Since my toddler years, I have had a fascination with the vanity. Not with vanity, as in the preoccupation with one's appearance, but with the table that holds all of the pretty powder puffs, glass jars, and glistening tubes of bright red lipstick. I remember back in the Minnie Mouse Book Club days when Minnie and friends went shopping at the drug store and perused the aisles of pretty facetted jars and bottles. I remember when I swiped my mother's turquoise blue eyeshadow onto my own eyelids and tried to convince her that I hadn't been snooping in her makeup drawer. (I know what you're thinking… turquoise?! Don't judge. It was the 80s.) Ah, and how could I forget Tinkerbell! I had a pretty pastel tube of lipstick that my mother let me use when I was playing at home.

Any then, in fifth grade, my mini obsession with the vanity turned into a major obsession with collecting vintage perfume bottles. I have quite the collection sitting in my hope chest (Yes, I have a hope chest. And yes, I'm married. And yes it's filled with my American Girl doll collection and pretty things I hope to share with a daughter someday.) waiting until I have a proper vanity on which to display them. But for now, I can't resist the occasional splurge at an antique shop, and, of course… Etsy. Here's a round up of the prettiest Etsy has to offer, just in case you have a similar weakness for the little darlings.

(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)

(top photo source: Classic Film Heroines)

Lately I've been feeling the good vibrations of 1969. The scooters.

The music.

 Annnd the rock stars. They have been keeping me company during commutes and long hours of drafting.

The city scenes.

The cute cars.

The hippies and their floppy hats.

The floral furniture and fluffy rugs.

The time machines? ;)

My love for 50s and 60s fashion, and my need for a fresh look, has prompted me to cut short (no pun intended) the process of growing out of my bangs. I found myself wearing clothes that don’t suit me and leaving frocks I adore in the back of my closet. It finally occurred to be that I missed my bangs. I didn’t feel like “me” without them! So out came the scissors, snipping away four months of growth! Now I have super short bangs that I feel are perfectly suited to my ideal Spring look. Pictures to come along with today’s Wardrobe Wednesday post!