Once upon a time, in my dreams..

.. I had my very own vintage turquoise Shasta trailer to call my own, and I drove all across the Americas in it!

 Oh, how I wish!

That would be the perfect little spring restoration project! We were looking into buying one online this past fall, and came very close, unfortunately some lucky person beat us to it! I guess that one wasn't meant to be.. but I'm not giving up on my dream!

While doing some online research about vintage trailers, I stumbled upon the most amazing place: The Shady Dell campground in Bisbee, Arizona. It is a campground of all vintage fully restored aluminum trailers from the 1940's-1960's, complete with plastic flamingos perched on the astroturf lawn! They have a variety of different trailers which are all decorated differently, and you get to choose which one you would like to stay in. They come complete with little kitchenettes, refrigerators, and dishes so you can make your own meals! How perfect is that? And the best part about this discovery is that my parents live in Arizona and I am planning to go down there and visit them in less than a month, so I will get to experience this campground first hand! I have never been so excited about a vacation in my entire life!

So very Americana kitsch.  I am in love.

Atomic Christmas!

My Christmas wishlist was fairly simple this year: anything from the Atomic era and I will be on cloud 9.

My husband totally hit the nail on the head with these gems he found at local antique shops & vintage stores.. Also, I should probably mention that I have a bit of an obsession with mid-century lamps and lighting fixtures. (I probably have more than I have electrical sockets in my house.. it's becoming a bit of a problem!)

Vintage Eames Midcentury Danish Modern Atomic Lamps.

Actually, I already had one, and he miraculously found me the other matching one, so now I have a set! So perfect.

Atomic Starburst clock.

This is my third starburst clock in my collection. I am hoping to one day have enough to fill an entire wall with them. How beautiful would that be?

My parent's also got me some more Federal Amoeba glasses for my growing collection, and also a complete set of Fire King Peach Lustre Depression Era glass tea cups & saucers. So very stunning. I have still yet to photograph those.

All in all, a fantastic Christmas. People are too kind.