Category Archives: vintage

Enjoy Cupcakes

I love a vintage trailer and I love cupcakes….what an amazing combination!  Former pastry chef Amber Vander Vliet and husband/partner Kevin from Enjoy Cupcakes will bring their gorgeous {and delicious, I’m quite sure} cupcakes to your event in their ridiculously cute vintage turquoise and white trailer.  {If you are near enough to them in California’s Santa Ynez Valley, which sadly, we at Ruby Press are not.}

Their almost endless list of flavors includes mimosa, meyer lemon chardonnay, mexican chocolate, and strawberry lemonade…

And if you don’t have an event to lure the trailer to, visit Amber on weekends in the chic tasting lounge at Saarloos & Sons.

{Thanks for the tip Aleesa- you know us Ruby Press girls well!  Images from Flights of Fancy blog}

Twenty years of Maison Martin Margiela

I’ve always viewed Martin Margiela’s designs as works of art that should be collected and appreciated as such.  So when I read that more than 1,000 vintage and one-of-a-kind pieces, owned by the late Marcia Berger are now on display at  Resurrection Vintage Clothing in New York and Los Angeles, I was elated!  300 select pieces are also featured for sale on design auction website 1stdibs.com.  With most pieces priced in the four-figures, this collection isn’t for everyone, but perusing the pieces online is a must-do for fashion lovers!

{Image from here}

The Photobooth

There are no words to describe the pure joy photobooths bring me {and no doubt many of you, as well!}  In true Amelie fashion, my up-for-anything boyfriend and I have vowed to always stop if we see one, no matter what! Photobooth by Babette Hines chronicles the cultural icon’s history, and even better, is packed with over 700 shots of spontaneous, romantic, evocative, and utterly gorgeous photos collected from friends and years of flea marketing.  You can also visit Hines’ Los Angeles gallery of collected photographs–what a treat!  For more info, check out thefoundphoto.

{image from here, spotted on the fabric of my life}

Liebemarlene Vintage

Wow, I am just kind of in awe of vintage dealer Rhiannon Liefhert, her website, and the atmospheric shots she posts of herself in her wares {taken all across the country}.  Some of my favorite shots…

Vintage Skiers

I’m heading off to Aspen with a client today…and to think I was just pining for snow last week!  I can’t wait!

Here are a few vintage skiers I that got me in the mood…

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ski 3 sepia

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ski 5 sepia

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{first image from here, second here, third here, fourth here, fifth here and sixth here}

Market Street in 1905

I have always dreamt of being able to go back and live in another time, and this film taken from a streetcar driving down Market Street in San Francisco gives me the feeling of doing just that!  I love the chaos of the street- and all of the characters you see from the streetcar!  {That’s the Ferry Building at the very end!} Thanks for sending me here, Tablehopper!

ferrybuilding

{vintage postcard of Ferry Building from here}

Vintage Wallpaper Wedding

100 Layer Cake created these gorgeous invite for Project Wedding…holy cow!  They make me want to get married all over again!  {To Sam, of course!!}

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100 layer cake wallpaper

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Fernseed

Nothing pleases me more than discovering something in my neighborhood that I never knew existed! Enter Fernseed-sort of a hybrid of an antique shop, thrift store and art gallery all in one, headed up by a group of earth conscious artists.

They salvage items that are headed to the dumps and either sell them as is, refurbish them or transform them into another piece all together. Last time I spotted a massive, hanging fixture made from hula hoops and vintage fabric-pretty impressive.

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{Image from here}