thank god for hippies with rich parents

shorts - diy cutoffs, shirt - pacsun, bag - mom's, sunglasses - vintage store in seattle, shoes - converse

I know, I know, I wear these shorts just about every day. It's just too bloody hot. And yeah, this outfit is not exciting in the least, but I just can't come up with anything good in this heat. This bag though, I really like. Another one stolen from my mom, it fits a ton of stuff and is perfect for the beach. I also really like the purpley color of it.


(my dad looking like a dork with flippers, a mask, and an inner tube)

Spent the day at my dad's friend's parent's house on Lake Sammamish yesterday. It was absolutely beautiful. The house is enormous and impeccably decorated, with some really lovely and valuable art. On a little table right next to the front door, there's a big Chihuly vase. The lake was perfect, not too cold, but definitely a nice change from the 103 degree air. Yeah, that is a record. Today it has cooled off a bit, thank god, and I went with my mom and grandma to pick blueberries.

wild summer nights

I went swimming today with my cousin Riley. Isn't she pretty? We went to the river and was really crowded. The water was freezing and the sun was hot. Basically, it was a perfect summer afternoon.



Yesterday I also went swimming, up at the lake with some friends. Afterwards, some other friends invited us up to the rock quarry for a party. I got a lot drunker than I ought to have and did some kind of stupid things and caused some drama between friends. The party was still really fun, I didn't end up coming home until about 9:30 in the morning.


shorts - diy cutoffs, sweater - mom's, shoes - random gladiator's, purse - mom's (vintage coach)

I absolutely love this old hippy sweater. It used to be my mom's when she lived in California and it's stained and ripped but still my favorite. The shorts I've been wearing pretty much every day. Even out in the woods at the party, and I got a bunch of bug bites.

TtV

I went swimming with my cousin the other day, which was lovely even though we both got rather burnt. We didn't realize how long we'd been floating on air mattresses out in the middle of the lake until it was too late. Afterwards, we went to the grocery store, got some bagels, and climbed up this giant rock for a picnic. The road actually used to split and go around this rock, but they moved the road a couple years ago.


shirt - pacsun, shorts - diy cutoffs, bikini - victoria's secret, shoes - random gladiator's, purse - mom's (vintage coach)

These shorts were cutoffs already, ones I made a couple years ago in a rest stop parking lot because I was terribly hot, but they were longer and I decided I needed something shorter. So I hacked them off a bit more and now I think they're perfect for really hot days. The shirt is an XXL pocket tee and I think it's the perfect thing to wear over a bathing suit.



Started messing with Through the Viewfinder photography the other day, which is where you take a picture with one camera (usually a digital camera) through the viewfinder of another (usually a TLR). I was taking photos with my digital camera through the viewfinder of the Yashica and I think they turned out pretty cool, if not exactly what most people are going for with this style of photography.

Sandblast Day 2

Sunday less of my friends were hanging out at Sandblast, but Tommy did come by and we explored a little down by the river. I had to leave a little early (obviously not early enough) to go to the No Doubt concert.





I've really been liking red lipstick lately. I'm not sure why, usually I'm more about heavy eyeliner, but nice red lips are just about my favorite thing ever these days. I like it when it's perfect, and I also like it when it's a little messy, and I love using stains that make it look like you've been eating strawberries or popsicles all day. In this picture I'm wearing an "Illuminating Lip Lacquer" by Physician's Formula in "Retro Red." It's sort of like a gloss, except pretty long-wearing and highly pigmented, but it doesn't dry out your lips like some long-wearing lip colors do. Also, it's shiny all on it's own, so you don't need a second gloss on top of it.



I took some photos with the Yashica while I was at Sandblast. I'm starting to like using it a little more, although I wish my lenses from the Minolta worked with it as well. But I'm starting to like the style of light meter it uses, which I used to hate, because you don't have to turn the camera on or off, just press a button to check the exposure. I'll definitely put those up when I get the film developed.




dress - vintage/hand-me-down, shoes - random gladiators, sunglasses - thrifted humphrey's, purse - mom's (vintage coach), camera - vintage yashica

I finally took good pictures while wearing this dress! Oh man, it's like my favorite dress ever. It's soooo nineties, with the small floral and the short skirt and it's just perfect. The princess seams and lacing in the back make it fit so well and the skirt is wonderfully full. Which, as I've mentioned before, is a hazard on windy days, but it twirls so perfectly. I want to go swing dancing in this dress, except I don't know how to swing dance.

Sandblast Day 1

This weekend was the annual Sandblast festival in Duvall. Every year they build a giant sand sculpture by the river and there are booths and music all weekend long. I volunteered again to help with the kids' activity (this year it was drawing on animal shaped chalkboards with chalk pastels). My friends' band played on Saturday, as did another band from my high school. Sunday was more the old hippy bands, which I actually enjoy more at this sort of thing. I got to see a bunch of people I don't see that often, who I adore, and we hung out, drew on the chalkboards, swung on the rope swing, listened to the bands, and went to Ixtapa for dinner. (As we were walking back to our cars, I noticed a fire next to the sidewalk, which we put out with stomping and water bottles. There was a garage sale sign on fire, which had caught the bark around a bush on fire, and it was very what the fuck.)








shirt - fred meyer, shorts - diy cutoffs, purse - mom's (vintage coach), necklace - vintage pewter, sunglasses - thrifted humphrey's, bracelets - diy/found, rings - great grandmother's

I never talk much about the jewelery I wear, since I wear the same stuff daily. I'm not going to get into it much now, since I don't actually have pictures that shows it off well, but expect a post about that soon. The leather string I have wrapped around my wrist I found a couple days ago, and then lost again. Oh! I saw these deer in the parking lot on Saturday.

what do you do with a fashion blog when you never wear clothes?

Amanda and I went swimming this afternoon, after a terribly hot and exhausting walk on the trail. My god, we picked the worst time of the worst day to go for a long walk. It has been soooo hot here. I haven't posted in awhile because I'm in a bathing suit pretty much every day.


bikini - victoria's secret, sunglasses - thrifted

I got this bathing suit last summer. I had the same old one for several years before that, so I guess I was due for a new one. I like this one quite a lot, even though I was getting pretty sick of how trendy peace signs and tie dye were getting. Oh well. I'd like a really retro suit sometime, but I'm not quite sure it would suit me.



My hair looks insane after I've been swimming. I forgot how annoying bangs can be. You have to make sure they don't dry too crazy, all sticking up.





I love this lake. I've been swimming here all my life. It's small, and technically the beach is private, but a lot of my friends live up there and no one ever minds. Love it.