Chalk it up to a Nostalgic Sense of Style

There's something about blackboards that make me feel like I've traveled back in time. White boards (while superior in writing sound) just don't cut it for my nostalgic senses.

This adorable little chalkboard for sale up on Etsy would be perfect for hanging up on my fridge or by the front door since I'm always leaving little notes for my roommate and my boyfriend there on stickynotes anyways!

-XO

Every Girl Goes through a Photography Phase

...I just never got out of mine. Unfortunately for me though, my cameras went out before I was done with them (outdated or what happened to the last two: the first was dropped - broken LCD screen - and the second, along with the first, was stolen when my apartment was burgled in February). In any case, I would really love a new camera, and the Olympus Pen is looking mighty attractive (except its price tag! $800?? Yikes!).

Of course I found it in a Japanese magazine, and of course their advertising and promotion of the camera is a hundred years beyond the American style. Advertising in the US still revolves around streamline blahhhhh-ness, especially when it comes to digital devices. Everything is sharp and shiny and designed by guys who wear Oakleys like it's still 1999. Anyways, it sounds like a phenomenal camera for what it is and it has the style to make it worthy of anyone who likes taking photos but not lugging around a giant SLR all the time.

-XO

PS! - Check out one of the aspect ratios of the photos it takes! Almost perfectly square like a polaroid (which has been my favorite photo-shape since first seeing Diane Arbus's photography in my first year at college). Neato!

I Love the Planet

Growing up, my dad had two globes in our house; one was a globe of the earth with terrain elevations of mountains and plains, and the other was a globe of constellations. I would sit with them for ages just studying everything on them. Now I have a hankering for a globe and this one that I found on Etsy may just be the winner (once I get paid again of course!). Are there any nostalgic things from your childhood that you would want to get?

-XO


From ionesAttic on Etsy.

Something about Silver and Turquoise

The only rings I ever want to wear casually are rings that are made of silver with turquoise in the design.

This one is high on my list, not to mention it's vintage!

-XO

One in yellow, please.

[link] - esmuz @Flickr

I've been dreaming about purchasing a yellow Vespa recently, and in my search for other scooters and mopeds I came across the retro, German-owned, Simson scooters. The company went bankrupt in 2002 but who wouldn't want one of these vintage ones!

-XO