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Thursday
Oct152009

The winner is.........

DateThursday, October 15, 2009 at 01:44PM

As according to random.org the winners for the nstyle vintage giveaway are,

Spickle for the 25 dollar gift certificate!
dear Beatrice for free shipping!

I'll be emailing you later tonight if you could just leave your emails for me.
Congrats

A new giveaway will be up next week for those of you who didn't win.

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Wednesday
Oct142009

WIWT

DateWednesday, October 14, 2009 at 01:59PM



Dress - Thrifted
Tights - Target
Shoes - Ebay
Belt - Thrifted
Cardigan - Target


Ugh, It's supposed to snow this week. I loathe the snow. I picked up this dress the other day for myself as well as tons of stuff for my etsy! It was a good day at the thrift store. Just a quick update, nothing to major. :)
Expect a nice big esty update friday though!

Also remember to enter the giveaway! The winners will be announced tonight!

AuthorPaige | Comment3 Comments |
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Tuesday
Oct132009

Thrifty Camera

DateTuesday, October 13, 2009 at 12:26PM

Besides vintage fashion, another one of my most favorite things/hobbies/past times are analog cameras. I have amassed about three huge storage boxes full of antique, lomo, and just plain weird cameras. I will always have an eye out at thrift stores for them, mind you a discerning eye. Yesterday I was at a goodwill, which I normally have absolutely no luck at when I found this.
Now for those of you who haven't blown tons of cash with the Lomography company before, that's an action sampler. It's one of the few cameras from the company that I do not posses. Normally the retail for I think 35 - 40 bucks, which is kind of insane for something made of plastic. I figured though that it might not work, so I opened up the back, made the shutter snapped, and no pieces were broken. Everything was fine, which meant I could justify spending the ONE DOLLAR, on it. :)

I took it with me when Brian, my roommate and I went down to OTR, Tuckers, and Findlay Market. Which Brian and I do just about every Sunday if not more. I love OTR, But I'll love it even more if Cincinnati gets the Street Car bill passed.

Now when it comes to toy cameras you most likely will end up wasting your first roll of film with them just to find out what they're like, almost like a personality. I surprisingly didn't waste a whole lot, but then again, I've been using toy cameras for way to long. Granted these aren't award winning shots, but more of a test roll so to speak. I've cleaned out the lens since I developed these, sitting in a thrift store isn't the happiest place for anything optical.

Anyway, enough of my rambling, how about some photos?

Probably my favorite, but I might be a little biased on the subject ;), Brian eating pocky. This camera is awesome with movement.

Crossing the bridge back to Mainstrasse.

Brick Row Houses @ OTR

Slander right outside of findlay Market. Reads " Jeanette got herpes and GAids."

Accidental snap of the veggie stand @ Findlay Market.

Urban Gardening Project

The would be totally awesome apartments looking over findlay market.

Tucker's, the best dinner in OTR. It's been open since the 1940's, and woman who helped open it still works six days a week. Best breakfast ever.

Inside Tuckers.

"Bad" Print crop, "watching".


Overall it's a fun little camera, I def need to tweak some things though, and want to x-pro some film in it.

Also, only one more day until the giveaway closes, the more comments I get on it, the more I'll have in the future!



AuthorPaige | Comment10 Comments |
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Saturday
Oct102009

MWD's FIRST GIVEAWAY!

DateSaturday, October 10, 2009 at 11:35PM


NStyle Vintage has been gracious enough to host a giveaway for this little old blog! The two prizes are;

A 25 Dollar Store Credit
or
Free shipping

To enter just simply comment on what you like at the etsy shop.
For additional entries you can;
Follow me on twitter
Follow The blog
Plug this entry on your blog.

The contest will end Wednesday Night! 10/14 at 12:00am
Good Luck!

AuthorPaige | Comment22 Comments |
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Saturday
Oct102009

WIWT to my new sewing machine!

DateSaturday, October 10, 2009 at 12:59PM

Here's a few quick photos of a super simple outfit of what I'm wearing today.

Shirt - A Sales post on livejournal
Skirt - Old navy, Last year around this time
Tights - Target [I would have worn blacks ones, but they were all dirty, and I've been putting off my trip to the laundry mat!]
Shoes - Thrifted, they're pretty much amazing. :) I'm replacing the worn laces later this week with ribbon, I'm excited about it.

It's been getting chilly, which means I need to go stop by the thrift store for cardigans, sweaters and boots. I have three days off this coming weekend, so I'm planning on get some serious shopping done.

I was at Joanne's yesterday morning before work, and impulse bought this; !

It was on sale from like two-hundred something to 99 dollars! My vintage sewing machine sadly has crapped out one me, and will cost way to much to fix. It will continue being a beautiful paper weight while I try this bad boy out. I've been searching burda style for something fun and easy to try out first. Sew along anyone?

Also, don't see the movie Paranormal Activity, It'll give you motion sickness and is no way near the scariest movie of all time. If you want a good horror movie go see Drag me to Hell.

Also, check back tomorrow morning for my first GIVEAWAY!

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