Anchors and Arrows

Shirt - JCPenney // Skirt - Maurices // Shoes - Payless // Socks - Target // Necklace - Forever21

Another quick post just 'cause I'm still super busy. I actually just (finally) bought a good tripod so I'm trying to get all these old pictures up as soon as possible so I can post better ones! I really haven't been motivated to take pictures mostly because of the effort it takes to get someone else to do it for me :p But. Having a tripod will make this a lot easier!

Outfit Inspiration: Black Widow

I love these posts 'cause they're easy to do when I'm super busy, like this week. Well, really, like every week. But especially this week 'cause I have AHG day camp on top of everything else I normally do. Anyways, I had a request to do an outfit inspiration for Black Widow and, what a surprise, I already had some Black Widow outfits put together. Enjoy . . . .

Dress // Bracelet // Shoes // Ring

Dress // Bracelet/Ring // Shoes (similar)

A Black Widow movie needs to be made.

The 50s

Dress - London Times // Belt - American Living // Shoes - Payless // Gloves - Thrifted // Necklace - Walmart // Glasses - Forever21

I've mentioned my backlog of pictures before and these are from, well, several months ago. I had the opportunity to help out with a "through the decades" fashion show for Mother's Day! I also was able to be in the show myself and, of course, I chose to represent the 50s. I'll have to check with the other participants to see which photos I can use on my blog, but until then here's some really grainy shots of my outfit after the show!

I really wanted the show to be as historically accurate as possible. So most of the outfits were vintage, reproduction, or modern with a vintage look. I had a small budget, but I worked with what I had and I think everything turned out nicely! (although I'm a bit frustrated that one of my pin curls didn't really turn out right...so sad) For my outfit I even did a half moon manicure and tried to match the polish as best I could to my lipstick. The half moon manicure's not something I want to do all the time, but now I do pay attention to how my nails are shaped!

4th

Skirt, Cardigan, and Shirt - Thrifted // Shoes - Hotcakes

Right before we went to the parade Friday morning I looked back at the pictures from the 4th last year--it is amazing how much my family has changed in just a year! Just for fun I took outfit pictures in the same place. (even though I have used that same place many times...) I think the landscape might be only slightly different, but it looks very different with my new camera.

Aside from being a holiday, the 4th is also my mom's birthday. We always joke that the fireworks and parades are just a part of her elaborate party (which is even funnier if you know that my mom dislikes birthday parties for her). Anyways, the parade in the morning was pretty fun--and we reconnected with several old friends! Later in the day we went to the fireworks at Geneva-on-the-Lake. Honestly, I have to say that I was a little disappointed with the fireworks this year. We waited almost an hour for, what I thought was, a much shorter show than usual. Still fun though. I hope you all enjoyed the weekend as well!

Irrelevent Post Title

Dress - Modcloth // Jacket - Gift // Glasses and socks - Marc's // Shoes - Steve Madden

I think I may just start doing really random and/or post titles because, well, it's fun. And post titles generally are not. Also, I just don't care whether they have anything to do with the content of the post or not.

On a completely different note, whenever I write the word "whether" I want to spell it "wether." This is because I used to have several goats. Strangely I do not have this problem with the word "weather." (I'm assuming most non-goat people won't know what a wether is, so . . . yeah, just google it)

Looking at these pictures really makes me want to do my hair like this again. Right now it's usually just naturally curly like it is in the beach pictures from a few posts ago. Or, more likely, it's in a ponytail because of work and karate. Sadly, pin curls are just not the most practical option right now :( Speaking of karate, I started going back to classes after . . . well, years. I won't really go into too much about that now, but I will say that I am really enjoying it. Also, I hurt. Everywhere.

Just as a heads up I do have a few really cool posts coming up soon. I'll give you hint. Cars. Lots of them. Beautiful classic cars. Some of these pictures I've had for a long time, but I just never got around to posting them ('cause I never got a round tuit ha. ha.).

Well, that's it for now and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Enjoy the holiday!

Outfit Inspiration: Hawkeye

I actually haven't seen The Avengers in awhile . . . even though I own a copy. I guess I've been a bit obsessed with watching old A-Team episodes. Still, I love the movie. So anyways, I put together a few outfits inspired by the Avengers' amazing, yet underrated, archer: Hawkeye. (Seriously though, how does he never run out of arrows??)

Jacket // Belt 

Skirt // Shoes // Bracelet // Necklace

Contacts

So, I'm a member of etailPR and you can sign up to receive samples. Because of the number of followers I have, this was the only thing I really qualified for. I did not expect to be accepted, but I received a pair of contacts in the mail the other day from Dream Eyes. Had I been buying them for myself I would have done a little more research beforehand. The company claimed on the etailPR website that the lenses are FDA approved, however I cannot find anything on their website that says that. I have not tried the lenses myself yet because I am still a little bit wary of non prescription lenses. Speaking of the website, the company is very hard to find. Their packaging says Dream Eyes, but the website is Spooky Eyes. So.... I don't know. Also, they were supposed to send me two samples (one for me and one for a giveaway) and I only got one. However, I have read several positive reviews for the company. So that's . . . good. I guess.