I love meeting bloggers.

Like I mentioned earlier, I had the pleasure of meeting up with the darling Vanessa of The Velvet Bird yesterday afternoon. Meeting bloggers is nerve racking every time (at least I always expect it to be), but within a matter of minutes things always turn out better than fine. That's pretty much how it went yesterday, too.

Vanessa's husband is on tour with his band, so she's taking this opportunity to travel all across the country with them. Yesterday they made a stop in Little Rock before heading to there show in Conway. They dropped the pretty bird off at my front porch in a big white van, and we made a girls day of the rest of the afternoon –– thrifting at Saver's, eating Mexican at Rumba, and taking picture in my living room. We forgot to take photos before the sun went down, but I knew we had to at least get some photos together. They're not the best (she's precious in them), but at least we got to record this moment!

We discovered that we had so many things in common, including complicated family stories that are sooo unbelievably similar. It was sort of strange to have someone understand some aspects of my family like she did. After it was all said and done, I drove her to the show in Conway, gave her a hug, and sent her on her way. I'm so sad that she's gone, but now it's just an excuse to go to Georgia.

Thanks for coming to visit, Vanessa!

A Summer Look & A Blogger Meetup

Blouse: My Favorite Thrift Store $4
Shorts: Goodwill $3
Hat: Salvation Army $5
Espadrilles: Salvation Army $6
Necklace: Modcloth $28
Purse: Available in my shop!

I don't know where the week went, but somehow I'm just now getting around to the photos I took on Friday. I'm glad I hung onto these shorts instead of putting them in the shop with the 'Fly Away' collection because they've been a really great go to piece these past few days, and I especially like them with this 80's striped crop top. The fabric reminds me of Edwardian wallpaper, and the shape makes me think of some 40's silhouettes. The shorts were originally a pair of really long culottes, but I didn't think I could pull those off so I hemmed them up!

I also never got to tell you much about my visit with Sarah and her friend Ginny Lauren at White Water on Friday night. For those of you who don't know Sarah, she was one of the original vintage Myspace sellers before the blogging/etsy world blew up. You know back when it was just Bleubird, Mousvox, Spanish Moss, Twitch, Lullie, Mama Stone, and a few others? Well yeah, she was a part of the golden girls of vintage on ebay! I remember back in 2005 or 2006 being very curious about vintage and wanting to find some pieces of my very own, but I didn't really know how. I don't remember how it happened, but one day I found Sarah's shop on Myspace. At first I thought she made the clothes and was real confused as to how everything worked, but in just a few weeks I was an obsessed vintage stalker who knew all the different vintage sellers on Myspace. I guess it may sound silly, but I kind of credit Sarah for making me the person I am now! What was life before vintage/thrift? I didn't tell her this when I met her, but I took a handful of sewing classes back in 2008, and I used to draw a lot of her shop clothes for practice!

I hope she doesn't kill me for digging through her archives, but I wanted you guys to see some of the beauties that she used to sell. I actually bought the striped dress that's second from the bottom on the left, but I don't know what happened to it after our move.

Sarah looked absolutely adorable in her Dillard's bird print Miu Miu knockoff dress, and she totally made me regret not using Jake's Dillard's discount yet! I know you can find a few good things in there, but I had no idea they were carrying the items I've been drooling over for the past few months!

We spent the night hanging out at White Water watching their friend Cory Branan perform, and then we went to their hotel for a late night swim. We were worried we would get in trouble for swimming at 3 in the morning since the pool closed at 9, so we tried to be sneaky and jump the fence as quietly as possible. Just as I'm getting over the fence, two guys walk in through the gate on the other side. The thing was unlocked the entire time, and we looked like total goofballs trying to be sly.

Both Sarah and Ginny Lauren were the cutest, coolest girls who liked to use the camera as often as I do, and it made me wish they were around to play with all the time. At least they're still in the state though! Hopefully we'll be able to schedule more meetups or maybe even Memphis trips in the future.

Photos from Sarah's blog

Little Ocean Annie meet up!

I made it back safely from meet up in Ft. Smith, and now I have tell you how much I adore this girl.

What a delightful soul this Little Ocean Annie is.

Annie was a sweetie pie and bought me lunch at this little cafe as soon as we got there! Of course we did the jabber about our blogs and the blogging community (since we can't really talk about that stuff with our friends at home), and we also did a lot of chatting about our personal lives and experiences over the past view years. It was really nice to hang out with someone who shared such similar interests as me. I mean, I have friends here in Little Rock but no one that I can talk to in depth about all the things I love: blogging, fashion, etc. We went thrifting for a bit, but we really didn't have much luck. All it did was make me appreciate how great Little Rock thrift stores are!

I took a few dresses with me so we could play dress up after lunch, and we were really lucky to find this huge park packed with a track, a couple swimming pools (with slides), a fenced in putt putt course, and a little snow cone stand! Since the dresses reminded me of ice cream already, I figured we could each get a snow cone as an accessory. I'm pretty certain the worker rolled her eyes at us when she heard we were trying to match out treats to our dresses, but I really didn't expect her to understand.

This is Annie's yearbook pose (sorry Annie, it was too cute to leave out)!

We had such a fun day. I'm sad she's moving so far away to Portland, but that just means I'll have to make a trip out to visit her sometime. If you ever get the chance to meet this girl, don't hesitate, just do it!! She's amazing.

All dresses were thrifted by me, and may be sneaking there way to the shop after my busy weekend it over. Let me know if your interested in one, and I'll try to get it in the shop sooner. (Except the yellow one, it has a few hemming errors I need to take a long look at).

Girlfriends & Found Objects

Yesterday brought my first ever blogger meet up, and I'll admit, if I could have them everyday I would! Amanda from Dishevelled Stars is actually from Little Rock but residing in Austin at the time, and while she and her boyfriend were in town for the literary festival she was sweet enough to schedule a meet up with me too! Of course I got excited and styled clothes for us to wear for some photos, and when my friend Callie called that morning asking when she and I could do photos together, I thought, why not just add one more girl to the mix. I'm glad it worked out that way because we had a blast hanging out underneath a bridge finding couches, signs, muffin pans, and buggies.

These kinds of play days are always the best!

On Callie:
Vintage Dress: Goodwill $4
Boots: Modcloth $55
Headband: Forever 21 $5

On me:
Ann Taylor Stripes: Thrift $6
Skirt: F21 $15
Shoes: Rue 21 $30
Bowler: Target $15
Suspenders: Target $10

On Amanda:
Lace Dress: Estate Sale $1
Mini Top Hat: F21 $8
Boots; UO $50
White Shirt: F21