A Quick 'Haul' Post, Then Back To Work!

I've been a busy little bird lately, my loves!  But I can always find a smidgin of time for you!  Here's a quick haul post to prove it.

Just some of the lovelies I've scored recently!

A terrif 1950's dress from Penny's 'Brentwood' collection.  You'd never recognize this poor thing if you'd seen it when I got my hands on it!  Several rips, along with some seam issues, missing buttons, and bad buttons.  It took me three days of off and on 'messing about' with it to figure out an appropriate way to mend it without changing it much.  I finally added some darts where there were rips in the fabric and found some extra buttons in the same size, but a different complimentary colour (the originals were orange and the ones I added are red) that I then substituted for the bad/missing ones, alternating orange and red.

It's the perfect fall dress now!  Love the print!  And check out the detail on the yoke....

Another great little dress, this time from the '60s.  I can't for the life of me remember the designer...my boss borrowed it for her daughter last week and still hasn't returned the thing...but it's obviously knocking off Pucci....

Great colours and patterns.  I can't wait to wear it....

Here's one score that I'll NEVER loan out!  Say hello to the first (yup, it has a sibling that I'll show you in a few days!) of my vintage Pendleton suit collection:

The tag dates it to the '60s

As if there could be any question after simply seeing the silhouette!!  Pure Jackie Kennedy...which I'll relish wearing this fall, the 50th anniversary of that awful day in Dallas.  Check out the great green/brown/purple tartan pattern!...

One thing I'll hate about not being at the antique store any longer is missing out on the little lady who I used to buy jewelry from.  She'd come in from time to time to try and sell things she'd pick up at yard and estate sales.  I'd buy everything she had from the '50s-'60s!  The last time she came in, I got these three pins....

The red, white, and blue one has a little paint off the tip of one petal that I've yet to touch up...gotta get some red paint!  The green one will be killer for Christmas...unless I decide to put it in the DollyBird shop (which should be open for business right before Thanksgiving!  Stay tuned!)

When the shop closed, I helped the owner and one of the vendors pack up their 'wares'.  The vendor had a pile of costume jewelry on a table that she was going to take to the flea market and she told me to go through it and take whatever I wanted of it..."or all of it for that matter!"...to thank me for helping her box up and move out.  Here's a little sample of the goodies I got....

I love starburst brooches.  And I thought the wheat sheaf would be a great fall accessory.  The pelican ("whose mouth can hold more than his belly can") is wooden and has a little rhinestone eye!

I got more, but have only gotten pics of these so far.  I'll share the rest in another post!

This set is another goody that I bought from the jewelry lady I'd always buy from....

They're marked 'Germany' and are sooooo pretty!  I haven't made up my mind whether I'll be selling them or keeping them...or keeping them for a while and THEN selling them!

In other news, Pip's had his first birthday!  We celebrated by meeting up with my mom and HER Scottie, McTavish, at Petsmart.  We proceeded to play with all the toys in the toy aisle before picking out his favourite...a larger, purple version of the first toy he ever had, a blue dinosaur.  We then took our little 'terrors' to the specialty pet shop down the street where he got free treats and attention...and another new toy...for being a whole year old.  He was a happy camper, playing for the rest of the afternoon....