A DAY IN THE FOOTHILLS

Happy Monday all! last week me and the Zomiester went strolling in the mountain foothills of our town, we live in front of the San Gabriel mountains which has great trails for hiking up into the mountain. back in the day, 1800's to be exact, there was a resort where folks in L.A. would retreat too called The Sierra Madre Villa Hotel along with the restaurant pictured, which has now since become a closed down museum. The hotel is no longer there and was replaced with a golf course but it was nice to finally go exploring and peek into this cabin restaurant. hmm i wonder if there is some wonderful vintage clothes finds in there? it's literally just a few blocks away from where we live and Zoe was able to capture some really pretty pictures.


















Zoe has become quite the photographer! i love the one she took of the heart shaped bench and the one with my back to the camera.

DRESS: 70's Vintage
BOOTS: 80's Vintage Nine West
NECKLACE: 70's Vintage (gift)



my cutie-pie photographer!

i also found two to die for Bohemian maxi dress's this weekend in a farmers / flea market, i can't wait to show you this week! there is other exciting things on the horizon for Bella Vintage, God willing, can't wait! Hope you all having a lovely night..




night night

MINI SHOP UPDATE

Happy Monday...woah like always running behind and like always things are getting hectic at work! i have over 20 items to get screened cut and sampled by Friday ahhhhhh..ok breath.

Here's the mini update I was able to do tonight, more coming through out the week along with some style post.


SUPER CUTE VINTAGE PLAID SCOUT EMBLEM SCARF



VINTAGE 90's CIRCLE MESH EMPIRE DRESS


VINTAGE 90's POLKA DOT A-LINE DRESS

All is in store now, hope your week is starting good!

ZOE's FALL WISH LIST..

On Zoe's wish list for fall, these adorable Dr. Marten boots I wish they designed when i was a teen!



i thought the mary janes are adorable too!



And these character ones too...


mmm 13th birthday and Christmas already around the corner, we'll see...

you can find the shoes HERE










source: dr. marten store

MY HOW THEY GROW.....

Wow summer is coming to an end and another year of school is on a roll. Zoe is entering her 7th grade year and i am in a bit of shock, amazement, awe, i don't even know what word to express my feelings but i have one more year till high school and then four till college. crazy it feels like yesterday that i had my 3 year old talking to me with the cute little lisp, crying to make her boo boo better and singing to make her go to sleep. wow..wow.



well there she goes, i'm proud of her she has such a sweet spirit and i enjoy all the days i'm with her and long the days when i'm not. as tradition goes we take photos of the first day of school in her new uniform. although like any teenager she does not like the constriction of wearing a uniform, but at least in her school you can wear any color polo or twill pants so she has a bit of room to bring her style into the uniform mix. i told her she looks like she should be in a catalog selling the clothes!



top: Rave
bottoms: Dickies
shoes: neon pink Vans
jacket: Abbey Dawn

i also wanted to share for any parent living in the Pasadena, California area the school Zoe goes to is amazing! small class sizes, high education, big believers that kids learn allot also outside of the classroom, so every other Friday they go out into the community to work/learn; and a no homework policy where they extend the school day so they can finish it there so you can have a relaxing family time when they get home! I love this school, they work on making kids leaders and they truly invest and love each and every one of them! Click on there web site to get more information thepeaceacademy.org.

one last thing for any parent out there with small kids, love on them and take time to spend with them because time truly does fly!


thanks for letting me share,

OUTFIT POST: SOUTHWESTERN ELEMENTS

Happy Tuesday! hope you all had a joyous Labor Day, I sure did and my weekend continues having taken through Wednesday off to get Zoe set for school.



I finally got my lovely assistant Zoe back to be my photographer for my outfit post. I can't remember when I wore a raglan last it always throws me back to my kiddo days when I wore all the ironed on designs.

My friend Agung will soon be launching his line of t-shirts called Wimbo Design. the t-shirt line consist of hand drawn art designs all designed by him. I was able to get this one I fell in love with when I saw it as a concept first and as soon as I saw it I had to get it since it contains all the south-western elements that I love. it's really neat to see his designs come alive on silk screen and he has so many more designs i'm wanting; can't wait to be able to share them with you.









T-Shirt: Wimbo Design
Jeans: Gap
Plats: Nine West
Necklace: Trixy Designs
Glasses: 70's Vintage


Go check out his blog at wimboapparel.blogspot.com. he shares his other designs on other folks wearing it.

I'm off to enjoy a nice breakfast with Zoe...

WEEK IN PICTURES: FOOD TRUCKS & CUPCAKES

Happy Tuesday guys. this week already seems to be flying by. T minus 8 days till Zoe starts school, excited for her although she's not ready for her summer to end!

I have not done a "Week In Pictures" in ages! this segment is pretty much my hobby of photographing or documenting what i've done or seen through-out the week or the things Zoe and I do.

This week i'm starting out with something Zoe said is pretty gross but i was fascinated by. thank goodness i spotted these eggs that were literally right under my door hanging before they hatched. i've ran into these suckers before and right away recognized they were black widow eggs. i did not see mama and i scooted them over to destroy them unfortunately, but i did not need to have these suckers hanging around. one almost bit Zoe already, serious heart attack moment!



i started to burn the eggs and all these small eggs came out, it looked like hundreds of eggs i was so creeped out and fascinated at the same time. their were three egg sacks in total and when i burned the other one hundreds of baby black widows came out. that moment i could not capture because i was busy killing each and every one of them before they hung around my house; i am itchy just thinking of it now. sorry if this seems icky but i am fascinated with things as such; that's why i love watching shark week, reading up on spiders and watching documentaries on the worlds deadliest insects. i'm like that with about most any subject i stumble upon and captures my attention. i have to read up about it and find out everything!

Anyways moving on away from spiders, i had the best Sunday hanging out with a new friend and listening to a great church teaching that went straight to the heart. we also ended up stopping by a flea market in Silverlake in L.A. and met a great gal who transforms found objects into anything she creates it to be. she made some really cool necklaces out of the end of a spoon and also used the other half of the spoon to make other necklaces; talk about letting nothing go to waste! she'e real sweet and i enjoyed meeting her, she just opened an Etsy shop but is till pending setting it up, i'll be linking her when she does.

Family and friend time is always the best!





Then we hit this food truck..


Which i forgot to take a picture of the most tasty hot dog i've had in years. it was a gourmet dog topped with some type of basil leaves, string sweet onions, avocado and a vinegrette; it was delicious all for a mere $6 dollars!

L.A. is known for their gourmet/general food trucks and i heard that every 3rd Fridays of the month over 30 food trucks gather in Venice Beach for a food truck explosion. all types of different foods imaginable are all there! this particular truck is going to try to do "The Great Food Truck Race" from the Food Network Channel next year. i thought this was great, although they scare me a bit i think the gourmet trucks have a higher standard of food service though.

Then we headed to Larks in Silver Lake and had the best cupcakes hands down!





The icing toppings on these were to die for, such a perfect balance of creamy / not to sweet. really it was perfection in the taste buds! if any of you live in L.A. or come visit check it out HERE.

i had a great mini adventure this weekend i could not have ended it any better!

SHOP UPDATE

Hi guys! i have been very bad at blogging these past few weeks and well now that Zoe's gotten home i've gotten even more behind! all i can say is that i am quite enjoying having her back and we are catching up on much missed mother daughter time.

I'm also trying to catch up on updating Bella regularly, i will be taking some time off from my job next week for Zoe's big back to school so that will give me some time to also catch up on the shop while Zoe's at school.

I have allot of vintage coats and sweaters that i will be putting in the shop just in time for fall next month, i can't wait!

Here's what's in the shop now:


80's POLKA DOT DROPPED WAIST DRESS


70's BEADED EVENING DRESS


60's MOD COLORED GLEE CLUB BLAZER


90's CARPET FLORAL VELVETEEN DRESS


70's AZTEC PRINT KNIT FRINGED SHAWL

more coming this week..night!