cute as a button

Caiti has been on crafting kick lately.  The #1 thing she's been making that we're both obsessed with is button earrings.  They're SO CUTE!  She either makes buttons (usually with vintage, or vintage inspired fabric) or buys cute ones and attaches backs to them to make them into earrings. 

Here are some of the ones we have up in the shop.  Adorable, right?

I have a pair of these for myself... you can see them in our last outfit post!

Little flapper girls!

more flapper ladies!

and vintage fabric!

I also really love the old book pages as backers... I'm a sucker for old books.  

Keep an eye out as we add more to the shop.  She's probably at home crankin' some out as we speak...

xoxo,

Jess & Caiti

inside outfits

Good Morning everyone! How are you doing today?

As promised... here is the second part of our outfit post!  These photos are from the other day when I (Jess) drove up to Caiti's house for a visit.  We showed your our outerwear in the last post, and now you can check out our inner layers!  That sounds weird, but you know what I mean.

Jess's Outfit:

1940s Dress - from Wildfell Hall Vintage

Boots (that you can't see most of, but whatever) - Avenue, a billion years ago

Belt - Thrifted

Caiti's Outfit:

Green Suspender Skirt - Handmade (she's an amazing seamstress. just sayin')

Everything else - thrifted/random

also, look at these earrings!! Caiti went on a spree of making button earrings one night, and I ended up with a pair made of my favorite fabric...  one earring is a cat, and the other one is a dog.  They're basically the cutest thing ever.  There's another pair up for sale in our shop if you're down with the cuteness.  And isn't the print on that dress amazing? It's tiny little balls of yarn!  I feel like by pairing those two things together, I successfully made the cutest kitschy outfit EVAR!

We spent the rest of the day attempting to shoot a video for our GoFundMe page... we're still not really sure how it turned out... we're in the editing stages right now.  Is there anything more awkward than trying to take a video of yourself?  I can't think of many things I'd rather do less... so if we ever do get that video up on the site you guys will definitely have something to giggle at! After that, we parted ways and Caiti went to work and I went thrifting, where I only had a tiny bit of success.  Hoping the thrifting universe will throw us some karma sometime soon...

Until next time...

xoxo,

Jess & Caiti

pinup kittens

what's better than pinups?

not much.  besides maybe kittens.

So imagine our delight when we stumbled across these images, of kittens uncovering in their inner pinup!

and why not one dog, just for the sake of it?

He deserves to be included because he's clearly tapping into his inner Vargas Girl, don't you think?

You can view the whole album here.  And you should probably bookmark it so you can refer to it any day that you're feeling a little blue and need a giggle :)

xoxo,

Jess & Caiti

outside outfits

We realized the other day we've never really shown our faces a lot on this blog.  Neither of us are incredibly fond of being in front of the camera, so there aren't many photos of us floating around.  We decided to change that!  Because... someone needs to document our cute outfits, and all of our random shenanigans.  And nothing makes for a more entertaining afternoon than watching two photo-shy ladies setting up a camera on a tripod and trying to think of poses while the self timer beeps away.  Aside from those two ladies trying to take a video of themselves, but... more on THAT later...

I met up with Caiti yesterday to do some scheming and plotting and visiting with her cats (they're very cute, and well worth the drive).  It was a relatively warm day for winter... I think it was like 40ish, which in Maine is downright balmy.  So we decided to head outside and document our cute vintage winter coats in their natural habitat.  Because who doesn't love an amazing vintage coat in the snow?

That's me, Jess, on the left in the gray coat, and in the red is Caiti.  If you've never seen us before... hi! or, even if you have seen us before.. hi! 

Caiti quickly realized that her tights & flats were not practical for this outing

And Jess giggled and looked at the ground every time the shutter went off

And... then we threw snowballs.

There may or may not be a photo of Caiti "accidentally" throwing a snowball almost AT THE CAMERA.  as the person who was behind the lens, I can testify that it was terrifying.  Her face in the photo is that of utter horror, so... we won't post it.  Just rest assured it was hilarious.

It looks in this photo like I don't understand how throwing a snowball works and I'm just tossing it UP into the air... I assure you that's not the case.  

Caiti was wearing adorable button earrings she had crafted the night before, so I snapped a photo of those as well.  You can find some with the same fabric, as well as some other rad ones, in the shop if you're into that sort of thing.  

For those who were curious, our coats were both thrifted... We both have a knack for finding fabulous coats languishing at thrift stores.  It seems silly that someone would get rid of something so beautiful! The gray coat I'm wearing today is one of my absolute favorites!

We also photographed the outfits we were wearing underneath.  Those will come at a later date, so keep your eyes peeled.  Until next time...

Snowball fights & crafting nights,

Jess & Caiti

Happy Birthday David Bowie!

Today we celebrate the birthday of one of the most fabulous creatures to walk this earth (and Mars)...

DAVID BOWIE

Mr. Bowie is 66 today, and both of the owners of Lucille's still find themselves constantly fawning over him.  We think he's a hunk, no matter how old he is, what phase he's going through, or what sort of music he's singing.    

We're both inspired by his music, but also by his style... He seems to have the ability to change himself into a million different things and still look cooler than we could ever hope to be. 

I mean, really, who else could pull off THAT look? 

AND he announced today that he's releasing a new album in March! You can find the video for the single "Where Are We Now?" here.  

As a celebration of everyone else who is inspired by the Thin White Duke (or Aladdin Sane... or Ziggy Stardust...) we made a little treasury of Bowie items on Etsy.  You should check it out... there's some super fun stuff on there!  I'm pretty in love with this item in particular:

Do you love Bowie as much as we do?  What's your favorite Bowie song?

Whambamthankyouma'am,

Jess & Caiti

Facebook Raffle!

As you may have heard us mention before, we're in the process of opening up our first retail store!  We're super-duper, impossibly excited in a way we can't even begin to describe.  But before we open up, we're doing some fundraising to get things started... the money is for things like repairs to the shop, and pretty lacy dresses (and other inventory). We have a page set up on GoFundMe  and we're currently holding a raffle on our Facebook - for every time you share the link to our GoFundMe page, you're entered in a raffle to win one of two $25 gift certificates to Lucille's (redeemable at our new shop, online via Etsy, or at any location we're selling at).  You can share via Facebook, your blog, twitter... you name it!  Just leave us a comment on the facebook post about the contest and you're entered in the raffle.

Visit our page here: 

https://www.facebook.com/shoplucilles

And even if you don't feel like sharing... feel free to take a peek at our GoFundMe page - we're giving away lots of things there as rewards for donations (everything from gift certificates to tote bags & mugs)

Awkward Hugs & Mustache Mugs,

Jess & Caiti

tumblin'

Is anyone else out there on Tumblr?  We started one quite a while ago, but have been really active on it just recently.  It's so fun to comb through websites and find all the neat old photos that are out there.  

These are some of my personal favorites that we've posted on the Lucille's tumblr!

As you can see... we post a big ole variety of things.  Everything from fun 1940s dancing images, to weird macabre things we find in various places.  If you're into any of that stuff, feel free to follow us at:

http://shoplucilles.tumblr.com/

What about you.. are you on Tumblr?  What's your name? We're always looking for new people to follow!