Downtown.

 These pictures are a little delayed but I figured now would be a good time to post them. Over Winter break, I got to spend the day downtown with my wonderful mom, little sister and grandmother. We went window shopping, rode the trolley, and tried out a new restaurant that ended up being great. The weather was perfect and the sky was clear and the day was just all around great. My mom took these pictures and her website can be found here: http://bonetphotography.com/

Jacket: Forever 21. Shirt: H&M. Gray tank: Aerie. Jeans: thrifted.  Bag: thrifted. Shoes: Aldo. Bracelets: thrifted and Forever 21.

MORE POWER TO YOU.

I used to spend an endess amount of time on my step-dad's Macbook watching Front Row, an app of sorts for watching any trailer for upcoming or current movies. I've always admired the people who make them. They have a knack for turning an grade D movie into a two minute masterpiece that inspires. The music is always perfect and the shots and speed of the frames are spot on. When going to the movie theatre, I sometimes enjoy watching them more than the actual movie I paid to see. After sifting through seeral dozen, I found a few I can't wait to see and thought you might enjoy too. Apparently my website only allows me to use one video per post, so check out the trailers for Martha Marcy May Marlene and Detachment.

Update:

Sorry for the lack of postings! It's taken me a while to get into the swing of things with my new classes and training for a new job. Within the next couple of weeks, I'm going to start working on some new things with my wonderful photographer, Sammy Sirak so the blog posts should be back to normal by that time. Thanks for sticking with me!

Week in Review

{Looking through old pictures with my boyfriend and his wonderful mother. I just so happen to be obsessed with pictures like these that we stumbled across.}

{Day trip to the city.}

{Trolley ride to uptown.}

{Low-key New Year's Day dinner.}

{Sitting around my parents' new homemade fire pit. Cliche s'mores making was involved.}

Sunday Playlist

Though I spent most of my week sick in bed, it has been filled with good conversation and spending time with the people who mean the world to me. I finished an entire season of Deperate Housewives and started my new addiction to United States of Tara. Thank God for Netflix. I was able to get out of the house a few times and take a trip to the city, riding the trolley and finding great restaurants. Being sick gave me time to find some music that was new to me and go through old playlists to share.

1. Damien Jurado - Sheets
2. Kate McGill - Set Fire to the Rain Cover
3. Foster the People - Waste
4. Unkle Bob - Swan
5. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
6. Ellie Goulding - Don't Panic Cover
7. Cillie Barnes - Hey Hi
8. Scott Matthew - Elusive 

MUSIC & CLOTHES

Everything from the song, to the random movements of the lead singer makes me want to own anything she wears in this music video. It also makes me reconsider my choice of hairstyle.

AMERICAN FASHION STORY

I have spent my last few mornings catching up on American Horror Story so I could watch the season finale last night and I realized that while understated, the costume designers do a great job. Especially with Violet and Nora. Although I doubt Nora's outfits will be easy to find, or wear for that matter, Violet's are easily accessible and the long sleeves she always wears to cover her scars can be a way to stay warm during the winter. Her dresses could definitely use some tailoring but the basic concept of her style is well thought out. You'd think it would be difficult to pay attention to the fashion in the show with the plot going in every unexpected direction but it almost always stands out to me. Needless to say, the episodes have been phenomenal regardless of the clothes.

SOMETHING FLASHY

With the holidays coming up, I'll be attending several parties. Some are more laid back than others, but I enjoy getting dressed up from time to time. For New Years especially, I've been looking for something that's detailed and stands out without being too expensive. The pictures shown above are my dream party dresses but since I have no idea what store they came from or the cost, I'll have to make do with something else. I have listed a few options that are just as cute and still affordable.

EYE CANDY

I have recently become addicted to Pinterest. There's something about having thousands of amazing ideas in one place that instantly inspires me to make my room cuter, cook more and put different outfits together. I collected my favorite posts to share them on here and hopefully they'll do the same for you.

IN THE DETAILS