Pumpkin patch photoshoot!

Saturday Sam and I met with Lara Blair for a pumpkin patch photoshoot at Bolt Farms. Doesn't Sam look cute? We had lots of fun, and even took home some pumpkins for dinner :)
 Pumpkin season is the best! 
 1930s dress-Fab Gabs 
 1930s hat-Poppycock Vintage  Boots-Posey Reed Antiques, Astoria Oregon 
 All photos copyright Lara Blair. More photos here!

Closet rotation

I've had a few requests for how I rotate my closet. Basically, I have so many clothes, and an average size closet, so I rotate seasonally to ensure everything "gets a turn". So here's how I do it. There is little method to the madness.
First, ALL clothes and accessories come out of the closet. All my cotton sundresses and petticoats on the bed. Shoes and purses in the living room.
 

The coats and jackets are piled on the couch, having been stored at my grandmothers. Also unpacked sweaters and skirts from a huge cedar chest we have, all contents covering the floor, my house is a mess!

Kitty enjoyed it very much of course. Can you spot him?
  

Vacuum out all the dust and kitty fuzz (so much kitty fuzz!)
  

And start with the shoes. Boots! Yay! I had just realized that this vintage shoe rack expands. It was a very
exciting moment.   

For placing clothes back in the closet it goes as follows: Pick items I know WILL be worn, and that are easy to wear. For example, this dress got worn a lot last autumn, so it goes in the closet first. Then I put in items I want to wear, but may not be everyday things, like this dress.
  

I don't have a dresser for knits, so I fold them and put them in this hat storage box. Anything knit (or crochet) should be folded, NEVER on a hanger. If you hang them for a long period of time, they'll get those
weird hanger bumps in the shoulders.
  

And a moth sachet goes in with the knits. These smell pretty good, nothing like musty mothballs.
  

My one exception for hanging knits is for my mustard sweater. I hang it on a padded hanger at the front of
my coat rack, since I wear it nearly everyday it's best to have easy access to it.
  

All summer items are packed away. I organize them by tops, bottoms, and dresses, in bins under my bed, suitcases around the house (great decor and storage!), and the cedar chest mentioned earlier. I have one bin under my bed, right across from my closet that have some fall-ish items in there that wouldn't fit in the closet,
just in case I want to wear them, but don't want to dig through everything else.
 
And 2.5 hours later, finished fall closet with dresses, blouses, skirts, sweataers, purses, and shoes...   

And another rack holding coats and jackets (and my colorful gloves in the back).

As you can see in the closet photo, not everything is confined to the racks. I never close the closet doors, so robes, belts, and little furry foxes go on them. No space left unused!
 "I see your closet, but where's your bedroom?" -My comedian 8 year old nephew.

Pumpkins, I will eat you.

Saturday Sam and I met up with Lara Blair for a pumpkin patch photoshoot :) I got one pumpkin that has turned into pumpkin curry soup, and the other one might become something sweet!

Lazy day in pictures {10.3.11}

Wake up, lay in cozy bed and watch tv and check twitter.  Accidentally wake up kitty. Oops! 
Breakfast and tea. 
Get dressed. 
Walk to post office. 
Antique P.O. boxes are still there. One day they won't be anymore. 
Grilled corn with mayo and cotija at Woody's Tacos. So amazing. 
Walk back home. One of my favorite old buildings, still a florist. 
Kitty is right where I left him. 
Tea and cookie.  Sushi with Twila Jean and her mama.
 Lazy days are my favorite.

Washington apples

Sam surprised me with a brand new camera :) 
Hat-Courtesy of Poppycock Vintage

Deco Picnic

Here are snaps of the little art deco picnic Thursday afternoon, a lovely sendoff for the end of summer. It was held on the grounds of The Pittock Mansion, overlooking Portland and the surrounding scenery. Highly recommend if you visit! Or if you live here :) 
 It was so pleasant to meet some readers, and spend time with friends, with an abundance of picnic food and warm breezes. Everyone looked lovely, a few of the gals were decked out in gorgeous chiffon dresses, and the two boys who were outnumbered looked dapper as ever. Here's hoping we can do this next year, but with more notice this time, I promise! 

1930s picnic outfit

Today was out little Deco Picnic at the glorious Pittock Mansion, and it turned out so perfect I can't wait to show you pictures! But I think the outfit and picnic deserve separate posts ;) 
 Here is a dress I picked up at an antique shop (mis-dated, and priced how I like it), with The Gatsby Summer Afternoon in mind. The dress and I didn't make it there this year, and so today was the day it came off the hanger, and became part of an outfit! I starched it so it's like new, and added a brown slip underneath. Matching bakelite was a must ;) 
 And the hat from Poppycock Vintage topped it off perfectly! And one last thing, my hair was super sweet to me and did exactly what I wanted it to. I un-pinned it this morning, and it looked like a perfect 30s style, so a hairnet and lots of hairspray later made it last all day!




Photos by Jesse
Dress-Vintage Connection Hat-Courtesy of Poppycock Vintage Gloves-Estate sale Shoes-Thrifted Sunglasses-H&M