Wishful Wednesday-Spooky edition

Ooooooo!  It's almost October and I've got Halloween fever!  This past weekend was my Halloween shoot with Renee Ricket Photography.  We had a glorious day at historic Forest Home Cemetery in Greenville setting up fun backdrops, creating spooky photos and making memories!  I love Forest Home Cemetery because it's a beautiful 32 acre garden cemetery with hills, trees and bordered by three lakes.  There are elaborate monuments and glorious mausoleums at every turn, our fall and Halloween shoot could not have had a more perfect setting.  Thank you to Friends of Forest Home Cemetery for welcoming us,  all of their hard work and dedication to restoring Forest Home to it's former glory!  Visit the Friends of Forest Home Cemetery Facebook page for historic tidbits and gorgeous photos or to make a donation.  Here is a sneak Peak!!

Photo: Renee Ricket Photography
Dress: SWAK Designs Harlow Lace Dress
MUAH: Briana Herzog
Accessories are vintage
Location: Gibbs Mausoleum - Forest Home Cemetery 

This weeks Wishful Wednesday is fun, fabulous and spooky style with a Halloween theme.  Most of the items can be mixed and matched for tons of fun combos but these are my favorite pieces for adding fall flair!

1.  Pinup Girl Clothing Pinup Couture Peasant Top in Black is a must have.  A basic in every pinup wardrobe.  It's great with pants, skirts and can be warmed up in chilly days with a cute cardigan.

2.  Pinup Girl Clothing Deadly Dames Darling Dames Skirt in Monster.  This lovely gathered skirt, fitted waistband, and flirty flair, offers a shorter hemline and hidden side pockets and comes in the scary cool Micheline Pitt designed Monster Print!  A must have for monster babes!

3. Atomic Mingo Creature From the Black Lagoon Brooch.  I LOVE vintage horror movies and this Creature From the Black Lagoon brooch is kitschy, creepy and cute!

4. Katrina Parker Frocks Scaredy Cats Skirt. 
Scaredy Cats is a playful, gathered skirt that falls just below the knee with a two inch waistband.  This skirt has a purple background with the most adorable print of kitties having comical adventures in a haunted house.  The material for this skirt is extremely limited, so add this creepy creation to your closet quick!

5. Heidi and Gretel Pumpkin Pot Brooch.  Obe of the most iconic images of Halloween, the pumpkin shaped candy pot is something most of us has owned in our lives and this brooch is a fabulous way to wear a piece of childhood nostagia!

6. Summer Blue Jewelry Stray Cat Strut Brooch.  A cool Bakelite (Fakelite) style Halloween cat brooch in classic black with white detail and big colored eyes for a truly vintage feel! Molded from an old Halloween cat piece from the 60's. The perfect finishing touch to any spooky, Gothic, or every day is Halloween vintage-inspired outfit.

7. Folter Retrolicious Seasons Dress.  This beautiful autumn landscape print dress transports me to my favorite spots in the intoxicating autumn that we enjoy here in Michigan. A fitted bodice with a full skirt, a V-plunge back and cap sleeves with cut out detail.
Colorful, whimsical and stunning!!

8.  Buttonsy "Four Seasons" Necklace - Autumn.  Autumn's russet leaves are tumbling down, ready to be kicked through and enjoyed.  Crisp days, apple cider, pumpkins and falling leaves this necklace evokes every happy fall memory!

9. Voodoo Vixen Katnis Dress.  It's raining cats...and CATS! This gorgeous skater style dress is adorable with it's quirky black cat and umbrella print, scalloped neckline and bright green color.  Katnis is cute and kooky for fall and Halloween fashion fun.

Be sure to follow me on Instagram and Facebook for behind the scenes, outfit of the day posts and tons more fun!!  Tomorrow I'm shooting at the apple orchard so stay tuned for more fantastic fall photos!

Wishful Wednesday

Beautiful summertime!  It's intoxicating, sunshine, green leaves, colorful flowers and fresh fruit!  This week's Wishful Wednesday is a tribute to summertime fun, fruit and flowers.

Stop Staring was established in 1997, they have original retro chic dresses and separates that flatter your figure and cater to a woman's independent spirit with timeless and classic style.  The Robin dress is a classic vintage shape in beautiful baby blue cherry print. The fabric is a cotton blend with little stretch.  Graceful v-neckline pair with thick shoulder straps that can be worn on or off the shoulder and the waist gathers underneath the bust. The skirt hits just below the knee which is classy but still sexy.  A lovely dress for these glorious summer days!

Accessories are an absolute necessity and there are so many creative and amazing makers of vintage styled accessories. Heidi and Gretel make limited edition hand painted & decorated laser cut wooden and acrylic brooches, earrings, xmas decorations, and trinkets.  Their Jumbo Vegan Cherry Pie brooch is the cutest compliment for this dress and with whipped cream on top who could resist?!  To complete our look are these absolutely perfect accessories from Femme De Bloom.  Femme De Bloom make the most delightful array of accessories, jewelry, hair pieces with love and attention to detail.  Their Cherry Bomb Earrings keep our cherry theme going.  It wouldn't be summer without the blooming flowers and because I am a fool for flowers, it is such a lovely feeling having flowers in my hair.  The Darling Daisy flower crown is lovely blue daisies that echoes the blue of our dress.  Beautiful summery style!!

I have featured the fabulous shoes from B.A.I.T (but another innocent tail) Footwear on previous blogs.  I love the retro sensibility of their designs and the fact that they have colors to match everything in your wardrobe.  The Lilly is a 1940s style sling back peep toe heel.  Red suede with white mesh to contrast, they are the perfect compliment for this dress!!

I am working on some exciting collaborations coming the next few months, I cannot wait to share with you!  Be sure to follow me on Facebook and Instagram!