Portrait and "Lambskate"

Shirt - American Eagle Outfitters (Thrifted) //  Jeans - Buffalo Jeans // Boots - l.e.i. // Bracelet - Glitter // Earrings - Walmart // Turtle Necklace - Handmade // Tribal Necklace - Thrifted // Rings - Thrifted // Sunglasses (similar) - Charlotte Russe // Nail Polish - China Glaze Kinetic Candy // Balm Stain - Revlon Charm

Photos by me, Laura, and Natalie

I'm sitting outside on the back porch of our condo just thinking about how much I love the sound of the air conditioner. And...now that I think about it the sound itself is actually really annoying, but I associate it with summer and heat so the sound just makes me happy!

So, it's the hottest day of the week and I'm super excited to wear a tank top! I've been looking for a tribal print tank top for a long time and it was awesome to finally find this one at a thrift store! On another note I'm not happy to be wearing boots...even if they do look awesome with this outfit... We went hiking today and those are the best shoes I have for wilderness exploration. Why we went hiking instead of swimming on the hottest day of the week I'll never know...but it may have something to do with my mom not wanting to go during a slight drizzle because her hair might frizz. She claims she's a country girl, but I know there's a city girl in there just dying to get out.

We had a great time hiking though...even if we went farther than I thought we would. I was under the impression that we wouldn't hike that far because I have so many younger siblings. But apparently they have more endurance than me. I was done after the first mile...but no, we had to go 5 more miles... At least the walk was beautiful. Laura wasn't with me the entire time, so I tried to teach my 8-year-old sister, Natalie, to use my cell phone camera. I'm actually surprised with how well the pictures came out! I think she did a wonderful job! The rest of the hike she kept pointing out good places to take pictures. :) It was funny though when I tried to teach her the difference between portrait and landscape...she kept saying "lambskate." Oh, it was so cute!

I can't believe this vacation is almost half over! Anyways, I hope your day is fantastic! Don't forget to follow, and like Finding Inspiration on Facebook!

Mysterious Hallway

Shirt - St. John's Bay (Thrifted) // Scarf - Charlotte Russe // Jeans - Buffalo Jeans // Shoes - Go Jane // Bracelet - Handmade// Earrings - Big Lots // Rings - Thrifted
Photos by R. Parker

So...I think these pictures turned out fantastic! This mysterious hallway is actually just the front hall of my house... As you can see, my cat likes the camera today. And she likes my photographer! Which is good because Rachel's gonna take care of my cat while I'm on vacation!  My family is going to Massanutten Resort in Virginia--I hope to get lots of good outfit pictures!

So...Friday Favorites (or I guess Saturday Favorites?...whatever). So original right? I don't know if this is going to be a regular thing or not, so I didn't really put any thought into that title.

1. I'm totally obsessed with Buy the Stars by Marina and the Diamonds! I'll be honest...I'm kind of a sucker for any song with lyrics about stars. I really love astronomy and took a course in it even though I didn't need any more sciences.

2. So I LOVE OneRepublic's new album Native. (YouTube Amazon) So I haven't listened to OneRepublic since Apologize (YouTube Better Song YouTube Better Video Amazon) but I totally love this album! I kind of love tribal print and accessories right now and when I saw the Native cover I was just like Please please let the album be good! 'cause the artwork is awesome! It turned out awesome! It's really not the genre I usually listen to, but I've been expanding my music horizon recently. Oh, and I really love the song Counting Stars...well that's interesting Star is in the title again...

3. So yeah now that I'm making this list I keep thinking of more music to post! What you're seeing here is totally different than what I usually listen to, so I'll eventually post some old favorites...but enough music today. Here's a YouTube Video that I seriously can't stop watching. Yes...I have a very weird sense of humor, but I just love FilmCow. So here's Professor Toothy. I seriously don't get why I find this so funny...

4. Ok so this movie looks really interesting. I've never even heard of The Purge until it came up as an ad on YouTube. This is a very interesting and original concept so I'm looking forward to seeing the movie!

5. I never really got the whole Harlem Shake craze...some are kind of funny and some aren't. But this one is seriously the best. Why? Because it's the cast of Supernatural!

Well, I hope your day is fantastic! Don't forget to follow, and like Finding Inspiration on Facebook!