We tease it, we pull it, we dye it, we cut it. Experimenting with hair styles is one of the greatest parts of being a lady- when you’re in the right mood and your hair is behaving, that is! Usually I just let my hair go free, fixing my bangs and calling it a day. But lately I’ve been really inspired to kick it up a notch and do a little more than just blow dry and go.

I’ve had a few reader questions as to how to style a beehive up-do, and most recently, how to achieve the ’60s inspired braided up-do I featured yesterday. Rather than creating redundant tutorials featuring my own mug, I figured I would kindly point you in the direction of some pretty fantastic hair tutorials from other fine blogging ladies.

1. Keiko Lynn’s Braided Do
I’ve done the beehive up-do. I’ve done the maiden braids. But combining the two? Not only is it a perfectly lovely style, but also a great way to ground a scarf on my head. I don’t know about you, but when I wear hard scarves, I often feel as though they might slip from my head at any moment. I’ve found braided dos are the perfect trick for securing scarves! Also, be sure to check out Kara Haupt rocking her own version of this very same style.

2. Elsie Larsen’s Summertime Twist
Here’s a style I have yet to try, but it looks so easy and pretty! This style is great with flowers or other hair accessories tucked inside, and I think it might also serve as a great style to host a small vintage hat. Next time I’m about to pull my hair out on a bad day, I’ll just twist it up like this, and who knows? Maybe when I take down the twists, my hair will actually have a nice curl to it?

3. Veronika’s Anna Karina Inspired Beehive
The beehive is my favorite go-to style when headed out in a fancy dress. The trick with this style is a lot of teasing, and if it weren’t for the resulting tangles, this is a hair-do I would sport a lot more often. Isn’t the bow on top so pretty?

4. Casey’s Charming 40’s Braids
I really love the style of the 1940s, but so many hair-dos from this era are either too complicated or too costumey for me to try on an average day. This pulled back and braided look Casey created is straight out of the ’40s, but has the ease and simplicity of a modern style. I’ll be trying this one soon!

Nothing beats the excitement mixed with nostalgia that rushes from a box full of musty old treasures. When I looked through my Grandma's old keepsakes from her high school days, I was surprisingly more interested in the vintage design of the pamphlets and brochures she kept than some of the snapshots in scrapbooks. I experiences a similar sense of awe when looking through this Flickr set of vintage ephemera from Ohio.

One of the fun things about these little cards is the die-cut shape. How often do you see funky shaped brochures and postcards these days? Not often. I particularly like the skates with wings logo incorporated into the shape of the top left card. It's pretty clean and graphic, but also has traditional preppy elements in its simplicity and color choice.

Check out the movement created by type, too! Words whoosh behind skaters or are diagonally printed across banners, giving each image extra energy. Whimsy is added to energy with these simple engraving-style illustrations boldly inked with block of color.

I'm feelin' a lot of artistic inspiration and overwhelming nostalgia in these designs.
What about you?

images: What Makes the Pie Shops Tick?

In the 1960's, Linda Eastman See was working her way through a crumbling marriage and a tedious desk job at Town & Country magazine. After catching a break on board a yacht for a promotion party for the Rolling Stones, Linda started her photography career as she was the only unofficial photographer on board. A popular groupie, and suddenly a professional photographer, Linda often mixed with the likes of Janis Joplin and the Beatles.

In 1969, Paul McCartney and Linda were married, starting a romantic life together that ended with Linda's death in the '90s. Throughout the years of their marriage, Linda continued to work as a professional photographer and activist, all the while capturing intimate moments and home and with friends.

Looking through Linda's photographs, it's really easy to imagine sipping smoothies with the McCartney's, playing with their dogs in the country, and listening to the band practice. Such beautiful moments- I'm sure their family cherishes them even more than the rest of the world.

first photo by  Alain DeJean | other photos by Linda McCartney | images via every day I show