Vintage Valentine ♥

Yes, I'm a sucker for vintage greeting cards. (See here, and here). But I have to say, the Valentine cuties I've seen on Etsy lately are beyond adorable. Maybe even cuter than the rest because of the hearts and lovey-dovey-ness!

Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

P.s.- I apologize for the 8 day delay on posting. Last week was my birthday week, and work + play just got really, really busy. And fun. I had a phenonminal birthday. I want to share more about it but I'm going to have to save it for another post. I hope everyone's first day of February is fabulous!

xo. Traci

Happy Thanksgiving!

I stumbled upon these awesome vintage Thanksgiving greeting cards on Flickr yesterday. The children are to die for-- I can't stop giggling at the faces some of them are making.

I hope everyone has a fun, thankful, safe and fattening Thanksgiving!!

xo. Traci

Black Friday/Cyber Monday

Countdown to the busiest shopping weekend of the years starts now!!

I'd like to start out by noting the importance of shopping local this holiday season...help support your local economy by shopping at independent businesses where the money you spend stays generated in your city/area. If it weren't for local shoppers, Butter Toast, and tons of other great local shops (that we all love to shop at) would seize to exist...we don't want that to happen, now do we?!? 

This year we teamed up with Black Friday Local, to give all you local shoppers something to smile about...savings! These are the deals you can find at Butter Toast:

(Open early at 9am!!)

#1- Get 20% off ALL regular priced merchandise from 9am-2pm!!

#2- Buy one sale item @ regular price, get one sale item FREE, All day!!

#3- Mention Facebook, Twitter, or this Blog and get an extra 10% off, All day!!

#4- Secret Sale...ask us about it when you come in!

We also have something for our non-local fans to smile about....CYBER MONDAY!

Get 20% off all online purchases from midnight-midnight (MST) on Cyber Monday, 11/29!!!

Domestic and International Orders!! Promo code: CyberToast

Head on over to Butter Toast online to scope out what YOU want!

Swoon Saturday.

Hey there! This is just a quickie Swoon Saturday, but I really wanted to share this adorable antique tricycle planter I just picked up. It's definitely what I'm swooning over today. I found it at an antique shop I just discovered downtown, Lizabel's Treasures. My experience there was so lovely-- friendly staff, great items, and great prices!

What do you think I should plant in it?

Hope your weekend is going swell!

xo. Traci

New on Etsy!

I just wanted to share a few of my favorite recently listed items in our Etsy shop. 

We just had a lovely shoot on Tuesday with some fantastic new models, so stayed tuned for some extra new items next week along with some new faces wearing them! You can find all these items plus many, many more at Butter Toast Boutique on Etsy!!

I can't wait to share photos from the last shoot next week...it was so great!!

xo. Traci

Feline Friday.

Hey y'all. Happy Friday to you! It's been a lovely crisp morning here in Phoenix, with a high temp of 72 degrees...it couldn't be more beautiful! Now that it's been so lovely outside, we've been keeping the doors at home open more to let fresh air in, and to let our kitties out to enjoy the weather...it has been quite a funny experience. Between April's (the little one) "big girl" attitude, bug chasing, and hissyfits with the neighborhood cats...my mister and I have had some great laughs at them lately. I've also recently found some pretty great/funny/awesome cat things online lately, and thus prompted another addition of Feline Friday. 

Ready. Set. Go!

A few wacky paintings:

Cute and Kitschy:

World's cutest door stop:

Paul & Joe Kitty LIPSTICK! 

My inner cat lady has to come out now and then. I get it from my grandma. ;)

Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

Hope your Friday has started out great!!!

xo. Traci

Thrifted Thursday.

Well hello. I've been bad at blogging this week. Whoopsy, I reeeaaallly meant to get back on track but it didn't happen. It certainly turned out to be a busier week that I expected. Although I'm exhausted, plenty of great things came from it...some extra money, a fantastic photoshoot with fantastic new models, and of course, the topic of this post, some UH-mazing thrifted finds!! After my "day" job yesterday, I had a huge itch to do go thrifting. I was torn on going or not because my handsome mister lucked out and didn't have to go into the office so I had him at home, all to myself. It was quite a decision...cuddling versus thrifting, two of my very favorite things...well, got to do a little of both, hooray!

My thrifted treasures (clockwise):

1. Bright blue vintage Samsonite shoulder bag...in perfect condition! It's already holding all of my work essentials.

2. (Can't really see it..) But the blue bag is sitting atop of a lovely olive green vintage suitcase, in mint condition as well. I'm thinking I may use it for a kitty bed mentioned here.

3. Three matching vintage faux floral paintings...they are actually just printed on particle board, but I love their aesthetic, and they match my living room perfectly!

4. Vintage olive green/brown plate...I have one exactly like it, and I was so excited to find a match!

5. Vintage picnic basket, again, in great condition! I was seriously scoring left and right!

6. A plethora of vintage contrasting/reversible floral towels and linens...to add to my collection. <3

7. A pretty vintage floral mug. My new collection of these is growly rapidly and they look so cute in my exposed kitchen shelves.

8. Little shabby chic pink and white mirror...it'll probably go in my bathroom. :)

Man, oh man, I left my thirfting adventures one happy lady!

I'm going to start some new listings for our online shop here shortly...And again, I'm going to try to get back on track with blogging. Bare with me :)

Have you thrifted any thing fantastic lately?

xo. Traci

Swoon Saturday.

Hi. It's the Saturday after First Friday...and my head hurts a bit. But that doesn't stop me from swooning over oh-so-many things. :)

[1] This AMAZING upcycled vintage pet bed. My girls (kitties) are definitely getting one for Christmas!!

[2] Vintage floral brooches. I really need to expand my collection as well as the shop's collection. They are so pretty, I especially love to wear them/see them worn on hats. Found these little pretties on Etsy via RaeOfLight.

[3] OK, so I'm not "swooning" over this, but it's certainly good for some giggles. Enjoy!

Teehee! My dear friend Nicolle posted this on her facebook, I felt it necessary to share!! I'm not going to lie, I wanted to have a few panda moments this week, but I suppose it wouldnt be so funny if I wasn't wearing a giant panda costume.

I hope everyone's weekend has started off great, and (yay!) my headache is starting to seize!
Ta ta.
 xo. Traci


side note: I'm sorry I've been lacking in the post department this week, it's inevitable on First Friday weeks...I'll get back on schedule next week :)

Thrifted Thursday.....ish.

Hey there, and Happy Thursday! 

So, although I did find some awesome goodies at thrift shops this week...I totally forgot to snap a few pics to share. One of the things I've been on the hunt for is coffee mugs. The mister and I have a ton of coffee mugs, but they are all super small with awkward handles, (thanks, Ikea) I told Brad I'd solve the problem and find some vintage mugs at thrift shops..thus fulfilling my love of thrifting and our need for better coffee mugs. I found three cute mugs...but none were especially large (oops). I also found a real cute tweed fitted blazer similar to the one we have for sale here. And a sweet leather patchwork satchel, an ethnic mini shoulder bag, AND the most amazing chair I've seen in a long while. I will most definitely need to snap some pics to share of that one...I spent almost an entire day cleaning and sprucing it up to place in my living room.

But enough about my thrifted goodies...I have something else consuming my mind this week. My Anniversary!! My mister, Brad, and I have officially been dating two years as of Halloween night. I know for a lot of people, Halloween is their favorite holiday....but I'm more than happy to change Halloween to My Anniversary. Dressing up and all is a lot of fun, but Halloween marks so much more than that for me nowadays...It's now my/our day to celebrate being in love. 

Last year we spent our anniversary at The Shady Dell in Bisbee, AZ. (See post about it here.) We had such an amazing time, I've decided that it shall be our annual anniversary desination from here on out. I know we'll never get sick of this place, it's a total dream come true. Last year, we stayed in the Tiki Bus, and this year we upgraded to the Yacht! A friend of mine suggested wearing a nautical wardrobe for the occasion...so I asked Babe if I could dress him up all weekend and he agreed!! (We'll see if I can actually get him into everything I picked out). 

Ahhh, I'm so excited I can barely contain my excitement!! I will be back next week with a recap post of it all. For now, check out some images I snagged from Shady Dell's website of the 1940's yacht I reserved for us. (The fridge comes stocked with a bottle of champayne...How perfect for the occasion!)

I hope to take a million photos of our weekend to share! Saturday can not come soon enough!!

I'm going to get back to daydreaming now (teehee). I hope y'all are having a lovely day.

xo. Traci

Swoon Saturday.

Hello Saturday! 

It's another gorgeous day here in Downtown Phoenix, so you know I'm in a good mood!

I'm back with another Swoon Saturday, to share all the things I've been swooning over the past couple weeks..This, of course, is just a short list, of the many, many things I tend to swoon over on a constant basis.

Let's begin. I'm currently swooning over:

 These fantastic elegant cat images by Rosiemusic on Etsy. They are too good!

This print by Rosiemusic is also fantastic...it reminds me of my mister and I...

We spend countless evenings together in the living room with our dog-like kitty. He plays guitar, and I crochet, craft, read, or play word puzzles...we love♥ being at home together.

This adorable use of wallpaper as seen on Apartment Therapy.

I think I would use a colorful floral pattern if I did this myself...black and white just wouldn't mesh well with the rest of my place. Nonetheless, a fabulous idea.

This image from Flickr. I kind-of-really want EVERYTHING in it.

This set of Pyrex nesting bowls...to match my other recent pyrex finds. I'm SO tempted to purchase these myself, but I really want to test my thrift-hunting skills to score more that match.

And of course, the new phone that has consumed the mister and I lately. Ahhh, they are such an upgrade from our previous pieces of shit. Plus, now we have matching phones...cute, right? Teehee.

(Samsung Vibrant from T-Mobile)


I could seriously go on forever about the things I swoon over, but I'm going stop here for now.
I hope you are having a splendid Saturday.

xo. Traci