partie d'été: 5

My french midterm is coming up, and i just had to make the title of this post in french, besides I knew all the words! This picture is also from Catawba.

summer part: 4

camp christopher.

the photographer

top; urban outfitters ($10), cardigan; old navy (my sissy's), dress; wet seal ($20), jeans; thrifted delias ($2), shoes;thrifted Mary Jane dance shoes thrifted($2), bag; estate sale ($1), scarf; thrifted ($1).

This is a new experiment of mine; over the break i thought i would choose an ornament and construct an outfit around it. quite a challenge. So i oped out of the Santa Clause ornaments, and went for this wonderful camera we had hanging near the top.

So, who remembers this dress from anywhere?
how about here

well i look pretty awful in this photo, but I think this outfit suits this dress (I use dress loosely because it is far to short to even wear as a dress anymore).

summer part 3

I don't know, but I'm pretty sure that this picture is the perfect mixture of an Indian an a little bit of fortune teller; maybe it comes from the eyes.

summer:part one

This part one of the series of photos taken by my brother Andrew. You may have noticed that I steal a lot of my clothes from him, he isn't just good for that! Andrew is a photography major at the moment and is in his second year of college.
Over the summer he has accumulated some photos of me. this is the first; taken at Camp Christopher, while i was eating a Popsicle.

so what are your plans for thanksgiving?

weardrobe watermelon weardrobe

YES YES YES why yes, that IS a screenshot of my first ever Weardrobe post! I just wanted to gloat that, yes, I finally made it to Weardrobe! (Actually, it wasn't that much of an ordeal — I simply applied and then soon after I got to post my first picture.) I was inspired after I saw theModCloth Back to School competition on Krystal's This Time Tomorrow…and after just really wanting to be a part of something cool. I need likes and comments so pleeeaseeee "hit me up": weardrobe.com/likeasaturday (I had to use that name because Ann Marie also applied but under Samson and Us). HOORAY!

And today, I enjoyed a mug of water (joy), watermelon, apricot, and blackberries. A nice color combo, wouldn't you agree? Also on my plate (ha ha) is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Yes, yes, I am about five years late in reading the series. I read the first few when I was younger, and didn't like it all that much, but now I'm in LOVE. And the blue book is called "The Passage," by Justin Cronin. I just finished this 700+ monster yesterday, and let me tell you, was it GOOD. The ending…err…well…read it. I didn't think "horror fiction" was my type, but this was super awesome.

Ps. CHECK OUT OR MODCLOTH STYLE SHORT VIDEO HERE. PLEASE WATCH! THANKS!

urban jungle

Finally, FINALLY I got the pleasure of "working" with Lily the Great — Ann Marie's cousin. She's a fantastic photographer and a wonderful girl. We went down to Lakewood Park on a blistering hot day (Saturday, with temps in the upper 90s!) to take some pictures for the ModCloth Fashion Short video contest. Starring me, Ann Marie, and another friend, Lily graciously accepted to shoot it in stop motion for us. This was the first day we tried shooting, but it didn't work out so well, and we just ended up taking fun shots and forgetting about our video.

Once we finally put it up though, pleeeease vote for us! We'd love to win a gift card to ModCloth, one of the cutest clothing websites out there.

P.S. A little treat — featured on This Time Tomorrow by Krystal (and by the rest of the Delightful Dozen) was this ADORABLE necklace collection from Jess LC. I love it! Desperately seeking jewelry. Check out the 50% off brail necklaces; the brail is misspelled, but the heart's in the right place, and as she says, it's a good way to get great jewelry for half price!

Dress: Blue and white polka dot house dress, Urban Outfitters

Shirt: White button down Oxford, Chadwick's

Necklace: Two-stringed pearls, vintage from my mom

Shoes: Black lace flats, Urban Outfitters

Rings: Stackable flowered rings, Urban Outfitters (courtesy of Lily)

"i like taking pictures of you"

Hopscotch

I see you

Model pose

Running

Geometrical

Right Angles

My shoes

I was told to be a ballerina

pushing the line.

Get me out of here!

Her Glamour shot!

Tip Toeing

Sunlight, Sunlight, shine bright....

My shoes are kickin

I march to the beat of my own drum

Ann Marie is going completely insane right now, So her close friend (me) has taken over for the time being!

Today we went on an adventure in the blistering heat- a whopping 98 degrees.

We traveled to the park just to goof off, but due to the innter photography freak in me, i knew we had to take hold of the great lighting when we had it.

So we rushed back home to put on something blog worthy.

We worked with a lot of lines and geometry in this mini shoot, and just had a blast.

It started to storm right as we got inside- it was a true race. We sprinted as it was drizzling.

Ann Marie's Outfit-

Coller Dress- By Ginger- 15 dollars

Shorts- Union Bay- 20 dollars

Red tank top- Old navy- thrifted for 2 dollars

Brown Converse- 10 dollars

Metal Roses- Forever 21- 1.50

Scarf- H&M- 1 dollar on sale- ORGANIC!

Headband- H&M

Lily's Outfit-

Pink Tank top- Target- 8 dollars

Pop Flower Jacket- Forever 21- 30 dollars

Shorts- Hollister- thridfted 3.50

Tan Maryjanes- Urban Outfitters- 14 dollars

Mystical Set of stackable rings- Urban outfitters- 20 dollars

Bracelet- Beads for Darfur- Lion and Blue

nowhere to go

I was feeling fashionable a few mornings ago, with a visit to coblogger Ann Marie's house in the works for a few hours after these pictures were taken. But, to my disappointment, I was informed that yes, indeed, it was simply too hot to wear my sort-of sweater outside. Summer, I love you, but please take a hasty leave — autumn allows for so many more options!

Oh, and hopefully this affinity to peace signs will be gone soon…a friend of a friend said to me outright: "Your belt is tacky!" But hey, it's good to promote love for one another, right?

Sweater: Navy-grey dolman, H&M

Shorts: Pink 3.5 inches, Old Navy

Belt: Black with gold peace sign, Kohl's

Pearls: Vintage from my mommy

Peace sign necklace: Lion and Blue, Lakewood boutique

P.S. One quick footnote: Check out this super cute cardigan from ModCloth. I mostly love it because it's named after one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands — "Love Like a Sunset," Phoenix. You can always count on ModCloth for an adorable dosage of fantastic fashion.

rainy days

It was a rainy week at camp but hey it was worth it...somehow. Funny story: there is a new family camping with us this week and they had just moved to Ohio from Canada, so their children have heard things like, "don't cry, or the tears will freeze to your face," and "you have 3 minutes to get out of your car to another warm place before you get frostbite." So when our camp director said, "It doesn't rain at camp," he meant it never rains in our hearts. But these two girls took it seriously, and when it started to thunderstorm at 5:30 in the morning one sat up in her bed and said to her mom "he said it doesn't rain here!" But seriously camp is a lot of fun, people come from all over Ohio, and some farther (Georgia and Maryland). But anyways I have a total of 45 bug bites and you probably won't be seeing much of my legs anytime soon just because I wont be able to shave until they all disappear.

Although camp isn't a fashion show everyone still tries to dress up a little on the last day, hence my outfit (I apologize for the lighting in this picture). Also you are probably all wondering why this isn't a picture of Nora. Well Nora here forgot to mention that this is also my fashion blog. I'm Ann Marie, Nora's co-blogger. Soon I'll have my own sort of sign-off name, don't worry.

So let's get to my outfit:
color blocked dress, Wet Seal (20 dollars)
black leggings, Target (10 dollars)
pale pink flats, Urban Outfitters (10 dollars)
pink cardigan, (thrift store find) Banana Republic (4 dollars)