VINTAGE lately: beaded beauty

This summer, at an estate sale, I found a beautiful bright blue handmade satin dress.

As fate would have it, I found this lovely thing on 50% off day (the typical Sunday discount at estate sales).

Fearing it would look silly on me, I deliberated for a while about the dress before a sweet lady shoo-ed me into the bathroom to try it on.

It fit like a glove except for being a little loose in the bust.  Unlikely that I'll fill that out anytime soon, but it may be alterable. 

If nothing else, it sure is pretty to look at.  Do you think the sequins and beads are done by hand?  Amazing, either way.

is there such a thing as too many scissors?

my scissor collection, with two new thrifted additions
(stainless steel WISS -- one set of pinking and one set of regular shears -- one dollar each!)

saturday thrifting

B came thrift store and estate sale shopping with me earlier this afternoon after we finished running a few other errands.  All in all, it was a very sucessful and efficient trip.  We were out for a little over an hour, and I brought home hoards of sewing notions (thread, sharp, gold-eyed needles, elastic thread, snaps, hook&eyes, and a bunch of elastic) AND five embroidery hoops of various sizes -- ALL for $5.  booya.