as promised, here’s another batch of sale goodies!

SEE THE WHOLE SHA-BANG HERE.

the sale will run thru midnight wednesday, and all these goodies will ship out by thursday… and i leave for the beach on friday. weeeeee! there are sweet deals, so grab yourself a treat and pass along the info! thanks a meeeeelion! XOXO

hiya kids! i am in some serious pre-vacation mode here, super busy day today, getting all my little ducks in a row so that we can take off for the beach this friday… i am offering up some sweet deals today + tomorrow, which gives me enough time to get things packaged up and out the door thursday before we head out of town.

this is the first batch of sale goodies that i’m working on adding to the sale section right this very minute, so please have a peek! also- additional sale-age has taken place with anything that was already in the sale section. basically, what i’m tryin’ to say is: TAKE THIS STUFF AWAY!!!!!!!

i’ll be back with one more sale update this afternoon, so stay tuned! and pass it along! some super cute things + good deals to be had. XOXO

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these babies are packaged + ready to ship. any additional questions? just give me a shout! they are one of a kind, so this is a first comment, first score kind of basis. just leave me a comment with the suit # that you’re interested in.

#2 and #3 are SOLD. #1 is still available!!!

thanks and good luck!

i wanted to say hello to those of you who came over from elsie’s blog this month! thanks for stopping by, i hope you’ll become a regular visitor!! don’t be shy, introduce yourself and if you have a blog, i’d love to know about it!

i’m happy to be offering 20% off tonight thru sunday night- use the code BEAUTIFULMESS in the check-out! and look out for lots of new items in the shop on monday

have a great weekend, y’all!

so i popped in the car with my thrifting buddy, we pulled up into the goodwill and did our usual 1, 2, 3, 4, LUCKYLUCKY! chant and headed in. i found a handful of vintage dresses, all of which i put back (broken zipper not worth the fix and a few other wonky issues that just didn’t make the cut)

and then i saw this bike:

cute. good bones. love the aqua. and my street name just so happens to be hawthorne.

so i move in for a closer inspection. and then i see the price tag.

and this is when i do a giant eye roll and wonder what the heck these peeps at the goodwill are smokin. y’all. 300 bucks. THREE. HUNDRED. i mean! the bike is in very obvious need of some very serious TLC, so let’s just get that part of of the way. also. it’s the goodwill! it’s a dang thrift store! it should be thrifty! i think they managers are spending half their days now cruising ebay with dollar signs in their eyes.

and let me remind you: i picked up one very fantastic 50s schwinn 4 years ago for a buck thirty five. that’s right. $1.35. i took it home, cleaned it up, and it remains one of my best thrift scores ever. and just lookit how cute mister henry was riding it.

and look at that shiny chrome!

so, goodwill… what happened? how did we go from $1.35 to $300??

check out the gorgeous mati in her peacock frock. photos by the amazing hula. so beautiful i nearly fell off my seat. these girls told me a few weeks ago to expect some dress shots by the sea, and they did not disappoint. huge thanks to mati for picking up the dress earlier this summer, and huge thanks to andrea for capturing the moment so beautifully.

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and some freckle friends newz. y’all! i don’t know why it took me so long (um, years??) to create a flickr group for freckle friends but good golly it did. thanks to danielle for giving me that gentle nudge, i’ve gone and made it that much easier for you guys to show me your stuff. if you have a flickr account, you can now add your pics to FRECKLE FRIENDS. sound good? and it doesn’t have to be just clothing- i’d also love to see your homes, and where all these little housewares end up!

so if you want to knock me off my seat from pure happiness, take some pics and share!!! XO

so while matt was running around with towels, i happened to read my twitter on my iphone and found this:

um…. not gonna lie. i had to do a double take. MIKE. MIKE FROM AMERICAN PICKER. THAT SHOW ON TV. THE ONE I WATCH ON MONDAY NIGHTS. MIKE. THAT GUY WHO HAS MY DREAM JOB. MIKE. WHO I SORT OF CRUSH ON. BUT IN A REALLY INNOCENT WAY. CAUSE I’M MARRIED AND STUFF. MIKE. WROTE ME BACK. ON TWITTER. gonna pull an RZ and say I DIE.

suddenly the leaking roof didn’t seem all that panic attack inducing.

are you on twitter? even dotty is on twitter! join the party.

astrology smock / 60s tunic

gingham dress / dotty top

boden dot / chocolate dot izod

salmon chevron / harlequin top

i’m a bit behind schedule in adding new things to the shop- but fear not! these pretties will be in the shop later on this evening. happy monday!