Wednesday, December 5, 2012

ORANGE dilemna....

I always had problems with orange....

 
It's probably the color that I hate the most....
 
 
But Why????
 
 
Probably because it makes me think about the 70's...
 
 
So except for some costume jewelery, I had never bought any vintage clothes with orange....
 
 
So everything has a beginning... I present here to you my first ever orange dress!
 
 
It's a vintage wool dress from the 50's,
 
 
just found a few weeks ago on Ebay.
 
 
It's so hard to find wool dresses in good condition that I decided to give it a try....
 
 
What I liked the most on this dress is this matching scarf that you can wear as you like.
 
 
Plaid is really a best for winter!
 
 
This vintage hat made of velvet and mink is one of the first I ever thrift many years ago!
 
 
It's so cold lately, it's harder to be stylish with layers and layers of clothes....
 
 
But Sylvain is sure stylish even with a freezing weather!
 
 
Classic 50's heavy wool coat...

 
and a nice flecked suit underneath!
  
 
 He also chose some orange highlights!
 
 
It's also fun to look at men's jewels.... Look at the sword!
 
 
What fun french cufflinks!!!! 
 
 
But you must thought that's a little bit too elegant for an every day look...
 
 
Yes and no....
 
 
 We could have chose those outfits for some outdoor shopping...

 
We were in fact invited to a Xmas drink in a vintage design furniture shop.
 
 
 
We also visited some thrift stores... 
 
 
 
We saw many nice things, but prices were high and their conditions were not the best....

 
Moreover, we don't have many places left at home...
 
 
We also enjoyed Christmas markets....
 
 
What do you think of orange?
Do you like winter time?

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Our CHRISTMAS TREE...

It's now december, first snow was here today...

 
It's time to decorate our home sweet home for Xmas!

 
Yeah! All our kitchy goodies are out....
 
 
But our tree is a bit too small... what to do?
 
 
The solution must be in our garage...
 
 
Our Buick spare tire... just PERFECT...!!! :-)

 
Now we must begin with the lamps...
 
 
Fortunatly, Sylvain is there to repair non working ones!
 
 
We have just bought those vintage style flowers lamps.
 
 
 Nice, aren't they?

 
We own many vintage Xmas lamps from the 30's-50's...
 
 
 
 but only some can work properly and they heat a lot, so I'm always fearing that they could bring fire at home....
 
 
Our Xmas tree is a fake one, I like to decorate it early, so if it was real, we would have a nude tree at Xmas Eve....
 
 
Sylvain brought his NOS vintage slippers to the tree, probably to have more treats in them...
 
 
What a better outfit than pajama to decorate the tree?

 
This one is vintage New Old Stock from the 50's.

 
After lights, let's put all ornements on!
 
 
Some are vintage, some are souvenirs from different places we were.
 
 
Soon finished, only missing the top star...
 
 
Done!!!
 
 
I love the result, really different from last year with quite the same ornements...
 
 
A bed outfit also for my husband....
 
 
But who is it on this Xmas sock?
 
 
A cute vintage bunny!!!!
 
 
I love Sylvain's robe pattern!
 
 
I would say... ATOMIC!!!
 
 
Mine is chineese inspired. 


 
All satin made with embroderies. Really comfy!
 
 
Look at the foot of our tree, who will guess what is under this silver vintage fabric?
 

I like classic Christmas Tree with green, red and gold.
 
 
Look at the top... Do you see this small pink pig?
We call him the King of our Xmas tree... it has been its place since the very first Xmas tree Sylvain and I decorated together...
A kind of tradition that can bring luck to our home!
 
 
We cannot miss it now, our Xmas tree has a central place in home!

 
Do you like our Xmas tree?
Have you already decorated yours?