Weekly Wantsies

Welcome to another edition of Weekly Wantsies... where we torture ourselves by making lists of everything we want to own!  Window shopping is a cruel mistress, isn't she?

Caiti's picks:

1.) The sewing bug has been buzzing around me so bad. I want to make a million dresses with this fabric!

2.) It's no secret that I find shoes to be lovely and wonderful. I'd wear these with my moth dress for sure.

3.) Jess and I were just talking about how much I love gin. Gin and tonics are the best!

4.) I would put gin in these puppies! Also I like gin.

5.) Since I'm all about gin today, how about playing gin rummy with GAME OF THRONES playing cards!

Jess's Picks: 

1.  I found this dress on Asos the other day, and decided I'd wait to see if it went on sale... I went to pull it up today for this post and it's SOLD OUT.  My husband asked me if there were any dresses similar to it elsewhere and I played "Nothing Compares 2 U" and pouted because obviously there isn't.  Basically, what I'm saying is that I love it and if it doesn't come back I might be forever heartbroken.

2.  We have a big blank wall in the living room that needs a vintage pull down chart, and this one would be perfectamundo!

3.  I love typewriters. We sold one last week without realizing that it apparently wrote in bunch of amazing fonts, including cursive, so I soooooort of wish we'd kept it.  I love how industrial this one looks.

4.  GIVE ME ALL THE JADEITE.  We sold some Jadeite cups recently, and I miss them already (are you noticing a theme here? IT'S REGRET), and I desperately want my own jadeite collection now. 

What do you think of our picks?  Anything you're drooling over now?

xoxo,

Caiti & Jess

we go cuckoo for vintage

A big part of our job is shopping.  Lots.. and LOTS of shopping.  In order to bring you lots and lots of rad vintage we spend a lot of time at auctions, antique malls, thrift stores, people's basements... basically anywhere that we think we can sniff out something cool.  It's pretty amazing.  But honestly, it gets kind of tiring sometimes.  Not tiring in the sense that we want to stop, but tiring like we get a little punch drunk.  okay, maybe a LOT punch drunk.  I wanted to share some evidence of this from some Instagram pics we took last week during one of our all day shopping extravaganzas.

Stuff like this happens:

and then this...

so... yeah.

if you happen to be an aspiring vintage store owner reading this blog, just know that you have to be a little bit nutty to be cut out for this business.  also know that you have to take pictures like these on the sly, because the people at the antique malls will frown at you once they realize you're not actually going to BUY the items you're playing with. LOOSEN UP, GUYS!

I really wanted the pretzel though. sigh.

xo,

Jess & Caiti

PS.  Are you following us on Instagram yet? We're shoplucilles - what's your name on there?

Weekly Wantsies

Welcome to our Second Round of Weekly Wantsies! This is where we let you know what sort of things we're fancying from our travels around the internet. Last week we were into shoes, music, and more shoes. This week we're kind of all over the place. Let's go window shopping, shall we?

What Caiti has spied this week:

1. There is moss in these earrings. Adorable.

2. I've always loved those gross ol' taxidermy heads at flea markets but never knew how to fit one into my decor. Well this pseudo taxidermied one has seafoam horns! Done and Done.

3. I just like the swans.

4. Uhhh Stormtrooper pancake anyone?

What Jess is drooling over:

1. Black has seemed to creep its way into my wardrobe in the past few months. I was always more of a fan of brown, but hey, things change. what better way to wear black than with a 1940s dress from Wildfell Hall?

2. David Bowie Mugshot Ring. I don't even need to explain why I'd want this (hint: because it's AMAZING)

3.  I need new boots. Desperately. Mine are literally falling apart, yet I keep wearing them.  I'm in love with these Chocolate Cravings boots - they go with both black AND brown! perfect for a girl who's apparently transitioning into gothness.

4. Speaking of transitioning into gothness... or just weirdness... I give you: the bug belt! Perfection, I say.

What are you pining after this week?

xoxo,

Jess & Caiti

shop tour: The Rusty Bucket

Here at Lucille's we love junk.  Rusty, old, creaky, beaten up stuff is some of our favorite stuff in the world.  We love chairs with peeling, worn paint, skeleton keys covered in patina, and all sorts of odd little things that probably should have been thrown out years ago... like that box of dental molds we saw at a flea market once (true story. totally should have bought them).  But we also love fancy things, like old art, glassware, and things of that nature.  That's why we were so psyched to stumble upon The Rusty Bucket in Saco, Maine. 

The Rusty Bucket is housed in a little Victorian house just off Route 1 in Saco on Ross Road.  When you first pull into the parking lot, you're greeted with the lovely sight that you see in the photo above - JUNK!  Heaps of old shutters, wire baskets, buoys, and lots of things you didn't know you needed until the moment you saw them.  

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Just past the heaps of things, there's a small brightly painted shed that houses even more treasures.  It was in there that we found our favorite pieces of the day - an old weather vane and an antique time card holder.  We didn't last out there for very long because it was FREEZING that day! So we headed inside...

When you enter the shop you're greeted by warmth, which is most important on a cold day, the lovely smell of potpourri, and lots and lots of goodies to gaze at.  Most days, you'll also find Mike, one of the owners, behind the counter - he's excellent to chat with! 

We spent quite a bit of time wandering around looking at all the treasures in the shop...  I really loved some of the pieces on the wall above.

And don't forget to go downstairs! There are even more things tucked away down there! 

Like these salty old sailors.  And that beaaaautiful old scale! 

And I mean, have you EVER seen a pair of handles so beautiful in your life? When we saw these I actually said out loud "they just don't make 'em like they used to!", which sounds incredibly silly coming from a 26 year old, but still remains true.

We've gone to the Rusty Bucket twice within a span of a week or two, and it's totally worth the multiple trips.  We're actually super lucky to have found out about the place when we did.. because they're currently closed up for the winter and will re-open in the spring.  It seems almost unfair for us to blog about it... but.. we figure it'll just give you something to look forward to in the springtime!  In the meantime, Mike sells some things on eBay... and he updates his facebook regularly, so you should like him on there! 

Stay tuned for our next shop tour...

 and if you have anywhere you think we should feature, please let us know! We're always looking for an excuse for a roadtrip :)

-Jess & Caiti