The Vintage Laundress
Struggles daily with which would be cheaper - a thrifting addiction or a crack habit.
Latest Blog Posts
- Want It Wednesdays: The Color Purple on Nov 18, 2009 in Vintage transferware 1stdibs Amethyst purple
Photos courtesy 1stdibs, Tony Duquette, Ruby Lane, Nancy's Niche, Sheehaven Glass & PorcelainFollow my blog with bloglovinhttp://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping...
- The Hitchin' Post: Jessica & Lorien on Nov 18, 2009 in pingg Vegas
Ever been invited to a "surprise wedding?" Well, if your name had graced the guest list of a celebration for Pingg CEO Lorien Gabel and artist Jessica Licthenstein, you would have recieved not only an invitation via Pingg; but a video, as well. In s...
- Finding My "Happy Place" on Nov 13, 2009 in California
The past few weeks I have felt like I was diagonally parked in a parallel universe. I have had a series of weeks in which everything has gone perfectly wrong. For instance, I am apparently incapable of operating the United States Postal Service - i...
- Want It Wednesdays: Red Rover, Red Rover, Let it All Come Over on Nov 12, 2009 in Vintage Etsy 1stdibs Murano lacquered Venetian
Photos courtesy 1stDibs, Etsy, Linda Horn, Calendar Girl Vintage and Period CollectionFollow my blog with bloglovinhttp://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping...
- Retro Redo: Vintage Octagonal Ottomans on Nov 6, 2009 in tufting turquoise ottoman linen
Time for a little show and tell from our make over department. Today's subjects are a couple of vintage octagonal ottomans. I'm sucker for tufting, so I finished with 5 inch tufting and after painting the frames a satin ebony color. I chose a gre...
- Want It Wednesdays: Fearless Feline on Nov 4, 2009 in
Photos courtesy 1stdibs, Linda Horn, Longchamp Paris, Penny Long Antiques, Roger Vivier, Wallflower Vintage Follow my blog with bloglovinhttp://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping...
- Shake It Up Baby! on Nov 2, 2009 in birthdays teenagers sons
Are you familiar with the John Hughes film Ferris Bueller's Day Off? Well, my son, Noah, is a cross between Matthew Broderick's character, Ferris, in that film and Mother Teresa. To illustrate the Ferris part of that statement I will sight the scen...
