Mad Men Screencaps, S. 6 Ep. 9

Just a few inspiring scenes from this week's Mad Men, including:



Megan on set...

... Peggy's office decor ...

... Betty's formal wear ... 

Megan & Don's table setting and apartment

Joan and Margaret

Just added: Retro Floral Bedding

Added lots of fun new things to my Etsy shop today, including all of these awesome floral bedding pieces. Some psychedelic, some retro, all great.

I love these patterns so much I almost want to keep them and make them into a quilt... Except I have absolutely no experience or skills with quiltmaking and could probably use the cash. There are always more florals out there anyway!

Old Photos of the Week: Family

More fun old pictures. Nanni, Papa, my mom & her sibs.

Thrift Week 2012: Mid-Century Modern Edition

This week's haul has been mostly about fashion, but there were some neat finds for the home, too. Take this mid-century modern-style vase I found at Value Village for $2.99. I've been seeing this shape everywhere, in design magazines, on Etsy, blogs, you name it. But it's not like I can just go shopping at Hollace Cluny and buy some designer ceramic vases that cost as much as rent, so you can imagine my delight at finding a knock-off here in PEI for so little! Good things come to those who thrift.

Cheers! Happy hunting!

Screen Cap-tivating: Mad Men

Just started season five of Mad Men this week. After not bothering to keep up since season four ended, it's good to be back! Could have screen-capped the whole episode, but this was the first and only gem I decided to save. Oh, there will be more.

New items on Milk & Amber Etsy Shop

Well, it took most of my afternoon and early evening, but I managed to upload quite a few new items on my Etsy shop. Pop over to check out all my items, including this neat stuff!

*Remember, if you're on PEI, I offer 30% off your purchase if you'd like to do local pick-up. Making Islanders more stylish one vintage item at a time, haha...

Gossip Girl Screen Caps: The Beginning

I can't believe I only realized this now, but I can totally get screen caps of stuff I watch. I mean, holy fuck, I have never bothered to think that before. This is life-changing! Or at the very least, might spice up my blog a little. You better believe I'll be screen-capping more Gossip Girl.

Like such:

Lily was KILLING IT in this episode. Retro 60's-style dress (that BACK), hair, earrings. KILLING IT.

Old Photo of the Week: Nanni & Friends

Love this vintage picture of my grandmother (far left) and her friends. Style!

Milk & Amber Earrings of the Day

Vintage rainbow bright flower enamel earrings. Yes.

Cheers! Repurposed Bookshelf to Bar

Blame it on Mad Men, or maybe just reading too much Style at Home or House & Home, but I've been wanting a bar. A bar cart, or even just a tall table with all our booze corralled into one place. An old bookshelf didn't cross my mind. Peter suggested it in place of a table I'd been trying, and it's been working out great ever since. Needs a little more fine-tuning, but it makes for a neat set-up in an otherwise useless nook. Love it under my vintage clock, too. Cheers!

Retro psychedelic florals

My boyfriend can be partially credited with sparking this fascination. All of a sudden I find myself browsing crazy 60's and 70's retro flower patterned bedding, linens and housewares... such as the following:

From BeatriceInBlue

From RaggleTaggleHawker

From RaggleTaggleHawker

From SmokeandOakum

From Patternlike

Maybe soon I'll post some items we've found with funky floral patterns, now that I'm always on the lookout!

Mad Men Party Dresses

Missin' these ladies, but glad we got a few good print-at-Shoppers-Drug-Mart-worthy pictures before they moved! xo

My new laptop bag!

Recently, my friend Krista brought her laptop over to do some work for the Jewellery for Japan sale we put together, and I was struck by her choice of laptop bag: a vintage suitcase! Coincidently, I had virtually the same suitcase in different colours, but had never thought of using it to transport my computer. I am incredibly finicky when it comes to bags (all through high school and university, I have slugged my textbooks around in stylish-but-not-very-sensible messenger bags and totes - not a sensible, durable schoolbag in sight), so seeing this was very inspiring. This is what my clunky PC will be dragged around in from here on:

Found during the 70 Mile Coastal Yard Sale a few years ago, with another larger one, for $4 total. Steal!

Grape Earrings

Typically, my favourite style of earring comes in the shape of a bunch of grapes. It may have something to do with my love of all things Grecian, but who knows. When I like a kind of earring, or amass a couple pairs, I start scouting for them... this is my grape earring collection:

My first pair (the gateway pair, if you will)

Fusing punk and Grecian, an unlikely but fantastic coupling

Big ole grapes

Giant chrome danglers

These ones have little leaves at the top!

Because no earring collection is complete without black and gold grape earrings, I guess

These shoulder-grazers came in as donations to the Jewellery for Japan fundraiser sale I co-organized recently - they may be one of my top ten pairs of all time. Just have to find a time to, you know, wear them.

My grape earrings mixing in with my pearl clusters and other vintage clip-ons.

All of these are vintage or second-hand - keep an eye out next time you're perusing earrings at a flea market or thrift store and think of me! :)

- Kat