This kitty is wild at heart ……………

It has been a while since my last outfit post. This outfit was quite random but yet turned out to be fun and quite trendy. I originally planned to wear a skirt and a button up blouse but Mother Nature’s atmospheric conditions took a different route and so did my outfit. Instead I opted for this vintage 80s light wool dress in pull over style which is just perfect on a chilly fall Nashville day and threw over my recently thrifted leopard cardigan labeled Express. The Fabric is super soft as well.










Otherwise I really don’t have much to say for this post except that I appreciate all the love from all the new readers and older ones too who emailed and asked for my return. It meant a lot and I love you all very much.









In case you were inspired by my look and want to experiment a little, I found this article below and thought I’d share!

How to Wear an Animal Print
In the past those who wore leopard-print occupied a strange no-person's land. According to Alexander animal print “treads” a fine line between tarty and tasteful.
However, anything goes this season from a single piece to top-to-toe:
•Fashion’s golden rule has always been to keep animal print to one single piece and keep the rest of your outfit simple. The safest way to wear animal print is sparingly!
•Pair leopard print with beige or black to keep it chic and refined.
•Dip a toe into the trend by adding a leopard print accessory to a plain outfit. This could be a scarf, a hat, some tights, gloves, a structured bag or a pair of cute kitten heels.
•For a real celebrity look break the rules by mixing and matching prints. However, this look is not for the faint-hearted. Keep accessories to a minimum to keep it chic.
•Go for good quality fabrics. Cheap material can look less than chic when it’s an animal print.



Outfit:
Black dress : Vintage 1980s light wool
Leather purse : Vintage cognac Pollini
Shoes : Newport News
Fascinator hat : Vintage stunning orange velvet
Cameo brooch : Vintage
Satin opaque black tights : Hue - Personal Shapers


Hope you all have a wonderful week. Until then stay beautiful inside and out!
Kisses to all!

Cause I'm the wanderer ........

I was in the middle of listing some fall vintage dresses, blouses and skirts when etsy went whoopsie! So I decided to do this quick post to share of whatsoever the mind perceives in itself.



Earlier today while taking some photos for the shop I got sidetracked in favor of a sweet lace trim. You see I was wearing this lace piece or trim to keep my hair away from face and to tell you the truth I'm not even sure what the pretty delicate decorative fabric woven was intended for, but I wore it as headscarf or kerchief. I also thought it would look fantastic as a victorian accent around the neck. I find peace gazing at beautitul things. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.



Ok etsy is back! yeah! I'm going to finish up here.



Hope this post finds everyone well!
Kisses to all!

Last day of summer .............

Photos by Mark

I promised to post this outfit this Tuesday so here it is! I believe it is still Tuesday! ;) Internet was down for a while today which delayed an earlier post, so I’m going to be short & sweet. I have to get my beauty sleep for a very important moment tomorrow and can’t wait to share it.


This intense combination with mangos, peaches and oranges coloring accessories will take you for a walk back to the beginning of summer! But I’m ready for fall, after this post that is ;D To me seasons are like a musical passage moving from one key to another. I enjoy them all.

My saying goodbye to summer ouffit:

Vintage skirt black shiny satin fabric, All That Jazz
Green Tank from Target ( feels really soft )
Vintage Hat : colorful peaches, Loveman’s Inc. Mc Henry’s Hat, Nashville
Vintage Belt : Capezio bright floral with sparkles resembling glazed or sugar delights
Shoes : Vince Camuto black strappy sandals
Vintage Bag : 80's Sharif Black snake skin leather shoulderbag













P.S. As always stay bee-u-tiful inside and out!
Have a wonderful evening.
Kisses to all.

Delicious fruity summer finds and a lucky winner! .....

This week I found some pretty sweet things(vintage accesorries) that are extremely pleasing to the sense of taste, I meant to the sense of style that is ;) I plan to use them both on Tuesday's outfit post! fingers crossed! :)



Also wanted to thank everyone for entering the Shabby Apple giveaway!!

.... Clare of Between Laundry Days is the lucky winner of the Shabby Apple L'amour Dress Giveaway. She was selected as the winner using the random number generator at random.org. Congratulations Clare!!! Please email me your measurements and dress size as well as your mailing address to vestedbeevintage@gmail.com



P.s. Have no worries, there are many more opportunities to win great Giveaways!! Thanks to Shabby Apple for sponsoring this giveaway.

Have a great rest of what is left of the weekend and welcome a brand new week! Kisses to all!
xoxo

The Rendez-vous avec Q!........

In my first meet up with a lovely Nashville Blogger (with hopefully many more to come!) I had the chance to spend hours with Quincy of Q’s Daydream. Mark and I, Quincy and her husband Johnny met at Jackson’s in downtown Nashville. Quincy and her hubby embraced us as if we were longtime friends reuniting after years of being apart. We grabbed a bite to eat and had a couple of drinks and talked vintage and bloggers like there was no tomorrow. I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. Quincy was very vintage bombshell femme in a red halter top dress with the prettiest print and a full skirt that flares enormously, a beautiful wedge and vintage cognac woven handbag. Too bad we didn’t take photos that day because she was a stunner! I think the conversations of getting to know one another got in the way of me snapping a shot of her from my camera phone.







This past Sunday was probably one of the longest days that I have ever anticipated on. This time we met at the Parthenon for a photo shoot and here are some of the moments captured by our photographer husbands! Afterwards we went to Starbucks for some refreshing beverages where she introduced me to the iced chai tea with soy drink, I was already a big fan of hot chai tea but this definitely tops my home made tea bags recipe.
I had the most wonderful time with Q which I used to refer to as Queen before I knew her real name. She’s super sweet, energetic, kind hearted and looks gorgeous every time I see her. And can I honestly say she’s a great friend to have and glad to have met her through Etsy and Blogging. (She, too, posted about our experience!) Take a look here.





Outfit on me:
Vintage 1930s floral print dress
Vintage bow belt
Wooden wedge from UO
Vintage Etienne Aigner Woven bag

Visit Quincy's Blog to view a description of her fabulous outfit.









Hope everyone is having a great week!!

And one more thing! Don't forget to enter the Shappy Apple Dress Giveaway!

Kisses for everyone!

Shabby Apple Giveaway! .....

Mesdames et mademoiselles! I’m pleased to announce that I have partnered with Shabby Apple to do a giveaway! Shabby Apple would like to give the following dress to one of my lucky readers! They’ve chosen the L’amour dress that will flatter different figure types and is truly your solution for the elegant everyday dream dress. The dress FITS GENEROUSLY!



The winner will receive the dress in their size, of course!
And the best part? you have 3 chances to win!

How to Enter:

1. for your first entry just leave a comment on this post before 8:00pm central time on Monday, August 23.

2. If you are a follower of Vested Bee Vintage and/or Shabby Apple's blog leave an additional comment for your second entry.

3. For your third entry head on over to Shabby Apple shop, select a favorite item and leave a third comment telling us which one means love to you!

Giveaway ends on August 31, 2010 at 8:00pm central Time. Giveaway is open for residents of the US only.

Good luck to everyone and thanks to Shabby Apple for their generosity and divine style guidance!!!

When it rains it pours ............

Is it ok to have an instance of boastful talk? Well in this case I’d like to think that it is perfectly fine..... :)



It’s been a while since I got featured anywhere. Then all of a sudden it has started raining and it has been raining for a month straight. By all means a girl could get use to this prolong treatment of a perfect storm. Just like the song from the SWV titled “rain” I’m caught in a rain that I don’t need no shelter from. And you want to know something I’m super grateful and enjoying the moment while it lasts! ;)





So this post is for the lovely Emilie at Delance Fashion by whom I was selected between the top 100 Delance Fashion community members (base on activity points) that I was selected as featured community member. Emilie asked me some questions and created an article about my blog and placed a picture at the community’s front page. If you would like to take a peek at the article it will remain on the community front page for 10 more days.

Also Delance Fashion is a super fun place to join, you can find people with similar interests like other bloggers, shoppers, vintage lovers, groups like style icon, shoes lovers, vintage inspiration, DYI, daily outfits and more. As for me I’m totally obsessed with the application feature “events” because it helps me stay organize and spread the news of goodies in my shop.

@ Emilie: This is pleasing to the senses. Thank you so much for the feature.



P.s. I will be posting a giveaway this weekend, so get ready to do the hop, skip and jump to win something beautiful.

Kisses to all! muah!