bits and bobbins

all found at thrift town, SF, this past week.

one of my top thrift finds of all time: an eley kishimoto shift dress with a white and red-orange print. when i stumbled across it, my jaw actually, factually dropped and then i felt like i was high for about a good hour afterwards. thank you, o great thrift gods!

this dress is part of my incentive to get back in shape post-bebe!

a sweet summery sundress:

zipper-detailed alligator textured 80s pumps:

orangey-brown vintage boots:

the perfect replacement for this now dead but dearly loved pair i thrifted in manhattan several years ago. also, a fine and MUCH CHEAPER substitute for this pair of loeffler randall beauties i was coveting. again! thank you muchly, thrift gods! i’m forever reverent to you!

i walked to goodwill today as an excuse to get out of the house, get some exercise, and enjoy the warmer temps we’ve been having here in san francisco of late. it’s been BEAUTIFUL here lately. mid 60s, sunny. jealous, anyone?

anyway, i tried on the most amazing silk floral wrap dress (the shoulders of which reminded me of the balenciaga stuff people have been drooling over lately) and an acid wash denim dress with long sleeves and a high collar that zipped up the front.

much to my chagrin, neither fit…the belly knows, and grows. it won. i took neither home.

but i did find…

(a big cone of red-orange yarn, for one dollar, 99 cents.)

(some super simple black leather oxfords…uh, natch.)

off to make some zucchini cheddar bread. because i don’t just sew, knit, crochet and write…i also bake.

some recent thrift finds (if recent means within the past month or so):

i’m obsessed with these funny handmade earrings. they’re made of polymer clay, i believe, and are iridescent teal. i found them just after the holidays in san jose, california at a goodwill while visiting a friend/co-worker who lives in that area.

they were the kind of thing i liked enough to buy, but later i found myself wearing all the time…like had turned to deep, deep love. i’m wearing them in this recent wardrobe_remix photo.

some handmade symmography (string art) in a lovely spattering of purples. handmade in the 1970s (according to the hand-scrawled script on the back).

i have a soft spot in my heart for handmade things that get donated to the thrifts. i feel a compulsion to buy them and love them, knowing how much effort went into making them.