It's BOGO time!

Hey guys! I know it's been so long since I posted, but lucky for me I was taken to Hawaii for two weeks as a small graduation present -- okay, small is the last thing it was! It was amazing and exactly what I needed to get myself ready for this holiday season!

Speaking of....I just set up my BOGO sale! I created a special section (you will find it on the right side of my shop) for all my BOGO items! Just in case you may never heard of this very, very, special term before, it means: Buy One, Get One 1/2 off! I'm very excited! Hopefully, this will ease you into Black Friday shopping, and instead of waiting in long lines, and talking to cranky salespeople, you can come into my shop in your pjs if you want, and stay as long as you want :)

Any of you guys doing the same or something different for Black Friday, write it in the comments! I would love to hear about all of those great sales!!

♥Brooke

Finding laughter at the end of a sticky situation....

Ok, so I'm the type of person that is easily amused. When it comes to my little Bichon Charles, I find everything hilarious about this dog. LONG STORY SHORT....Charles became the brunt of a very sad joke Mother Nature decided to play on him the other day. Basically he fell into what I've defined as  "mysterious plant-like sticky substance"- I honestly don't even know what it was, but it was stuck in his poor little paws and mouth, and butt, and stomach, and I was using every little technique I could think of...olive oil, patience, and nothing was working. My mom and I unwillingly took him to the pet hospital/groomer down the street to be "taken care of". Bottomline: he came out a new man, as we like to say, and his butt never looked so good. LMAO! Seriously, we call him baboon because that's what his butt looks like, it is so defined! We spent the rest of the afternoon on a patio of a little Mexican restaurant close to my house, drinking beers while our little bichon enjoyed the breeze...hehe

New Items!

Hey guys, wow have I been busy! I've basically been pulling my hair out with a new cohesiveness venture, and it has been driving me crazy. I wanted to find a really nice background to use for all of my older items along with new things that are slowly making their appearance, and decided to take advantage of a cool little rod-iron thingy we have around the house. Please, I'd like to hear your thoughts on the pictures, and feel free to take a look at my new items...

Here's one of my new favorites: check it out here. I have a feeling it wont be here long.

And I also have awesome retro blouses as well:

how cute it this one? It has adorable little ties on each sleeve...and it's here

Go to my shop for more new stuff in a whole new look! And I'd like to hear what you guys think of the new photos...like I said earlier, modernpolkadot is working on a new banner and avatar for me. I can't wait to get those :)

By the way..what do you guys think of the new blog design? She did that for me as well :)

Change is good

Hey guys! So I've been a little bit busy lately doing something that is very much needed in my shop. While I've been waiting for a whole new look on my website and blog thanks to Modernpolkadot, I decided that I needed to revamp my current pictures on Etsy. And when I say revamp, I really mean completely change the look, feel, and style of my pictures, but in a good way. Thanks to much needed critiquing in the forums and helpful advice, I'm doing a complete renovation from the ground up! And. It's. So. Exciting!! Ultimately, I want the look and feel of golden Southern California to show up in the pictures.

Here's a sneak peek behind the scenes of  the Vintage Fix studio:)

I found this little guy in our garden and started visualizing his addition to all my new photos...so I scooped him up.

Okay. How cute is this? I found this old 7-Up crate attached to a dresser as a drawer and quickly fled the scene...I knew it would be an awesome prop for all my little goodies :)

Meanwhile, my little bichon Charles (sometimes Sir Charles) stood guard and made sure no lizards ran into my shots. Love it!

So stay tuned guys, and keep checking back to my shop for new updates all the time.

♥Brooke

And the winner is........

I just had to take advantage of the prop before it was used :)

My assistant waiting patiently..

And the winner is............

Okay thanks to my handsome assistant: my boyfriend, Mario, I found the lucky store......Lazyfish! Congratulations! I will be purchasing something from you shortly!

Let me just say to all of you that joined, please don't be discouraged, there will be more contests to come!

Tempting Thursday Number 1

Ok, I enjoyed my Wednesday post so much that I decided, what the heck, let's take on Thursday too :)

So, my tempting Thursdays will be about what I am tempted to buy. Like I said, I love to browse around Etsy. Okay...I'm stalling. I don't even want to share this shop because it's my new fave and I don't want anyone else to know about it...okay, I'm kidding! I really want everyone to know about this new little shop UptownAvenue! Check out how adorable this mother and daughter ran shop is...

and some of my faves..... Here are thier AMY BUTLER Bird Post earrings

And here is a cute Blue Bird Pendant

And of course I couldn't leave these beauties out, being as they are very retro looking :)

Oh...and gues what? All of their earrings can also be clip-ons..I mean how awesome is that?

Okay are you in love yet? I fill a possible splurge coming on....

Wacky Wednesday Number 1!

Okay, So I have a bit of a thing for "days of the week" anything! Example: "Days of the week" undies are one of my favorite things or, ahem, used to be! But enough about me. I decided,  one of the best ways I could get myself more dedicated to my blog is to create for myself special days of the week. Like today, Wednesday, I decided I would call it my Wacky Wednesday! Why? Just because. Some may be about vintage shananagans...some may be about wacky things that happened in the past....Stay tuned for many more weird and wacky Wednesdays to come...

Today, I couldn't pass up a good smoking ad I stumbled upon.

Me: "I believe" I will get lung cancer.......