Vintage

Salamagundi West

While in Vancouver, we also ended up at a cavernous shop called Salamagundi West, which was just full of odd little treasures: old photos, toys, musical instruments, beads, ribbon, old tins, and other pretty little things.

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Blanco y Negro

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Babe Paley

I love this stunning photo of Babe Paley.

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Tea Time

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Paper dolls

found via DESIGNLOVEFEST, many more here

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Feeding the Gulls

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The Thin Man

I hit a milestone in a project I’m working on yesterday, so I decided to go home at 6, have a cocktail with my sweetie and watch The Thin Man. Kenn had never seen it! It is such a brilliant movie, and William Powell and Myrna Loy have perhaps the best chemistry the screen has [...]

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Vintage dots and stripes

I am loving all of the pretty & graphic vintage pieces at Tree & Kimball Market. I’m a sucker for dots, stripes, black, and white.

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Joy will cost you

The tag line on this 1941 perfume ad makes me laugh. I read that Joy was created in reaction to the crash of 1929, and was extremely successful despite being incredibly expensive and produced during such hard times. Just 30ml of it require 10,000 jasmine flowers and over 300 roses. Isn’t it amazing how far [...]

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Xtabay Vintage

This is Xtabay, a beautiful vintage shop blocks from my house. I’m a fan. And by the way, I’ve just discovered that their blog is really wonderfully written.

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