etc: leaving on a jet plane...

...don't know when i'll be back again.

well, that's a lie.  i'll be back on the 15th.  and i'm actually leaving tomorrow, not today, so i don't know if that lyric quite fits.

but anyways. 

i'm writing this post because i'm going to be MIA for the next week and a half and i want you all to know that i'm not forgetting about you!  i have really come to love this blog, and to love all you sweet readers and your great comments, and of course - your own great blogs.  so this is my fair warning that it'll be a bit before i'm back.  until then, i've done something i really really don't like to do: schedule posts.  only a few, and only because i'd love to come home to some comments from you all!  typically i don't do this but i'm making an exception for china.  forgive me?  and promise to keep reading?!

that's it for now -- time to do many loads of laundry, some last minute shopping, and then manic packing!  i won't look quite this vintage-lovely and effortlessly chic and put-together when traveling tomorrow, but this fabulous photograph is still worth viewing as some packing inspiration ~

oh yes, maybe one day!

completely beautiful image from we heart it, via the simply luxurious life

wedding wednesday: adorable vintage dress

"adorable" is truly an understatement.  and the bow?  perfection.

the bride got her dress from a local san francisco vintage shop, ver unica.  i'm madly in love with it, and the addition of bright yellow j. crew pumps!  love, love, love.

discovered on martha stewart weddings -- check it out to see more of the adorable wedding details!

pin up pretties: on the beach - pt. 4

marilyn, of course.  but this time our pin up pretty isn't perfectly styled - she isn't even perfectly showing off her shape.  but she is beautiful nonetheless.

i would say even more beautiful than when all done up in makeup and doing some pouty face.  then again, that's just me.

love her. just love, love, loooove her.

photo by george barris

via

pin up pretties: sheree north

my pin up pretty of the day, miss sheree north.  adorable & sexy at the same time - loooove it!

sheree north, 1950's

[via]

pin up pretties: the big teese

dita von teese for madison magazine = definition of pin-up sexy.  almost demurely sexy... i mean, she makes just sitting still in a crew neck sweater tank look hot!  enviable.  take a look at some of the pictures [pretty incredible photography, too] ~

 & my fave pic:

i want that lovely dress.  & those shoes.  

& dita's legs & overall loveliness!

all images via -- click the link to see more pictures

link love: 12.4.10

note: i've decided to include pictures of [the majority of] the links i post.
just thought it would be nice :)

decor/design

this slipcover = the epitome of winter-cozy. [from the etsy shop BiscuitScout; first found here]

ridiculously cool sparkly holiday decor inside urban outfitters stores

 even though it's a bit overwhelming to have [my idol] audrey's face this large in your home,
i kinda love it.

the home of michele and patrick of Elephant Props [via]

 i think i need this mirror [from here, via]

fashion

even though i'm more in the dianna agron camp, 
i actually really really like this look on lea michele [esp. the nude pumps]

an ode to mila kunis as of late 

loved the classy-sexy louis vuitton fall 2010 on the runway [& especially in the ad campaign],
love rebecca hall [via]

 WOW do i want these shoes by kate spade.  of course.... [via] 


photography

my obsession with marilyn continues. [from weheartit, found here]

random

love this beer diagram.  although it can be a bit overwhelming.

i totally could have written this same thank you note!

one of my fave scenes from one of my fave movies with one of my fave actresses.  l

ove this pic! 

kristyna at the owl diary explores the meaning of starbucks.
head over for some drool-worthy images.

so true. so, sooo true. [via]

okay i'm off.

celeb style: rachel mcadams in instyle magazine oct 2010

one of my style/beauty icons, and sometimes doppelganger, rachel mcadams, graced the glossy pages of instyle magazine this month.  and boy oh boy is she stunning!!  i'm heading out to buy my own copy asap, just so i can add some of these photographs to my inspiration board.  i mean, seriously.... wow.

cat-eye perfection:

  flawless.  and without gobs of makeup?  now that's a look to emulate.

expanding the vintage look:

i want to be her.  i also want her louis vuitton dress/shoes.

just when i thought it couldn't get better, i see this shot...

60's style brigitte bardot meets refined victorian lady?!  YES PLEASE!

a look only miss mcadams can pull off.

more:

just when i thought i couldn't love rachel mcadams more...

i see this~~

instyle oct 2010 on sale now

instyle magazine

[images via]

pretty pictures: all about audrey

so sorry for the lack of posts this past week, i started a new job [!!!!!] but still had to nanny until the family found someone new.  result = leaving the house between 6-7 am every morning, & not returning until after 9 pm.  needless to say, i've been tired, stressed, & without any time to blog :(

as an apology, i have decided to post beautiful pictures of my beautiful idol, audrey hepburn with dogs [most are of her & her cute little doggie Famous]:

there's just something about audrey that makes all my stresses melt away... especially images of audrey & animals -- her joy is contagious :)

here's one more for good measure:

joyous!

all photos found on audrey1

celeb style: brigitte bardot hair

model alexa chung [guess i'm kinda loving alexa today!] rocking the teased up "coucroute" [french term for sauerkraut] made so famous by the lovely bardot:

i love, love, looooove this laid-back sexy look.

image via moodboard

pretty picture: blowing out the candles

everything marilyn does is beautiful.

enough said.

picture fuond on we heart it

via brown eyed belle

pretty pictures: vintage vixen at the pool

summer is coming to a close & i'm heartbroken. 
these pictures make me even more heartbroken:

and especially this one:

there is nothing better than reading near the water on a sunny day.  well, maybe reading near the water on a sunny day and looking like a vintage vixen!

fab.

[but boy-oh-boy do i already miss summer.  and it's only mid-september.  damn.]

by photographer allanah hill

via dustjacket attic