The First Snow

Today it snowed! I made this little video in commemoration. I'm wearing a sweater I stole from my mother as a dress, vintage belt, and the new-to-me rain boots I bought yesterday for $12 at a consignment shop downtown. Oh, and the velvet gloves were a gift last year.
The song is "Ice Skating" from the A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack.

Fannie Heck

Banana Republic cardigan, Wal-mart top, J.Crew skirt, Ann Marino heels, ring courtesy of Jewelry Art Designs, Chinacherie spinner necklace via EtsyI took some film shots with Avery a week or two ago. We were going to go to a movie, but somehow we managed to get lost, so instead we hit up a Starbucks and took some photos in the rain.

Chalked

Met up with Avery on Saturday night for a rooftop photoshoot, which quickly ran out of light.




Nollie v-neck, J.Crew skirt, vintage belt, Kimchi Blue metallic oxfords, alligator ring from a boutique in Muscle Shoals, gifted thumb ring from Cairo

After our photoshoot, we went down to see all the chalk drawings - there was some sort of chalk event downtown this weekend. There was a film festival too, but we only made a quick stop there, even though going to that was our original intention.

We ran into some friends, and one of them had this little guy, a baby flying squirrel named Captain Chaos. Absolutely adorable!

Kitty cat

For outfit details, see previous post
One of my gorgeous kitties! He loves for me to carry him around. Isn't he handsome?

Oceanfront

Film; most shots by Avery, last two by me

Here's some shots from my trip to the beach with Avery! The general summary: It was fanastic. We did a 500 piece puzzle, then attempted a 1000 piece that we almost finished but didn't quite have enough time to do and haunted my dreams for three nights. We made guacamole five times during the week we were there, and my famous pasta salad. We walked Avery's dog Sugar a lot, and went on a little shopping trip in town. We took an emergency trip to the little grocery store, only to find they had no tampons ("what kind of grocery store is this?!"). I read The Last Tycoon. We watched a couple movies, a few hours of crime TV, and a little Top Model. Oh yeah, and we enjoyed being out by the ocean practically all the time.

Les champs

Film; Myself, Sarah, and Avery
The button downs are Avery's, I think they're old Ralph Lauren men's or something. The pearls are also Avery's, and the crown ring as a necklace I'm wearing is courtesy of Jewelry Art Designs.

And you're so sweet, you say

Film; photos of Avery by me and vice versa

I just got back from the beach last night, and now I'm listening to old Cartel songs, snuggling with my kitties and eating cold tri-color bowtie pasta for breakfast. Looking forward to a summer of running, guitar, blogging, sewing and watching LOST on Netflix. I'm going to learn how to knit and do so while I'm watching LOST, I think.
For now, I'm going to go do my start of summer cleaning and then some father's day shopping!

Summer is here, and I am spending my first week at the beach with Avery. I'm not sure how my internet connection/desire to even go on it will be while I am there, but after that I have very few plans and many many photos to share with you guys that I haven't had the chance to yet. So get pumped! Here's a sneak preview - Avery and I have been using film lately (and we're taking a lot with us to the beach too). Enjoy the back of my head and my messy hair:

Class of 1980

On me: Nollie white v-neck shirt, really old American Eagle gray cardigan, DIY purple skirt, my dad's gold university class ring as a necklace

Last week I went over to Avery's house after school and we took some film pictures. They turned out really well! Something went wrong with the scanner, but here's a couple of the photos.
The purple skirt I'm wearing was given to me for a Halloween costume by my friend two years ago. It looked like this originally and was held up by that belt and safety pins because it was a size 12. So I cut it up and hemmed it and put two little darts in the back to make it fit my waist, and voila! What do you think?

It was raining cats and dogs...

One day, back in March, Avery and I went out on her roof during a torrential downpour. She claims it was our worst idea ever, but I think it was one of the best. (I think she was a little upset because I was wearing her clothes, and I got them all wet but had to leave before I could help clean up.)
Anyways, I just realized that I never shared these photos with you guys, so I figured I would. (Because people sometimes get us confused: I am the slightly taller one in dark gray and denim shorts.)

Princesses of the "fieldlands"

We had a day off school on Friday, so I went out with Avery and Sarah to a field near my house. There are TONS of photos from this shoot, so there will definitely be at least one more post from it, but here's a sneak peak! We've still got to get some film developed and look through three memory cards of digital photos.
I'd like to point out that the fourth shot (of me falling into the field), took a lot of falls to do. I threw myself onto the ground for this, you guys!

I also want to note the lovely, lovely new ring that Sarah from Jewelry Art Designs sent me. It is absolutely stunning, don't you think? I think I've worn it almost every day since it arrived, either on my finger or on a chain as a necklace. It works beautifully both ways, and I'm the queen of rings-as-necklaces, so I'm loving that! But there is a ton of really pretty earrings, rings, pendants, and more jewelry over at Jewelry Art Designs, that I encourage you to check out.