BooBoo Kitty Couture Skirt Giveaway

I was given the opportunity by BooBoo Kitty Couture to host a fabulous giveaway for my lucky readers and I know that you’re just going to LOVE it!

BooBoo Kitty Couture is a wonderful shop based out of the UK that offers custom-made dresses, skirts and couture reminiscent of the lovely 40’s and 50’s fashions so loved by women everywhere! The folks at BooBoo Kitty Couture offer their customers the ability to customize each and every piece to specifically fit your own unique measurements, making it fit you perfectly and showing off all that you’ve got! The dresses which are custom-made are fashioned after the wonderful films and styles so popular in their heyday. Their stock features such delightful styles as wiggle dresses, wrap dresses, full circle dresses, halter dresses, sun dresses, pencil skirts, and A-line skirts. BooBoo Kitty Couture can fashion any dress that you see on their site to fit you perfectly and can also make other alterations to the style or design in order to better accommodate your tastes and style. They can also entirely customize a dress for you from scratch, thereby making it uniquely your own. There are so many different styles to choose from, you’re sure to find all sorts of lovely styles that you’ll cherish for years to come! The shop caters to anyone and will gladly ship worldwide.

BooBoo Kitty Couture has a wonderful website that is currently under construction, but please be sure to visit them soon, as they will have all sorts of wonderful items to view! The shop also has a business page on Facebook which features all sorts of helpful information about their designs, as well as many, many beautiful photographs of their vast assortment of dresses they custom-make. Lastly, BooBoo Kitty Couture also has a great blog, which will give you all sorts of wonderful entries on vintage fashion and their clothing line.

Featured below are just a few of the many designs that BooBoo Kitty Couture carries, so be sure to visit their website and Facebook page and take a look at all they have to offer.

Black gingham prom dress with boned bodice
Photographer: Miss Rain
MUA: Miss Moo
Model: BooBoo Kitty Couture
Dress: BooBoo Kitty Couture

Pinup Girls Hawaii Print, Halter Sun Dress
Photographer: Miss Rain
MUA: Ms. Moo
Model: BooBoo Kitty Couture
Dress: BooBoo Kitty Couture

Love Birds Prom Dress
Photographer: Miss Rain
MUA: Ms. Moo
Model: Scarlett Daggers
Dress: BooBoo Kitty Couture
Jewelry: Quirky Boutique

Tiki Pinup Girls Wiggle Dress
Photographer: Miss Rain
MUA: Ms. Moo
Model: Scarlett Daggers
Dress: BooBoo Kitty Couture
Jewelry: Quirky Boutique

Bottle Green Gingham with Daisy Embroidery Dress
Full Circle Prom Dress, Boned Bodice with Halter Straps
Photographer: Miss Rain
MUA: Miss Moo
Model: BooBoo Kitty Couture
Dress: BooBoo Kitty Couture

One lucky reader will win a custom-made pencil or A-line skirt made to their precise measurements in a wonderful Hula Girls navy print!

Hula Girls in Navy fabric

*Image courtesy of BooBoo Kitty Couture

Pencil skirt by BooBoo Kitty Couture

*Fabric of skirt in image is not the print that skirt will be custom-made from, but will be Hula Girls in Navy.
*Image courtesy of BooBoo Kitty Couture

If you would like to have a chance at winning this lovely custom-made skirt from BooBoo Kitty Couture, please be sure to enter! One lucky reader will be randomly chosen on Friday, June 3, 2011. Entries must be received by Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 11:59pm EST. The winning reader will be notified by email and will have 48 hours to respond with their name and mailing address.

Good luck!

I would just like to convey my thanks and gratitude to the wonderful folks at BooBoo Kitty Couture for giving me the opportunity to host such a wonderful giveaway. Please be sure to visit their website, their Facebook page, and their blog, as I have only featured just a few of their many, wonderful designs.

XOXO, Crystal


Mandatory entry:

• Visit BooBoo Kitty Couture’s Facebook page and browse their photo album of dresses, then come back and leave me a comment telling me which dress is your favorite. In order for your mandatory entry to be eligible, you must follow me publicly on Google Friends Connect and be sure to leave your GFC username and email address in your comment.

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• Follow the Vintage Loving Mom on Facebook and leave a comment letting me know that you follow, along with your Facebook username and your email address (worth 1 entry).
  
  
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Fab Finds: All Things Rockabilly & Pinup

I came across some awesome finds this week that I just couldn't pass up, so I thought I'd share them with my readers!

Cats Like Us is one of my favorite retro and vintage reproduction clothing and accessories store. They are based out of Tonawanda, New York, but have a very large online store and offer reasonable shipping, so I use shop their store quite a bit. Their selection of vintage, rockabilly and pinup reproduction clothing and accessories is quite impressive! This week I picked up a few t-shirts and accessories that were just too cute!

Pink Champagne boxed t-shirt that comes in a cute keepsake decorated cigar box. *Image courtesy of Cats Like Us

King Kerosine purple Stay True swallows t-shirt. *Image courtesy of Cats Like UsWhite patent leather belt with heart-shaped buckle. *Image courtesy of Cats Like Us
Beach Party white cat eye sunglasses. *Image courtesy of Cats Like Us

While passing by Hot Topic the other day, I found an awesome shirt that I just couldn't pass up. I love black and white monochromatic color schemes, stripes and Johnny Depp...so when I came across this raglan punk shirt, I just had to have it!

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides striped burnout raglan. *Image courtesy of Hot Topic

I hope you've enjoyed taking a peek at my goodies I found this week!

XOXO,
Crystal

Vintage Pinup & Rockabilly Photo Shoot Opportunity

To all of my local readers in the Northeast Tennessee area, (Tri-Cities, VA/TN/NC area), I have a wonderful opportunity for you!

The Vintage Loving Mom is partnering up with Lane Photography and Reed Restorations to host a vintage pinup and rockabilly themed photo shoot for an upcoming calendar that will be produced this Summer. The calendars plans are to include a twelve month spread of area pinup and rockabilly girls who are into the vintage scene, including plans to shoot at several different area locations using authentic and reproduction settings and props.

Pictured below are just a few inspirations of what genres may be included in the photo shoot.

*Image courtesy of Photograph Layne

*Image courtesy of Dayna Delux

*Image courtesy of Electric Speakeasy

*Image courtesy of My Zombie Pinup

*Image courtesy of We Heart It

*Image courtesy of Art Vision Studio

*Image courtesy of Dixie Pinup

*Image courtesy of Sephora

*Image courtesy of Pinup Lifestyle

*Image courtesy of Big Tattoo Planet

*Image courtesy of Natasha Bailie

*Image courtesy of Phillip Macklem Photography

If you are a vintage, pinup, or rockabilly enthusiast in the area who is interested in possibly being included in the photo shoot, please email me at vintagelovingmom@gmail.com and I will send you the photo shoot application.

Good luck!
Crystal

Vintage treasures & accessories recommendations

I have come across some wonderful Etsy shops in the past few weeks and thought I'd share them with you, as you will love their vintage selections!

I came across the Wiggle Perfume & Sundries shop when a fellow blogger, Punk Rock Momma, posted an entry about the shop and their wonderful selection of handmade perfumed oils, and boy was she right! I purchased the Honeysuckle Sweet Tea perfume oil and the Valdosta perfume oil, both of which have southern roots and floral scents to them. No surprise that Wiggle Perfume & Sundries has now become one of my favorites!

*Image courtesy of Wiggle Perfume & Sundries, Etsy

*Image courtesy of Wiggle Perfume & Sundries, Etsy

While browsing the Etsy shops, (which I do more than I should!), I found a great new vintage boutique called Atlantis Vintage, which has some great vintage jewelry, clothing, and accessories to pick from. I couldn't stop myself from picking up a great pair of vintage black and white spectator pumps from their shop! Be sure to take a look at their selections, as I'm sure you will find something that you love.

*Image courtesy of Atlantis Vintage, Etsy

I was also lucky to find La Poubelle Vintage, a great Etsy shop that carries some wonderful, vintage 40's clothing that is in great shape. They have a HUGE assortment of vintage clothing that is quite impressive. I grabbed a 40's style navy blue dress and a vintage floral swing dress from their shop and can't wait to break them in!

*Image courtesy of La Poubelle Vintage, Etsy

*Image courtesy of La Poubelle Vintage, Etsy

Last, but not least, I came across the Jitterbuggin shop that is, by far, one of most favorite new Etsy shops! Their selection of 30's and 40's styled tops, bottoms, and play suits is phenomenal. I absolutely fell in love with their 30's style denim wide leg suspender pants! Be sure to check them out, as you will certainly find something that you just can't live without!

*Image courtesy of Jitterbuggin, Etsy

Much Vintage Love!
Crystal

I want Wednesday

The luxuries I find myself wishing for this week include:

This black and white Dolly dress from Heartbreaker

These Promenade vintage heels from Re-Mix vintage footwear

This Deadly is the Female classic black polka dot swimsuit

A bold, red streak in my black hair, like the one pictured on the Pinup Girl Clothing model

The look and coiffure of the lovely and talented Vivien Leigh

*Image courtesy of Buzznet

The chance to attend next year's Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender, the biggest and best Rockabilly, Pinup and Vintage convention, since this year's show is unfortunately already sold out.

Happy Wednesday!
Crystal

I want Wednesday...

Just a few items on my wish-list that I find myself wanting today...

A North Electric early candlestick telephone from Collectors Weekly

Vivien of Holloway swing trousers from Polyvore

Vintage sailor pencil cotton dress from Chic Star

Hand carved wooden Rockabilly shoes with cherries and red leather straps from Crafts Hawaii Inc.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After by Steve Hockensmith, Quirk Classics

What lovely items are you craving lately? Do share!

XOXO, Crystal

Friday Favorites: Cucumber Seed Earrings & Cry-Baby!

I thought I would start a new tradition and share with my readers a few of my favorite things in life, from vintage to rockabilly to pinup, each Friday.

This week, I'm loving the handmade and absolutely unique red cucumber seed earrings that I purchased last year from the Southern Highland Craft Guild which is located in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The guild shop features all sorts of regionally handmade crafts ranging from jewelry to pottery to bowls to stained glass to home decor, most of which can either be purchased in person or through their online store. The guild features art exhibitions and crafting classes and workshops to the public as well. I just love these earrings and wear them frequently and also have them in blue. They are made from the actual seeds of a cucumber (the large- and small-sized seeds) and are then painted. They are available in blue, fuschia, lavender, lime, natural, red and yellow. Each pair is priced at $10 and does not include shipping if you purchase them online. Check them out, as I'm sure you will love them!

*Image used courtesy of the Southern Highland Craft Guild

Lastly, my favorite reminiscence for this Friday is the look, feel and overall vibe of the 1990 cult-classic and rockabilly film Cry-baby. I absolutely loved this movie when it came out and have seen it many, many times. With a young and up-and-coming Johnny Depp as Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker, it quickly became one of my modern-day vintage-feel favorites! Set in the mid 50's, the movie centers around the life of two teenage gangs known as the Drapes and the Squares. Cry-Baby is a troubled delinquent who falls for a prim and proper girl by the name of Allison. Their escapades quickly drag them both into trouble, along with Cry-Baby's friends and family. Allison makes a change for the bad and quickly won me over with her bad-girl makeover, courtesy of Cry-Baby's sister, Pepper, and her friends Wanda and Hatchet Face. The costume design and musicals in this number were just completely wonderful and it is still a favorite of mine to watch for years to come!

*Image used courtesy of JohnnyDeppFan.com

So, have a fun-filled Friday and an awesome weekend. Do you have any Friday favorites that you can't live without? Be sure to share!

XOXO, Crystal

Fab finds!

Hi guys!

I wanted to share with you some of my recent Fab Finds that I purchased over the weekend. As most of you know, I am a huge vintage, pinup and punk enthusiast, and I found some wonderful items to add to my collection!

First, I received my much-anticipated hair accessories order from Belle Blossoms! I am super excited about using these hair clips in my vintage dos! I nabbed a cherries clip, some black and white polka dot bow clips and set of miniature red rose clips. I love these!



Next, I found an awesome pair of black patent leather heels by Naturalizer at a local shoe store by the name of Beaty's Shoes (in the Tri-Cities, TN area).



I also picked up an awesome souvenier shirt from the local Little City Rollergirls derby that I recently attended. I love this shirt and think it's very punk and edgy!



Last, but not least, I found this awesome Talon phone case in the Grunge Heart design at Amazon for my Motorola Droid 2!



I hope you've enjoyed looking at my fabulous finds!

XOXO, Crystal