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Etsy Garbage
Hello and welcome to Etsy Garbage. Stare at your screen in wonder whilst The Garbage Lady hand selects a collection of vintage gems for you. Let’s commence. Perhaps a joke book to warm that cold soul? What a commendable chambray patchwork shirt. Bet you didn’t know you needed some delightful animal flash cards. The perfect…
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Heavens to Etsy: Why have a theme when you can not have a theme.
Hello and welcome to Heavens to Etsy! Stare at your screen in wonder whilst The Garbage Lady hand selects a collection of vintage gems for you. Let’s commence. I was going to pick out an adorable theme for this post. It was going to be something catchy like “Vintage Handbags Under $25” or “Kitten Shaped…
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Heavens to Etsy: Vaguely Summery Things
Hello and welcome to Heavens to Etsy! Stare at your screen in wonder whilst The Garbage Lady hand selects a collection of vintage gems for you. Let’s commence. Hello. The Garbage Lady has returned. Well, kinda. See, I’ve had an abundance of free time lately. You too? Get out of here! Well, in that time,…
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How to Wear A Blazer In the Summer: Don’t Put Your Arms In
A lightweight blazer is a fine tool should you need to skip town. It fits nicely into a small suitcase and is just capacious enough to hide a stolen ruby. You can also wear one several ways, effectively throwing off any torch and pitchfork wielding crowds. I’ll elaborate on the versatility a bit. A blazer…
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Give It A Go: Pipe Cleaner Accessories
Hello and welcome to Life Hacks by The Garbage Lady. This week, I’ll be showing you how to turn the remnants of your “craft sanctuary” phase into something useful. Let’s commence. Next time you’re second guessing your drastic career change, consider the pipe cleaner. Once, they scrubbed tobacco pipes for a living. Now, they’ve changed their…
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Heavens To Etsy: The Beach Episode
Hello and welcome to Heavens to Etsy! Every Friday, we’ll curate a collection of vintage gems just for you. There will be themes, laughter, tears of joy and many a bedazzled bucket hat. This week, we’re inspecting the necessary accoutrements for the sandy tundra sometimes known as the seaside. Ah, the beach. Wind in your…
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Summer Outfit Idea: Yacht Wear With a Hint of Trashy
Brethren! Welcome to my summer outfit idea. Question for you: do you know anyone who has or knows how to steal a yacht? If so, please send me their email, Instagram handle, and home address. If not, join me on this proposition: any location may be treated as if it’s a large and luxurious watercraft.…
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A Pretty Princess Guide to Music: The Dead Weather
Outwardly, I’m about as rock ‘n’ roll as a microwave instruction manual. I have the hairstyle of a Baptist preacher’s daughter and I prefer sea foam silk over black leather. But, I like my music how I like my concrete: heavy and gritty. Stuff like Nirvana. Deftones. Incubus. The paradox goes back to when I was…
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How About Some Ripped Denim?
To hell with the milkmaid trend. I’ve no emotional capacity left for a conservative, ruffled dress soaked in my own back sweat. Ripped denim, on the other hand, I just can’t seem to stay away from. The naysayers will declare it’s a dead look, a has been, a sham. That slashed denim died with the…
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Heavens to Etsy: The Infatuation Episode
Originally, my idea for this Etsy extravaganza was to show a variety of sellers with each installment. Maybe I’d use a theme here and there, like “swimsuits” or “competitive hotdog eating attire”, but not a singular shop for an entire post. That is, until I found Zappa’s Vintage. I tried and failed to pick just…
