Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Outfit of the day

Beach Street Cruising
 Billabong cropped tank, Billabong printed denim shorts, flip flops, and a vintage turquoise bracelet.
I hope to do more outfits of the day soon and eventually on a normal basis.

On the road again

My sister and I passed by this funky tattoo shop in Mendo
I have been traveling like crazy for the past week. Just got back from a very exciting road trip to Northern Cal! First we drove to Mendocino, California, a very small coastal town, where we stayed in this amazing old beach house. The house was incredible, and right out of a horror movie. It was seriously creepy...but awesome at the same time. The little town was so cute and had lots of tiny sidewalk shops to explore. We spent four days there, and then decided to head over to San Francisco to visit our cousins. In San Fran we did a ton of shopping, mostly at thrift stores and vintage boutiques of course. The vacation was super fun, but I'm sad that I still haven't had any time to list items in my Etsy store :( Hopefully I get started today so I can start selling my vintage finds! Stay on the lookout...            -Liv  




This is our view when we drove over the Golden Gate








Sunday, July 22, 2012

Home on wheels


We just got back from our camping trip to Malin, Oregon. We went for a swim meet, and discovered how tiny the city really is. The population is something like 950 people in all, which is definitely crazy. The town of Malin is very vintage looking, which my family is into, hence our 1964 Aristocrat trailer (which, may I add, is 14 feet long including a bathroom with a shower). Someday we hope to completely re-do the trailer and paint the outside two toned with a retro color. This is our home on wheels!

- Liv

“May the fulfilment come from the journey, not the destination.” — Anonymous

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Native Belt


I found this great belt while visiting the coast. It's a vintage L.L.Bean, and I love it so much I don't want to let it go...but I will. This will probably be one of the first things I post on Etsy. I love the colorful Native American beading and I think it would be very cute with a pair of cutoffs and a crop top. So my style.
-Liv
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

YES!

Im so happy!!! Today I sold my first bathing suit EVER on Etsy. And guess who bought it? None other than Nanette Lapore, the famous clothing designer! The only bummor is I had the suit listed on my moms Etsy store, http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageUrbanRenewal (which by the way has a 20% off summer sale going on now). The bathing suit that she bought was actually an 80s floral monokini, that might I say was very interesting. It was extremely high cut, but also very cute. Who knows, maybe Nanette Lapore will come out with 80s inspired swimwear thanks to me! Stay on the lookout for my shop opening soon!
-Liv

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”-Oscar Wilde

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

The start of something new

This summer I decided to do some things I have never done before. The first was swim team (which by the way is not an easy thing) and the second was opening an online store on Etsy where I sell vintage. Well, actually at the moment my shop doesn't have anything in it that's for sale, but not to worry, it will soon be up and running!...Hopefully. I have wanted to open a shop on Etsy for a long time, but now that school is finally out I actually have TIME to work on it. I hope all goes well and I get some awesome vintage pieces in my store soon!

Liv