mexican supper

After our exhausting spring-cleaning we really needed a propper supper - time for some heavy mexican food and my new skirt. We went to the mexican snack bar CHAPARRO. Highly recommended, it´s yummy and full of cool kitsch.

silk hairflower: crafts shop

skull necklace: DIY

cardi: old H&M

 

confetti bangle: 50s vintage, etsy

 straw bag: 50s vintage, etsy

 satin skirt: 50s vintage, vintage shop Kleidermarkt

I can´t get enough from the old sequins and how good they are conserved and those soft laces, 

which came out so white again after cleaning... wish you all a week full of glittery moments!

happy pink new year!

Happy new year to everyone in Blogland! 

We had such a fun-tastique New Years Eve party with our poker gambling friends - a night full of laughter and happiness, and complete authentic 1950s party decoration: the garlands, the dinnerware for the old school buffet and the party hats.

 I wore a dice and the boys could choose one of those:

But now the everyday life is coming back. 

January and February are the most depressing months for me, so I couldn´t resist to buy that neon pink wool when I first saw it. I made myself an oversized turtleneck to fight the upcoming greyness.

wool neck: made by myself

dress: Bernie Dexter, years ago

faux latex leggins: Arrogant cat

Do you like the fancy wall art of my childhood idol Nina Hagen in the background?

 

My new wedges fit the colour of the wool nearly perfect, so does my brooch...

umbrella brooch: 50s vintage, ebay

bambi clip ons: 50s vintage, ebay

traditional costume silver bracelet:  christmas present from honey's mum

And there is another pink thing I love right now: my new hair tonic "Southern Rose". 

It smells so nice and gives so much shine to the hair. It has a permanent place next to my bathroom mirror now.

PS: I felt so happy when I opend the christmas present from my BMF (best male friend): 

OMG - a Dolly Parton concert ticket! 

It waits now on my kitchen radio to get converted... I plan to wear my pink cowboy boots then, of course.

real Californian treasures

40s style dress: Tara Starlet

grey leather gloves: 40s vintage, my grannies

tights : Falke

shoes: Molly Holly

The other weekend we joined a private atelier-party of an upcoming artist in Berlin Wedding. 

Time to wear one of my treasures from Moro Bay California, but have a closer look on my accessoires:

hairflower: 40s vintage, Gina L. All that trimmings, CA

lucite clip ons: 50s vintage, ebay US

As promised, I wanna show you one of the happiest moments in my vintage-collecting-life: finding this shop!

We stranded in Moro Bay by accident and had a little going-around-expecting-nothing-walk, honey was lost in a vintage-record-store and while strolling around alone I got enlightened, but look by youself:

 

I was so excited seeing this unique collection of true vintage trimmings, silk flowers, lace, velvet leaves, celluloid fruits... I was in heaven! And the owner was like a mother to me... you HAVE to go there, when you´re in CA! Your imagination of creating new styles or pimping high street clothing will go wild, believe me. I spent too much time and money there, but I regret nothing! 

Back home, I decorated my home with some of these beautiful treasures. They will make the girls in my upcoming vintage-photo-project very, very happy:

 

white 40s velvet flowers, leaves and pearls for a bridal style in one of my wallvases

 

a blue 40s feather bird in one of my 50s smoke consumers

 

a 40s pink feather fan next to one of my 50s deer figurines on my vanity table 

 

 

the 40s silk hair flower from my last post lives next to my 40s framed dry flowers  

 

And last but no least, okay, I got some more treasures, the incredible 40s celluloid cherries. They remind me of the opening scene of "Pin up Girl" starring Betty Grable. Some of them are a bit cracked by the years and the light, but I dont care. "Made in Germany" the label says - so I had to bring those pretties home. Now one of my china scottie dogs watches over them.

Check out Lina's ebay store and make yourself happy!

Uckermark

 dress: Trashy Diva

hairflower: Swell Dame, etsy

When I bought this dress for my birthday party months ago, I was sure that it would be already springtime... but I was the only one in bright colours between all the black and grey turtlenecks in the club. This time we all get the feeling, that the winter will never ever end...

After a great party, it was time to relax and have some days off. We left the city to enjoy the village life in the Uckermark, a region north of Berlin. On our walks, we found the ruins of an ancient abbey and the hardly expected sun showed up.

 

dress: good times Barcelona, etsy

hat: handmade

 

  

 We paid a visit to our beloved Amur tigers again. I think they really were enjoying the snow.

The best of all - we had rented a very, very old farm house. Everything was authentic conserved and so charming. This sweet knocker was still working, but the pump had been defeated by the winter. 

Is there anything better than a warm, crackling fireplace and a big red velvety art nouveau sofa when you come home from a walk trough the biting cold? Fortunately we had both...
 

 

I hope that this sweet little bird house will soon have some cheeping visitors and when the birds come back, spring will finally break. Have a yummy easter time!

Ms.Ebstein-Barr

Do you think that this is a sweet little thing on my desk? No - it is not. 

It´s the most EVIL little bitch I have ever met. Her name is Ms. Katja Ebstein Barr, she is a virus and caused the Kissing Disease. Sounds funny, but it´s not, because I have to stay in bed and at home for weeks. There is no medication, so I sleep a lot and eat one pomegranate a day, to keep this evil purple little Missy away...

Before the first Advent I started my home decoration. I handcrafted an Adventwreath with some little oldschool nic nacs, I unpacked the little smoking woody church from my childhood and the glittering green bambies.

I had so much time to watch all the details of the velvety Amaryllis.

I croached a kitty as a christmas present and did some drawings.

I watch the world just from my window, see the snow falling and built a little snowman on my window sill... hope I will be with you soon.