just bad luck

{photos by HaLee Curtis Photography}



do you ever have days where your computer crashes, you lose all your editing software, and you find out it will be over two weeks until you get it back? you have? great. now i feel a whole lot less mad about the predicament i am in right now.

i don't have a computer. i can't edit any photos. and i'm not sure when i'll be getting it back. but until then, i shall do my best to find a few old photoshoots to post, so that you all have something to look at. and i promise that the day i get my computer back i will edit all our outfit photos and be back to our normal schedule.

 

 

 

dress - eshakti, cami - ebay, belt - gap, heels - nine west

{enchanted}

hannah turned "sweet sixteen" yesterday. and how did we celebrate? a photoshoot in the woods, complete with a vintage gown and vibrant greenery. a disney princess marathon. and a whole lot of icing.

 

 

 

 

gown: vintage

stripes and gingham

we're bad bloggers. we've already realized this. it's not because we fail to dress cutely every now and then, or because we lead busy lives. how could you believe either of these false accusations?? the reality is, we get distracted. by ice cream. and shopping.

and then we get back on track. and we mix some fabulous patterns, take pictures, and post them for you to see and admire. because we love you guys more than we love having our own lives.

 

 

 

 

top - loft, jeans - j. crew, shoes - j. crew, glasses - ernest hemingway, headband - scrap fabric

a milkshake kind of gal

sorry we've been a bit absent lately. we've been busy doing other important things--like drinking milkshakes. and twirling around in vintage dresses. what? it happens!

and in case you didn't see them in the above pic, check out my green suede shoes? does it even get cuter?

 

dress: vintage, belt: thrifted, flats: j. crew, sunglasses: vintage store

 

no party like a {graduation} party

 

on sunday evening, our family hosted rachel's high school graduation party--a small, intimate affair for one hundred and twenty of our closest friends. there were hot dogs, there were hamburgers, there was a photobooth, someone brought pie, and, oh yeah, we all tore up the dance floor.



 

 

 

 

lots of our relatives and friends came into town to celebrate rachel surviving thirteen years of school, and we all enjoyed dressing up, chowing down on good food, and swinging the night away.

 

 

 

because we love photos and dressing up so much, we thought it only appropriate to host a photobooth. with ridiculous hats. and lots of cheesy friends hamming it up with the strangest faces.

 

 

 

 

 

and of course, since it was rachel's party, there was pie. lots and lots of pie.

 

 

 

after the food, photos, and a few short speeches by our dad and rachel, we turned on the lights and went crazy. cha-cha slide, cupid shuffle, frank sinatra, and even a few motown hits--it was a heck of a party. what a way to end this phase of life with a bang. and now, a new journey begins!

 

 

 

 

rachel - dress: vintage (from mother of vintage), sweater - j. crew, heels - ebay

hannah - skirt: loft, sweater - j. crew, heels - thrifted, necklace - j. crew

{perforated}

dear random person,

 

so…. sorry i took some photos for my fashion blog in front of your office building.  there’s nothing more awkward than casually posing for photos while someone’s trying to file their documents.  i’m sorry. it’s not my fault your building is super cute and just so happened to match my outfit today! these pictures were well worth the few times we made awkward eye contact… sort of.

 

 

 

 

top: downeast basics, jeans: thrifted, flats: banana republic, necklace: downeast basics

{sixteen going on seventeen}

 



like the good little homeschool girl that i was, i grew up with a dream. and that was to one day be liesl from "the sound of music". if you have even a scrap of dignity in you, then you'll admit that you used to watch this scene, get warm little butterflies floating in your stomach, and dream of the day that you could wear a powdery pink dress and dance on benches with a cute singing boy.

when i saw this dress on the rack at shareen vintage in nyc, my heart stopped. because i knew that once i tried that dress on, i could at least pretend that my childhood dream was coming true. i could become liesl for just a brief amount of time and spin around with my puffy pink sleeves, making all the rosy-cheeked boys burst into song.

i got some stares on the street, though. apparently not everyone finds puffed sleeves and button-up backs appealing these days. shame on them.

 

 

 

dress - vintage (from shareen vintage), belt - gap, heels - nine west