Dear Golden – Vintage Shop

Dear Golden – Vintage Shop

Do you enjoy quality clothing? Do you like spectacular vintage fashion? If you answered yes to either of those questions,  make your way as fast as possible to Dear Golden – an online vintage shop with a store front in downtown Ypsilanti.

However, if you get slightly aroused/salavate at the sight of lovely clothing, proceed with caution. I tell you no lies – this is the cream of the crop as far as curated vintage shops go. You get a little weak in the knees entering the store because you feel like you’ve traveled back into the dressing rooms of the classiest ladies from every decade. Wall to wall vintage wedding dresses, cocktail dresses, shoes, handbags, jewelry, coats and hats .

I was searching for a pair of shoes to go with a custom dress made by  THREADBEAT  (who is a first class seamstress and a magician at making very specific clothing dreams come true in no time at all). I brought a photo of the dress to Dear Golden’s owner – the quick witted and brilliant Lauren Naimola .

After briefly looking at the entire wall of gorgeous shoes, within moments I was handed the most perfect pair of black kitten heels to go with my dress (they were just my size!!)

Viola!

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*sigh* (they’re so comfortable, barely worn and they were a bargin!) I want to buy them all over again.

 Okay, you’ve been sent on a mission – experience Dear Golden for yourselves. <3

 

 

 

Henna for men

Henna for men

Henna for men

Here’s a henna design for my good friend Matt – he’s on a 60 day trip around the United States and he stopped into Ypsilanti for a visit with us. He wanted a henna tattoo the symbolized life on one side and death on the other so I did a vine that looked like Spring and a vine that looked like Fall. He really likes it. He’s about half way through his trip so he will have his henna design for 2 of the final weeks of his journey. where to inject ivermectin in goats

Here’s the pictures of henna designs for men :

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life and death symbol henna design for men

Bridal Henna in Michigan

Bridal Henna in Michigan

Bridal Henna in Michigan

I met with a great bride-to-be today at my henna salon. She’s marrying her fiance in Mackinaw Island and came to Ypsilanti first to have her bridal henna for her wedding. She really liked the paisley / floral design for the top of her arms. Here are the pics. I can’t wait to see the photos from her wedding.

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bridal henna on arm

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bridal henna on left arm

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bridal henna on right arm

 

Bird Design Henna

Bird Design Henna

Here are a few pics from a henna session last night at the salon. A family came in to have henna tattoos to celebrate their cousin coming back into town from Washington D.C. where she was an intern at NPR ‘s “All Things Considered”  . That’s such a cool position!

Anyways, on to the pictures of the bird design henna on the hand – I think this bird is a sparrow.  The other designs are two hand designs and a foot tattoo. One is a triquetra turned into a flower and the other hand is a floral henna design recreation from an ebook.  The foot was a custom request for a henna ankle bracelet with the flower falling down her foot.

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bird henna design - sparrow tattoo

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triquetra henna tattoo

floral henna tattoo

floral henna tattoo

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floral henna ankle bracelet