Thursday, March 31, 2011

AUTUMN INSPIRATION













Its Autumn and I'm so happy to finally welcome some warm vintage clothing into my wardrobe.
The colours this season are stunning and I'm defiantly going to take advantage.
We ventured out into the cold and wind to shoot just some of the yummy items Ive collected this Autumn but cold and wind aside isn't our backdrop stunning?
This old light house is located at the point of Jervis Bay and was once the home to many families back in the 1800's! Couldn't get more vintage then this :)

My mission today is to find more vintage loving bloggers.
If you have a blog you could recommend one I can take a look at while I'm drinking my morning tea please leave me your blog address and ill be sure to check them out.
In the mean time follow me on bloglovin.
Claire xx

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

CLV JERVIS BAY


Today I've been through my wardrobe to clean some stuff out and I realised I haven't worn this dress for a few weeks now so I decided that I'm going to say a tearful goodbye.
The upside of my job is that I find so many new and beautiful dresses, among many other items everyday.
I know I will find another dress to be my favourite for a few weeks before I let it go as well, in fact i already have!
you can find this dress here.
xx

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Hollywood Glamour

"I never planned to acquire alot of jewels or alot of husbands... For me, life happened just as it does for anyone else"

Thursday, March 17, 2011

P A V I L I O N









I couldn't help myself by taking some memorable photos of this to die for faux fur trench and what better way to do that in a pretty pavilion garden on a cloudy day.
I coupled it with this amazing vintage jumpsuit from mint condition in Rozelle Sydney, a pair of nude wedges which i adore, a vintage green waist belt and my leather saddle bag that hasn't left my side since i bought it two weeks from Mickey and Mallory in Nowra.

My mum and I were on our way into get some laybys off when I suggested we go for a spot of wedding dress shopping. It was a bit daunting at first but I was very lucky to have been served be the most beautiful women and they were so helpful. I quickly assured them I wasn't a bridezilla and was extremely open minded which made their life so much easier.

I'm happy to announce we found a dress, its so so so stunning but for some reason(tell me if this is normal) I cant stop thinking maybe I would have found one id like more? Or maybe the tears flowing from my mum eyes tells me it was the perfect dress and no other dress I tried lived up to the one I chose.


Tuesday, March 15, 2011

S E A M E N S B R I D G E

Out to a venue we went today looking for the perfect spot to be married.With missing out on some amazing photo shoots lately by forgetting to take the camera, I finally got to snap some really beautiful pictures.
Regretted not taking more nicer vintage clothing with me or doing my hair, I had to make the most of what I had on today.
One of my favourite spotted dress with a stunning collar tie and some boots I felt guilty buying for myself yesterday. I need to learn to spoil myself every once and a while :)

NAT KING COLE

This beautiful song i found last night while Sam was finishing tiling our kitchen I instantly feel in love. The romance and the tingling feeling i got tells me it will make a perfect wedding song, which one I haven't decided yet. I don't want to give away to much about what i have planned for my wedding, id like to keep most of it a surprise but this video clip I had to share. I hope you enjoy it as much as i did and if you have any old school wedding song recommendations please let me know. This song is from 1850's and im sure my nan used to watch these movies when she looked after me when i was young and fed me up with fairy bread :)


Sunday, March 13, 2011

VINTAGE MINT



A high waisted black vintage pleated skirt paired with this beautiful mint short sleeve blouse is what Ive been getting around in lately. The cooler weather is giving more inspiration to be creative and put some clothing together i normally wouldn't. I have been collecting vintage clothing for my store for autumn and every corner i turn in an op shop amazing things keep popping up.

My store currently has 34 nice little autumn piece which you can find here.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

faux fur & floral

I finally got around to photographing new stock and blogging!
All these items plus much more vintage is on its way in store hopefully by the end of this week.
Ebay has been haunting me and is the most dreaded part of my job, the tedious uploading and template making-oh the joys!
I keep reminding myself of my motto which is 'how bad do you want it'.
If you have any equires and would like to purchase any items before they go onto ebay your welcome to contact my via email - clairelouisevintage@yahoo.com

Id like to say hello to my blog views for all over this world, it blows me away to see viewers from america, russia, and japan just to name a few. Feel free to say hello and leave a link to your blog i love following new people :)