Manhattan Vintage Show

About a week ago I worked at the Manhattan Vintage Show with Hala.  We decided to wear these matching floral vintage dresses Hala found.  I'm wearing the shorter version because I'm a shorty HAHA.  It was so much fun to be matching, it was our uniform for the day & we were twins LOL.  Many people had to do a double take while looking at both of us when they came into the booth.  ;)

Dana Weiss, stylist & owner of consciousjewelry.com, stopped by Hala's booth & purchased a long black 70s ribbed turtleneck dress.  Weiss looked so pretty in the dress & it definitely made her necklace stand out.  I told her I loved her style & her personality on the television shows she appeared on Style network.  :)  She said I looked familiar and asked if we've met before.  It was my first time meeting her & she probably has seen me several times shopping at the Manhattan Vintage Show since I shop at every show. hehe*  

Weiss gave me her business card & I checked out her website.  I absolutely love her jewelry especially this amethyst signature charm bracelet featured below.  Definitely take a look at her eco-conscious, crystal and gem line.  It's absolutely stunning and breath taking :)

 

My recent purchases:

• Free People Winter Wonderland Vest:  on sale for $19.95!
• Free People Solid Harem Cropped Pant:  on sale for $39.95 - These are so comfy to lounge in.  
• Women's Merona Collection Taryn Cap Toe Ballet Flat in both colors in Ivory & Navy:  I absolutely love these flats that I bought from Target!!!  They look like the flats from Chanel ;P

 

 

  

Wants:

• American Apparel Black Interlock Pencil Skirt:  $32.00
• Steve Madden Midory Ankle Peep Toe ankle boots:  on sale $69.99 I want them in purple too and I want to try on the khaki colored boots to see how they look on me.

Thank you Frocktart, for nominating me as one of the top 10 fabulous blogs! :)

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I would like to give this fabulous blog award to the following:

Adorevintage.com blog

R is for Rodellee

Frocktart

the tea drinking english rose

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Song of Style

femme rationale

Aphex Nation

La Dolce Vita

Bohemian Musings

As of my new year's resolutions I got off track due to some bumps in the road.  However, I am keeping my head up high and moving forward.  Things happen for a reason and I am not going to let things drag me down.  In a time like this, I am grateful to have people in my life who support my dreams & are always there for me. 

~ kimvee   

My Vintage Shopping Tips Article

Here is one of my recent outfits from last week:

• 1980s Vintage One Piece Dress
• Betsey Johnson Grey Stockings
• Payless Black Patent Peep Toe Wedges
• Tiny Chanel Stud Earrings
• Vintage Multi loop necklace
• Banana Republic Ring

I absolutely love the color of this vintage dress & it looks like it's separates when it's not. :)  Also, I feel taller in this dress since the bottom part is above my knee.  Let's just say I am quite petite if you meet me in person, so I guess it's good to be short since I get to wear heels/wedges.  Oh the perks of being short. :)

Latest news:  My friend Rodellee, owner of adorevintage.com, asked me to write an article on my top 10 tips on how to shop for vintage and I gladly accepted to write the article for her.  Rodellee, if you're reading this, thank you so much for asking me to write this article, I got so excited to see my article posted on your website.  I enjoyed writing this article and I absolutely love your website as well as your style :)

You can read my article on the adorevintage.com website in the guide book section or you can click on this link here:  My Vintage Shopping Tips

To my fellow readers, I hope you enjoy the article :)

~kimvee

Martha Stewart Show

Well, I've been doing my best trying to stick to my new year's resolutions.  However, I've been sick with a bad cold this whole week, meaning I haven't been able to work out.  =\  I really hope I feel better by tomorrow, so I can workout again.  My other resolutions are going fairly well, I just need to be patient (mind you I can be very impatient at times, but I am very good at hiding it until I go crazy haha!)  

I called in sick for two days and had to try to make myself feel better on Wednesday because I went to the Martha Stewart Show with my sister, mother & my brother-in-law's mom in the city.  For some weird reason my mother thought it was filmed in Connecticut when in reality it's filmed in New York.  I think she thought it was filmed in Connecticut since Martha lives in Connecticut. LOL Oh the things my mother says sometimes, well all the time haha!  We had a lot of fun and right next door was the Tyra Banks show.  Let me tell you, you can definitely tell the difference between Martha's viewers and Tyra's viewers. haha Tyra's viewers were either wearing tacky shoes or trying too hard to look good on TV.  Meanwhile, Martha's viewers were older and mothers hehe* 

 

Here are pictures that I took before and after the show:

  

I adore Martha's art & crafts corner! I absolutely love it!

 

 

The show was based on what to cook or prepare for a superbowl party.  Thankfully, we didn't have to wear jerseys and I don't even watch nor like football.  We were seated all the way at the top/back.  Oh well, we got free stuff and was able to see the mayhem that goes on behind the scenes when they go to a commercial break.

 

Our freebies included:

• Traveling Radio:  It's valued at $200.  I'm not exactly sure why it would cost $200 when it looks like a regular radio.  Oh well, free radio haha
• $50 Gift Card to Dick's Sporting Goods:  I guess I'll use it to purchase workout clothes.
• Emeril Lagassee's knife:  Ooo! My first kitchen knife! :)
• NFL Cookbook:  I skimmed through it and there are some recipes I would like to try out.

I kept checking the screen to see if we got on TV and I only saw us for a quick second when the camera was filming across the audience.  Hopefully, I got my 1 minute of TV appearance haha!  The episode I went to will be aired on Friday, January 30.  Don't miss it, you might see me! :)

~ kimvee

Lazy Sundays

I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays.  I know I did and was able to relax and be on vacation for once.  It's a brand new year which means, it's time for a list of a few of my new year's resolutions:

• Workout everyday for 45 minutes:  I am doing very well & determined.
• Eating healthy = diet ugh!
• Etsy website:  in progress.
• Write in this blog at least once or twice a week:  Sorry I've neglected you my precious blog ;\

I am only listing a few of my goals because I believe if I list all of them here for everyone to see then it will never get accomplished.  Plus, I want to keep some of my goals/resolutions on the hush hush until I am pleased with the results :)  

Anyhow, during the holidays I did major shopping for myself, which I haven't done in a while.  Therefore, my goal is to not shop for a whole month.   I'll see if I can survive. hahaha  I went shopping at Forever21 and I absolutely love their Twelve by Twelve collection.  It definitely has a vintage feel.  Here are some of my favorite pictures from their website:

Some of my purchases during the holiday: 

The Owl Teapot & Vintage Camera Photo Album are from Anthropologie.  The Mirror Jewelbox and SATC Movie book are from Urban Outfitters.  Well, that's all for now.  Toodaloo! :P

~kimvee