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Oh Henry Vintage, Perth

Unknown Vendor, Polka Dot Vintage Market, Perth

Salvation Army, Whakatane

Vintage Firefly (Perth)

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Dress: Pavement Clothing (Houston)

Dress/; Oh Henry Vintage (Perth)

Dress: random market in Northbridge

Dress: Vendor at Polka Dot Vintage Market (Perth)

Dress: Miss Brown Vintage (Perth)

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Dress: Oh Henry Vintage, Perth

Dress: Modcloth

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Another week of dresses. They aren't the same as Sophie cuddles but they do make the day easier!

Dress: New Old Fashioned Vintage, Etsy

Dress: c/o Sunday Millie, Etsy

Dress: Leopard Lounge, Houston

Dress: Target, Houston

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Back to work, so back to my dresses.

Dress: Vendor at Polka Dot Vintage Market, Perth

Dress: Madewell, Houston

Dress: Cheeky Vintage, Houston

Dress: Cheeky Vintage, Houston

Dress: Langford Market, The Heights - Houston

Polka Dot Vintage Market

Liz and I had the bestest day on Saturday at the Polka Dot Vintage Market! 

Here are some of my amazing finds!

Someone asked me how I buy vintage once.
I look for patterns or fabric I like. Then check the style and size. And then look for little features that I love. Like buttons, or bows, or embroidery. Its easy and fun! And it is like an actual addiction. 

I bought the first two. And had the biggest adrenalin rush. 

Haha yes, I am actually addicted to dresses.

So, I was a little unsure about this one. I figured that it could go one of two ways.
Either Nana level vintage or super lovely. It is in amazing condition.
And I love the elegant little top.
I think that with the right accessories I can avoid Nana level.
Haha, you be the judge when I post some outfit photos!

If you have been following for awhile, you will know that I am a sucker for cobalt.
And this one was in perfect condition. And the gold orchids. Love.

This one was fun. 

We walked around a corner and I saw the blue and white and nearly had conniptions. 

There was someone else watching it though.. 

So I had to be a dress ninja. Turned out it was just the lady selling them though. Haha lucky.

Ah! How good is this. I love the navy and pink!

And this is my favorite!
I nearly didn't buy it because I was worried that now I am a Mum I can't wear so much pink or bows. But luckily, Liz and the ladies at the store convinced me.
And I didn't even try it on.
But its perfect!

Dress stockists:
The first two dresses are from Vintage Firefly.
The next two are from a private seller, that does not have a website.
The last dress was from two gorgeous ladies, but unfortunately I didn't get a card!

Vintage Dress shopping in Perth

Y'all know I love Vintage dresses! I thought I would get a list together of all the sweet spots in Perth - I might do one for Houston too. But for now, here are all the places I know of, most of them I have shopped at several times, and a few shots of dresses from them.. Let me know if I have missed any of your favourites!

Miss Brown Vintage – Northbridge; Enex 100 CBD

I have bought so many dresses here! It's hard to say no haha I once took 10 dresses in to the fitting room. And bought 6 of them.

Oh Henry Vintage - Northbridge

A few years ago Liz, Tracey and I had an AMAZING shopping experience here. Between us we bought something like 15 dresses. One of my all time favourite dresses is from here.

Bluebird Vintage – Cambridge Road, Wembley

My very first vintage dress was from this store! And they have the cutest treasures. So many neat finds. Love this shop.

Vintage Emporium - Maylands
I once saw a vintage dress here that would have been the cutest buzzy bee costume. True story. Liz got a dress here the other day that is one of the best vintage finds I have ever seen.

20th Century Vintage - Maylands 
So many good finds!

Broken Doll - Fremantle

Love this store. Got some cute dresses here before we moved to the States, and Liz got some epically cute vintage shorts here.

Vintage in Wonderland - Fremantle
Ahhhh. I love this store! So many cool dresses, and you can also rent the crazier ones for parties. And they do sewing and upcycling. I have bought several cute tops and dresses here.

She Seldom Blushes – Fremantle

I have bought from this store both in Fremantle, and at the Polka Dot Vintage Market. LOVE it. Also, the store has lots of bad ass jewellery.

Fi and Co - Northbridge

A cup of tea and vintage clothing...? Yes please! I got the prettiest tapestry bag here. I love it.

Vinnies Retro Boutique
While I haven't bought any dresses here, I have tried on heaps, AND bought lots of scarves and accessories here. They also have a crazy costume appropriate range here.

And for the best round up of all things vintage -

Polka Dot Vintage Fair – and there is one coming up on Sunday! I cannot wait!

DIY Retro Dress Garland

This is something I put together for my baby shower. I happened upon a pin for a retro dress origami tutorial on Pinterest, and it inspired me!

There is no way I can explain origami better than the video I used to learn haha so here it is.

My tips would just be to make sure you make the folds tight, as this will make the dresses sturdier. And a good range of paper patterns makes the garland more varied and colorful.

Once I had a pile of different dresses made in a range of origami paper prints, I sorted them into color piles. I then sorted a kind of pattern out so that I didn't have patterns repeated too much.

I then used wee crafting pegs to attach them to twine, and strung them up at the baby shower. I used two 5 feet sections of twine, and hung them up around the yard. I think they looked so cute! And now, bonus - I have one of them hung up in Sophie's room as a garland. They are so colorful, and obviously I love the vintage touch, the paper patterns look just like so many vintage dresses I have!

So easy and so cute! What do you think?

Wardrobe Wednesday: Wildflower Woman

I love wildflowers. Who doesn't?

Here are some shots that my darling Liz got of me exploring at the wildflower farm in Fredricksburg.
And dude, there are bees buzzing all around me. #risktaker #livelifeontheedge
Lol.

 

Holiday hair.. don't care :P

Dress: (Vintage) from Leopard Lounge - Westheimer, Houston

Scarf: Texas Art Asylum

Belt: Gap

Sunnies: New Raybans.. I love em!

Finally back to hanging out with my pal Kim! Glad to be back at it!