Back-to-school breeze

The weather right now is nothing but sunshine and cool Back to School Breezes(TM), tricking me into obsessing about all of the freshly sharpened pencils, crisp lined paper, and gross-yet-amusing Garbage Pail Kids stickers I could put in my designer Trapper Keeper. The smell of a new pink eraser gets me every time. In honor of homerooms past, I decided to wear my version of an old back-to-school look: a boy’s oxford, cropped blue jeans,...

My DIY photography lightbox

After doing research for the product photography how-to post over at StyleSampleMag.com, I decided to try my hand at building my own bootleg lightbox. It was pretty simple, and I had most of what I needed just laying around the house: 1. Find a box. Cut holes in it. I used scissors (an X-acto knife probably would have worked better) to cut out opposite sides of an old shipping box and a smaller “flip up”...

Into the sunlight

This time of year, between, say 8:10 and 8:35-ish in the evening on a clear day, the sun turns everything a very lovely soft golden color–so I cajoled FriendBoy into taking some pictures. Forever21 tank, vintage skirt and belt, Ash shoes, bracelets from street vendor Note the skirt from the flowered Madea-wannabe set I picked up at the theater warehouse sale. I thought about shortening it, but I’m really enjoying it as a long skirt.

It’s hot out hurr

Since the weather is back to 172% humidity and 97 degrees in the shade*, I had to take matters into my own hands…and wear short shorts. Vintage blouse, belt, and necklaces; Forever21 shorts; Stetson hat; Ann Taylor bracelet; Charles David shoes *That may not be completely accurate reporting. My bad.

Seven Day Itch

Forgive me interwebs, for I have slacked. It has been seven days since my last blog post. This is what I’ve been doing: Trying to get up early and run/walk (ralk?) for at least 20 minutes in the morning. I managed to make it happen four of the last six days, so…we’ll see. Working on the next issue of Style Sample magazine. For some reason, putting it together doesn’t get easier. Catching up on “The...