I've got a lot of great posts coming soon, but things have been busy with the shop and school things and let's be honest, once the weather starts to cool down, I get in "snuggle up and binge watch New Girl mode". SO I've scrambling trying to get posts finished for next week. So sorry for the lack of posting. I am however stoked to share an upcoming project I will be working with some of my new lovely friends on.

I've thrown the idea of doing a photo shoot and making a look book with the clothes from my shop around for quite some time now (even when I was just selling on etsy). Now the idea is quickly becoming a reality! I've got some great, beautiful ladies who have volunteered to model and do hair and make up!  Everyone loves pretty pictures and all of the girls I've had volunteer for this so far love dressing up and posing just as much as I do so it feels like a win win situation! I've had a lot of fun planning and pinning so far. Here's some of my inspiration for the shoot.
 Obviously I'm leaning towards a dark, nature theme. I plan on using a lot of the old cameras and radios that I have but my mom's friend offered to let us use her old Model T in the photos too! We have a really cool old train station right down the road from the shop so I'm excited for what we can do! And it's the perfect time to do a photo shoot now that the weather is starting to cool off.

What do you think would be a good idea for something to do in a shoot, props, locations etc? I'd love to hear your suggestions.

Much love!
Kat



Image Sources:
1. Woman With "Head Dress"
2. Woman With Blue Hat (The hats in her etsy are SO dreamy!)
3. Pink Haired Flower Girl
4. Rehead In The Bushes
5. Girl In The Purple Flowers
6. Suitcase Lady
7.Picnic Girl
8. Train Station girl

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I always look forward to the big sales at Modcloth! The good thing about living in the Texas climate is that spring/summer fashion is in season almost all year long so I can always snag the winter and spring items on sale and continue wearing them. Starting today there is an amazing deal at ModCloth! You can get up to 70% off! Check it out, fall in love and spend some cash. I personally will be spending a few dollars today. This first dress I've had my eye on for a while and the clutch below would go with it perfectly! 

If you've never checked out Modcloth or bought any clothing or decor from the I highly recommend that you do! I love everything so in their store so much. Happy shopping!

Much love!

Kat

Now that the shop is officially functioning, its time to move on to the office side of things. For the grand opening of the shop I was focusing on only the front end retail side because I knew that people would be mingling about and hanging out all over the shop and I honestly didn't want all of my equipment, computers, cameras and work stuff laying around while everyone was coming and going.

I'm so excited because I can basically take all of those images that I've been pinning for years of my dream work space and put them into action. The front of the shop is all lofty high ceilings and exposed brick. The studio/office side is all white walls but still with the high tin ceilings. One of my very favorite parts of the whole place is the skylight that is over the studio area.

I'm torn between having sort of a conference table so that when clients come in or if I have other people coming in to work we can easily work together OR having a table that runs lengthwise down one side of the room.  Either way it would have to be something that could easily be multipurpose, (like, dining room table, homework station, painting station, sewing table etc!) as well as something that could work well with what ever event, party or thing we have going on at the shop.



Do you have a dream blog/work space or studio? What is a must have for you in your work environment? Share with me! I need all the inspiration I can get!

much love,
Kat

credits:
FLORAL
BLUE & PEACH CHAIRS
BLACK & WHITE BOARD
WINDOW VIEW STOOLS
DNCO
LONG WOODEN TABLE
ALONG THE WALL

If you follow me on Instagram, then you may have seen several pictures that were posted this past weekend of outfits from our store. The idea is to let us dress you head to toe. I thought I'd re-share them on the blog since I received so much positive feedback. It's one thing to show a random item of clothing for sale, but I'm learning that to get the picture with vintage it's best to see a whole look put together. (I'm learning so many things these days, some more obvious than others!) Most, if not all of these items can be found online in the etsy shop! I will be adding the men's section this week though. I hope you enjoy a little peak at what we offer in store and on Etsy! Get free shipping on orders over $50 with code "freefifty50"


Western Blue Jean Jacket
Red Flats
White Pleather Hair Metal Purse
Yellow Shorts
Black & White Dots Blouse
Red, Blue & Yellow Sandals
Brown Leather Purse
Pink Western Shirt
Brown Flats Brown Purse


Much love!
Kat