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Being a pinup, thanks to Vixen Pinup Photography. All the years of being in projects for photo student friends (and boyfriend) are paying off. If you haven’t ordered Retro Lovely you should. You get to see me in a Monkey Wrench Clothing corset.

Consumer magazine’s biggest players have banded together for a campaign to promote the print medium.

I NEED this blush. It’s supposed to be better than their Dandelion shade which is too pale, even for my pasty face.

A TON of (free) brush sets for your Photoshopping pleasure.

Retro Barbie and Gene dolls equal girlie retro fun!!

Gorgeous styling in this shoot (NSFW, by the way). I know they are everywhere but I love the tiny top hats. I think it has something to do with my secret wish to be a magician’s assistant. Seems like something a magician’s assistant would wear. I really like the photo in the hotel hallway with the lights.

You MUST watch this Oliver People’s viral video with Elijah Wood and Shirley Manson titled ‘Les enfants sennuient le Dimanche’ (The children are bored on Sundays). I love their promo videos.

Thanks to this Design*Sponge post, I’ve  realized that the film “In the Mood for Love” is exactly the look I am going for in our new place. David calls it “vintage frou frou”.

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The “Annie Hall” look that the hipster ladies are wearing for Spring, without even knowing the film. Yuck.

People who do not listen when I TELL them to ask me for help before messing with my files.

TAILGATING ON THE HIGHWAY. This is not NASCAR. This is getting from point A to point B, hopefully going the speed limit, with plenty of space between vehicles. If I am in the right lane, you really do not need to be right behind me. There’s no reason for it.

Shopping for home stuff like drapes. There’s some UGLY stuff that people are apparently putting in their homes. Sometimes having taste makes shopping a real drag. And real expensive.

Nikki was inspired by Burlesque queen, Dita Von Teese, and I donned a black wig that helped create the right look. Nikki had lots of ideas and gave really good direction, which was great. Plus, it was fun to do something to help out such fantastic local designers. Check out David’s photos below. I am so excited to see how Nikki’s images turn out!

Now I want to get one of Nikki’s pin up photo packages in the future, it was so much fun trying all the clothes and vintage hats — like playing dress up for grown ups. Plus, something tells me David will not be opposed to the idea. Not to mention Nikki and I are hatching all kinds of professional projects to work on in the future which is especially exciting!

Nikki pinning my hair back to put on the wig!

Taking direction from Nikki. This was the first of the Monkey Wench clothes. The Evil Pawn necklace style is Demonia, and it's gorgeous in person!

It took at lot of bobby pins to pin up that wig! This was my favorite corset I wore. Normally I would not go for antique white lace, but this was just so beautiful and girly!

I love hats with netting! This was super fun to wear!

Oh the glamour! I'm wearing some gorgeous giant rings in these shots.

Relaxing between poses!