Swanky Crush: May 2011

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Vintage, Sweet, Romantic....

I have been oohing and awing over two websites that are new to me, in fact I placed orders from both of them this past week and I am excited!!! The first one is

www.modernvintageboutique.com

and the second

is www.shopruche.com

I love clothes, shoes, and accessories that are {Vintage, Sweet and Romantic}

So here are a few samplings of things I have been crushing on

I love the sweet Ruffles on this dress from Modern Vintage Boutique

$48

{Halter Lilac Ruffle Dress}

I love the yellow and grey colors together, which are so in right now.

I also adore the sweetheart top to this dress.

{Ruche}

$57

psst... it has pockets too!! I love that!

How preciously sweet are these?! I just love the romanticism of them.

I had to have these! Currently they are sold out at {Ruche}, but don't worry they are great about restocking.

$12

LOVE these!

I will be frolicking around in the "Natural" Color

But I do LOVE the pink ones too!

{MVB}

$42

I adore the sweet innocence of this precious necklace from

{Ruche}

$20

It compliments the sweet hair pins I featured above ;)

What's not to love about this flirty romantic dress?!

I love the pockets, RUFFLES! and the forgivingness of the fit ;)

{MVB}

$38

I love to add a touch of something Nautical to an outfit...

these bangles do it for me and with such sweet colors.

Both sites carry these, but currently {MVB} has them in stock.

They also come in other colors.

$26 {MVB}

$22 {Ruche}

Aren't these earrings the cutest?!

I love the color coral!

[these come in turquoise too]

These sweet starfish earrings make me feel like I'm headed to a dinner on the beach with my husband

... ahh, don't I wish! ;)

{MVB}

$17

I hope you are inspired!

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Hey Swanky Crush fans!! I have added 91 "likes" to my wall on the Swanky Crush Facebook page, you have to check it out... They are all pages that inspire me, and I'm sure will keep you inspired for hours too. Have fun "Crush"ing on them!

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Aprons

My Granny sent me a forward a while back that has become the inspiration for this post... APRONS! I myself am not much of a cook, but the chance to wear a really cute apron is a good way to get me motivated ;) I have a couple really cute ones from Pier 1, I just received one as a gift for my birthday from a precious friend in fact. I am a fan of ruffles and fun prints. Enjoy the cute Apron story from my sweet Granny and a few options you may want to wear around your kitchen.

The History of {APRONS}

I don't think our kids
know what an apron is.
The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath because she only had a few and because it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and aprons required less material. But along with that, it served as a potholder for removing
hot pans from the oven.

It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.

From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.

When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.

And when the weather was cold, Grandma wrapped it around her arms.

Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.

Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.
From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables.
After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.

In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.

When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.

When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men folk knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.

It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that 'old-time apron' that served so many purposes.

Send this to those who would know (and love) the story about Grandma's aprons.

REMEMBER:

Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool. Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill
to thaw.

They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron.

I don't think I ever caught anything from an apron - but love...