For TBT, some old high school pictures.
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| I wonder what ever happened to that tshirt? |
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| iguanas in Mexico |
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| my best girls |
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| grad pictures |
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| loved the blue in my grad dress |
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| my dates for formal day |
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| my eighteenth birthday |
For TBT, some old high school pictures.
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| I wonder what ever happened to that tshirt? |
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| iguanas in Mexico |
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| my best girls |
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| grad pictures |
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| loved the blue in my grad dress |
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| my dates for formal day |
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| my eighteenth birthday |
On our trip to Half Moon Bay this last weekend, we stopped by the Half Moon Bay nursery to see if they sold bonsai trees. They didn’t have what we were looking for, but it is the most adorable place in the world. I wanted to move in.
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| These remind me of Dr. Seuss. Thing 1 and Thing 2. |
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| They were also growing plants out of hanging coconuts |
I finally made it to Half Moon Bay last weekend, I’ve been wanting to go since we moved here. It was so beautiful, and it was a gorgeous day. We didn’t get to the Ritz Carlton or any of the little shops, we literally plunked ourselves down on the beach and laid there for hours. I did put my toes in the water, it was absolutely freezing.
I could spend every second of my life beside the ocean if I could.
“She would be half a planet away, floating in a turquoise sea, dancing by moonlight to flamenco guitar.”- White Oleander.
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| I like that you can see my dress in these 🙂 |
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| It was such a beautiful day |
I took a painting class a few weeks ago, and it was a really great experience. Ever since then I’ve had an urge to make something, but since I don’t really have any idea what I’m doing, I’ve been thinking of taking another art class, but it seems a bit daunting.
The classes are kind of expensive, but mostly I just can’t decide what I’d like to do. I’m torn between a painting class, a pottery class and a mixed-media art class, and I can’t decide, so I’ve been spending a lot of time online marveling at the talent of others, and feeling inferior.
Here are some of the pictures that have been inspiring me lately.
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| Love this. At some point our bodies might lose the ability to dance, but maybe our souls never do. |
Links for all of these picture can be found on my Loveliness Pinterest board, here.
I woke up last Saturday and I was SO excited for summer. It was a beautiful day, and it just didn’t feel right to be wearing black, as I do about 90% of the time. Instead I opted for the absolute brightest articles of clothing in my closet, and I don’t think it was a coincidence that I was so happy, all day.
Maybe I should buy more yellow? I might be on to something.
Some of the pictures are a bit dark, I’ve been playing around trying to figure out all of my camera settings, but they kind of reminded me of those days when you spend hours laying out on the beach in the blazing sun, and then you finally open your eyes and it’s so bright that all of the people and objects look really dark, and that made me even MORE excited for summer, so I put them up anyway.
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| Billabong Tie-Dye shorts/ Element Shirt/ Roxy Sandles/ F21 Bustier/ AE Sunglasses |
If this is the ugliest blanket you’ve ever seen, that’s OK. It was my first official “decor” purchase ever, I was 16 and I had just discovered Ikea. It was the same summer I painted my bedroom electric purple and my bookshelf fluorescent orange. My room was awesome.
I also brought snacks and entertainment. It was a really relaxing afternoon, and one that will hopefully be repeated with slight variations every possible opportunity until the end of the summer.
In honour of TBT, here are some pictures of me (and my sisters) when I was little. Please be sure to stop and admire the impressive volume my mother was able to produce in some of my side ponytails, that woman is a magician with a rat tail comb.
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| Things really haven’t changed |
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| hot stuff. |
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| I thought I was pretty hot in my belly shirt |
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| Don’t be fooled by her bunny nose, she will cut you |
Here are a few of the things that are making me happy right now:
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| New runners. Brooks Pure Cadence, I love them so far. |
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| Cadbury Creme Eggs. So. Friggin. Good. |
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| Cherry blossoms in our neighbourhood. So happy that it’s spring time. |
And, Goodreads.com. I was introduced to this website by a co-worker a few weeks ago, and it’s pretty awesome. It’s like Netflix for books.. except for you can’t read them online, so it’s really nothing like Netflix, but you can rate books you’ve read and receive recommendations based on all of your likes for books that you might enjoy.
Also, you can make lists of books that you want to read which is extremely helpful for anybody like me who constantly has tons of books that I want to read, but then immediately forgets the name of every book ever written the second I’m at a library or bookstore.
Have you seen this yet? Go ahead and check it out, I’ll wait….
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OK, isn’t that kind of crazy? I mean, everyone knows that photos of celebrities are Photoshopped, but there is something about seeing it happen right in front of your eyes that really makes you think.
It’s easy to forget all of the work that goes into making people look that good, especially when they are just out laying around on the beach in a t-shirt, “oh this old thing, just something I threw on this morning”. And it’s not just Photoshop, but lighting, hair, makeup, wardrobe, all of these things work together to make this perfect image.
It’s easy to forget that though, especially when you’re watching movies or a TV show. It’s not like you think these people are actually real, but if you don’t think about it really, it is nice to imagine that Seth and Summer are out there somewhere making out still.
The thing that gets me, and I’ve even worked as an intern on TV show and commercial shoots before, is that I forget that what I’m watching isn’t really happening. Like if you’re watching Sex and the City, and Carrie is strutting down 5th avenue looking fabulous in her 5 inch heels and you’re like man I wish I could look like that and wear that.. she is actually not walking anywhere, but the three steps she has taken away from her hair and makeup team since the director said “Action”.
Or when you watch Marissa Cooper (I’m re-watching the first season of the OC right now) wake up in a hot, nasty motel room in Tijuana and she looks like an angel, and you’re like why don’t I look like that when I wake up?
It’s because she didn’t just wake up, she just laid down in the bed, and had her hair, clothing and makeup fixed by professionals 3 seconds before she opened her eyes and “woke up”.
That seems extremely obvious, and maybe it is to a lot of people, but I tend to get very wrapped up in the story line and forget, which is probably a good thing, and basically the point of entertainment, but I think that it can be at least depressing, if not dangerous to compare ourselves constantly to something that is actually not real.
It’s one thing for older people who at least have some idea that it’s just a collection of a few second clips edited together to look like a continuous, and realistic event, but I think more effort needs to be made to educate younger people, especially younger girls, so they don’t constantly feel the need to compare themselves to something that is not attainable in real life.
This is a pretty cool video I came across a few years ago, for the Dove Real Beauty Campaign:
I bake a lot, especially lately. But I have to be honest, these are the best thing I’ve made in a long, long time. Delicious chocolatey truffles with an Oreo cookie crust and fresh raspberries, these got rave reviews from everyone that tried one. I will definitely be making these again.
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| they didn’t have Oreo crumbs so I had to get creative and crush up Oreo pie crusts |
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| I can neither confirm nor deny rumours of second degree burns from melted chocolate |
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| Oreo cookie crusts with raspberries… |
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| Then add melted chocolate… |
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| And demolish. Seriously, these were amazing. |
I came home from supper to find this package from my sister:
A cute new shirt and shorts, VS bikini bottoms, cookie corner cookies, kettle corn, Benefit bronzer, Diorshow mascara, new perfume, a hand drawn picture of me that time I was in a movie, and lots of other goodies. One of the best and most thoughtful gifts I’ve ever gotten.
loveliness. 