June in Review

new blogs I found & enjoyed:
• The Vintage Valley. Ally is gorgeous and her outfits are jealousy inducing!

new (to me) movies I watched:
• Breaking Bad season four. With season five coming soon to tv (not ours though, we don't get AMC, ugh!) we decided we had to finally watch season four. It's been amazing, of course. I wish Breaking Bad would just go on forever.
• RuPaul's Drag Race & Drag U. I watched both seasons of Drag Race that are on netflix and nearly all the Drag U episodes on Hulu. I could watch these shows forever and never get tired of them.

a few of my favorite posts from June:
 (It was SO hard to choose! I had a lot of favorites!)

Happy Birthday, Professor!

Weekly nail

2012 Midyear goal updates

What I wore: black, white & mint

Mama said...

New Hair!

My nail essentials

What I wore: polka dots all over

What we wore: best friends!

Split cam

exciting happenings on and offline:
• We gave my bicycle a make-over! It's so beautiful, I can't wait to cruise around the neighborhood on it. I'll be sharing photos very soon.
• I finally dyed my hair a color other than blue or purple! I'm kind of obsessed with it, and I'm very proud of what an awesome job Kevin and I did on it.
• I got a lot of work done on my sleeve. If you squint it kind of looks like I have a full sleeve now, but upon further inspection you'd notice I still have my elbow and a lot of the inside of my arm to finish. But it really did come a long way in June, I'm so excited to finally finish it up this summer and move on to new tattoo projects.

a tiny (and incomplete!!) list of things I'm thankful for this month:
• my hair • flowers • beautiful weather • four perfect cats • Lloyd, Carl and all the other awesome strays who visit • my parents, the coolest people ever • living so close to the beach • spinach sandwiches • sunshine • film • a clean house • Boylan's Root Beer • books • family time • estate sales • my tattoo artist • instant film •

It's so crazy that July is tomorrow. The year is just flying by. I am excited for the new month though. Elycia will be coming out to hang out for a few days in July which will be just amazing and then before I know it it will be my birthday, it always seems to sneak up! (August 2nd!) I don't think there will every be a time when I won't be super stoked about my birthday!

xoxo

FF #163

 Photojojo came out with this super awesome iphone scuba suit. I would love to try this baby out.

(via: photojojo)

This cat dress is just the cutest!

(via:Dorothy Perkins)
Don't mind me, I'm just over here melting over bunnies. I want to hold one so bad.  

(via:  alla nestulova)
Also precious - baby skunks! Oh my goodness, those little faces. 

(via: CHERL KIM)

This fox ring is adorable. I love rings with animals on them.

(via: asos)
I dig this cat sweater party. The black and white kitty's face is priceless!

 

 (via: Anpis Wang)

Ah! This cat watch is so precious! I really, really wish I wore a watch.

(via: asos)
Such a gorgeous tree house! I would love to see the inside and of course, hang out for a little while.

(via: treehousecompany)
Last week I linked to the cutest map shirt in my Friday Favorites and this week I found a super cute map phone case!

(via: UO)

Kind of blown away by Miss Crosstitch's work.  She does street embroidery which has to be twice as cool as yarn bombing. I would love to see this in person. 

 (via: Miss Crosstitch)

This dress from Modcloth is pretty darn adorable. I love the faux collar.

(via: Modcloth)

Hope you're having a fabulous Friday! We're celebrating the fourth of July this weekend (which kind of blows my mind how it's already so far in the year!) so I'm excited about fireworks, and family time!
xoxo

giant pants of the 30s

One of my favorite Tumblrs also has one of the best names: Giant Pants of the 30s.  It's fairly focused: usually (but not always) ladies, from the 1930s (but maybe sometimes the 20s or 40s), wearing amazing pants (or beach pajamas.  Or jumpsuits).  Here are some highlights:

1938 fashion ad.

Bette Davis.

Nautical sewing pattern.

Joan Bennett

The Duke of Windsor.  Holy moly.

Natalie Paley

Model with dog, 1932, by Yva.

Hollywood, Alfred Eisenstaedt.

June Knight.

Clara Bow.

xo

K

what I wore: stripes

details

dress - Ruche

belt - thrifted

camera bag - Jo Totes

shoes - Salt Water Sandals

I apologize for the small number of photos of this outfit, I at least normally try to have more a variety of photos, especially of the details. But it was SO hot, and I was not feeling so fly. I'm sure I'm not the only one but it doesn't matter how cute I really look, it's all about how I feel. On the day we took these it was the kind of heat the instantly makes you feel like you wasted time trying to feel pretty, feel like your hair is plastered to your head, and in turn you just want to go home take a cold shower and pretend you never even tried. I love summer, but humidity and I aren't friends, at all! 

So Kevin and I took quickly took some photos, abandoned plans to wander around the cemetery and hurried home to sit in the air conditioning. I figured we wouldn't have gotten any photos that I would like since I was so miserably hot but to my surprise there were a few that I really liked! I'm super stoked we took the pictures we did and kind of wish I would have stuck it out a little longer to get some more. I absolutely love this simple outfit. Dressing for summertime can be tricky because I'm used to layering but being able to just throw on a dress and shoes is the best! By the end of summer I will learn to embrace the hot weather!

I've been wearing my Salt Water Sandals basically non-stop since I got them. I just can't over how awesome they are. Any pair of comfortable/cute shoes I can get wet and it's not a big deal at all is pretty awesome by me. I also really like how they can dress down an outfit. I kind of avoid this dress in my closet because I feel like it's just the tiniest bit too fancy to wear on any old occasion but the sandals bring it down a notch making it comfortable enough to wear anywhere. 

Hope you're having a fabulous day!

xoxo

photo an hour: june 21st, 2012

I'm happy to say I'm halfway through another one of this year's goals. This is my sixth photo an hour post this year, you can find all the others here. I love looking back through the older ones, even last month's seems like it was forever ago. It's so neat to me how one photo can trigger my memory of the rest of the day. They're like random puzzle pieces of a day that help me put together a whole puzzle in my mind. I should really do more photo an hour posts!

6 am // A very healthy breakfast of chocolate milk and a sprinkled donut.

7 am // Went out to water my flowers and this guy came running up to me wanting pet. I happily obliged.

8 am // My mom picked me up and we headed to the thrift store!

9 am // We both found a few things. I got some pillow cases, and an old photo album at the first store.

10 am // Another thrift store, browsing through the books.

11 am // Another thrift store, yet again!

12 pm // You know you're an adult when you mom actually suggests ice cream for lunch, like I can resist a hot fudge sundae!

1 pm // Browsing the flowers at WalMart.

2 pm // My mom dropped me off at my house after our little shopping excursion. I relaxed with a slushie and flipped through my newly thrifted book.

3 pm // The kitties are always interested in what I bring home. I found a perfect little basket perfect for mushrooms and other treasures I find on walks and an adorable picnic blanket while thrifting.

4 pm // Dinner. Chick'n nuggets and four choices of sauce is what I like to call a nugget buffet.

(I think spicy mustard is my favorite of the four!)

5pm // Went to the park with this guy and took some outfit pictures.

6 pm // Time to plant some flowers I picked up earlier in the day. My deck is becoming quite the little forest of flowers and I couldn't be happier about it!

7 pm // Our evenings almost always include me doing my nails while we watch a movie.

8 pm // We ditched the movie (despite it being one of our favorites) and Kevin set off to find something to watch online.

We ended up starting Breaking Bad Season 4. (Oh my gosh, so good and sooo very stressful!) Afterwards we read in bed for a while and finally drifted asleep.

And that was my day broken down hour by hour!
xoxo