gold sequins

I saw this top in kelly rowland's rose-colored glasses music video tonight...and then spent half an hour googling gold sequin items. Is that crazy? You tell me.

Love this skirt, this dress and this clutch. Oh man. I used to think sequins were so tacky too.
Now, on a quest to find myself a gold sequin-ed outfit. Not sure if I can pull it off.

I choose you.

My boyfriend sometimes jokes that he will propose to me with a Pokeball. I beg him not to.
Saw this on Cherry Blossom Girl that is a cute alternative. :)

tales of a junkoholic

I'm in love with artemis russel's cute little home. It's such a small space but it looks so homey with all her thrifty finds and creations :)

huntington gardens

check out these great postcards i picked up today from the huntington gardens:
(aren't they beautiful?? i'm tempted not to use them at all and just pin them up on my corkboard)



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and a few more shots from today! (which was hot, sweltering and sticky)








and desserts from afternoon tea!




.... and my cho cho being such a model :)

good tidings!

Is it halloween already?

(Sebastiaan Bremer, Flowers It Calls Forth From Their Buds)

Because there are cobwebs everywhere on my blog. Har har. I know, I know, I'm never here anymore. But fear not! I am still alive (to the 1 or 2 people wondering).


It's just been all over the place lately.

• I job search (with no luck) almost every day. I It's definitely been a struggle feeling useless and directionless half the time, but growing me so much in patience and faith/trust in God. I'm looking mostly for graphic design jobs... but I'm thinking my B.A. shouldn't pridefully keep me from working at Starbucks. Haha.
  

• Have been working on finishing editing a wedding I should have finished a long time ago (for shame!). Check it out and comment please :).
  

• Experimenting with watercolor for a wedding invite. I'll let you guys know how it turns out (especially you, Crystal!) :). So far I'm liking the colors but I think I will like it better when I get it scanned and edited in Illustrator/Photoshop. I am not exactly a watercolor wiz, my experience extends to my watercolor cards.
  

• Went up to SB + then Yosemite area a few weeks ago for a retreat (I'm so lazy I haven't even posted photos from the last time I went!)

• Second shot for another wedding, this time on a yacht! Definitely not my best since it was a very new experience... but an experience that I'm very thankful for none the less.

• Have been experiencing the pain of a long-distance relationship. Bah humbug. However, learning the awesomeness of snail mail :). Any tips from people who have been through this?
  
  

Meanwhile, I'm so obsessed with those Sebastiaan Bremer images (pictured above)! I saw them a while back but forgot about them, and when I saw one again on a friend's facebook I was smitten all over gain. Makes me want to take out all my baby pictures and drip paint on them to frame.

Guess what guys?

(fresh fruits at home all the time. woohoo!)


This week I paid off my college loans (correction, loan)!!

In my first two years of college, my mom helped me with payments here and there, but for the most part I paid for college entirely on my own. I have no idea how I have no debt... except to say that it must not have been entirely on my own but rather, with the help and grace of God. I am blessed.

josh + marci (hugh forte photo)

I was checking out the blog of the photographer (hugh forte) for a friend's wedding (you, charissa!) and I really loved the recent wedding he shot:














And loved these from charissa's wedding:




So gorgeous. My favorite wedding photographers shoot + edit like they're painting.