We recently came across a cute little shop in downtown Ocala (located in Central Flordia) called The Mustard Seed Collection. This store is a breath of fresh air, it is so aesthetically pleasing and the owner was incredibly kind and friendly. She made the whole entire experience not only memorable but so enjoyable we simply can't wait to go back and visit. We found countless beautiful antiques from hats to furniture and one adorable robotic miniature horse. (Can you say Little Sebastian realness?) If you are looking for unique and beautiful pieces for your home then this is the place to go, the store has a vast assortment of gorgeous furniture and other items! One of our favorite things about the Mustard Seed Collection is the fact that the owner was so sweet and actually wanted us to play dress up! She was an absolute sweetheart, who even took some of the photos of us as well! She gave us our very own personal tour and had a ball seeing us in action. She was so moved that we chose to feature her store on our blog and it filled our hearts with warmth. (We're suckers for amazing small businesses with even more amazing owners to boot). We can't wait for you to see what this amazing little vintage treasure has to offer, keep scrolling to read all about it.
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Behind the magic
Now as you may have noticed we aren't big on accessorizing, especially not with hats because quite frankly we never know how or where to wear them too. However as soon as we walked in the sweet owner exclaimed that she'd been waiting for an occasion to show this darling hat off. We were so surprised and honored by her enthusiasm we just had to share some pictures in it with you. As we continued to browse the shop with her pointing out some of the best spots we found a lovely little tea corner & miniature horse we simply had to pose with. We are connoisseurs of tea, we can't get enough of it and we felt right at home sitting in that little corner of the world. (we have weekly tea parties with friends, our love for tea runs deep). Now as to the miniature horse it reminded us rather fondly of a show we both love and one of our personal favorite characters from there. (Bye bye Little Sebastian anyone?) When we found the little horse she turned it on for us and it actually moved, wagged it's tail, moved it's ears and even neighed. The horse was a fun little surprise for us due to the fact that we both have a slight (if not irrational) fear of them so our faces were too precious not to post! There was one section in particular we really enjoyed and that was the thrifting section that included clothes,accessories etc., now the reason we enjoyed it so much was because the proceeds went towards helping animals. Nothing tugs at our heart strings quite like that and we can't wait to go back and explore it some more. There were so many different spots in the shop we simply loved it was hard to pick our favorite,so we included some more pictures in a slide show down below and hope you enjoy getting a peek of "The Mustard Seed Collection".
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outfits
Paola's outfit details: -Pin up girl clothing / Blue polka dotted sleeveless tie-neck blouse -Thrifted/Jennifer Petticoat-Malco Modes/Va Va Voluminous-Hell Bunny / Tootsie Crop Cardigan in Red-DMU/ Black Iones-BAIT/Red headscarf -Vintage/ Red Heart Brooch-FemmeDeBloom/ Belt- Pin up girl clothing
Kirsten's outfit details: Halter blue polka dotted top -thrifted / white cropped cardigan -thrifted /Combat boots-Modcloth / Pink petticoat- Vintage / Essential Elegance skirt -modcloth /Pink Heart Brooch-FemmeDeBloom/ Bow belt -ebay
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We hope you enjoyed reading this fourth installment of Retro Orlando,we are trying to make it a more regular occurrence.(try being the key word,we just have so many ideas sometimes we forget to do them all haha). We enjoy going exploring to find new places to share with you, because you'll never know what treasures are hiding right under your nose unless you take a second look. Like this lovely store we found in the small town we both lived in for over 8+ years. We had never been to it before but we're very glad that we found it. We hope you feel inspired to go out and do some searching of your own because you never know whats out there just begging to be found ! If you've got an area you'd like us to visit or any comments, questions or concerns feel free to comment below and as always we'll reply as soon as we can !
As always thanks for reading, may your days be filled with pretty dresses, dapper clothes & alot of happiness.
Paola & Kirsten xx
Aka "thehepburnmovement"
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