I Say Goodbye...You Say Hello

Outfit Details: Dress, Hat, Brooch, Bag: Vintage//Blouse: Target//Shoes: Thrifted

Just a little pop in darlings to say hello and hope your week is going well.  I'm just playing catch up from being away last week.  That means loads of laundry, and food shopping, and dusting....exciting, isn't it?    Snow flurries have filled the air where I live up in the mountains so back to long sleeves and tights it is.  Hmm, I thought I said goodbye to old man winter already...why is he back again?!

Anyhow...I am off to bake up a batch of banana cupcakes with honey cinnamon frosting.  I will be sure to let you know how that goes:)

Catch you on the weekend!
Love Bunches!

Sweet Easter

Outfit Details: Dress: Vintage in shop//Hat: Vintage - Antique//Shoes: UO (old)

Why hello there darlings!

Seems my little blogging break went a little longer than planned, but I do hope you had a lovely Easter if you were celebrating.  After a long week of judging at a Fine Arts Festival, Al and I headed back to Philly then right back down to Camp Hill to visit with both of our families.  We were entirely pooped out from the week so during these last couple days, plenty of relaxing has been in order before returning back to the daily grind today.  

Easter is pretty traditional for us...church in the morning followed by a big Easter dinner and this year my mom really outdid herself.  Though I'm not a big ham person...or even meat person really, her ham with roasted pineapples and raisin gravy was truly delicious and I can't even speak about the twice baked potatoes without getting a major hankering for them.  Anyhow, following our meal we headed over to the cemetery to visit my Oma (grandmother), & Opa (grandfather), and Nana (grandmother) who all past away last year.  It was bittersweet but nice to have those moments where we looked back and smiled at all the memories they gave us throughout the years.    They felt close and that's all that really mattered.  Off course the day concluded with an egg hunt and plenty of Cadburys for the soul.  

So there you have it, that was my Easter.   Hope your Sunday was just as sweet.  Now time to catch up with all of you as it's been way too long:)

Love Bunches, 

Do Re Mi

Hello darlings!

 As I am off at a Fine Arts Festival this week, I am taking a short lil ol break from blogging til the weekend, but you can catch me on over at Lagelle where the very loverly Tahisha was so sweet to feature me on her latest Style Profile post.  Hop on over this way if you feel so inclined.  Thanks so much for all your sweet wishes and comments while am off judging some good old fashioned songwriting.

Cheers and hope to catch up with you all real soon!

xx Marisa Noelle

Cadbury

Outfit Details: Blouse, Skirt, Scarf, Brooch: Vintage//Cardi: Target//Tights: We Love Colors//Shoes: Modcloth

Oh boy darlings has it ever been a crazy weekend and it's looking like a crazy week lies ahead.  I'm quite alright with that though.  The fam and I are heading off to Philly again this evening and then Albert and I will yet jet off again to a Fine Arts Festival for teenagers all across Pennsylvania and Delaware.  I will be judging the songwriting entries and I simply cannot wait as songwriting is so near and dear to my heart.  It's always so inspiring to see what these lovely guys and dolls who have entered come up with.  I judged it last year and was completely blown away.  At 16, I only wish they had something like this for me.  I would have eaten it up, just like a Cadbury Egg.  At that age, I was completely obsessed with Jewel and Tori Amos and I'm pretty sure everything I wrote sounded like much cheesier versions of their songs.  Haha....I'd like to think, I've come a long way and can hopefully give these students plenty of encouragement as well as constructive criticism.

Alright that's all for now.  Please forgive me if I am nowhere to be found this week.  I do hope to catch up with you all very soon.  Oh and the photos above were taken in my neighborhood.  Deer can be found in my front yard like this on a daily basis.  I just love it!

Love Bunches, 

Sugar High

Outfit Details: Dress - Vintage swapped with Amber Rose//Sweater: UO (remixed)//Hat: Target//Shoes: Modcloth (remixed)

Hello there darlings!

Seems that dear March has reverted back to the old saying - "in like a lion", because goodness has it ever gotten cold here lately.  Seems the past couple days I have been back in my sweater, hat, and covered legs uniform - all feeling bundled up like a babushka just to brave the windy, cold elements.  This past week has been nothing short of slow as both the hubs and I have been stuck in doors with Spring colds.  Feeling a bit blah, but still that has left us plenty of time to enjoy homey crock pot dinners and Friends marathons.  Hey, there's a bright side to everything, right? 

Anyhow, as Easter approaches, I was feeling all sugary sweet in my pink dress, bunny sweater, and ice-cream shoes.  Perhaps a little overboard with the sugar high, but nothing wrong with being festive I do believe.  Now bring on the Cadbury Eggs!

In other news ...to show some customer appreciation - Rachel of Rachel the Hat was so sweet to show her love and support to my new Etsy shop Allyhoot Vintage.  You can find her over on her blog here, wearing the darling little eyelet blouse she picked out.

Hope you are having a sweet week!

Love Bunches, 

Crum Woods

Hello Darlings,

I'm finally back after a quite uneventful weekend...chock full of some good old fashioned lounging about and plenty of time just enjoy my teeny little family.  It was wonderful!

During this past week spent in Philly, Albert and I snuck away for the day by ourselves and decided to meander for a bit...that is after a pitstop for a green tea frap.  But anyhow...we found a little spot tucked away under an overpass where a curious little trail began.  Yes curious...I am as curious as a cat, so of course we parked and got on our way to the trail, laughing, talking, laughing.  We didn't know much about this trail except for that it ran through a place called Crum Woods.  Not so far into it...I happened to glance down to my right, straight into a wooded area and noticed the tiniest bit of stone peeking out from down below.  So off the beaten path we went.  This is how it went and what we found...

Details: Dress: Vintage in my store// Vest: Vintage//Hat: UO//Brooches: Antique//Bag: Thrifted//Tights: We Love Colors//Shoes: UO

I was in total awe.  Such a mystical little spot...also somewhat eerie, but that only added to it's enchantment.  Smack dab in the middle of nowhere...below a bike trail and above a meadow.  What was it....we did not know.  After going home and doing some research...all I know is that it goes by the name of Crum Henge and was possibly part of an old estate that was demolished when the highway above it was constructed.  It's part of the land that belongs to Swarthmore College and apparently a couple years back some students held there very own performance of Macbeth here.  My, would I love to have been there for that!  We venture didn't any deeper into the trail or woods but there is so much more to uncover...from what I have read.  I simply can't wait to go back.

Hope your week is treating you quite swell! 

Love bunches,

Day Trippers

Outfit Details: Dress & Hat: Vintage - will be in store//tights & necklace: Modcloth//Shoes: Thrifted

The other week, my good friend Kat (who might I add is one of the most genuine souls I've ever met), and I decided to day trip off to a charming little town called Lewisburg to relish a day full of antique treasures and relics from the days of yore.  It was a full day of eye candy both for the heart and soul and what I wound up with was bags full of vintage dresses with the most delightful little collars.

In the last antique shop we hit, the cutest little old lady, who was one of the vendors there approached me and told me she had something she thought I would love.  Of course I was intrigued.  She went on to  tell me that she had these little silk stockings from the 1950s tucked away where no one could find them and that she was hoping the right person would come along and really appreciate them.  Well, she got me hook, line, and sinker....they surely won my heart and will certainly be treasured.  How could I pass up little silk stockings with embroidered poodles?

Anyhow, twas one loverly day with one loverly gal and lots of loverly vintage darlings.  Hoping there will be plenty more gal-pallin day trips in our future:)

Catch you later,
Love bunches,