Makeup Mondays–Brand Spotlight #2

Greetings once again, my faithful Makeup Mondays readers!

Last week I talked about one of my favorite retro-inspired brands, and this week I’d like to talk about another of my favorites, Joe Blasco.  This particular brand is known as a “pro” brand, meaning that it is frequently used in the film and photography industries.  [...]

Red with Passion

If your new to my posts WELCOME. I try to make it as easy to get to the goods as possible so if you want to check out the item list in more detail, just click on the picture and it will bring you to more pictures and details!

This week has [...]

The Color of Cranberries

Hello fellow Vintage fashion enthusiast!

I just can’t seem to shake the theme of feathers these days! With Thanksgiving being tomorrow! You are sure to have your pickings for a lovely Thanksgiving dinner wardrobe. The inspiration for this weeks Thanksgiving themed color pallet is “Cranberries!”

Wouldn’t you know, that while searching high and low for some more [...]

Thankful Thursday

Although virtually everyone we know has been touched by the economic downfall in one way or another, there are still many things in each of our lives to be thankful for. For some of us it is something as simple as a sunset, a cup of coffee awaiting you in the morning, or a time [...]

Congratulations are in Order

We would like to extend our Congratulations to all of our Guest Authors! We were recently asked by Queens of Vintage if some of our featured articles could be posted on their site. Of course we were thrilled!! We are looking forward to many more wonderfully informative posts from all of our Guest Authors. Keep [...]

Makeup Mondays–Brand Spotlight

A warm hello again to my readers!  Since we finished our vintage face how-to series last week, today we are going to start a new feature—a spotlight on retro cosmetic brands.  I’ll be featuring different brands on a regular basis, along with other vintage tidbits and articles, in order to make Makeup Mondays [...]

****Coming Soon****

Lots of new items will be hitting the AlleyKat’s Online shop soon. We thought you all might like a sneak peek…

Caramel colored Suede dress made in the 1970's by Lilli Ann

With winter comes cold weather. Don’t worry we have lots of warm and cozy coats! This is one of our favorites:

Winter weather proof [...]

Vintage Black Friday

We are officially one week away from the biggest shopping day of the year. Many of us have already begun accumulating goodies here and there. I personally buy year round. But there is something to be said about the Black Friday specials that gets a lot of us up early in the morning.
A fellow Etsian [...]

Obtaining Royal Status

Who hasn’t wanted to be a Queen at some point in their lives? As a child I imagined being a Princess, having not fully realized the possibilities of upping the ante to queen bee status. However once older and married I quickly proclaimed myself as Queen of All…within my property stakes of course. As much [...]

Feather Your Fancy

I just can’t seem to shake the theme of feathers these days! With Thanksgiving being, less than two weeks away. You are sure to have your pickings for a lovely Thanksgiving inspired dinner wardrobe. Staying within the lines of the color palette, of fall and Thanksgiving. Yellow would have to be another color to add [...]