Hen and Chick Success!

In the more than 13 years I've kept a blog it has never been as neglected as this space lately! I think it is a combo of my new job (which has made me so happy!) and summer starting and me spending lots of time swimming and hanging out with friends. My reader has over 500 unread blog posts in it! I'm home alone this weekend, for maybe the first time EVER so I'm spending the night catching up on all your blogs and watching every drag queen movie that I own (which is a LOT). 

 In other news, I bought some succulents at the  World's Longest Yard Sale last summer. I bought a couple tiny bunches of of hen and chicks and planted them in this great turtle planter that I from Travis' Grandma Betty. She was wearing boots but Travis broke two when he was weed eating. Oh well, it is still cute.

 I have been keeping this planter outside my back door and making myself ignore them. It worked! They have multiplied so much and were taking over Miss. Turtle! Since I took these pictures, that little sprout got really tall and tiny pink flowers bloomed! How cool! (I'm sure you can tell I'm really a plant noob, everything is just so exciting to me!)

I picked up this great planter from the Apron Strings Vintage booth (every time I go to that antique mall I pick up something from her booth. She has an AMAZING stirrup wester lamp right now that I am trying to resist). I got the sweet little deer from another booth at that mall. I love how it looks with the succulents in it. I've been trying to get some plain but pretty vintage things, since EVERYTHING I have seems to have a face, or animals on it. I tried to keep this guy on the kitchen tables, but the cats started digging in it. It has now moved to the windowsill.

 I'll leave you with this picture of Phyllis being the world's grumpiest sun bather. That is probably her favorite spot in the house! Can you see the turtle right outside the door?

The Sapphires!

We went and saw the greatest movie yesterday and I had to tell you guys about it! I hadn't heard of it at all until we saw a poster hanging up at our local indie theater. But I could tell that it would be right up my alley even without seeing the trailer. It finally starting playing last week and I got my chance to check it out, and I absolutely loved it!

It is the story of a group of Aboriginal girls in Australia in 1968. They audition to sing for the soldiers in Vietnam and the movie is full of sequined gowns and Motown music and amazing clothes and hair! Here is the trailer if you are interested: 

The movie has great reviews (even a 93 on Rotten Tomatoes!) The criticism is that it is nothing new, if you've seen a movie about a band in the 60's you kind of know what to expect. But that doesn't stop it from being a great movie with amazing music and a lot of heart! And Chris O'Dowd is adorable and I LOVE that Gail, played by Deborah Mailman is a plus sized woman of color who finds love and success without her weight being mentioned once! 

If you are in Nashville it looks like it is playing at the Belcourt at least through the rest of the week. And if you don't live here, maybe it will be playing near you soon! I highly recommend going to check it out!

1938 Wooster Yearbook!

I bought this yearbook last week in Chattanooga. I actually had two in my hands but decided to just pick one out when we got up to the counter to pay. This one was dog-themed so of course it won! I kind of can't believe this is my first vintage yearbook. I don't really ever come across them. 

 The plaid cover with the scottie dog is what drew me to it. 

 It is a college yearbook, and they really stick to the theme! As you can see the front page says "A scot's eye view of the warp and woof of life at Wooster College with college yarns unraveled over the page of the 1938 Yeakbook "The Index" . And yes, pretty much every part of this year book is that wordy.

 Each section starts with a photo of handsome Angus and kind of a description about what is to follow. My favorite is the page that starts the club section and mentions Angus trying to find out what students do when not in class. To the right of him there are two sets of feet, one a man and the other a woman up on her tip toes. Pretty cute.

 The photos of the senior class are pretty standard. I got lost in the hairstyles and old fashioned names for a while. Then as I flipped to the lower classes...

 All their photos are these great candids! I haven't seen anything like that before (remember, this is my first yearbook so forgive me if this is standard in old college yearbooks). I LOVE these pages, you can see all the beautiful clothes and get more of a feel for the time than you get from just posed head shots.

 There are lots and lots of photos of people pretending to use the water fountain. Ha! I wonder if there was a specific day and they asked people to get in groups and pick something. How did they keep all the names straight? This is totally fascinating to me! The scratched out number is from the person who this belonged too. In the back there is an index telling what pages each student appeared on.

 Check out that water fountain pic! So candid!

 I like that guys sharp little bow tie. 

 How cute are their uniforms with the little scottie dog on them? 

 There really are so many great photos in this thing! I love the leaping guys and how they placed them over different guys crouching, ready to leap!

 And oh those unfortunate basketball shorts. Poor guys look like they are wearing their underwear over their shorts.

 This section is a little confusing but I think it is pictures of the dorms and who lived where. There are different pages for different boarding houses around town. Doesn't that seem strange? I like how goofy some of these photos are. The boys dorm was apparently called "The Boy's Inky" by the students.

And last but not least, you know I love those three boys riding the bike together! Do you have any old yearbooks? I think I'll have to keep my eye out from now on! I hope I can find more that are this interesting!

Recent Finds

I haven't been bringing much home lately, which is a triumph for me! I try to only bring things I have a use for/a spot for or something I collect. Here are the things I've picked up from a few antique malls / estate sales / flea markets in the last month. And I am proud to report that after taking these pictures every single thing in them were put in their rightful place! Woo! I'm trying to get out of the habit of leaving everything out on the table for weeks.

I picked up the planter and deer today to put some succulents in that are over flowing their current home. We got a small stack of old plastic bowls and a sugar bowl from a sale that had TONS of awesome old plastic dishes! I would have loved a whole set, but really didn't need it. Travis has been making tea a lot lately so we needed a sugar bowl. Can you believe I didn't have one in all my old kitchen stuff? Well, I had ONE but it is shaped like a cow and tiny and not the most user friendly.
The book that says Index is a great 1938 college yearbook that I'll show you in more detail later this week! It's really something! And those poodles in the back are a salt and pepper shaker set.

Travis bought me this JFK salt and pepper set for my birthday since I've been pining after one! How cute is he?

 He holds the pepper and the chair holds the salt!

 I had been looking for a little swanky swig with some kind of red pattern to keep in the kitchen for when I take my vitamins. That little star glass fits the bill perfectly! And you know I can't leave a knee hugger behind (as long as it is reasonably priced!)

A little flocked plastic salt and pepper shaker donkey. I don't have any like this in my collection, and he was just too cute to pass up!

 Of course there are going to be some vintage photos! I love the one of the guys all in a line especially.

 And this lady holding the sweet little dog. 

 And these ladies with their bowling trophies! I got this photo from one of my favorite dealers at the Nashville flea. He sets up in the rabbit barn and always has lots of vintage photos. He gave me this one for half off since he said I have probably bought over 100 pictures from him! Ha!

 And some books! The Marguerite Henry books aren't old, just from the early 80's but I remember checking those editions out from my elementary school library so I like to buy them when I see them. And the other two are actually Junior Deluxe Editions, which I collect! (I need to do an updated post, I have about 30 now!) I never knew what the looked like with the jackets on, so I bet I've missed out on tons!

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them, because I actually prefer them without the jackets. Hmmm. We'll see.
I guess that is it! Can you believe that is all I've picked up in almost a month? I guess I'm going through a purging/slowing down phase in my collecting. I'm sure I'll be back to loading up my basket at estate sales soon enough!

The May Flea

So many Nashville bloggers have posted about how amazing the flea market was this month. I'm sad that Travis and I only made it out for about an hour. I waited for him to get off work, and I had an appointment to get my hair cut (after 8 months! yeesh!) so we just made a quick round. Here are a few things we saw. 

I really wanted to buy this big mug for Travis to drink his smoothies out of! But I didn't want to spend 12 bucks on it. It is pretty amazing though!

 I still love taxidermy. I just can't help it!

 I also love old bread boxes like this. 

I kind of wish we had asked about this awesome safety glasses required in this area sign we saw. It would look great hanging on my wall!

I love a shelf full of dogs and cats. Can you believe I resisted all of these guys?

 We couldn't resist this fox head from 1970 though. 

I can't wait for the flea market next month! I hope I get to spend most of the day digging through all the buildings!

What I didn't buy in Chattanooga

 Travis and I were both off on Saturday for our anniversary, but we didn't have any plans. After agonizing over what to do for way too long, we decided to drive down to Chattanooga and go to the aquarium. Then when we got there, we decided we DIDN'T want to go to the aquarium...

 But it was a beautiful day for a drive. And we went to one of the antique malls we really like while we were there. Here are some things we saw:

Have you ever seen a play set of that tupperware? How cute is that! If we had a kid I would have totally bought that.

 Maybe the cutest radio I've ever seen! 

 Little made in Japan eraser with google eyes.

 This must have been somebody's skunk collection! 

 What a great pin! That is a club I would join. 

I bought a few vintage photos of course, but not this one. Look at that hat in the middle! I wonder what these kids were dressed up for. It reminds me of outfits my mom dressed my brother and I in for Easter.

 "assorted tiny creatures"

 This sign looked pretty promising! Too bad there weren't any poodles in there I really wanted. 

That red thing is an old dog carrier! I don't know what I would do with it, but I loved it. Travis was the voice of reason though. I wonder how well it would have worked when it was made. It is made of cardboard!

 Before we headed back home we stopped at Sluggo's North, which is one of my favorite restaurants!

 I get the same thing I always do. It is just so good I can't change it up! It is a vegan club sandwich. Yummmm. And I always get a side of their amazing pinto beans and a salad with tahini dressing.

We split a piece cake that was out of this world! Did you know oreos are vegan? 

It was a pretty great day even though we didn't do that much. We also had tickets to see the national tour of the Lion King stage show. It was amazing! The costumes and puppets were so cool! Have you seen it?