Patterns, colors, and texture from SeeSaw Design's vintage etsy shop. 

I've survived my first week at Parsons and would say I'm only slightly overwhelmed, did I mention I'm taking 9 classes. I'm sure I'll be fine, I've attended design school twice, so third times a charm, right? :) So while the temps drop this weekend in NY, I'll be tucked away at my desk improving my sketching skills, building mood boards, and simply trying to keep warm.

I will, however, escape to a fun photo shoot with the girls of Poppies and Posies and chat it up with a few potential clients. All in all, I'm going to stay pleasantly busy. What about you? Many plans for the last weekend in January? 

Below are awesome thrift store plates found by Nestled In. See more of of their thrifted finds here.

(images by nested in)

So I tweeted last week that I was on the hunt for a full-length mirror -- I got several recommendations and was nearly persuaded to go for the ikea hovet when I stumbled across this beauty. There is an amazing antique shop right near our apartment and as we were browsing last week I ran across this barn-wood mirror that was perfect. It was a splurge but definitely worth it!

Loving this collaboration between Jamie Beck and Jessica from What I Wore...

Collegiate pride anyone? Love these vintage megaphones from Three Potato Four and Daily Memorandum.

I had a difficult time choosing images from My Vintage Vogue -- there is so much eye candy! So enjoy :)

My friend and creative darling, Kelsey, opened up an etsy shop selling vintage, re-purposed clothing. "Tractordog finds old throwbacks and makes them exciting again. We peruse thrift stores, random granny houses, estate sales, and go deep into the crazy world of eBay to find the best of the past. Fix em, scrub em, style em up...and offer them to you!" 

She's also the blonde bombshell modeling the ensembles...gorgeous.

Doesn't this description sound lovely, "Lot of 30 Vintage Wooden Thread Spools." Not exactly sure what you could do with such a prize, but isn't this a great find?!

Here is a photo of my grandmother before her prom...lovely right?

I've mentioned before I can't help but thrift store shop for dishes..plates..mugs..tea pots..bowls..I don't discriminate. So when I was trying to decide what flickr group to profile this week I was instantly drawn to the one entitled "Vintage Mugs."
[images are from t-b: *verito*, lena corwin, uhoh over, leslie.keating, meetmeatmikes]

We picked up another scrap item at the university surplus this week, an old type-writer table. Didn't Dustin do a fabulous job of cleaning and repainting it?!? I've already found a way to pile things up on it, whoops!

I couldn't help but write about this flickr group. Filled with lovely compositions, Vintage Illustration has a little visual candy for everyone...enjoy :-)
[pictured from t-b: pgamba62, letslookupandsmile, peagreengirl, cowtools, grain esit.com]