i picked up a great batch of magazines from the 1960s at the thrift store today. one of my favorite articles came from an issue of look dated april 4th, 1967. its about lesley hornby, a.k.a. twiggy! ...
"if a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, its as though ive neglected something essential to my existence, as though i had forgotten to wake up."-richard avedonport...
one of my favorite people to read about is jim morrison. i think if you looked up eccentricity in the dictionary his picture would appear.james douglas morrison was born in 1943 to a stay-at-home mom...
i bought this really cool book called on the road with the ramones by monte melnick and frank meyer in the bargain section at barnes and noble and i thought pictures of joey, johnny, dee dee, tommy a...
after getting a couple anonymous messages in my formspring box hounding me to upload my mixes on 8tracks, i gave in and uploaded this one from august, which i never posted the files for. i am not rea...
wearing:altered thrift store mini - $2.00beatle pin - gift from gabrielletarget knee highs - $1.00forever 21 saddle shoes - $24.00(outfit pictures taken by my dad on his cell phone)well i wore the al...
so i started with this 90s maxi dress*:i bought it for $2.00 on sale at one of our local thrift stores and all it needed was a little love. and some thread. and a sharp pair of scissors--but hey, oth...
this little ricoh rangefinder with two extra lenses and tons of accessories - $10this laura ingalls type shirtdress - $5it is rather large and long and i look like i am swimming in it so i plan to so...
im posting this months mix a little early because its christmas themed (surprise, surprise!)not only that, but its extra long! its my little mini christmas present to all of you who follow me. thank ...
"once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead." -- lucille balloften mistaken for being a sandy blonde, clara bow was actually a naturally vibrant red...
clueless vhs for $.50gary puckett and the union gap for $.15phil spectors christmas album for $.15and this 90s shoulder padded maxi dress which im altering into a mod 60s mini (come back tomorrow to ...
today at the thrift store:frilly trudy campbell-esque two piece 1960s nightie - $10.00tommy ($1.00) and wings at the speed of sound ($.50)little ansco camera (a present for my sister) - $.50old brown...
happy halloween everybody! its pretty easy to guess that this months mix is inspired by ghosts and goblins and things that go bump in the night. i am still behind in uploading my mixes to listen to a...
its been a while since ive done a personal post. this was yesterday.friday morning sewingfriday afternoon bakingfriday night partying(obligatory bathroom mirror picture)and now saturday morning blogg...
i know i promised sixteen candles, but i think im going to save those screen caps for another day to make room for a post about take the money and run; the first film woody allen wrote, directed and ...
if you were to look up the word adorkable in the dictionary, im positive youd see a picture of the beach boys.the beach boys began in the home of the wilson brothers; brian (born in 1942), dennis (bo...
its so hard to believe john lennon would have been 70 today. in remembrance, ive scanned some photos of him from a special issue of 16 magazine.im sorry but those quotation marks make me laugh,all ph...
according to this article, michelle williams has been chosen to portray marilyn monroe in a new movie based on marilyns 1956 acting stint opposite laurence olivier in "the prince and the showgirl...
sister teams are like ice cream; you can never get enough of them!lillian and dorothy gishfun fact: lillian and dorothy were childhood friends of fellow silent film actress mary pickford. it was she ...
i thought id start a new feature on this blog called screen cap saturday, where i post screen caps from my favorite movies on saturdays. i cant promise screen caps every saturday, but i should be abl...
one of the most important films of my childhood was the wizard of oz. i took out a dozen books from the community college librarys film section and my favorite was called "the wizardry of oz"...
my father is a fireman and sometimes hell find things in fires and bring them home for us if nobody claims them. last week he brought back a few photography books for me (the complete pop-up book gui...
i am probably a bigger fan of coffee table books than i should be, and one of my new favorites is cobain unseen by charles r. cross. not only does it have a massive amount of interesting and rare pho...
i convinced my dad to take me to the thrift store for a quick trip yet again (which makes three times this week!) and this is what i picked up:beatles song book album - $.25hey bing album - $.25and l...
jim croce record - $.25peanuts collection from 1970 - $2.50boys beatle t-shirt - $1.99paul mccartney t-shirt - $.99 (which i got because of you gabrielle, if youre reading this)a side note: i updated...
we stopped by the thrift store today and i picked up a few steals!polaroid spectra camera for $12.oo1970s photo album for $1.00the best of peter and gordon (still in its shrink wrap!) for $2.001960s ...
a little late, but this is the playlist for this month. unfortunately i wont be able to upload all the files for downloading on the mixtape blog for another week or so. i will make a reminder post on...
first of all, it goes without saying that i took a little break from my blog. sorry everyone! i dont have much internet access as of now, but ill try to update whenever possible!and now, onto the act...
im absolutely in love with the still and press photography for 1933s king kong. i finally got around to watching the film today and it is definitely a new favorite. fay wray is stunning beyond belief...
this is what i wore yesterday:hippie dress - $28.00 - forever 21olive stockings - free - cut up tights that my sister gave meshiny oxfords - $1.50 - thrift storelocket - free - garage salebunny ring ...
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