Serendipity In Oakland Cemetery

Historic Oakland Cemetery rewards her friends in many ways.
A prop for Halloween tours, the vintage automobile paid an chance complement to those retro polka dots.
www.oaklandcemetery.com

Un Peu d'Histoire

Rummaging in the archive produced a memory of 2004, when the Bobby Jones biopic "Stroke Of Genius" was being filmed in Atlanta. These people are extras who formed the gallery surrounding a green at a climactic moment in the tournament. I had been watching them for some time. Suddenly she turned.

In Oakland Cemetery

shrug: Lucky Exchange
dress: diy from a 1950's inspired pattern
hair flower: Pin Up Girl! Cosmetics
glasses: Eye Etc.

Street Scene: North Avenue

coat: Old Navy
dress: Shabby Apple
scarf: Target
shoes: Report
spectacles: Tiffany & Co.

In Marietta: SarahLou Designs

It has been a week for trains on this blog: first in College Park and now Marietta. After all, Atlanta is a railroad crossing all grown up. It was trackside downtown at the Indie Craft Experience last month that I met the Sarah half of SarahLou Designs. Her sense of retro-inspired whimsey and upcycling ethic demanded a second look. Time stood still as designer, model and photographer explored moods on the rails and in the studio. Also a painter, Sarah learned to sew at her mother's knee. That gorgeous heirloom Singer belonged to her grandmother, a War Department careerist. Please follow this link to more images from that day.

At The Halloween Parade

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