Saturday Drive

April 27, 2014, 12 Comments

As noted earlier, Patrick and I finally bought a car! Originally we had plans to take it to the drive-in this weekend, but rain prevented that from happening – maybe next weekend! However we still decided to go out for a nice country drive down Highway 99 to McMinnville (also known as Oregon’s wine country,…

Squash Blossom

April 21, 2014, 18 Comments

I’m sure that many of you have noticed the recent uptick in western inspired wardrobe choices that I’ve been posting lately. As mentioned previously, I have been gravitating towards these looks more and more, which has led me to drooling over the beautiful pieces made of sterling silver and turquoise, among them, the coveted squash…

Riding the Stage

April 12, 2014, 16 Comments

When I wrote about Laurence and Sylvian visiting I mentioned buying a skirt that was similar to the one I wore when out with them, well recently arrived! And I couldn’t wait to wear it! Whereas my previous skirt featured wagons headed west, this one has stagecoaches. Not only is this another wonderful addition to…

A Visitor from France

April 7, 2014, 16 Comments

Last week I had the absolute delight of meeting up with French vintage blogger Laurence and her husband, Sylvain, of Lost in the 50s, as they were doing a bit of shopping here in America prior to Viva Las Vegas. If you aren’t familiar with Laurence’s blog, you must visit it! As she and her…

Miner 49er

March 22, 2014, 17 Comments

As highlighted in our visit to Sutter’s Mill, my passion for the west continues into the history of the gold rush, and our recent travels through gold rush country influenced my wardrobe choices today as we ran did some much needed grocery shopping and errand running I found this mining themed skirt featuring shovels, picks,…

Sutter’s Mill

March 8, 2014, 6 Comments

Oops! Kind of forgot to mention I’m off gallivanting in California! Usually I do a little “I’m off! Might blog, might not!” type post, but things quickly spiraled as I attempted to wrap up a great number of things before heading south. This trip is a little different. While the main catalyst for this trip…

Arrows & Antlers

February 28, 2014, 12 Comments

When I met up with some of my friends to see Frozen earlier this month a few of us exchanged Christmas presents. Yes, you read right, Christmas presents. A series of events between the three of us prevented us from seeing one another during December and January, but my presents were well worth the wait!…

Snow Cowgirl

February 8, 2014, 12 Comments

Well, it’s officially a snowpocalypse here in Portland. While our eight inches of snow may be nothing to you people in the upper mid-west or east coast, our City of Roses basically shuts down, as we are not equipped to handle snow (our city doesn’t have many snow plows, and schools close when we have…

The Dusty 45s

February 1, 2014, 5 Comments

Last night, Patrick and I joined Sarah of Simply Vintage for a night at Doug Fir seeing The Dusty 45s. This outfit contains two of my more recently acquired prized possessions; the wool fringe vest and the Kachina doll ring. The vest I picked up a local rummage sale for a mere $5! I was…

Westward Ho!

January 20, 2014, 19 Comments

I’m sure many of you are pinners on Pinterest and have pinned many an item that you are longing to own off of Etsy, but it’s out of budget, or sold on Etsy, or just something you came across on the internet and are determined to own one day. Well, for me, one (of hundreds)…