Goodbye January...

...Hello February!

Seeing that January has past and the shortest month is in front if us, it feels like there's so much to do, and not much time to do it in! 

We've been hard at work- mostly doing our favorite thing, HUNTING for our latest vintage goods to stock our Etsy shop with! This week has been excellent to say the least! We had two Etsy sales that made our Wednesday! Both my sister & I shopped for VBVintage stock separately, something that we don't do too often it seems. Here's a sneak peek of a few dresses I fell head over heels in love with...

The two green dresses are Hawaiian inspired and the middle, red and orange dress is from Thailand and it's absolutelybeautiful!   :) 

 

We're planning a photo shoot for all of our new stock toward the end of this month or possibly in March.  I cannot wait to see our awesome shop models

rockin' the vintage vibe!

 

 

Yesterday I was on a big polka dot fix...these sweet little numbers got listed in our shop... I love them both, but I'm especially in love with the navy blue dress and jacket set...our mother had the same outfit when we were growing up!



Vintage Alex Coleman Polka Dot Shirt in Sunshine Yellow
 

Two Piece Vintage Maxi Dress Set in Navy and White with Polka Dots
 

 

Two Three Really Amazing Things Happen This Week, in Addition to

Our Fun Shop News!

1st~

We had a cold snap in the weather and I'm so happy to report that my herbs are still in great shape! My parsley was in desperate need of a trim. Even after all this cold weather I was able to pick a huge handful which was put to good use at the

boyfriend's local restaurant.

 

2nd~

My super boyfriend surprised me with a new mixer!  Kind of silly, I know...but it is a Kitchen-Aid and it makes me sooooooo happy!

I put it to work right away with another batch of

Banana Muffins with Chocolate Chips.

Here's the recipe I use if you're interested, it's from

ForTheLoveOfCooking.net

 (I just add chocolate chips and bake in muffin tins.)

 



 

 

 

3rd~

Today is our 1st Birthday at VBVintage!

We are so excited and we've had a wonderful 1st year full of great experiences.

Thank you especially to our amazing Etsy Supporters and great Etsy Community!

 

 

 

 

Ok, that's about it for today...Hope everyone is staying toasty warm

and has a great weekend!

And please please please don't be shy...leave us a comment! 

I love hearing from you and want your feedback! :)

 

xoxox-

 

Carrie

VBVintage

 



A Little Bit of This and That

Today's writing...not ALL about vintage!

 

A lot has been going on this week in and out of VBVintage. First off we're saying goodbye to a couple of great vintage pieces from the shop this week. This always makes us a bit sad, just because we love everything we are selling!!  First to go was an H Bar C Western Shirt. We shipped this awesome cowboy shirt off to Oakland, California the other day...

 

 

Last night one of my favs sold to a sweet gal from Baltimore, Maryland.  This is a Herman Geist Full Circle Skirt with Pockets.  I'm sure the new owner will love it as much as I do...

 

 

 

We've been shopping for vintage inventory and picked up some amazing items. Yesterday we found a great pair of vintage Lite Brite Lamps from the 1970's-1980's (we think!). When they are lit up they look like Lite Brites from our childhood.  They are so sweet & adorable! We know they'll look great in a vintage gal's kitschy bedroom! They just need to get dusted off and soon they will get listed! There's only one photographed below...but there's going to be a matching pair listed in our shop!

 

We also found a couple of amazing vintage dresses. One my sister instantly fell in love with! It's a '70's style Hawaiian dress in gorgeous greens with a lovely strappy back.  And the other dress...I fell in love with! It's navy blue with white polk-a-dots and matching jacket. Very Brady Bunch vibe to this one...I tried it on and felt like Jan Brady right away!  Im pretty sure our mother owned the same one when we were young! ❤ I'm pretty sure I bought it because of sentimental reasons, but I'm sure some hip vintage loving chick will love it too! Sorry but there's no photos of these yet!

Outside of our Etsy shop I've been busy too! Lots of work- this afternoon/tonight is shift #8 in a row I'm a waitress at a sprawling (as in a lot of walking...and up and down stairs) old restaurant in Virginia Beach, so it gets a little tiring after a week straight. I've also started my taxes- personal & business, I'm getting all of my paperwork in order & organized! (Ahhhhh, a sigh of relief!) Today is file shredding day...a great feeling to purge all the old useless receipts & bills! Yesterday was baking day as well. I made chocolate chip banana bread (Click on that link for the recipe!) for a friend and muffins for us at home! So good, and I don't even like bananas that much! I have tried about 7 or 8 different recipes in the past months...and I finally found one on Pinterest that I LOVE! I just add some chocolate chips!

 

 

 

 

My boyfriend & I are leaving for England in less than 2 weeks! I'm so excited for this trip.  We are flying into London which I've never done before.  I'm really hoping it won't be too foggy when we are flying in...I want to get some good pics of the city from the plane.  In addition to our time in London we will be going to his cousin's wedding in York. Any of his family events are always a blast!  We will be spending time in Leeds, his hometown and where a lot of his family still lives.  Below is the  Leeds City Markets...one of his favorite places to visit in UK.

 

 

 

 

The BF is VERY ORGANIZED and is pressuring me to pack already!!! He must think I'm a bit of a procrastinator (I can't deny it sometimes!). Mentally, I'm ready for our trip & know what I will pack, but it's way TOOoooooooo early for me to think about actually getting everything together right now.

 

Ok...I'm off to get that paperwork shredded and then off to work for the evening!  Thank you for checking out the blog and have a great day!

 

xoxox-

 

Carrie

VBVintage