Closet Confections: Blossom Dearie

I took my favorite little dress for another spin this weekend on a walk through the arboretum with my hubby. I adore this dress 1. it has poppies blooming along the hemline and 2. it's so bright it's like wearing cotton spun with sunshine. 

It was a beautiful June day, with love floating in on the soft breeze. There were two weddings nestled in my favorite nook of nature here in the city, and the mood was truly infectious. How can one help but feel tres romantique while wandering beneath the trees, listening to couples whisper their true heart's yearnings? Le sigh.

Idol: Gidget goes gardening ♥
Mantra: "Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, 

snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather,

only different kinds of good weather."

-John Ruskin

Soundtrack: "The Sunny Side of the Street" Billie Holiday
The Wardrobe:
Blossom Dearie Dress: Roadkill Ranch, Fullerton

Flatter-me Dhaaaling shoes: Target

Beltin' out: Forever21

Frenchie Fingerlette: Forever21

Bangles, Baubles, n' Beads: Tarina Tarantino mixed with vintage bakelite & lucite

Pumpkin 'Brelly: authentic Edwardian era, thrifted.

Closet Confections: Backyard Bettie

Idol: Gene Kelly meets Wonder Woman
Mantra: Ces bottes sont faites pour marcher
Soundtrack: "Honeysuckle Rose"- Django Reinhardt
The Wardrobe:
Beatnik Beret: vintage, fleamarket
Cherry Bomb Cardi: Roadkill Ranch, Fullerton
Frill Me Hot Pants: Forever21 
Peek-a-boob Brazier: Betsey Johnson
Burtonesque umBrelly: vintage, fleamarket
Midnight Tights: Target
Ruby Stompers: Target (my rainy day classics)


♥ Frankie

Closet Confections: "Forestial Fancy"

Do you have a secret place where you run to when you need a moment to decompress and just let your soul hum? Is there a hidden nook that makes you feel positively blissful from your coiffure to your toes? This is a peek into my little "zen den" which takes form in a magically hypnotic stretch of wild land tucked away in the middle of the city.

Winding paths meander through a canopy of entangled oak trees and lazy vines. Perfectly inspiring, creatively charging, and truly mystical. I feel like I'm in my own little fairy tale lost in the woods, surrounded by a bustling city that doesn't know what it's missing out on. This is my favorite secret spot that my happy feet trot to several times a week. Our pups love to frolic through the knee tickling wisps of grass. ♥  Mmmmmmm is the sound my heart makes.

                                                       

               

Idol: you Snow who...

Mantra: "What was she like? Snow, cream, marble, cherries, alabaster, golden wire? None of these. She was like a fox, or an olive tree; like the waves of the sea when you look down upon them from a great height; like an emerald; like a sun on a green hill which is yet still clouded." - Virginia Woolf, "Orlando" 1928

Soundtrack: "Why do you let me stay here" - She & Him

The Wardrobe:
My little Buttercup Dress: Vintage, flea market find.
Bees Knees Hair Bow: Vintage, estate sale.
Mismatched sock-it-to-me duo: Betsey Johnson
Blue Not So Suede Shoes: Converse
Bangles Galore: Tarina Tarantino & Vintage


♥ Frankie