Weekend Finds and All Kinds of Lovely

Dress - Armstrong's Vintage, Edinburgh, Scotland
Handbag - One of my very first thrift finds
Shoes - Target

And of course, rag curls! I felt like Mary Tyler Moore's character in "Thoroughly Modern Millie", Miss Dorothy Brown, with all those curls and a frilly dress made of cotton lawn.

This weekend's antiquing and thrifting turned out to yield all kinds of lovely. My mom and I have a Sunday afternoon tradition of hitting the antique malls together, and this week was no different. I had been a little bummed about missing a rather fantastic sounding estate sale that happened on Friday while I was out of town, but fortunately I ended up quite lucky with my other outlets. The dresses will have to wait, as they went straight into the wash this afternoon and are now lined up and air drying on their little hangers. But I will show you some of the other pretties I found.

Gold Flower Brooch
(going up in the shop soon)

Cream Leather Gloves
(going up in the shop soon, as well)

Perfect Summer Hat
(for me to keep!)

Might I also mention that I found a stunning black silk velvet 1920s flapper coat with fur trim? Unfortunately, at $225 it was about $200 too much for me, but it was achingly beautiful. It closed to the side and featured several huge (at least 2") mother of pearl buttons, which in and of themselves were to die for. Oh, if I were rich!