It took forever for school to be overwith, but we finally got out on June 6th. So to commemorate the end of the schoolyear and the start of summer,  I painted my toenails and sat on my windowsill. Whoop whoop!

 I had (and have) a feeling that this is going to be a brilliant summer

Okay, continuing with the Garden Party pictures... One day I will be a computer genius and I won't have to do these silly things.

Jessica and Andrea showing off their beautiful cupcakes! They were really yummy, but The frosting was kind of weird. Don't look at me...heh heh

Hunter's glorious flower crown (left) She was  going for the "teletubby" look, and I would say she nailed it! Unfortunately I didn't take many photos of everyone's crowns, but you'll just have to take my word for it that they were very beautiful! The best I can do is to show you this photo I took later on of mine:                                                                       

Did you know that Hunter, Hailey, Andrea, Samantha, and Maggie are contortionists? I think they plan to take their show (entitled "The Human Hashtag Experience") on the road this summer!

Awww... Andrea and Vanessa are so cute!!

 When it got dark out, we went down to the firepit and made s'mores! They were delicious (of course)

So that was how we kicked off our June! It was a good start, even though school was not quite over yet. I love doing parties like this and I hope we can do it again!

Gaah! This is confusing! All of the buttons on Blogger are in Greek (wonder why...) and I have just been clicking around to try and find the "new post" button. But I found it! Opa!

Anyways, I made a resolution to blog more this summer and so far I have been doing a terrible job! So today, since we have some downtime at the villa, I am getting caught up. This is all of the posts that I meant to do for June 2013!

Part 1

On the very first day of June, Jessica and I threw our long-awaited garden party. We had been planning it for a while and it turned out great! The food was amazing (thanks to Jessica's mom) and we had a splendid time dancing and making cupcakes and flower crowns and dancing some more!

Ain't no party like a gold/silver pants party! Jessica and I got decked out in our rockin' metallic pants for the occasion.

Anna, Hunter, and Vanessa getting down to some gangsta rap. Here is an example

Hunter is upside-down more than you would think

Just a guideline for any party: jellybeans must be present at all times

Okay... The rest of the photos aren't uploading so I think I have to start a new post. What is technology?



So I know that summer is (sadly) coming to an end, and I wanted to do something to showcase a classic summer clothing staple for tourists and old men alike: the tropical shirt. Although they have gotten a bad rap throughout the years, I can't resist the busy, eye-catching patterns of one of these long-lost treasures.

As you will notice, these pictures were taken at a lake, as I do not live remotely near any sort of beachy coast. This photo series is kind of a symbol for longing for an endless summer vacation on some beautiful tropical beach, but making do with what you have. Enjoy!

 The busy print on this top along with the bright colorblocked shorts make for a bold but balanced look. I cut off and distressed these shorts from a pair of baggy pants from the thrift store.

Thrifted shirt, shorts, and belt

 I love the way this dress flows and the print is awesome! It's one of those pieces you can just throw on and be ready for the day.

(Trifted dress)

 The high-waisted shorts and 90s knot on this top add a retro feel to this outfit

 (Thrifted top and belt, thrifted shorts with DIY lace detail)

An oversized tropical shirt was used over a tropical print dress for an over-the-top colorful look. This top would make a great swimsuit coverup as well!

I love the oasis detail on the back of this shirt. I want to be there right now!

(thrifted shirt)

 Vintage swimsuit and flowy, floral shorts: a perfectly beautiful and laid-back combination

 (thrifted shorts and seashell strand, vintsage swimsuit)

(thrifted swimsuit,vintage skirt)

Thank you to my beautiful maodel, Sowmya Sudhakar, and to Tim Ryan and Nolan Hunter for helping out and giving moral support!

I hope you will try some of these ideas if you are trying to incorporate tropical prints into your summer wardrobe! To find cool pirces like these, I reccomend (of course) hitting up a thrift store. Look in the men's stuff for oversized shirts with crazy and colorful printed shrits. You can always convert big shirts like that into cool dresses or just wear them as a beach coverup.

If you aren't having any luck at a thrift store, take a look at H&M's For Water collection. The pieces have cool, subdued tropical prints and great retro cuts.

To view the collection, click here:

http://www.hm.com/gb/product/99706?article=99706-A



Pics from My 1st Photoshoot (Dec. 2011)

So after months and months of inactivity here, I'm back!
I hope to be able to post more often now, but regular weekly posts are seeming a little unrealistic at this time, so we will just have to see!

Today I will be posting some old photoshoots I have done in the past that never made it here and one BRAND NEW shoot I did with Sowmya Sudhakar just yesterday!

To start, I have the very first photoshoot I ever attempted to do. It's from December 2011, and  I did it for an english project. I created kind of a magazine complete with a few articles and this collection of photos. It was so much fun and it really got me started with fashion photography. I hope I have improved since then, but I still have a long way to go!

 Shelby wears a Peace, Love , Chill jacket, Thrifted snow pants, Dragon goggles, and K2 skis

Maggie wears a thrifted sweater, slip, and shoes, Wet Seal leggings. Sowmya wears a thrifted sweater and slip, Wet Seal leggings, Forever 21 socks, and boots from London

 Thrifted belt and boots, forever 21 sweater, Claire's scarf, and Wet Seal leggings

 Maggie wears a thrifted belt, Ashley jacket, vintage hat, and dress from london

 Thrifted jacket and shoes, DIY sacrf, vintage hat, and Wet Seal leggings

Thrifted dress, DIY boots, vintage belt and necklaces

 Thrifted shirt, Forever 21 skirt, Wet Seal leggings

 Thrifted Sweater, Forever 21 skirt, Wet Seal leggings, Merona galoshes

(From left) Sowmya Sudhakar (model) Shelby Hedrick (model), Maggie Gammons (model), Me (Robin Gammons, styling and photography), and Hunter Fisk (assisting photographer)