Hello all! I’m excited to announce I’ve got a couple giveaways going on this week. I have teamed up with both Fashion Forestry and Messages on a Napkin to offer their lovely readers (as well as yourselves), a $50 shop credit. That’s right! One for a FF reader, and one for a MoaN reader! I’m also offering a 15% discount to Fashion Forestry readers, just enter coupon code LARKSPURFORESTRY.
Please head over to each of their blogs for details to enter!
This weekend was a pretty quiet one. I spent the majority of Saturday catching up on some much needed sleep before heading to Grand Electric for tacos and delicious Bourbon drinks with some pals for Meg’s birthday. Sunday we took the dogs for a stroll along the beach, and on the way back picked up some tasty almond milk lattes from Capital, followed by some warm bowls of Pho.
As you can see we had some pretty choice weather this weekend. I will sometimes allow myself to freeze a bit to get photos of my outfits, but this particular day wasn’t so bad. As you can see from these photos, I need a bang trim big time (and probably an everything trim). I usually do it myself, but I still get the fear every time I bring those scissors to my head. Unfortunately, my much loved hair dresser stopped cutting hair awhile back and I haven’t the slightest idea where to go. If any of you live in Toronto and have a hair dresser you absolutely love, let a girl know!
Thanks to the Kelly sisters for these snaps!
Dress: vintage
Socks: Target
Shoes: Seychelles
1960’s Ivory with Crochet Detail Dress (S/M)
Happy Friday all! This week has felt exceptionally exhausting. I’m usually a fairly motivated person, but I found myself putting off work pretty often and just watching Skins on my couch with my two little pups. Sometimes that’s just what our minds need though…to just shut off for a few hours, and ignore all the emails that need a response, and the schedules we make for ourselves, and just allow ourselves to exist in the present. I forget that sometimes.
Anyways, all laziness aside, I did manage to update the shop with some pretty nifty items today. Feel free to take a gander. Maybe something will catch your eye.
1960’s Egg Shell & Brown Crochet Details Dress (S)
1970’s Striped Short Sleeve Button Up (XS/S)
1960’s Royal Blue & White Stripes Midi Dress (M/L)
1990’s Canary Yellow Button Up (M/L)
I’m very excited to be sharing the Mayflower Supply Co. look book today. At the wheel of this setting ship is the lovely Liz Hull. I met Liz through this very blog, and had the pleasure of meeting up with her this past summer when she was visiting Toronto. I have been anticipating this soon-to-come vintage apparel shop for awhile now. We had talked a bit of shop, and our future goals, and I knew as soon as she mentioned opening her own store it would be a great one. The site will be launching in the next coming week, and will be filled with one-of-a-kind vintage pieces from New England, with focus on heritage brands like LL Bean and Pendleton. This look book honestly has me wide eyed and drooling. If it is any indication of how the shop will be, I’m bursting with joy. There are so many pieces that just feel like they could transition seamlessly into any sort of wardrobe. Whether you’re a minimalist, or a lover of print mixing (hi! me!me!me!), there is something for everyone. Head on over to Mayflower Supply Co. to become a pioneer and be notified as soon as the shop launches. I know I have my eye on the sheer embroidered blouse (wow, what a surprise), and that velvet crimson dress is screaming holiday at me!
For Mayflower Supply Co.
Photography: Courtney Brooke
Styling & Modeling: Emily Theobald
I’m so excited to be sharing The Vacant North with you today. It’s dear to my heart because it’s a project started by two people who have been a big part of Larkspur – Meaghan Kelly (yes, my old partner) and Kira Cronin (Larkspur Vintage look books). Kira left us not so long ago to marry her love, and start a new chapter of her life in Chicago. The Vacant North was partially created as a way for Kira and Meaghan to stay connected through creative means, but it blossomed into a larger project.
The Vacant North is a (mostly) photo project that focuses on exploration and travel, while encouraging others to do the same. Described by them as “the desire to move past the city limits and into the greater unknown”, forgetting your map (or iphone) and allowing the road to be your navigator. With photography by both ladies and words by Meaghan, they share moments sometimes lost in a world so driven to move forward, reminding us to stop and take a breath.
Not only will they be sharing a selection of photo series as they continue their journeys, but they have a corresponding blog featuring their favorite brands, art history, and a few other gems in the works. I’m also really excited that they recently opened their own shop selling exclusive Vacant North products, where Kira can put her awesome design skills to work and share them with the wonderful people of this world.
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