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Sprinkles Cupcakes are Yum

Jun 28, 2013

The other day, I enjoyed Sprinkles Cupcakes with my sister in the beautiful city of Chicago. If you haven't heard of Sprinkles, basically they are these awesome designer cupcakes in a ton of awesome flavors in an incredibly awesome, cute little shop. They're kinda really overpriced but that's the point of designer! Buy it, even if there's nothing special about it, there kinda is because it's got a logo on it. At least you get a super tasty treat (or twelve) and you can enjoy them and pray your beach body doesn't say buh-bi as fast as the cupcake does. What am I currently doing? Being a recluse in an apartment downtown on a gorgeous Friday evening because I am not yet 21 which means there is nothing for me to do except maybe shop at American Girl Doll or something. Ugh. I miss Canada...

Currently listening to: A Message - Coldplay

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Gold in Rain

Jun 25, 2013

I shot and styled the gorgeous Dana Alsamsam the other day. I tried to capture and embody a "Fairy of the Forest" type theme. Dana as the forest nymph was almost one with the woods and nature. Look how powerful she looks! It started raining right in the middle of our shoot!! My initial thoughts - "oh no..why?! *hides camera*" but after I saw how gorgeous the sun-shower looked in pictures, I was quite pleased. Everything happens for a reason, folks! Hope you like the photos, let me know what you think!

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I'm a (hopeless) wanderer

Jun 22, 2013

~~Sunday~~ Saturday Brunch
An adorable little French-inspired farmer's market opened just around the corner. So naturally, Sofie and I dressed up in our oxfords and berets, took out the picnic baskets, and enjoyed a rather pleasant (despite a bit rainy...) morning eating fresh bread and cheeses, berries, pastries, and freshly-squeezed orange juice. I'm not sure how I fit so much food in after taste-testing just about every single cheese available at the cheese booth! It's hard to stay away from all those different types of cheddar..and asiago..and gouda..and chevre..and swiss..and gruyere..and oh me oh my that is quiet a list already!

Currently listening to: Hopeless Wanderer - Mumford and Sons

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Lake Geneva

Jun 20, 2013

Lake Geneva

Traveled a wee-bit north the other day to spend an afternoon in the beautiful Lake Geneva. It's a cute, touristy little town in Wisconsin full of visitors from nearby Milwaukee and metropolitan Chicago (just like me!) Ah, how scenic and pretty it was - a great way to spend time not in the bustling city. Swapped the sound of the El for an occasional boat horn and Chicago style hot dogs for creamy ice-cream. What a peaceful day it was!
Currently laying in bed at 1AM trying to keep my eyes open. I apologize for the rather unpromising post which follows! xx

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The Riviera

In the heart of the city is a rather gorgeous fountain and a lot of people snapping a few shots of their own. I found it super amusing how many people fished for gold from the "wishing fountain." But who could blame them? I took a a quick look and...oh my goodness it looked like a jackpot of silver coins. I was never sure if the fountain had a bottom or not.

Lakeshore

A pleasant little dock with very cool people wearing loafers and very cute looking boats. Er...what more to say...? Hmmm.. Did I mention I was falling asleep? Yes - excuses excuses.

Let's end on a sweet note!

Tons (and I mean TONS) of awesome food here. You could smell it all over the place! We went to a super cutesy froo-froo-frilly pretty sprinkles kind of sweet shoppe. Chocolate dipped oreo's? Gimme.

That's all for now folks! Hurray...Bed time!! xx

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We Can Start Moving Forward

Jun 17, 2013

Finally, an update!
I finally got around to cleaning this place up, updating/changing my blog's layout and fixing up a few glitches here and there. Oh goodness, it took forever! After hours of sketching/brain storming, and a lot of trial-and-error (emphasis on the error...I'm no html-css expert!) I'm finally in a happy place. What do y'all think?
Also, took a step forward with social media and finally got an instagram. I'm still working out the kinks on how to use it...but from what I've seen, all I have to do is take pictures of everything and write a lot of hashtags. Easy peasy!

Farmer's Market!
The other day, I was feeling remarkably down. I was stressed from school, worried about my future, and the summer days spent inside really started to get to me. But lucky for me, I have one of the bestest friends in the world swoon. Soffie knew right away that something was off and she whipped me away to a weekend farmer's market. Oh how wonderfully cinematic it was! The smell of fresh basil and sweet pastries was in the hot, summer air and everyone was surprisingly very polite. It was like we were put in the 1800s, just look at this place!
No farmer's market excursion is complete without a picnic, though! We enjoyed a comfortable patch of grass, yum sandwiches, and some delicious creme patissiere (among other things). I wish I still had some of those brownies, I'm starving. xx

I'm currently listening to : Lost in my mind - The Head and the Heart