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The Etsy Pile: Friday Edition
Hello and welcome to the Etsy Pile. Stare at your screen in wonder whilst The Garbage Lady hand selects a collection of vintage gems for you. Let’s commence. A commendable button up shirt. Keep your essence of frog’s breath in this bottle. A dress to wear when jeans don’t adequately express your love for denim. Someone…
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The Etsy Pile: Monday Edition
Hello and welcome to the Etsy Pile. Stare at your screen in wonder whilst The Garbage Lady hand selects a collection of vintage gems for you. Let’s commence. Did you even know you needed a pair of egghead salt and pepper shakers? My goodness, what a nice silk printed blouse. A VERY accurate necklace. Wear this…
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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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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…
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Heavens to Etsy: Round 1
Hello and please welcome yourself to Heavens to Etsy! Shopping online for vintage can feel like a lawless and futile task. It can feel like wandering aimlessly through a Goodwill three hundred times the normal size. Sometimes, your vision goes blurry. Maybe you start having nightmares about polyester. The Garbage Lady is here to assist…
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I Like Third Planet Collective
Third Planet Collective inspired me to write a soap opera with shower accoutrements for characters. Possible plot lines I’ve conceived are: -Soapie elopes with Scrubbert, the dashing new organic loofah in town. Then, she discovers she has a twin. THEN, she finds out she’s from the dollar store, not Whole Foods like everyone told her.…