Birthday Wishing for Wednesday

As you read in yesterdays post my birthday is next month. I usually never really have something on my birthday wish. My mother usually takes us to our favorite shop, T.J.Maxx and I will pick out some nice things, usually jewelery or a handbag, and then I go sit in the car and she picks out what she wants to buy. Then we get home and she wraps it and gives it to me at my birthday dinner. My mother always begs and begs me for a birthday wishlist and I always tell her "I don't know what I want." This year since it is such an important birthday I feel I should put in the effort to pick out some items that I would like for my birthday. There are some items that I really really would like for my birthday but I know that will not happen. I will include those last.

Gift Number #1.

Custom Pinup Head Vase on Etsy

If you read my Treasure Thursday last week you discovered my love for head vases. It started very randomly after seeing one at my favorite antique mall. Now I have about six of them. I would have more but they can be very costly and I try to limit my purchases to around $20. I would love to have a custom vase done of me! That would really be a treasured item. It cost about $100 so it will probably remain a birthday wish for awhile. 

Gift #2.

1950 Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash Outfit on Etsy

This is another passion of my, old cameras. I have always loved cameras. Even as a child I carried around an old Fisherprice camera. I went on to college to study photography but then changed to art history. A lot of good either one did me. Whenever I see a neat one I have to pick it up. I actually found one very similar that works but I like how this includes EVERYTHING. I could have so much fun with this. I even found a company that supplies old film. I need to pick some film up for my Polaroid camera while I am at it. I miss using that camera. We need to go back to film processing. I loved taking pictures and waiting to get them developed and seeing how they came out. It was always so much fun to be surprised at the results.

Gift #3. 

Elvis and Marilyn double sided pendant from xohandworks.com

I love this pendant. It has The King on one side and a legend on the other side. How much better can you get?

Gift #4.

Wisdom by Winston Tote from Modcloth.com

I adore this pug bag. You can just imagine the wisdom this little guy could give you. I know I always go to my Frenchy for advice. She gives me those puppy dog eyes like his and I always feel so much better. 

Gift #5.

Work With Me Dress From Modcloth.com

Gift #6.

Let's go for a Drive-In Dress from Modcloth.com

This is a perfect summer dress. One of my favorite things about summer is going to a drive-in. It is so 1950's. One of my favorite scenes in the movie Grease is when they are in the drive-in. I am very fortunate that I live near a few of them. My daughter and her schoolmate actually have scheduled to go to see a movie at the drive-in hopefully this weekend. How fitting would it be to go wearing this adorable dress?

My dream gifts. These are wishes for my birthday that I know won't happen for this years birthday but hopefully one in the near future. A girl can always dream right? 

Dream Gift #1.

Pink House in Asbury Park, NJ

I was doing a random search for places in New Jersey for a possible move location and I came across this house. There is a pink house for sale down the road from us and my daughter always begs for us to buy it. I have no interest in living in the area where my mom lives. It is far to country for me. Plus I miss being by water so I am looking to move close to the shore. Hence the possible move to NJ. What I like most about this house and why I started to have an interest in it apart from the obvious outside color was that it has an addition that could be used as a home business which leads me to my next item.

Dream Gift #2.

My dream gift would be to open a store. I have dreamed about this for years and years but have never acted on it. It is because of this dream that I started this blog to later feature my items in my shop. My shop would be a vintage/ retro remix clothing store. I would sell items that are either vintage or made to look vintage in the 1940's to 1950's era. These pictures are my inspiration for my store. Funny how pink keeps poping up?

Dream Gift #3.

1958 Cheverlot Biscayne

This is my ultimate dream car. If I got this for my birthday I think I would faint and need to be taken to the hospital. I love the summer because it means classic car shows. I can sit out in my backyard and watch all these amazing cars go by. I would love one just like this but with either white or pink colored interior. I would love one and put my store logo on it and drive around town. How cool would that be?

So there is my wishlist! It was actually kind of hard to pick and choose. It could have actually been much long but didn't want you to go through all that. I'll let you know if any of it comes true. 

Happy Belated Birthday Marilyn!

Hello again! I am truly sorry for being so out of action lately but when life takes control all you can do is just go with the flow. I feel terrible since I so wanted to post a birthday post for one of the greatest icons to ever live, Miss Marilyn Monroe.

Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jeane Mortenson, is one of histories most famous singer, model, and actress. I have always loved and sympathized for her. She was such a talented performer and much smarter than she was portrayed. Everyone around her wanted her to be this dumb blonde bimbo so that she was more attractive to men. She fought this image her whole career but also knew when to use it for her advantage.

She is one of the most popular and influential deceased icons today. Look at popular culture today. There was a movie about her life based on a best selling book, there is a show SMASH, which I just finally caught up on and is truly obsessed with, Mad Men who?. Another movie starring Naomi Watts is said to be about Marilyn, called Blonde. There is also talks of a Hologram concert to be done in the near future. There is so controversy about whether this should be done but I am a huge fan of the idea. As long as it is done in good taste I don't see any problem with it. Marilyn continues to still influence fashion and the beauty industry. I even had my hair and makeup done just like Marilyn for my senior prom.

Her love story with Joe Dimaggio is another tragic love story to add on to the huge list of tragic celebrity love stories. He adored her and I believe she truly loved him as well and just wanted to have a normal life. Unfortunely Hollywood and everyone else got in the way. I think that if they were left alone and people were not after her like rabid dogs they would have found that simple happiness they were after and lived happily for quite some time.

I adore her as a person, singer, actress, model, and icon. There are so many people in this world that also love her so dearly which is so sad because all she wanted in her life was to be truly loved.

What is your favorite Marilyn Monroe Film? That's a hard one for me. I love them all, Bus Stop is a close one, but then there is Some Like It Hot, or what about The Seven Year Itch, or Gentlemen Prefer Blondes? Ok maybe just your top five picks I wont make you have to choose one because obviously it is way to hard.