and myself, and of course, the way they dressed was quite similar to our style, if not something we aspire to.
In my last post a few people commented on how Twila and I looked like we were in The Edge of Love, which we took as a nice compliment, and I had to show this candid snapped of us when we arrived in Astoria the other day, it pretty much sums up our friendship: loads of giggles.

Weekend in Astoria

This weekend Twila Jean and I packed the kiddos up in the car and headed to Astoria Oregon to visit my brother Josh, his wife Amy, and my nephew Oliver. We left home to rain and gray skies, and arrived in town to bright sunny weather, it was perfect! They have a beautiful view from their living room of the river, and sometimes ships would pass by, a great view for relaxing and knitting.
We took advantage of the beautiful day and went to an awesome park where all the kids and grown-ups played and had fun, they have little storybook houses and a play tugboat among other standard park things.
After the park we drove up to the Astoria Column and enjoyed the view from the park grounds, there was no way I was going up in the column like last year.
Of course we had to stop in an antique store in town, and picked up some coffee on the way at Street 14 Coffee, they have great hot chocolate!
The next morning is snowed big fluffy flakes, and even though it didn't stick to the ground, it was beautiful to watch while I knit some more.
Can't wait to go back there for Thanksgiving!

Dress and coat-Fab Gabs

Cardigan-Made by me using this pattern from Babydee

Boots-Millie B Vintage

Just call me "Chuck"

Ever since I saw Chuck from Pushing Daisies wear a red shirtdress in the Jockey episode, I searched for the perfect one (perfect including affordable, I saw a few in the $200 range. No thanks). And yesterday at work, there it was, in it's perfect red glory. Fit's just right!

Today I went with Twila Jean to Portland for some shopping, and following the tradition of always unintentionally wearing similar outfits when we spend time together, we both had on bright red. People must think we coordinate outfits every morning.

Now I think a cherry pie and Lee Pace will complete the outfit, don't you?

Dress and socks-Urban Eccentric Vintage