Beautiful Displays...

There are so many amazing and pretty ways to showcase your jewelry collection ladies!! Check out some of the amazing DIYs here...as well as some great blogs!!

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♡  DIY.DIY.DIYs♡

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Thank you to Censtational Girl...
this one just may make an appearance
in my new bedroom makeover!
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There are SOOOO many amazing and unique ideas out there for ways to organize your jewelry...imagination is everything!!  For some other great ideas check out Broke & Healthy's blog post HERE....they have a collection of 50 different ideas and they link to all the original DIYs.

I (heart) Frye...

My love for Frye boots began when I scored an amazing pair of vintage Fryes at a local vintage shop...

My 1970s burnt orange Frye Campus Boots

I purchased them along with a pair of vintage Nine West cowboy boots for a total of 50$...Can you imagine Frye boots for 25 Dollars!?!?!  What a dream...I bought these over 10 years ago (2005 I believe) and I still wear them today and just love 'em!
Here is a pair that a friend of mine received for Christmas this year...aren't they beauties!? I love the Frye logo detail at the top is...so awesome!

Frye Melissa Logo Boots

Charming Frye facts:


✰ The Frye Company was started by John A. Frye in 1863!! In Marlboro, Massachusetts.


✰ It is the oldest continuously operating footwear brand in America.


✰ The goal of Frye has always been to create footwear that is as beautiful as it is durable (that's the truth!)

Image from a 1975 Frye boot catalogue.

✰ The Harness boot was first made for a U.S. Navy Admiral who was having difficulty finding the Wellington style he liked...as a favor John agreed to make him a pair...and continued filling requests for boots through World War II.  Frye continued to supply thousands of soldiers and pilots with the Frye Wellingtons, known as Jet boots.


✰ These Harness boots go down in history...they are classic and continue to be very popular.


✰ The Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. still has a pair of Fryes on display today after choosing them as one of the "items to best represent America during the Sixties."


✰There is an AMAZING short and sweet video called HOW FRYES ARE MADE on the Frye website...check it out here!

Frye's flagship store in Soho NYC

Now let's look at some amazing Frye looks shall we....

 A bride in her Frye boots

photo from Vignette Design

Great Frye shoes...

FOR SALE @ myvintagewhimsy on ETSY

A look in Engineer Frye boots {Cocorosa: BLOG}

Love these boots:

Deborah Perf Stud boots

Check these boots out at FreePeople.com:

Stone wash slouch boot from FreePeople

A great pair of vintage Fryes...

FOR SALE @ purevintageclothing on ETSY

A fellow Canadian...great Frye look {Jessica C.: SITE}

These are just like new...beauties...

FOR SALE @ SkinnyandBernie on ETSY

What to wear....sigh

It is reaching temperatures of -40° Celsius where I am right now in Canada...and let me tell you...fashion in this kind of weather can be a battle...all you can do is bundle up and try to layer the best you can...here are some great winter looks...

I love this coat...so gorgeous {Frida: BLOG}

Love the layering...and her skirt is selfmade {Kerti: BLOG}

An AWESOME vintage coat! {Kasia: BLOG}

Perhaps not the warmest of the looks but I adore this sweater {Bebe: BLOG}

I'm drawn to this look and like this jacket a lot, check out the sleeves {Kasia again}

Such a wintery photo and the outfit just says winter to me {Amanda: BLOG}

Another snowy pic, love her tights and this coat is pretty great as well {Alina: BLOG}

Check out this coat...amazing...and a fellow Canadian {Natalie: BLOG}

And one for the guys {Bobby: BLOG}

All looks above are from lookbook.nu...click on the photos to view the profiles of those featured here and you check out their other amazing looks! Most of them have great fashion blogs as well so be sure to check those out next to their names!!

Grunge comeback...

I will never forget when Vogue magazine published the 'grunge' collection in the 90s...I was obsessed with the style.  I wish I still had the pages I cut out and saved...I remember going to school in longjohns aka long underwear, long flowing skirts, layers and layers, with long sweaters and tall army boots! I was so into the grunge look...I love this photoshoot for Metal Magazine...

Photoshoot for Metal Magazine by photographer Emma Tempest...featuring cover model Ilse de Boer

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Blogging in the new year...

Wow....we have just about finished week #1 of the year 2012!
Now that I am slowly coming back to Earth after my engagement on New Years Day and my birthday yesterday I am ready to kick-off this year!
I have a few business goals this year...
Goal #1 is definitely to get my jewelry out there!!
Goal #2 would have to be to share Charming Gypsy Vintage locally... I love selling on Etsy.com and it is so rewarding sharing my treasures and helping them find a loving home but I'd love to get Charming Gypsy Vintage into the public eye a bit more...you all will be the first to know :)
Goal #3 is to improve on, learn a ton more, and further myself with my photography.   I love my new camera...for Christmas received a tripod, and for my birthday a new lense so this is something I am so anxious to explore and learn how to get so much better!

For today I am posting this beautiful video which I find so stunning and an amazing inspiration to start the new year!! The colors are incredible...(It is only 3 minutes of your day and worth every second)...check it out:



The Mountain from TSO Photography on Vimeo.

Bow-tiful...

RHINOANDGIRAFFE ON ETSY

I love bows...all kinds of bows...all shapes, sizes and styles...
There is something about a bow...whether it is a present topper or a bow tie or a simple classic tied bow.  They can be frilly and pretty, eco-friendly, big or small, classic or modern.

⑅ The bow tie originated among Croatian mercenaries during the Prussian wars of the 17th century.  The mercenaries wore a scarf around their neck to keep the neck of their shirts together...this "scarf" slowly developed into the bow tie and necktie.

⑅ The History of the Gift-Wrapping Bow can be found here...but to be short and sweet, it all began in the early 1900s when it became popular to wrap gifts in bleached white paper and wrap it with a red ribbon.  Hallmark introduced wrapping paper in 1917 and it would be held together with ribbon.  After 1920 the 'tape' we know today was introduced which allowed more creativity when it came to ribbon and bows.

⑅The first mechanical bow-making machine was used in 1951...and those were the gift topping bows we know today!

A collection of wonderful bows for the Holiday Season upon us...With an amazing DIY at the end!!!

SPANGLINGS ON ETSY
Recycled Magazine Earth Friendly Bows

TNTEES ON ETSY
Eco-Friendly Boxes with Bows made from used T-Shirts

COPPLESHOP ON ETSY
Vintage Sheet Music Gift Bows, Handel's Messiah

THEPAPERWAVE ON ETSY 
Map Gift Bows-The Commuter

DRAGONFLYEXPRESSION ON ETSY
Handmade Paper Flower Gift Bow

And now for a DIY....

Photo courtesy of smockpaper.com

Find out how to make these beautiful bows here!! on the Smock Blog!!
















Other types of bows...just for fun...and so darn cute!!

RaleighVintage on Etsy

BluHour on Etsy

CarpeDiemJewellery on Etsy

FrancesBakerShop on Etsy

TalulahBlue on Etsy

VeriteVintage on Etsy

ByJennie on Etsy 

MyLavaliere on Etsy

LuxeMutt on Etsy

Stocking Stuffers....Vintage Variety

The stocking, was the one thing my siblings and I were always allowed to open before my parents got up on Christmas morning.  Usually my sister and brother would sneak downstairs and pick up all 3 stockings and then they would bounce up on my bed and the three of us would sit and look at all the wonderful treats and treasures inside....there was ALWAYS a big orange in the toe!!

Here are a few special vintage and vintage inspired stocking stuffers I found and thought were cute on Etsy.com...

Wishbone Necklace
SoraDesigns on Etsy

Vintage Rollerskate Pony Tail Holders
Ismoyo on Etsy

Vintage Upcycled Pink Bow Necklace
LittleMissShabby on Etsy

3 Tea Soaps
HerbivoreBotanicals on Etsy

Sweet Little Postcards-Set of 3
Skunkboycreatures on Etsy

Antique Skeleton Key Necklace
SovereignKey on Etsy

Upcycled Vintage Charm Bracelet
WildthingVintage on Etsy

Vintage Spice Tin Bookmark
HoityToityDesigns on Etsy

I hope you have enjoyed these little treasures...There are so many more to discover!!

Bye bye moustaches...

It is December 1st...shave 'em of boys!

Just a little shout out to all those men out there who, with their '"Mo's",  raised awareness for men's health, specifically prostate cancer during the month of November aka Movember...

And now for some famous 'Staches...

Charlie Chaplin

Burt Reynolds

Salvador Dali

Hulk Hogan

Albert Einstein

BYE BYE MOVEMBER!