tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68663914019674926922024-02-20T10:15:17.661+00:00Porcelain Doll Vintage'Porcelain Doll your mother owns an antique store'.
My dad used to own an antique store and he once bought me a tiny porcelain doll that fitted in the palm of my hand. I love nostalgia. I live in the 1960s. I also like quoting Ryan Adam's lyrics, hence the name porcelain doll. This blog is about my random thoughts and love for vintage and past times. I buy and sell vintage.PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-73444322561236626132011-07-11T13:55:00.004+01:002011-07-11T14:08:10.663+01:00Je t'aime, Je t'adore<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2fL3FOKWD7maWr5mG-sPw-hzxfO87pu0_3K7XOTEHKJBkLfC2NhiEiaokI_9XONxA62igpB7GcHVol0on_PhZD3OBdvE_19yrXCwmRT53lCy9527vURGqCcxtqT4iN5dNP-mm_a66kJI/s1600/zooey+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628080415057508674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2fL3FOKWD7maWr5mG-sPw-hzxfO87pu0_3K7XOTEHKJBkLfC2NhiEiaokI_9XONxA62igpB7GcHVol0on_PhZD3OBdvE_19yrXCwmRT53lCy9527vURGqCcxtqT4iN5dNP-mm_a66kJI/s400/zooey+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>I have never learnt french don't know a word of it, doesn't stop me closing my eyes and thinking of Paris - though I have never been! </div><br /><br /><br /><div>I wish I were what could be described as 'gamine' in that beautifully <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">European</span>, doe eyed chic way....</div><br /><br /><br /><div>A modern day gamine for me would be <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Zooey</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Deschanel</span>, there are others of course but isn't she lovely?</div><br /><br /><br /><div>I have also just discovered Carla <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bruni's</span> beautiful <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">whimsical</span> music! another gamine beauty! - yes her who once dated Jagger and Clapton and is now married to the French president!<br /><br /></div><br /><div>There's also the lovely and cutesy 'She and Him' which is <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Zooey</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Deschanel's</span> music project so lovely!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>There are a few beautiful women who could be described to carry that french type of beauty and style, whether they are French or not! I think it's innate to them....</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div>PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-26490272011186953432011-06-20T09:40:00.006+01:002011-06-20T09:51:58.555+01:00La,la,la,la,la,la LIFE!Wow where does time go when your, erm ...living it?! 'It' being that funny thing known as ahem, 'Life'. Well I do have photo's to post about time after such a long break from blogging! I have recently bought 4 beautiful 60s dresses, resulting in me not daring to look at my bank account!<br /><br />I hope you all had a lovely fathers day for those of you in the UK, I miss my dad very much so I just try and get through the day as quickly as possible to be honest!<br /><br />This week I am desperately aiming to increase the amount of exercise I do! Wish me luck! Desperately trying to avoid the 30yr old spread....only 6 mths til the BIG 30!<br /><br />Ok, walking to work now in the sunshine, and as a parting gift...check out these shoes from topshop - I haven't been so impressed with high street shoes such as this for a long time! Way to go topshop! What d'ya think? PS On a sunny morning Bob Marley tunes are the best, but you knew that? Right?<br />x<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 312px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620221011145857026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2pdscdCFlsvHJys6ELIvXg_kF_KJXbrjlWnp3kxIYPSJftdbuswpCpOUNIlYREX2sY7MNEWeTlRd4WvpsvKbiDebFJHIMODn1DIbL_Af6gZa1leQF7fvtTmQaPbbBuABkPrrhprrghE_W/s400/Largetopshop+shoes.jpg" />PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-46143917846291286502011-03-10T17:54:00.002+00:002011-03-10T18:00:10.287+00:00High necklines and short hemlinesI love and have always loved high necklines and short hemlines...always been a leg rather than a breast kind'a gal. Just classier I think, and shouts back to the 1960s. That is all!PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-24869681843251041212011-01-07T18:26:00.008+00:002011-01-07T18:41:31.450+00:00Inspiration...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMmNXuGXtYhb9eZWmCzbq9FDvHybUJ89HbnKHR-TJWXAi7_J5CMnV3YO8aA0V0KLU0ML7vvc36NN5t8FQviJUw4Lwt4S1x0NUOTBeRxZO5uHi2-U1xuf0fHcLJLqk5xksbmwz1JDzitSBu/s1600/french60s7.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 293px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559515868670452530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMmNXuGXtYhb9eZWmCzbq9FDvHybUJ89HbnKHR-TJWXAi7_J5CMnV3YO8aA0V0KLU0ML7vvc36NN5t8FQviJUw4Lwt4S1x0NUOTBeRxZO5uHi2-U1xuf0fHcLJLqk5xksbmwz1JDzitSBu/s400/french60s7.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwgwiICA_kTjxfbFIzfCxEiW7Mjs7-1rAa2dIoKvHjRL0wWXo0p1EbnRm8Z7HrIhgple7HB1y4pbkVSl3khh8nbKOgTvYXqsCPOvxoe8IzUhm69u_f8KICpFkuIJb4T3wlnGGxik2NMzp/s1600/french60s6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 275px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559190350527145346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxZ9loraG_qZiSmygF6fnQqdbF-uoy-28IcT4ANpANyS8ocOWjfB36DhyphenhyphenOTYZw0BJAdKEV97KNG_5PLO-BC42mXTnKiTr61iUsCMibkqfoFJI3JLmkIA30FGIrcrwHCo7rWBh4XLpw_qfk/s400/brian_linda.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center">Controversial, I know...the life he led but oh what a beautiful boy...</div>PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-10342356897978552042011-01-06T21:19:00.008+00:002011-01-06T21:36:08.532+00:00Happy 2011! birthdays & resolutions<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2MWUMug1rPc4qH6oquAcHhBlp63t_JVWrSR5n8n7gCFqFlvJbwTkbwmjWqkyGZHwXRFovkYT_OfNlRb1ivszy171cYfSvUz4UBO50r3-QupBvocB8TaWQpc_YmpG9veHRaBLwA93jOFu/s1600/nye+res.bmp"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559189283049209154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2MWUMug1rPc4qH6oquAcHhBlp63t_JVWrSR5n8n7gCFqFlvJbwTkbwmjWqkyGZHwXRFovkYT_OfNlRb1ivszy171cYfSvUz4UBO50r3-QupBvocB8TaWQpc_YmpG9veHRaBLwA93jOFu/s400/nye+res.bmp" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArW5OEhG_1OIKfCXL-0av_eRkP-VBjd_kprBI-z1bTR2gCVFyqY2Bz2qWw_uP1ops6hP5Au50JkhtA35PkCIqkAx3Brzex4xTetusGWwtzloKzYk7wk6SpOWy-CX_xccV4YOK2e15y_ZK/s1600/diggin%2527.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559189054250734306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArW5OEhG_1OIKfCXL-0av_eRkP-VBjd_kprBI-z1bTR2gCVFyqY2Bz2qWw_uP1ops6hP5Au50JkhtA35PkCIqkAx3Brzex4xTetusGWwtzloKzYk7wk6SpOWy-CX_xccV4YOK2e15y_ZK/s400/diggin%2527.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIi6erEdsU8tpMwHMtI8E7LzH6iFJB3tHJC6g9pAr-HKTWwn8yRaZz4r8Hb-LrQY5hhqMTdGiTnD0ImlXMQDJy5vxUoFeS-OlmmkxLZUZ2vtk9gNNWXRoHZ4IihsDZ1DlfOPhSWW1L0P-/s1600/beatles+plane.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559188643819043106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIi6erEdsU8tpMwHMtI8E7LzH6iFJB3tHJC6g9pAr-HKTWwn8yRaZz4r8Hb-LrQY5hhqMTdGiTnD0ImlXMQDJy5vxUoFeS-OlmmkxLZUZ2vtk9gNNWXRoHZ4IihsDZ1DlfOPhSWW1L0P-/s400/beatles+plane.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong>Well it came at last didn't it! 2011?</strong></div><br /><div align="left">I hope you all have a lovely year ahead of you! I'm in talks with a couple of new shops to stock my jewellery (will post pics), I've already began the year as I mean to go on...trying something new! So far I have scaled a 12 foot wall - I went indoor climbing with one of my best friends, it was fun and I think I may just be a natural haha so I am completing a three week climbing course now :)!</div><br /><div align="left">In the summer I am beginning horse riding again :) cannot wait!</div><br /><div>More travelling, places TBC :) and lots of work and life ideas, plans and adventures!</div><br /><div>I have three professional courses in the next three months and so much more to come!<br /></div><div>I am, 29 next week....oh my goodness there I said it, deep breath - think I need a cup of tea, when, how, what on earth?! When did I get that old? :)</div></div></div>PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-17786693604407701182011-01-05T23:44:00.004+00:002011-01-06T21:18:57.509+00:00This is England, yer get me?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYCDf1nCQN-B6rUSwGMYBtxK40KtybXzqcb_K4ov_IAkee6Nbktpg3C3PIpHOSYnOkwjxMf0c6M6LjBO4HHa91m7mGkvVNLJNpobIw0XpFC1Ubkxor6rjO4LukEebn-y9Mcf8xfJFZ7C-/s1600/this+is+england.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558853257880858066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYCDf1nCQN-B6rUSwGMYBtxK40KtybXzqcb_K4ov_IAkee6Nbktpg3C3PIpHOSYnOkwjxMf0c6M6LjBO4HHa91m7mGkvVNLJNpobIw0XpFC1Ubkxor6rjO4LukEebn-y9Mcf8xfJFZ7C-/s400/this+is+england.jpg" /></a><br /><div>More to come...on this topic in the mean time google the film maker, Shane Meadows. Makes me proud to live in Nottingham. I'm really liking the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">androgynous</span> skin <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">girl</span> look at the mo' just damn cool. </div>PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-86854656420243341982010-12-29T23:38:00.002+00:002010-12-29T23:43:05.599+00:00Going to bed with Keith<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSH6SwzHqX3NVrqtWdLDq0xH6_m160wRXGBhyphenhypheniTxe-srkbY6WyfQjVrTK31Kyw_zbezYLkWhRAc73XbOCMsmhuhltpeJlZujkf4PqmFP9qSa9caP_Djfomyw5KZRA0sBCVnfIWMphgiJ4r/s1600/rolling_stones-gal-keith2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556253786512965122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSH6SwzHqX3NVrqtWdLDq0xH6_m160wRXGBhyphenhypheniTxe-srkbY6WyfQjVrTK31Kyw_zbezYLkWhRAc73XbOCMsmhuhltpeJlZujkf4PqmFP9qSa9caP_Djfomyw5KZRA0sBCVnfIWMphgiJ4r/s400/rolling_stones-gal-keith2.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:85%;"> 1967</span></em></div><br /><br />If you haven't bought his autobiography which came out earlier this year, then please do so on this recommendation - it's fantastic. So far I have missed two stops on the bus I was so engrossed reading it, and it's my new bed time read hence the title of this blog post. I don't want the book to end, so I'll just take my time...PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-32369951725641637362010-12-29T23:36:00.002+00:002010-12-29T23:38:30.742+00:00Goldielocks, Rapunzel aint got nothin' on her<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp48rFXYjlX_lU6zLjSQctmIRrti6Euqu4pmr79qkKfgrSKIbzzjQTr3FlU2NevwTh0bk11DzPw_6CBBFkqf8-VEr_3THkvPZGzwlke0D8Cd6o-gtLLOex5hAnXw-82yRnpfEbCd8HKhUd/s1600/mariannehair.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 211px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556252719260340242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp48rFXYjlX_lU6zLjSQctmIRrti6Euqu4pmr79qkKfgrSKIbzzjQTr3FlU2NevwTh0bk11DzPw_6CBBFkqf8-VEr_3THkvPZGzwlke0D8Cd6o-gtLLOex5hAnXw-82yRnpfEbCd8HKhUd/s400/mariannehair.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Marianne, may I please have your hair?</div>PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-1482748904160406102010-12-29T23:31:00.002+00:002010-12-29T23:35:10.076+00:00Riding pretty, flying around on a bicycle made for thought<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsuYW4odiEuziFMftbC3dBKgoZhW6YaGmZBm7mNxxtLSnJMYPtZ6Hs7mzFWVdaayFSssc2k7cANkwZytwA0HA_15pTCXydnbfXAnVvkSPTVBmaF6RoeVTplyM-0xiwDQ3v74TnWlbt5mkn/s1600/bridgetbardotonabicycle.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 271px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556251758301438178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsuYW4odiEuziFMftbC3dBKgoZhW6YaGmZBm7mNxxtLSnJMYPtZ6Hs7mzFWVdaayFSssc2k7cANkwZytwA0HA_15pTCXydnbfXAnVvkSPTVBmaF6RoeVTplyM-0xiwDQ3v74TnWlbt5mkn/s400/bridgetbardotonabicycle.jpg" /></a><br /><div>I want to ride my bike, all carefree yet deep in thought...I need a beautiful old bike in my life in 2011. Lovely Bridget! x</div>PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-80758621129167438232010-12-03T23:47:00.005+00:002010-12-04T00:01:03.098+00:00Love is real, real is love<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFwnJsetvGMJRxIjVoRrG2Aofxbc3VSzfIPj_NA2g7tUJtMJgx21WBuN6GWhdpGQlt9TD9ODpb3RAy_-p5BBRk4mF_Y4rqPiD98swlKcvs9PBqfMZmY4ybC7Wr1SfKU9Fa42WkjL6LZXoL/s1600/kiss5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 317px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546610267996964002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFwnJsetvGMJRxIjVoRrG2Aofxbc3VSzfIPj_NA2g7tUJtMJgx21WBuN6GWhdpGQlt9TD9ODpb3RAy_-p5BBRk4mF_Y4rqPiD98swlKcvs9PBqfMZmY4ybC7Wr1SfKU9Fa42WkjL6LZXoL/s400/kiss5.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMeF8Jrzplv1g0rSnEADlL9Lw55U02-0iNpnGKtiwRgClUtSpKWGYbUT0j-sUV26XuOpy-SYjEP3PGH1oMOerWYYv4uS4VB6PHM5LBYJHvuY9_JVXOK1SIXAFPeUMBh8hHR04aW6OaagQo/s1600/kiss4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 323px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546610129199639906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMeF8Jrzplv1g0rSnEADlL9Lw55U02-0iNpnGKtiwRgClUtSpKWGYbUT0j-sUV26XuOpy-SYjEP3PGH1oMOerWYYv4uS4VB6PHM5LBYJHvuY9_JVXOK1SIXAFPeUMBh8hHR04aW6OaagQo/s400/kiss4.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQADtkYYnSEqGDfGIFnshpBy7q1QFvaMC3AWm9wnLFEd5eCTvqkrFGSyST2tTb9P7EoN9Z7q8_AcLnvPHlPKy4bm_5dKhBEY21JqML70UyVIjZ0lHLokBQbcncE6vPZNdvaHrWiRpP4CeD/s1600/kiss3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 277px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546609955322791106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQADtkYYnSEqGDfGIFnshpBy7q1QFvaMC3AWm9wnLFEd5eCTvqkrFGSyST2tTb9P7EoN9Z7q8_AcLnvPHlPKy4bm_5dKhBEY21JqML70UyVIjZ0lHLokBQbcncE6vPZNdvaHrWiRpP4CeD/s400/kiss3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5bZ_hLP7Ccsim9LdhrAvDpsfUoMy1bwZfVkqo4t-E8KowSOy2vAljI2aWTzHhdIpcCOm4S_QKvbKqKZmmU__MvklNkctooVZEMabPKimhrnaZj0CMWNQWeutbV1Plyt0rsm_1QZ1QKNt/s1600/kiss2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 316px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546609792907519778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5bZ_hLP7Ccsim9LdhrAvDpsfUoMy1bwZfVkqo4t-E8KowSOy2vAljI2aWTzHhdIpcCOm4S_QKvbKqKZmmU__MvklNkctooVZEMabPKimhrnaZj0CMWNQWeutbV1Plyt0rsm_1QZ1QKNt/s400/kiss2.jpg" /></a><br /><div><div align="center">Love is real, real is love,<br />Love is feeling, feeling love,<br />Love is wanting to be loved.<br />Love is touch, touch is love,<br />Love is reaching, reaching love,<br />Love is asking to be loved.<br />Love is you,<br />You and me,<br />Love is knowing,<br />We can be.<br />Love is free, free is love,<br />Love is living, living love,<br />Love is needing to be loved. </div></div></div></div></div>PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-73043272624927748282010-12-03T23:45:00.000+00:002010-12-03T23:47:47.564+00:00As is life!<strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff9900;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff9900;"></span></strong><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff9900;">If you're bored with life, if you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals. -Lou Holtz</span></strong></div>PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-39192512410088511852010-12-02T10:35:00.006+00:002010-12-02T10:49:21.177+00:00Snow day, duvet day, hat season!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnelqVX3q8xiY2Mt_B6WptS0Pl8OC6XHMRP_0D8R5d1I4lS78n6_-OHbJ1f5D3mXKQFPJAbQgsHUT1pWLTBlLVseDYmR2D0YZ9YwUrA0PFH5oy0M3ZAGH4QqgFY-CHmU_Y2KEmfFq1h8T7/s1600/brown+60s+hat.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546034642855973730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnelqVX3q8xiY2Mt_B6WptS0Pl8OC6XHMRP_0D8R5d1I4lS78n6_-OHbJ1f5D3mXKQFPJAbQgsHUT1pWLTBlLVseDYmR2D0YZ9YwUrA0PFH5oy0M3ZAGH4QqgFY-CHmU_Y2KEmfFq1h8T7/s400/brown+60s+hat.jpg" /></a><br /><div>I patiently awaiting the postman to deliver the newest addition to my family of hats...a beauty from the 1960s of course. Brown faux fur beehive hat with string under the chin and pom poms! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Other than that days have been spent working evenings dancing to northern soul with suited and booted mods, and pretty 60s girls. Sleepless nights have been had...trying to decide where to go in life.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Do I?</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>a) open a shop (I have no funds, but little debt) which will open late have a jukebox and records playing, selling tea, coffee and serving the healthiest vegetarian food in the day and selling beautiful vintage pieces and interesting books. A twist on the 60s late night mod coffee bars.</div><br /><div>b) begin a fully funded ( 3 year!) social work degree</div><br /><div>c) study nutrition (4 year) degree</div><br /><div>d) study TEFL (teach English as a foreign language) and go travelling the world, and save money by working in Asia</div><br /><div>e) continue in the city I'm in making jewellery, selling on vintage fairs and paying the bills by doing part time office work (I dislike traditional office work, dislike probably not a strong enough word) and continue with my counselling qualification</div><br /><div>I am the most indecisive person I know. Any action is better than none, and today is a Snow Day! I can't get to work...so let the action begin! now to decide?!!</div>PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-3059807282135220022010-11-16T17:23:00.003+00:002010-11-16T17:30:55.677+00:00Porcelain Doll Vintage Store - opened today!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQlEpzviOgKvT1NiUhF-B46e5MFPZHrCAMaYzYyS8RG_f3efOJQ7P0rNNr6wnvPzIQ32jGl1HQxlMp6jpxGYM6_Km8Kv6gplfsAwdjBLCWBxMPLz07A5g8wiAR8K8igI43ySQK1EuFzyrg/s1600/open_sign.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 253px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540201283810027218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQlEpzviOgKvT1NiUhF-B46e5MFPZHrCAMaYzYyS8RG_f3efOJQ7P0rNNr6wnvPzIQ32jGl1HQxlMp6jpxGYM6_Km8Kv6gplfsAwdjBLCWBxMPLz07A5g8wiAR8K8igI43ySQK1EuFzyrg/s400/open_sign.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Hello all,</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Now it's far from perfect but if I wait for perfect I will never get it started so - here goes! Here's the link to the very beginnings of <a href="http://porcelaindollvintage.bigcartel.com/">my online vintage store</a>. I need to improve the photography and update with a lot more stock yet - but thought you may like a sneak preview...it's very basic but I will continue to work on it so it will be looking prettier soon!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>In the mean time please leave comments or ask any questions about the few items that are currently on there! Oh and 10% off if you're a reader of this blog! ;-)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>xxx</div>PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-73646488811826965532010-11-16T10:20:00.002+00:002010-11-16T10:23:41.543+00:00It aint' what you do but the way that you do it...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWk2TVR6C370G88_BYRGsz2NhkmNMcgzmUmoZ1a-zxCoQych9JBOOmppBZStybiVO0G1CJScsvfOZibJV_FOoL6SHxvU9f4rgQfFe1WjnMuIrAKuAa3h4TMPj2zJgaegj2-sJ32nmAmf_/s1600/Princess+Grace.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 303px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540091146797764434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWk2TVR6C370G88_BYRGsz2NhkmNMcgzmUmoZ1a-zxCoQych9JBOOmppBZStybiVO0G1CJScsvfOZibJV_FOoL6SHxvU9f4rgQfFe1WjnMuIrAKuAa3h4TMPj2zJgaegj2-sJ32nmAmf_/s400/Princess+Grace.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center">Understated elegance. Grace by name, oh so graceful by nature.</div>PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-1743024039173424782010-11-16T10:02:00.009+00:002010-11-16T10:19:14.482+00:00Ode to the humble Pyjamas (in times of illness)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2A0P9imekJQFDQV9TDdLCRrBm5U2-nTi8Stc7zPygbOToQ2hV4YJSMNm_YcxrrjAKj0UhUn_2uWdjCbuqxrWjm_k0PeBix-_WoMyqMUpeVU-LsFqfoF4erP7u8Dp12HowgnWtdvW0OmRN/s1600/pjparty.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540089536861494066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2A0P9imekJQFDQV9TDdLCRrBm5U2-nTi8Stc7zPygbOToQ2hV4YJSMNm_YcxrrjAKj0UhUn_2uWdjCbuqxrWjm_k0PeBix-_WoMyqMUpeVU-LsFqfoF4erP7u8Dp12HowgnWtdvW0OmRN/s400/pjparty.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieu9fYnf06xBqOGLn_mVt7D9Ysoi1crQVf1jS5AoJ8keQsAQobmgkKfPmuB-FXnzsjyXTF31WNArJHgcXf8z9vitr-6W0aOhEHc9mQoDKokEdPMLMKZgqSCrLnwzdy_TJa8XfULYzinmcq/s1600/pjs4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540089386596815810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieu9fYnf06xBqOGLn_mVt7D9Ysoi1crQVf1jS5AoJ8keQsAQobmgkKfPmuB-FXnzsjyXTF31WNArJHgcXf8z9vitr-6W0aOhEHc9mQoDKokEdPMLMKZgqSCrLnwzdy_TJa8XfULYzinmcq/s400/pjs4.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKrpHWQL0CKhcH-ihjV14Dej1AdnSgQvy3wot4WTyyzNqDV7O8DBWHJquhITvTHCW8GB2-qcRjhGmC5QBN7YC3tH-W9Z1FDuE1eaz-tB2oqmxXFSvtTApocnI2RAoQW2Y7SxuX6kkVWM8/s1600/pjs3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 375px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 375px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540089170927420450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKrpHWQL0CKhcH-ihjV14Dej1AdnSgQvy3wot4WTyyzNqDV7O8DBWHJquhITvTHCW8GB2-qcRjhGmC5QBN7YC3tH-W9Z1FDuE1eaz-tB2oqmxXFSvtTApocnI2RAoQW2Y7SxuX6kkVWM8/s400/pjs3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqxLdEeqFDvv6F2uMvxAAKVMygoBuPU7Tf1ICxVuGbU8qQsugpt5LjoW3NU71c9A1mUkLqtfwUqtRnE0lv78DTgkSU3MJTAMjSV-NLY5AVJur_jAKHsU3osE4sIFRTENLp6Bo7-XF4zTb/s1600/pjs+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 238px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540089059105717666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqxLdEeqFDvv6F2uMvxAAKVMygoBuPU7Tf1ICxVuGbU8qQsugpt5LjoW3NU71c9A1mUkLqtfwUqtRnE0lv78DTgkSU3MJTAMjSV-NLY5AVJur_jAKHsU3osE4sIFRTENLp6Bo7-XF4zTb/s400/pjs+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmkkd43b-mHrHOx_0nPIolTRymlaTK7OnsYBkZLhJywN5kzqnKcz1rX4BmTrthFRNUDdEN3EIAMiBWZXfNNKntLfgP0zxJrb2429_wfMkHcocUcVPlawsVY9AKHH4OkUgIn6fPuxZlxozB/s1600/pjs+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 334px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540088938194741490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmkkd43b-mHrHOx_0nPIolTRymlaTK7OnsYBkZLhJywN5kzqnKcz1rX4BmTrthFRNUDdEN3EIAMiBWZXfNNKntLfgP0zxJrb2429_wfMkHcocUcVPlawsVY9AKHH4OkUgIn6fPuxZlxozB/s400/pjs+1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>What do you wear when you have the flu? you need to keep extra warm but also need to feel nice, ok pyjamas are a good choice! I'm a big fan of 1950s style pyjamas floral ones, and crisp looking cotton striped ones - like from the colgate adverts! Not exactly sexy but oh so cosy who wants to go to bed being cold in a flimsy silk negligee?? Brrrr not in British winters, thanks!</div><br /><div>Once upon a time whilst still a student I nipped to the shops in my pyjamas but not now! I desperately want some vegan chocolate ice-cream to soothe my throat, that I can eat in bed...but I'm still sat in my pyjamas...</div></div></div></div></div>PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-61924555381944421772010-11-14T15:10:00.004+00:002010-11-14T15:20:05.519+00:00I dream of Jeannie's dresses part two<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNwwVIMX_k-9-YjE4dQfmxmGwrZrZLrRroi9VuNM2xhTJDgq9jyg-7TC9nt5oQsJ8vnANUtTEVVkTdrtk5vwqH-tc6aejyfW-H7GrJafw_D4j-2X-Iahhm1HHu7g21sS9DGsOaPA3Yy0T/s1600/2ofBarbara-Eden-as-Jeannie-i-dream-of-jeannie-5795165-851-574.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 270px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539425169431107794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNwwVIMX_k-9-YjE4dQfmxmGwrZrZLrRroi9VuNM2xhTJDgq9jyg-7TC9nt5oQsJ8vnANUtTEVVkTdrtk5vwqH-tc6aejyfW-H7GrJafw_D4j-2X-Iahhm1HHu7g21sS9DGsOaPA3Yy0T/s400/2ofBarbara-Eden-as-Jeannie-i-dream-of-jeannie-5795165-851-574.jpg" /></a> Ok they are a little cutesy for my taste, but even so - such a sweet 60s look! Like a little 60s Barbie Doll.<br /><div></div>PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-91015711649102143892010-11-08T08:42:00.004+00:002010-11-09T08:35:35.542+00:00Walk the plank, oo-argh me hearties and all that gibberish!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVyYq_iCvvyuIGchlC5wyZteymCc0NeqfO0-MSzo-wDorYolPwHbmFXkyKfI5r_yd7r37UjLE6iS0y3nLlA325YsI7X5GrCESk8__MGNHbiIH8O7mzMACbHuLSEnfUUBI_J2yRSmkCi1y/s1600/ana+and+me+ooh+argh.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537097790878759698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVyYq_iCvvyuIGchlC5wyZteymCc0NeqfO0-MSzo-wDorYolPwHbmFXkyKfI5r_yd7r37UjLE6iS0y3nLlA325YsI7X5GrCESk8__MGNHbiIH8O7mzMACbHuLSEnfUUBI_J2yRSmkCi1y/s400/ana+and+me+ooh+argh.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ok</span>, we had a housewarming party this weekend, at my friends who happens to have a bar in her new house, how cool? yes it's in the basement! Randomly she and her flatmate have named it <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Fillipes</span>'. No reason. No reason needed, haha.</div><div></div><div>Only the coolest bar in town, I'll have you know! The theme for the party was pirates - Johnny <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Depp</span> as Captain Jack Sparrow unfortunately could not attend. However giggles were had by all! </div><div></div><div>My outfit was quite rubbish <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">haha</span> last minute rush - I have my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">eye patch</span> round my neck, see?! if it wasn't for that I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">didn't</span> really much look like a pirate...! <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Hehe</span>.<br /><br />My head scarf is knitted and about 35 years old, it was my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">nana'</span>s cute huh? must wear more often...it's the perfect shape to tie round your head...really nicely knitted!</div>PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-31370277045556827072010-11-08T08:24:00.005+00:002010-11-08T08:39:25.647+00:00Little Ol' Tea Drinker me...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOaxe73Iv-NifpWnkDWap5_2U-eSBdUufW3EnWroGXJ11ygSdUJPsElATNp3Afh8G8Nf7ygj8zww208OKQ-QRfx0A_fCmaGHFWrswu7smJeuUWXm7vjjIIhsHxFbofWNRfAUsfFZNB4EJ/s1600/tea-party-logo.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537095510127093154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOaxe73Iv-NifpWnkDWap5_2U-eSBdUufW3EnWroGXJ11ygSdUJPsElATNp3Afh8G8Nf7ygj8zww208OKQ-QRfx0A_fCmaGHFWrswu7smJeuUWXm7vjjIIhsHxFbofWNRfAUsfFZNB4EJ/s400/tea-party-logo.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;">I'm trying to take some time out. I'm trying to stop chasing excitement quite as much, as it's tiring! Ha,ha maybe a sign of age? I'm trying to cut back on the shopping, make time to breathe and enjoy the simple things.</span><br /><br />I'm enjoying making my jewellery without any pressure. I'm enjoying cups of fruit and herbal tea, on a Sunday in the cosiest little teashop ever. While I'm watching my pennies I'm staying in the city I live, most weekends -and I feel <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">I'm</span> rediscovering it all over again, almost - with fresh eyes.<br /><br />Everyday <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">I'm</span> writing a fresh to-do list. I've finally realised life is about experiences, people you meet and what you create with them. Life is short - duh of course it is!<br /><br />Getting lost helps you find the things you're looking for, that's why I can't wait to go travelling once more. Next post will be my hit-list of countries.<br /><br />I'm making porridge shortly for breakfast, it's raining outside - yet I might still go for that jog - or maybe not?<br /><br />Life at the moment is tea drinking, reading good books, dancing with friends for hours at weekends until our feet ache and living <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">ever day</span> whilst noticing every moment. I hope to make some candles in vintage tea cups in the next few weeks...<br /><br />The music I'm listening to so much at the moment is soul...sweet, sweet soul - going back to my mod roots ;-)<br /><br />Hardly rock n roll but I'm enjoying this stillness.<br /><br />Little ol' tea drinker me x</div>PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-34003677889360505012010-11-08T00:41:00.002+00:002010-11-08T00:51:11.769+00:00My mum met the legend Jimi Hendrix, and all I got was the story<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiklZfe-TyJASzufy8RFqs_mm9nPw1bF_iN84OGnES1FT6BfSx2TnbL7MkH-GzgScaJq1IQ_foCVXiPd-rSzegBoyd0v2FcXe9BaLnHX4-m07Rh8Cya2Vu0utc-yhTwSDyuOpgj-e8nGTGz/s1600/JimiHendrix-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiklZfe-TyJASzufy8RFqs_mm9nPw1bF_iN84OGnES1FT6BfSx2TnbL7MkH-GzgScaJq1IQ_foCVXiPd-rSzegBoyd0v2FcXe9BaLnHX4-m07Rh8Cya2Vu0utc-yhTwSDyuOpgj-e8nGTGz/s400/JimiHendrix-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536974876123735346" /></a><br />Jimi Hendrix amazing artist, gentle, gentle soul...softly spoken - or so my mum tells me, who met him in the mid sixties and sat on a bench talking to him for a good while - I love the story, I'm terribly jealous of her for getting to meet him - but in the nicest possible way of course! ;-)<br /><br />R.I.P Jimi. And can you believe the photographic evidence of my mum and Jimi sat on that bench together got lost in a record sleeve that my dad lent to a friend in the late 1970s. Fail! <br /><br />I think he's beautiful....and someone somewhere has a random picture of Jimi with a blonde, young woman with a beehive looking a little similar to me, and on that day next to that fine young man, likely to be looking very SMUG. Where are you photo? xPorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-79722476807473781502010-11-05T19:11:00.000+00:002010-11-05T19:12:03.455+00:00Porcelain Doll Vintage playlist<embed src="http://assets.mixpod.com/swf/mp3/mixpod.swf?myid=71145799&path=2010/11/05" quality="high" wmode="window" bgcolor="222222" flashvars="mycolor=222222&mycolor2=77ADD1&mycolor3=FFFFFF&autoplay=false&rand=0&f=4&vol=100&pat=0&grad=false" width="410" height="311" name="myflashfetish" salign="TL" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" border="0" style="visibility:visible;width:410px;height:311px;" /><br><a href="http://www.mixpod.com/playlist/71145799"><img src="http://assets.mixpod.com/images/btn-get-tracks.gif" alt="Music" title="Get Music Tracks!" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.mixpod.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://assets.mixpod.com/images/btn-create.gif" alt="Playlist" title="Create Your Free Playlist!" border=0></a><a href="http://www.mixpod.com/ringtones/71145799"><img src="http://assets.mixpod.com/images/btn-get-ringtones.gif" alt="Ringtones" title="Get Ringtones From This Playlist!" border="0"></a><br />Create a <a href="http://mixpod.com">playlist</a> at <a href="http://mixpod.com">MixPod.com</a>PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-26113977002418223112010-10-31T11:04:00.004+00:002010-10-31T16:35:43.894+00:00style vs fashion<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8eulAWpH9mgynNYYP0GCcIDS7pB3aP5EsNBYzDBIT46osUKDXhoA2qocUMXvoFMGUniXyrCps7IJi2rh0Xk0juFc5a9_90YiDkVOGQ8N8nLR69WVs0kkOEYO8ChZdsgDmI-gp6zxY42dA/s1600/janeb.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534172699809543170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8eulAWpH9mgynNYYP0GCcIDS7pB3aP5EsNBYzDBIT46osUKDXhoA2qocUMXvoFMGUniXyrCps7IJi2rh0Xk0juFc5a9_90YiDkVOGQ8N8nLR69WVs0kkOEYO8ChZdsgDmI-gp6zxY42dA/s400/janeb.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;"><em><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ok</span>, if I can't get Jane <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bikin's</span> legs I'll make do with a bag like hers in this photo...</em><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><blockquote><br /><p align="center"><strong>Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.<br /><em>Quentin Crisp </em></strong></p><br /><blockquote><br /><p align="center"><strong>Fashion can be bought.<br />Style one must possess.<br /><em>Edna <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Woolman</span></span> Chase</em></strong><br /><br />It's easy to see which is the winner. I don't like being told what to do by anybody (is this a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Capricorn</span> thing?) so there's no way I am being dictated the latest fashions. Of course one can't help be influenced slightly, merely picking up a magazine or watching a film, or strolling down your local high street.<br /><br />One of my favourite books on style is <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cheap-Date-Guide-Style/dp/0593056949">The Cheap Date Guide to Style</a>, I can't recommend it enough! It's <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">experimental</span> and fun, and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">focuses</span> on clothing and accessories being a source of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">experimental</span> pleasure! </p><br /><p align="left">So let's start each day like a child sifting through a dressing up box! So next time I get cross at myself for having schizophrenic dress tendencies I will just kindly remind myself, it's meant to be fun...Mondays when I dress like a mod, Thursdays as if I have just come back from Woodstock and Saturdays when <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">I'm</span> dressed like a swirly psyche mod, and Sundays when I look like a indie kid. Dressing up becomes so much more when you absorb your inspiration from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">literature</span>, art, music and history! It becomes so much more fun and more a part of you, an extension of your personality! Is this sounding pretentious?! I hope not!</p><br /><p align="center">Enjoy and have fun in that dressing up box!</p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">PS what's happened to the good old <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">British</span> jumble sale?!!</span></p></blockquote></blockquote></div>PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-52662034883563204612010-10-31T10:53:00.009+00:002010-10-31T11:01:20.045+00:00Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes (style queen)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0o0_0UorE48L6T270RgmITrJ598Ye3nEGXu9p-a1a0kxElKwgESL4EcmunCfgwnxXReyuoWpYMroyvAEAcGRd51J3e85DuJUZ7Fom1K1TCvKCYzF4_jRqa-vHirvac1Av8eeMDDIOskP/s1600/almost-famous-almost-famous-61998_1024_7681.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534163584515911618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0o0_0UorE48L6T270RgmITrJ598Ye3nEGXu9p-a1a0kxElKwgESL4EcmunCfgwnxXReyuoWpYMroyvAEAcGRd51J3e85DuJUZ7Fom1K1TCvKCYzF4_jRqa-vHirvac1Av8eeMDDIOskP/s400/almost-famous-almost-famous-61998_1024_7681.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cOIpuW9m0U5HZdzmQmdIzkGPXuRRt_5PizFgShLJCQv-oPlCoXqz47jhfg2-zyJTp4qyJxdll7XBRrtJIYtFkDik2JC5P3RsTPvZWZUMgHgPacYBKjSg_Mj1pl8dubHkDcqtFBY2r6a_/s1600/pennylanehat.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 364px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534162617289956194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cOIpuW9m0U5HZdzmQmdIzkGPXuRRt_5PizFgShLJCQv-oPlCoXqz47jhfg2-zyJTp4qyJxdll7XBRrtJIYtFkDik2JC5P3RsTPvZWZUMgHgPacYBKjSg_Mj1pl8dubHkDcqtFBY2r6a_/s400/pennylanehat.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIkIYkpjpfURkXBnBP-yQiLfe_XL5WQPD9ghPPaC_mCiow2XJvLq7L2SKc-LIKzye78gOji-Rc_DTWVB1m9jR2uuD9htBLaaE1AgCh8wpQwSMN3ux1phMpraxBrL9HhfJWz9qJGZsNkk8/s1600/penny-lane-almost-famous-93459_339_451.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 241px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534162500294984226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIkIYkpjpfURkXBnBP-yQiLfe_XL5WQPD9ghPPaC_mCiow2XJvLq7L2SKc-LIKzye78gOji-Rc_DTWVB1m9jR2uuD9htBLaaE1AgCh8wpQwSMN3ux1phMpraxBrL9HhfJWz9qJGZsNkk8/s400/penny-lane-almost-famous-93459_339_451.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCH6bC9EgxdjHUENj9GfCI1H9xqKR_Udc80b-HUbMes0n3l8yVOUMi8FdaLAOLp1zZR0TbQ-PmgOhAf1otu6nbyZEyU8BVRapeB4wl8ghaocbHUSc5Egq8TueChvo2uoIHM_eoZ3d6yGg/s1600/pennylane4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534162402946198450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCH6bC9EgxdjHUENj9GfCI1H9xqKR_Udc80b-HUbMes0n3l8yVOUMi8FdaLAOLp1zZR0TbQ-PmgOhAf1otu6nbyZEyU8BVRapeB4wl8ghaocbHUSc5Egq8TueChvo2uoIHM_eoZ3d6yGg/s400/pennylane4.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwNCGTYMsMs0Qp1rJe2hwacoyha_HXWXPiq2CteE2TNNNLvwwn8fMukbRWos6IN2RgEKi6zHW8ZTJcA1J-y1oqdbu33K5oUTogaTltVjrDO3-xLEhyDrrwWztrp6nE-iu7xoqrBz8ax-_/s1600/almost_famous.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534162001341462146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwNCGTYMsMs0Qp1rJe2hwacoyha_HXWXPiq2CteE2TNNNLvwwn8fMukbRWos6IN2RgEKi6zHW8ZTJcA1J-y1oqdbu33K5oUTogaTltVjrDO3-xLEhyDrrwWztrp6nE-iu7xoqrBz8ax-_/s400/almost_famous.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center">Like the song, like the girl...<br /></div><br /><div align="center">What a wonderful film, Almost Famous. It's 1973, I'm a groupie and my name is Penny Lane.</div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-13183158075509057032010-10-30T17:12:00.001+01:002010-10-30T17:14:46.305+01:00Ted Hughes, my favourite poem - possibly of all time I introduce to you 'Lovesong'<div align="center"><strong>Lovesong<br /></strong>He loved her and she loved him.<br />His kisses sucked out her whole past and future or tried to<br />He had no other appetite<br />She bit him she gnawed him she sucked<br />She wanted him complete inside her<br />Safe and sure forever and ever<br />Their little cries fluttered into the curtains<br /><br />Her eyes wanted nothing to get away<br />Her looks nailed down his hands his wrists his elbows<br />He gripped her hard so that life<br />Should not drag her from that moment<br />He wanted all future to cease<br />He wanted to topple with his arms round her<br />Off that moment's brink and into nothing<br />Or everlasting or whatever there was<br /><br />Her embrace was an immense press<br />To print him into her bones<br />His smiles were the garrets of a fairy palace<br />Where the real world would never come<br />Her smiles were spider bites<br />So he would lie still till she felt hungry<br />His words were occupying armies<br />Her laughs were an assassin's attempts<br />His looks were bullets daggers of revenge<br />His glances were ghosts in the corner with horrible secrets<br />His whispers were whips and jackboots<br />Her kisses were lawyers steadily writing<br />His caresses were the last hooks of a castaway<br />Her love-tricks were the grinding of locks<br />And their deep cries crawled over the floors<br />Like an animal dragging a great trap<br />His promises were the surgeon's gag<br />Her promises took the top off his skull<br />She would get a brooch made of it<br />His vows pulled out all her sinews<br />He showed her how to make a love-knot<br />Her vows put his eyes in formalin<br />At the back of her secret drawer<br />Their screams stuck in the wall<br /><br />Their heads fell apart into sleep like the two halves<br />Of a lopped melon, but love is hard to stop<br /><br />In their entwined sleep they exchanged arms and legs<br />In their dreams their brains took each other hostage<br /><br />In the morning they wore each other's face<br /><br />Ted Hughes<br /><br /></div>PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866391401967492692.post-19767976875332514042010-10-30T16:58:00.004+01:002010-10-30T17:09:02.428+01:00Crush...check out that beard!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqxF8gZbpmU2w7D0ffKx6j3-0xUrRvSotCMKqTEJSgxtXA9CSqtBFAFxhlBF6-osSA9jDu2-xGn_Np-g8_JegHjABtz5OmcTXWJzzAqDB6UWKteZIasl3NeD0ENWTmVJCv32gTD2tiDfL/s1600/Devendra+Banhart+724792066_l.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 293px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533871526158617378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqxF8gZbpmU2w7D0ffKx6j3-0xUrRvSotCMKqTEJSgxtXA9CSqtBFAFxhlBF6-osSA9jDu2-xGn_Np-g8_JegHjABtz5OmcTXWJzzAqDB6UWKteZIasl3NeD0ENWTmVJCv32gTD2tiDfL/s400/Devendra+Banhart+724792066_l.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSb7s2QD-X7qtXcpOtZGm41oRJ6GxoIrHtjo9BcbsaMuJ4-h-BZSA2v4JZetlwfAu6iRhVmljam20qZbMSNylFCJYgLjSCjRpTq5i7ys6ATgH2hU5_-GD64XAoajhjjJwX8C71aT8WRd7W/s1600/Devendra+Banhart.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 302px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533870887189715954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSb7s2QD-X7qtXcpOtZGm41oRJ6GxoIrHtjo9BcbsaMuJ4-h-BZSA2v4JZetlwfAu6iRhVmljam20qZbMSNylFCJYgLjSCjRpTq5i7ys6ATgH2hU5_-GD64XAoajhjjJwX8C71aT8WRd7W/s400/Devendra+Banhart.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>I would love to see Mr <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Devendra</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Banhart</span> play live and his deliciously melodic, child-like <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">hippy</span> folk songs that sound like sunshine!</div><br /><br /><div>And he's mighty easy on the eye too! Don't you agree? Sigh, more men need long hair and facial hair, circa '67-'72. Though I do have plenty o' crushes on the more clean cut mod boy. </div><div> </div><div>But basically you got to love a dandy, right girls? Just as long as he doesn't spend more time using the bathroom mirror then you!</div></div><div> </div><div>;-)<br /><div></div><br /><div>X</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div></div>PorcelainDollVintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293062123298154870noreply@blogger.com0