The Season of the Scottie

Tartan prints, pretty bows, black-white and red, and the of course none other than the cute little Scottie dog, all remind me of the holiday-winter season. Be it in pin or sweater form, or a little touch of decor for the vintage home collector. Scotties have been a popular piece of kitsch collecting since the 1930s. Here are some pretty little images and some cute collectibles that I have complied, for your pretty little eyes to view! You can't have the Scottie without the tartan!

vintage advertisement featuring a scottie and tartan print
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vintage Christmas cards featuring scottie art
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note the little Scottie in the right corner of this sweet kitchen
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various collectible scottie brooches-celluloid, bakelite, etc.

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wooden scottie pin with a tartan coat!
(image via: pinterest)

1940s celluloid scottie necklace
(image via: etsy)

1950s scottie figurine
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vintage photo-album in tartan and scottie
(image via: etsy)

vintage milk-glass spice set
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a pair of darling scottie cuff-links
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Vogue editorial featuring scotties

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1940s Pontiac advertisement, featuring a cute little scottie
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1960s tartan print dress
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tartan print eye-glasses

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vintage tartan thermos & picnic set, a must to have in the collection
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I couldn't leave out this tartan covered vintage mini, how incredibly cute is that?

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Christmas with Instagram!

I was able to capture a few of our Christmas moments with none other than Instagram! I hope you all had a very special holiday season and quality time with plenty of friends, family and good food!

 

My late night baking buddy, helping mama in the kitchen!

Mrs. Claus has a bee-hive!

My Christmas Eve cardigan.

Down to four generations! My granny turned ninety years old on Christmas Eve.
(scary eyes...)

Granny's colorful pot roast dinner was on the menu for Christmas Eve
(she's still sharp as a tact).

A pre-teen Christmas means less, but more-expensive gifts. This year's list consisted of  I-pod goodies, clothes, shoes, Wii games and a couple little stocking stuffer's (domo, dunny, books, and garbage pail kid cards). My how the time flies from gifting simple toy trucks and Lego's!

 

Christmas morning coffee and cookies.

 

Christmas morning snuggles with papa 

(that I believe, you never get too old for).

 

The boys know what mama always needs!

My shiny new pair of Mary Janes from the hubby, he also knows what mama likes!

New frames for my on-going mirror collage project in the living room.

My Christmas day in the desert dress!

 A pretty green Christmas coat and brooch.

Love.

Tamales and eggs- a Christmas tradition at our house.

 

Late night comfort drinks, games and snacks. 

Christmas comes and goes so fast, after the months of preparation- gifting, decorating, baking and cooking, then with the blink of an eye it's gone! It's always a bittersweet feeling to put the decorations away, but before you know it that Christmas feeling comes around again! I am looking forward to a new year with lots of new goals and finished plans in the works!

xoxo~Syd

red 1950s cardigan- Desert Vintage (Tucson, AZ)

1950s tartan print dress- Diamond Lil's Vintage (Tucson, AZ)

green 1950s wool coat with fox trim- Desert Vintage (Tucson, AZ)

Pieces of Leopard

I love to wear pops of leopard print, there is always something so chic and pulled together when leopard is involved. For some reason when I wear leopard anything, I always have a little bit bit of a feisty feeling and a pep in my step, anyone else feel that way about it?

Here are some recent outfits that I have added a little touch of leopard too. As a matter of fact, I think I have touched base on this subject before, found here in this old post.

green peter pan collar sweater: h&m

black skirt: vintage 1940s (tucson thrift)

black tights: target

leopard boots: jessica simpson (dillards)

black patent purse: vintage 1950s (goodwill)

leopard belt: target

red dress: vintage 1960s (desert vintage)

gracie's red coat: martha stewart for petsmart

Dressed for the Rain!

We very rarely see rain here in the desert, but yesterday was the exception! It rained all day long and into the night, as a matter of fact it's still raining! I just wanted to cozy up with a warm blanket and watch Christmas classics all day, while sipping on a cup of hot chocolate.

Unfortunately, I had to venture out, and figured that the rain would give me an excuse to wear THIS! I found this vintage plastic rain-coat last summer, while thrifting down on 4th avenue. I scooped it up and told myself I would be able to wear it someday,well....today is the day!

So I ventured out to face the wind & water, in style (no uggs and sweatpants in my lifetime folks...)

I think this little gal had the same idea....

vintage raincoat: desert vintage

red rain boots: f21

vintage 1950s red sweater: thrifted

~Syd

A Pop of Peach!

The combination of black and white is always a classic and never fails to make everything look good and simply polished!

Sometimes, it longs for a little color in it's life, why not give it a pop of peach?

And of course, then there are the ones that made the Instagram cut!

blouse: f21-thrifted
peach skirt: vintage 1940s- How Sweet it Was Vintage (Tucson, AZ)
polka dot tights: Target
shoes: vintage Ferragamo- thrifted
purse: vintage 1950s- thrifted


xo~Syd

Black & Yellow

Happy Saturday!

A pretty yellow floral blouse just makes me happy, kinda like this little number I picked up fairly recently. This picture was taken while we were on vacation in Austin, Texas.

I sure do miss the green grass, trees and rolling hills....

blouse: forever 21

skirt: vintage 1940s

tights: target

shoes: urban outfitters

purse: vintage 1950s

Shirley Kurata

 image via: Refinery29

I love the vintage aesthetic in Shirley Kurata's style! It definitely shows through in, the fashion editorials and bands that she has had the opportunity to style in her career. Zooey Deschanel, The Decemberist, Paper Magazine and campaigns for Oliver Peoples to name a few.....

I recently ran across this article on the (Refinery29) website and was so happy to see that they wrote a feature up about her, and even shared some photos of her living space!

Her house, located in the beautiful Los Feliz area of Hollywood California, is sort of just how I would have pictured it, colorful and perfectly 1960s quaint.

Here are some teaser pics....

 image via: refinery29

 A perfectly color coded bookcase (I am working on this myself, at the moment)

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Isn't that just a fabulous yellow staircase?

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Bright and airy, yellow just makes me happy!

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Orange bubble lamp!

p.s- she has a record player that is to die for! go have a look....

~syd