morning wake up call

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how my morning started...

LM climbs into my bed much too early

i ignore her and hope she will fall asleep again laying next to me

then after a few quiet minutes a tiny whisper blows in my ear

"mom, i'm happy."

"good, i'm glad you are happy."

"because you're awake now."

my eyes open.

tricked by a two year old.

"i need breakfast now mom."

well rested and happy

Happy Friday! I have a good feeling about this weekend. I woke up this morning with a smile on my face instead of a tired groan after a glorious nights rest, and I feel like I can take on the world! Oh, how I love sleep.

LM had a sleepover with her cousins so we only had to worry about Lark last night and she slept like an angel. We've been hanging out just the two of us this morning and I love being able to give her my undivided attention. I'm so glad my sister is willing to take LM every once in a while so I can have this one-on-one time with Lark while she is still so little...I feel like I need to soak her baby-ness in while I can...

I'll leave you with a link to a guest post I did today over at Collected Blog. The lovely Bri asked me to share one of my collections and I bet you can guess what it is I hoard collect... Head over to get a peek at some dresses you won't be seeing on Little Vintage Style anytime soon since they are either too big or too little for my girls at the moment. Do you collect anything yourself?

thanks for stopping by

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to meet a reader, Liz (hi!), who happened to move into my neighborhood and recognized me. It was so fun to talk with her for awhile in person rather than online - turns out we have quite a bit in common! She brought Lark and LM these adorable handmade gifts which was so sweet of her and we love them! Thank you Liz!

I think I have some of the nicest readers out there, so thank you for taking the time to stop by my little space. I would love to know what you'd like to see more of on the blog - to be honest, I'm feeling a little uninspired lately so any suggestions would be appreciated. I know you don't want to see baby pictures every day! I have a few projects in the works, but its taking me a lot longer to create these days...I'm looking forward to getting my evenings back once Lark starts going to bed earlier.

And, I thought it might be fun to do a little q&a post so if you have anything you'd like to ask me shoot me an email at stacecadet21[at]gmail[dot]com and I'll do my best to answer them. You can send your suggestions via email too if you'd like... Thanks friends!

little vintage style v.2

Welcome to Little Vintage Style 2.0! Around here it has been chilly with lots of wind, so I tried to think of places we could venture out to that were inside rather than be stuck in the house all day. Yesterday we went to the Museum of Art at BYU for some culture - which in the world of a 2 1/2 year old equals twirling around in a big room for an hour, but I enjoyed looking at the art!

Right now they have a beautiful exhibit on Carl Bloch - I highly recommend going if you can snag a reservation, they're free. Next to that exhibit is one on the written word/type (which you don't need a reservation for) and the main attraction is what I can only call a ginormous cube of stacked books. Now if that doesn't scream photo backdrop I don't know what does! Please excuse the iffy lighting, I tried my best...

I promise she was happy even though these pictures don't show it, they are the shots I could get in between all of the twirling and running around. And in case you were wondering, Lark was fast asleep in the stroller which was exactly what I wanted her to be doing!

Dress: vintage Kate Greenaway frock, ebay

Leggings: Target

Shoes: Saltwater sandals

Link yours up below, we'd all love to see!

see v.1 here

bunny

Hope you had a nice Easter weekend! We certainly did, but the only pictures I have to show for it are of LM dancing in the kitchen with only her undies on - we like to celebrate with class. Since one of my goals as a mother is to never let any of my children end up with naked pictures of themselves on the internet I won't be posting them... but it was pretty stinking cute.

Since I didn't get any pictures of us dressed up on actual Easter day (glad I at least have these), I tried to make up for the lack of documentation by sticking bunny ears on the girls this morning. LM wasn't very interested, but little Larkie had no choice...

...at first she wasn't into it either, but with enough baby talk I finally managed to eek out some little smiles!

Some of the highlights from our weekend:

- dying Easter eggs and then promptly eating them

- chatting with old friends

- having dinner with new friends

- unexpectedly running into my sister and her family at Costco

- impromptu hot dog dinner with family at Costco

- attending church services

xo

 

shop update and happy easter!

Hey! I added some new items to the shop, head on over if you'd like to take a closer look.

I wanted to say thank you to everyone who linked up in the very first little vintage style! The kiddos were adorable and I loved perusing your blogs to get to know you better. Next time I will leave the collection open longer to account for different time zones so everyone will have a chance to join in the fun. Will your little ones be wearing vintage for this coming Easter Sunday? If so, I hope you share pictures next week!

Have a great weekend!

And let's not forget the true celebration of Easter...

little vintage style v.1

I am excited to start this new feature and I hope you will enjoy it and want to participate! If you are new or didn't read my last post about this, every Wednesday I will be posting pictures of my girls (and sometimes me too) wearing vintage clothing. Collecting and selling vintage children's clothing is a passion of mine that I have a lot of fun doing, and I wanted to document my girls wearing some of my favorite finds/buys before they grow out of them. I know there are a lot of you who have a soft spot for the vintage look too, so I would love to see your little ones or yourself showing off your duds! Link up at the end of the post and make sure to click on other entries to connect with more vintage loving mommas out there... and if you would, please pass the word along!

This week we got dressed up for an early Easter egg hunt at Grann's house. I hadn't really planned what the girls would wear for their 'official' Easter dresses this year, so I dug both of these out of the closet last minute. I really love them and this is most likely what they will be wearing on Easter day too (my mom traditionally sews her granddaughters Easter dresses which we love, but they won't be done in time this year)!

On the Little Miss: vintage 50's dress - etsy, headband - old navy, vintage oxfords - thrifted

On Lark: vintage embroidered dress - given to me by my SIL (she originally gave it to me to sell in the shop, but I couldn't part with it)

On me: vintage dress - etsy, sunglasses - UO