Caledonia, Missouri

Nestled among the tall, tree clad hills and between the rich, lustrous, cattle filled pastures of Eastern Missouri is a little town by the name of Caledonia. If you're looking for a cute little town where you can pass a night in a cozy little bed and breakfast stationed in a hundred or so year old house, and check out some antique stores - then this is the place for you.





And here's some of the goodies I found inside the antiques shops!







I so wanted both of those 1920's photographs, and I was amazed at the price of the hats! Some of them were just $6! One could turn around and sell that one Ebay at least four times that price! All and all it's a quaint little town, that I could go on for hours about, but I am tired, and my shoulders ache from leaning over the key board, so I won't. Instead I'll just post a link to my Flickr page where you can see even more pictures. :)

~ Caitie

20's Love

I've just spent the last half-hour fixing photos Flickr so I could upload them to Chictopia, and now I am tired. I shall, nonetheless, try to write a post that is not only coherent, but, perhaps, inspiring.

Well yesterday, prompted by a dress that had a flapper feel to it, I did some research on the 20's and flappers. My conclusion is that I don't hate them as much as I thought I did - on the contrary, actually - they are now my newest obsession. I'm not saying I'd want to live back then or anything, but I do like some of the styles - some of them I liked even before I realized they were popular in the twenties, oxfords for instance.

While looking around at photo's from the twenties, I came across these beautiful ones:

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The second to last photo is a picture of Gabrielle Chanel, founder of the Coco Chanel line. I just love her outfit! It's just so chic!

The last picture is a picture of Bessie Love, an actress of the 20's who stared mostly in silent films, but some early "talkies" too. I found several pictures of her here, and I love almost all of them. She looks so happy and cute and lady like. (I desperately want to get my hands on one of her films, I don't care if it's a silent or a talkie! If anyone has any ideas on where I could find one, I'd love any suggestions!) The funny thing about that particular picture of her is that I got a skirt almost exactly the same just a week or two ago! I didn't love it when I got it, but it was cute and for less than $3 I couldn't pass it up (though I nearly did! Now I'm so glad I didn't!). I hadn't worn it yet - until today. I decided to try my hand at a 20's inspired outfit, below are the results:

Photos taken from my Flickr Photo Stream

Alright, my family is watching a movie now, so I guess I'd better go, please comment!

~ Caitie