look book: field of dreams

The 1970s is one of my favorite eras so doing a shoot with this concept was so fun! Alexandra has such a talent for finding beautiful locations and using the light beautifully. I really love that the fashion  from the 70s is coming back into style. I just wish my mom had saved more of her clothes so I could wear them now!! There's something about jumpsuits, head-wraps, wide leg jeans, crochet tops and dresses that is just so natural and bohemian. It puts you in a more relaxed state of mind. Maybe I should dress only in 70s fashion for the next five weeks to avoid the inevitable wedding stress that's going to hit the fan!

jumpsuit Young, Fabulous and Broke, belt Urban Outfitters, scarf and necklace Stylist's, bangles and sunglasses Forever

This week is going by so much quicker than I expected. The whole month has really flown by. I'm not going to lie, I might be a mess next week when it hits the one month mark for the wedding. Still so much to do! Matthew and I are having a little shopping date tonight to look for shirt/tie combos. We're trying to fit the fun in where we can haha

Happy Thursday!!

xox

 

photography by Alexandra DeFurio

styling by Staci Koondel

hair and makeup by Emily Blackmun

wedding wednesday: bachelorette weekend

As I mentioned on Monday, this past weekend my best friends and bridesmaids threw me a bachelorette weekend in gorgeous Santa Barbara! Ten of my dearest and closest friend made the journey from all over {New York, San Francisco, LA, San Diego, and even Oklahoma City}. I felt so loved and special! We stayed in the beautiful Canary Hotel, which blew me away from a design perspective. I'm officially inspired to recreate something similar in my future apartment with Matthew. There were Spanish, Moroccan, even African influences and the colors and patterns were perfectly matched. love love loved it!

 packing into a stuffed car, joking with Matthew saying "Vegas here we come!"

the most delicious french toast on warm berry preserves with a vanilla cream on top

texting Matthew at the end of the night!

I'm still majorly sleep deprived from the weekend but I have the most amazing memories to last a lifetime. I'm already wanting another trip with all these girls in a couple years. They were the best, most easy going group, and now I miss them all terribly!

{I also miss my Bachelorette crown!}

xox

 

photos by my sweet friend Kimberly Desjardins {minus 1-3 and 6}

look book: coffee shop afternoon

I'm so excited to finally share these photos with you guys! A few weeks ago I did a shoot with a really great LA photographer, Alexandra DeFurio, who is known for shooting young teenage celebrities. While I'm far from a teenager {wait, when did that happen?!}, it was such a fun opportunity! Over the next few weeks I'll be sharing some of the different shoots that I helped style, along with the amazing  stylist Staci Koondel. I wish I owned all the gorgeous pieces she pulled! These were taken at my favorite little neighborhood place, Aroma Cafe. It's the best place for chocolate cake, milk, and people watching!

blazer NSF Clothing, blouse and clutch Urban Outfitters, jeans J. Brand, bangles Forever 21, shoes my own

Have a great day everyone!

xox

photography by Alexandra DeFurio

styling by Staci Koondel

hair and makeup by Emily Blackmun

a shout out to my bridal party

Mondays are never my favorite day of the week, and this one is no exception. After having the best weekend up in Santa Barbara with my closest friends it's hard to get back to the real world. I was majorly spoiled for my Bachelorette weekend and I felt so incredibly loved- still do. This is just a little post and I'll talk more about it on Wednesday, but I have to give a little shout out to my best friends and bachelorettes. Lizzie, my MOH and best friend, did the BEST job planning this weekend. Every little detail was taken care of and we all had the best time because of it. She seriously needs to go into the professional Maid of Honor business because she's amazing! Hanna and Pauline also were incredible. Hanna compiled a playlist with songs that everyone said reminded them of me. I had to guess who picked each song and I got them all right!! Such a great keepsake, too. Pauline is a great graphic artist and made cute banners to put around the hotel suite as well as an awesome itinerary and map for the weekend. It was amazing! Ok more details on Wednesday. Time to get back to work, find a seamstress for my alterations, oh yeah and unpack! 

I hope you all had a fabulous and special weekend!

xox

look book: twisty scarf

So I forgot to mention it in yesterdays post but this week has been one long and terrible one. It all started last Friday with my ridiculous dress fitting where they tried to charge me $700 for minor alterations. Spoiler alert: It's not a form fitting dress and I'm not even getting a bustle, so $700 is a little much in my book. Plus they tried to charge me for the $80 bra the seamstress made me try on. Then there was a postage fiasco with the invites {which finally got out by the way..major drama there} and I almost ran out of gas on the freeway. My fault but so not fun! Needless to say I'm so very ready for the weekend! I'm having a little bachelorette getaway weekend in Santa Barbara and I swear thinking about that has been getting me through the week. It's supposed to rain on Saturday but I'm just telling myself the weather channel is lying and playing an early April Fools joke.

jacket H&M, shirt and clutch Banana Republic, jeans Urban Outfitters, shoes Jessica Simpson, belt thrifted, headband c/o IHOD

I decided to do something a little different with my scarf..it needed to do a little twisty dance and I let it. I wasn't sure if it looked weird or not but I kind of liked it. Something a little different I guess.

Have a great day everyone! One more day until the weekend!

xox

 

oh and check out my feature on Frock Candy! I'm so honored they chose to feature me.

wedding wednesday: wedding hair

Decisions decisions! There are so many beautiful wedding hairstyles that I've seen and,while I kind of always liked the idea of wearing my hair down, I've started to think more about pulling it back. I love how Mar from TEAM Hair and Makeup did my hair for the shoot with Jose Villa last summer {above}. It's soft and romantic and I think that's kind of what our wedding will be like. Here are some other hairstyles I've been looking at recently.

So I'm thinking either messy bun or loose waves. Hm maybe I can do both! No that might be too ambitious. Do you like one style more than another? Or one I didn't include?

For those engaged/married: How did/will you wear your hair on the big day? Did someone do it for you or did you do it yourself? While I'm thinking I could definitely trust myself to do it, it might be an added stress I don't need. I don't know, though. What do you guys think?

xox

 

many of these photos were pulled from an inspiration folder 

where I forgot to document the source,  so if any of you know 

where one is from please let me know and I'll give proper credit. 

For the ones I do know...

photo one Jose Villa, two&three&seven Once Wed, five&six GWS

look book: plaid and tweed are friends

This weekend was a very gloomy one, weather-wise. There was more rain in LA than I've seen in awhile and it lasted all weekend. I swear I don't think I heard it stop once on Sunday. It was nice to just stay in, cook, and relax but now that's it's officially spring {gosh, can you believe it?!}, I'm ready for lots of sun.

blouse Urban Renewal, shorts Sanctuary via Nordstrom Rack, boots Jeffrey Campbell, necklace from Lizzie via Italy, bag H&M, headband IHOD

So I'm not really the best with mixing patterns and prints, although I am trying to work on it. Exhibit A: plaid shirt and tweed shorts. Something I hadn't really thought about, but I'm surprised I didn't think of it sooner. I think this top would look so great with tweed trouser pants, or a high waisted skirt. The outfit is very winter, which I guess is fitting since we're getting the tail end of our winter weather. Ok, Sun, I think I'm definitely ready for you to show your bright and shining face! However, if Mother Nature is trying to get all the rain out of her system before May, fine by me!

xox