Silver Twine from a Valentine

Recent Self Portraits/ circus/ carnival/ vaudeville.

2010-04-17T18:23:00.000-07:00

Okay so Kevin is in one of them, I gotta let him share the spot light sometimes. (o:
Also threw in a couple cute photos I took of Lily. <3

I posted a few more posts with new photos too but they got knocked back to the next page because this one was so long, so you'll have to view older posts to see them!

Oh and I realize a bunch of the photos repeated. But I have no patience to go in and try to fix it. Sorry.

Trash the dress. (minus the trash)

2010-04-17T18:11:00.000-07:00

These two have been married for two years and they still look like newly weds!

New pin up photos

2010-04-17T18:10:00.001-07:00

New Kids photos

2010-04-17T18:08:00.000-07:00

Bre (My God daughter <3)

2010-04-17T18:05:00.000-07:00

New retro photos of Britt: Hollywood's "old money", workin' out, and bedtime britt.

2010-01-24T21:13:00.001-08:00

Vintage kids (and some that are not!)

2010-01-20T16:03:00.000-08:00

Kevin's first flying lesson

2010-01-10T20:42:00.000-08:00

It went really well, he took off the run way, and flew circles over kalamazoo. Then when we were 2000 feet in the air he realized his door wasn't shut all the way. And struggled for two minutes to get it to latch. Then I started getting motion sickness and was trying not to barf in the back of the plane. We landed in one piece and I managed to keep my lunch down. Then we went to the air zoo and saw the plane my grandpa was in in WWII.

Decade.nce Valentines day shoot with Britt

2010-01-06T19:51:00.000-08:00

Hair by my and britt, make up by me. And of course photos.

Weird morning wake up call.

2009-12-22T06:03:00.000-08:00

Okay so its a little after 8am and my phone is ringing downstairs, so I get up and get to it in time to get a message from a number I don't know. I hear "hey autumn, call me back its your aunt sue, its important." Now this freaked me out cause I literally never get a call from my aunt sue, and I was like, shit, I hope everything is okay. So I call her back right away and She says something a long the lines of "Autumn I need you to come over here, I need help, I called your dad and corey can't come over here, and so and so can't and i'm desperate."

So I ask her whats wrong (thinking at this point that its one of my real dad's sisters who I never met? But thinking about it now i'm pretty sure theres no Sue, but this lady certainly isn't my aunt sue on my moms side). So she goes on to explained that shes locked in her house, she just got out of jail, and something about the cops said she isn't the president? And continued talking about a bunch of people I had no idea who they were. And also asked me not to go to work and talk to Denise about any of this (well now i'm talking to the whole internet about it, but it was weird..)

Anyway I said I had no idea who any of these people were she was talking about and that I don't work a normal job right now anyway. And she says "Denise said you did, you work at mejier in the meat department with your mom". At that point I almost laughed out loud, and I was like nooooo I don't sorry. And she says "isn't your dad Dennis so and so?" And I said no and explained that at first I thought she might have been an aunt on my dad's side that I had never met , and she said, "Oh, see, didn't I tell you how desperate I was?" And I laughed and she laughed, wished each other a good christmas and hung up.

weird right?

I've uploaded my old family photos

2009-12-21T07:30:00.000-08:00

See more here: http://lucianofoetography.web.officelive.com/myfamily.aspx

New Christmas stuff

2009-12-08T19:09:00.000-08:00

Recent family/kid photos.

2009-12-08T19:06:00.000-08:00

Decade,nce with friends, a slumber party of sorts.

2009-11-18T10:24:00.000-08:00

Photos of me by Sara Beth Photography
Photos of all three of us by Kevin.
The rest are by me.

Christmas Kids

2009-11-16T07:53:00.001-08:00

Eli and Ian

Britts Pin up christmas shoot

2009-11-12T13:19:00.000-08:00

Ouh Christmas Tree.

2009-11-11T09:04:00.000-08:00

Random photos of my new tree, its a little bare right now but I like it.
Also photos of Willow, and a few of my new tin types.

Family Photos. (of my family!)

2009-11-05T06:04:00.000-08:00

Engagement photos.

2009-11-04T14:08:00.000-08:00

Halloween/zombie dance party/ Dia De Los Muertos Party

2009-11-04T14:00:00.000-08:00

Model shoot with Autumn Norris

2009-10-29T18:47:00.000-07:00

Pin up shoot of me by Kevin.

2009-10-17T23:00:00.000-07:00

Hair and Make up by Aimee Hobbins

Photo by my talented love interest. Kevin Laitala

Birthday cake/ Flapper / pin up witch Lisa

2009-10-15T05:56:00.000-07:00

Vamp Amy

2009-10-08T10:26:00.000-07:00

Hair and Make up by Aimee Hobbins

Other model Anna Saunders

Family.

2009-10-04T18:26:00.000-07:00

Ksusha Sailor Pin up

2009-10-01T15:29:00.000-07:00

Kaden

2009-09-30T18:47:00.000-07:00

I baby sat my friend Sara's on year old today. And got permission to make her the subject of my need for more baby photos.

New Decade.nce shoot.

2009-09-27T21:51:00.001-07:00

Model: Clearie
Hair and make up: Aimee

1980s glam shots/ 1950s pin up witch

Newest wedding

2009-09-23T17:31:00.000-07:00

Jesse and Noel on the beach in south haven last weekend.

The first of the Decade.nce revolution.

2009-09-21T20:33:00.000-07:00

There are tons of them, sorry for the long post, but you'll deal, cause its my blog and the photos are pretty much amazing. Brittany is the model, hair and make up by Aimee, Set design, lighting, costuming and photography by me. Ahh the things I have lying around my house.

(I'm so glad I finally figured out that I could use photobucket html for photos on this thing, blogger photo uploading is such a painful process.)

Trains + Bandits

2009-09-12T19:00:00.001-07:00

Jimmy Chamberlin

2009-09-11T15:09:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I met the former drummer of the smashing pumpkins (and the only drummer if you ask me) It was pretty much a dream come true. And it was so easy! He was five minutes from where I was, there was practically no line to see him (and I was there like 10 minutes late). And he was super nice. I took my little brother Noah with me too. Noah drew him a picture and had Jimmy sign his solo cd that I gave Noah. I had him sign my Gish album for me and Kevin cause poor Kevin was stuck at work all day.

New studio lights!

2009-09-11T14:56:00.000-07:00

I got my new studio lights yesterday, here are some shots i've done as practice.

Background color change in photoshop.

Girls cocktail party

2009-09-01T10:19:00.000-07:00

Scones I made.

New Wedding.

2009-07-23T06:59:00.000-07:00

These are some new photos from the last wedding I shot for Kate and Zhenya. I had a lot of fun. Great people to work with and Kate was the best!

Photos of Kevin and me by Jason Lounds

2009-07-23T06:38:00.000-07:00

Jason Lounds, a fantastic photographer came out to the little house the other night and did photos of Kevin and I. Its for his project about how real couples interact. These are only a couple of the many photos he took. I put some of them in black and white and sepia because I thought it looked good. But I plan on putting up all the color ones too. Because they're also very good.

Auties oddities and antiques, 5 cent admission.

2009-07-02T07:13:00.000-07:00

New Etsy stuff.

2009-07-02T07:07:00.000-07:00

I listed lots of vintage hats on my etsy. You can check them out here.

Get ready for a retro camping experience!

2009-06-13T19:00:00.000-07:00

Kevin's parents have gotten on board with our retro camper obsession. They called us this afternoon and said they had a surprise and to come over. I bet Kevin on the way over that they got a camper, and I was right. Its a Serro Scotty 1975. Even though its 70's it might be made to look more 50s. It a project we're all going to work on, and I can't wait. Tomorrow we'll find out what works on it and what needs replacing.

reverse order.

2009-06-07T07:58:00.000-07:00

kiss and make up.
(the repercussions of kitties wrestling until they both start crying)

Dinner Party!

My parents above, Kevin's below.

My God Daughter Bre, and my little brother Noah

Uncle Mike and My Aunt Debi

my Cousin Nikki, My Grandma (making the best face ever) and Kevin

weird photo of Lily

Picnic in Williamston

Cocktail party and new finds.

2009-06-04T06:57:00.000-07:00

Not vintage, but no less amazing, a sideshow lunch box I found at a thrift shop for $2.

Fleamarket find, old diner print on a canister.

This one isnt vintage too, But its a retro style radio, that isn't a radio, its a cookie jar.
Pink flamingos are sort of my thing now.

One of three gold birds my mom gave me.

Also gifts from my mom, three adorable little chalkware veggie faces.

New set of four martini glasses, and new shaker. Thrift store finds.

Kara's girls only cocktail party.

New-ish photography

2009-05-26T10:04:00.001-07:00

Attempted paintings

2009-05-24T17:44:00.000-07:00

Pop art Bela Lugosi

Random Burlesque girl

Tillie! The face of Coney Island

Old photo I found online, re-vamped a little. Or just, vamped.

Bathing Samson

2009-05-23T11:35:00.000-07:00

Samson, being a long haired cat, has been getting knots like crazy. I finally got them all out, and we bathed him so the greasy spots where the knots were are gone and hopefully won't cause anymore. He's kind of bald in some spots where I cut his fur too. Poor thing.

Antique field trip.

2009-05-22T06:04:00.000-07:00

Kara and I went to nine antique stores yesterday, between 10am and 6pm. We also squeezed in a few boutique shops, then after we got dinner and went to Ikea. So needless to say we were exhausted, we started our day in fowlerville, the to howell, then to Ann Arbor, and then to Canton.

We rated the stores and i'll be posting the ratings as soon as I find the paper I wrote them on. These are some of the things I got.

A retro napkin and straw dispenser. The Napkin holder came from Acme in Ann Arbor, and the straw dispenser came from an antique shop.

Heres a further back shot of the table, with the flowers Kevin surprised me with the other day.
Yes, another funny glass cat. I love him.
A retro blue nightgown with a robe to match.
This stuff I got from a shop in Howell called the pink shop. They had tons of amazing stuff. I got a purse, two hair bows, and Kara and I got a tear drop trailer book for an early b-day present for Kevin. He plans on building one for us this summer.
Three photos, bathing beauties, funny halloween costumes, and a girl with nice shades.
Got this for Kevin at the Acme store!
Now for some Ikea stuff, I love these ice cube trays.
The brown mouse in the middle is my Kitten Lily's all time favorite toy, my mom got it the first time we went to Ikea, when I went back yesterday I had to get more for her so I got a grey and white one.
And of course she was way too happy with them.
She likes the white one best right now.

oddities and lovelies .

2009-05-20T20:02:00.000-07:00

A few more from the old photo album. Here's Hitler, he's rockin the Chaplin stache (serious, rumor is he jacked that from charlie cause he was a fan, when charlie caught wind of this...."The Great Dictator" was born. Great movie. Anyway, its not an actual photo, its a leaflet, but its old, and it has German written on the back.

The lovely Luna Ladies. I want a set like this built for my future studio. Kevin said he'll make one for me. My guy can do anything, its true.

The Bicycle man, this is from Kevin's family album, I'm pretty sure this is downtown lansing, we still have the same light posts.

Cook out treats

2009-05-19T15:23:00.000-07:00

We had a last minute cook out with some of Kevin's friends last night, I decided i'd make up some quick and easy summer time treats.

Start with a retro cake plate and cover, if you dont have one, thats what antique shops are for. This one belonged to Kevin's grandma.

Next add the angel food cake (have I lost you yet?) I didn't have time to bake one myself so I bought this one ready made for $3

Clean your strawberries ladies. Cut them into four slices per strawberry, but save 3 or 4 of the better looking ones. Smash up your sliced strawberries with a fork and sprinkle some sugar on it.

Pour your smashed strawberries into the center of the cake, put those three nice looking ones you saved on top and you're done!

For drinks I served Tom Collins and Lemon Drop Martinis from recipes that my friend Kara gave me.

Tom Collins:

1 shot of vodka, 1 tsp. sugar, 1 shot of orange juice, 1 shot of lemon Italian soda (or sparkling lemonade) splash of lemon juice.

Mix in your martini shaker with ice, garnish with a cherry or lemon slice (or both!)

Lemon Drop Martini1/2 of vodka, 2 shots of lemon Italian soda (or sparkling lemonade)
1tsp of sugar, and a splash of lemon juice

Mix together in your martini shaker with ice, garnish with a lemon slice.

Flea Market Loot.

2009-05-18T10:36:00.000-07:00

I got all of this for only $15

I got this little guy for $1, He's got diamond eyes.

"Bawling (bowling) crying towel" and a bowling pin ash tray
A print of the famous Dion Quintuplets, cousins of mine on my grandmother's side

Chalk ware fruit for the kitchen, I'm becoming obsessed with chalk ware.

Two photographs, one of a retro table set, the other of kids and their dad looking at an old airplane.

Two life magazines from the 40's and 50's. I love reading the old articles, then when i'm done I cut out the old ad's, frame them, and display them around the house.

My boyfriend Kevin and me looking around.

Tray my mom found that i'm very jealous of.
My little brother Noah, aka Nixon.

More antique photos.

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Some kids from my collection.

Two vintage hats added to my etsy store.

2009-05-14T15:06:00.000-07:00

click here

Two cute flapper hats for sale!

My pin ups.

2009-05-14T13:36:00.000-07:00

I've been shooting my friends as pin up girls for posters for a short film thats being made in Finland. Kalle, the guy who asked me to take these photos suggested making a calendar out of them, which I think is a great idea. I only need six more photos and i'm good. Though I want to do holiday themed ones for december, oct, and Feb. So keep your eye out, i'll hopefully have calendars up for sale on my etsy site sometime later this year for 2010. Some of the posters don't have the Finnish phrases on them quite yet.

postmortems.

2009-05-14T04:24:00.000-07:00

So far my collection of postmortem photos is very very small. Only these two photographs of people in their coffins, I hope to find some of the older, posed photographs someday. Trouble is, everyone is pretty good at marking those up as high as possible, atleast online, i've yet to come across any in antique shops yet besides these. Yeah, I may be a little morbid, but atleast i'm interesting.

Mermaids

2009-05-13T12:58:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago I decided I wanted to decorate my bathroom in retro mermaid stuff. So here is the outcome so far:

My friend Colleen gave me these when I told her about wanting to put vintage mermaids in my bathroom, I love them, I was actually looking at the exactly same set on ebay, but they were so much I couldnt bring myself to buy them.This one I bought on ebay, and over spent on it in my opinion, but I love it still.

This is a print I bought at the curious bookshop today. They have so many adorable pin up prints there, I want to blow a whole pay check there someday.A non mermaid related thing, but still bathroom related is my retro scale. An estate sale find for $2, you cant tell in the photo, but its burgundy and very pale pink.

Pin up shoot for a Finnish film. #1

2009-05-12T05:27:00.000-07:00

Recently my dear friend Ksusha and I did a photoshoot for retro posters that will be hanging as props in a scene in a short from the my friend Kalle is working on in the beautiful country of Finland. These are the photos, but not the finished product of the poster. Plus I shot three more lovely ladies yesterday for the same project. So their photos will be up soon as well.

The Corset is an antique store find, and the skirt is a thrift shop find. The parosol also came from an antique shop.

pussy cat, pussy cat.

2009-05-11T18:43:00.000-07:00

The most important things kept inside the walls of the little house are the kitties. So where better to start than with them?

This is Bob, he's the oldest, how old? I'm not sure.

Willow is the second oldest, he's new to the little house gang, but i've had him since he was a baby.

Then there is Samson, he's fabulous, he's fluffy, and he likes to flop around.

And then there is Lily, shes in heat and acting like a total nutcase, which is adorable, but she'll be getting fixed very soon.Now for kitty finds around the house.

These little guys climbing on my broken clock and my lamp shade are estate sale finds.
They reminded me of the one my mom has had since I was a kid.

This white cat dish was something we found in the closet at the little house one day (Kevin's parents lived here in the 70's so we find random things all the time).

This Brass cat has sat by my cat's dishes since I was born, now it sits just above the cat dishes on the lowest shelf in the kitchen.

This is my newest cat find, I love the big cheesey porcelain cats, this one is from the 80's, I got it for a bargin at my favorite antique store. I think I named it, but I forgot the name, so as of right now its the nameless cat.

Retro Romp.

2009-05-10T14:05:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone.

I've been recently have been driving my poor boyfriend crazy. I moved into his place last week. Its a cute little house called "the little house" out in the woods. I've taken over the "house wife" position with great pride. Going as far as pin curling my hair everyday, making sure the dishes are always done (I hate doing dishes) and prancing around in my silk 1950's house coat. I've been collecting things to make the house as cute as can be. Which I plan on posting on this blog each day. Also have been cat sitting our four cats during the day when I don't have to work. Making sure my boy cat Willow is behaving around our other three, who are just getting use to sharing the house. We have two full grown boys names Bob and Samson, and a girl kitten named Lily, who yesterday went into heat and has been sticking her bum in all the boy's faces and making them run in terror all day.

I'm a photographer so once in awhile i'll be posting photo shoots that I do, or photos from my antique photo collection that I've been gathering over the past year. I'm slightly obsessed with it. For right now i'll leave you with this photo from my collection:
This (as far as I know) is the most valuable photo in my collection. It is an original Irving Klaw photograph. He was the photographer who took some of the most famous shots of Betty Page.