May Favorites + Life Update

Hello friends! It's finally June aka summer and I couldn't be happier about it! Though I think deep down the only reason I like summer is because winter is not far behind. You guys know what winter means, right? Christmas! The most wonderful time of the year!

No but really, I'm excited for the warmth and going to the beach and basking in the sunshine. Apparently the sun hasn't gotten the memo yet though because the June gloom has been in full force this week it seems. The weather will be warm soon enough!

On another note, I have been having a creative itch lately. I want to create and make art more than I ever have before. Building up the courage or even the energy to get started is hard though, especially with everything going on. Here I am though. Making the effort. Getting things done. I'm very proud of myself.

Sitting at my desk right now and writing all of this out is fueling the fire inside me. I feel very content and after this I'm going to go paint something. I don't know what, but I'm gonna try! I've never been good at drawing or painting things. My creativity usually comes through in other ways. And hey! If my painting isn't totally and completely awful I'll probably end up sharing it here!

Something else I've been yearning to do is get out and take some photos! I feel like the last time I even held my camera was on my camping trip :-( That makes me very sad to be honest. I think I haven't felt inspired to take any pictures since some (most) of the film I got developed turned out horribly. I still have a couple more rolls and hopefully those aren't as bad but, honestly I don't even want to see in fear that those are messed up as well.

I'll gain the courage someday. Maybe that day will be soon. But for now, I'll take pictures with my polaroid. Which is just as fun and almost better since I get the photos right away!

Anyways, enough updates for one post I think. On with the favorites!

The first thing I've been loving is fruit. Yes, fruit. That may seem weird but I've been eating a lot of fruits and drinking a lot of smoothies lately and I just can't get enough of them! So good and so good for you! It makes me not want actual sweets anymore actually which is a little added bonus!

smoothie bowl with granola

Second thing, the color pink. Another weird one honestly but, I'm drawn to everything pink. Heck.. even my hair is pink now! I just think that soft blush tones are so pretty as decor. It's soft enough that it's not too overpowering but still brings the perfect amount of color into a room!

Next up we have an ice roller! I got mine off of amazon and it's life changing. You just freeze the roller and take it out when you're going to use it and ta-da! The most relaxing thing ever. It's supposed to help with rejuvenation and sore muscles. I got mine to help relieve sinus pressure and to help with my TMJ pains! This is honestly the coolest thing I have ever purchased.

The next and final thing is something very important. I used to not use this and have finally come to my senses and use it everyday if I'm going to be outside at all. Sunscreen! I always hated the way sunscreen felt on my skin but this one is really great and I don't even notice it. The only problem is that it has an insane white cast so I do have to wear foundation over it when I wear it or else I'll look like a zombie. I use the La Roche-Posay Anthelios Mineral sunscreen. It's the SPF 50 and it's for the face and body!

That's all for my favorites last month! Thanks so much for reading and sticking around y'all.

Spring Weekend Photo Diary

So a couple weeks ago I went with my boyfriend to go film his podcast. If you want, you can listen to it over on youtube!

I didn't know what to expect honestly and I had to be quiet the whole time! So I watched Mama Mia on my phone and listened to music. But the next time I go I'm going to be in charge of the camera.. aka making sure it doesn't stop recording mid shoot.

I had so much fun though! I love listening to my boo talk about cars.

I did take more photos but it was dark and I'm working on editing them to make them look all purdy ya feel. 

Next on our weekend adventure.. BEACH!! Except we always do this. It never gets old though!
Something amazing happened while we sat on a bench to watch the sunset.. A BUNNY HOPPED OUT OF THE BUSHES. I was giddy with excitement. You all (hopefully) saw the picture I posted on my story when it happened.

We also made an appearance at a bonfire with some friends but I have no pictures since I didn't bring my camera! Oops! 

Now since I haven't talked much in this post I wanna chat a lil about some things I'm doing this month! First off, I'm getting my hair done this weekend and I am beyond excited. I've been waiting like 3 months to do this and it's finally happening! I'll share the results via instagram obviously, don't worry. 

Next, I've got a bunch of posts coming! Like I have so many different ideas and cool approaches on things and I'm just really excited for them to come to fruition! Also hollaaaaaa at the fact that I've had a couple posts up this month and I'm gettin serious with this thang!! 

Just very proud of myself for sticking to it. (lol it's been like 3 posts calm down girl) 

Speaking of girl.. have you guys seen New Girl? I'm rewatching it for like the hundredth time and I love it so much. One of my favorite shows for sure. 

My film was developed! Well, some of it was. I got 2 rolls developed and of course, like 2/3 of the pictures were blurry! What can you do though. It was my very first time using a film camera and I'm still learning so I'm not going to let that bring me down! 

Having the pictures in my hand even if they didn't turn out the way I wanted was so special to me. One of my favorite things to do is look through old photos from when I was little. The photos that my mom has from when she was my age. It's so nostalgic and lovely. All of the memories in each one and being able to transport back to the moment when you look at them! 

Anyways, that's enough photo talk. I have a photography update coming soon so I'll go a little more in depth there and even show some of my film that turned out ok! 

See ya next week!

Visalia Camping Trip

The past couple months have been crazy and this last week has been even crazier. Even though I just got back from vacation I feel completely drained and I'm hoping to get out of that funk soon. But for now I'm going to share with you all some pictures I took on my trip! It was such a great time and being away from social media and being away from..people...was refreshing. 

My boyfriend and I drove up to Visalia for a truck meet and camped out with a bunch of his buddies and we had the best time! I miss it already. I truly wish I was still there right now.. (even though I fell in the snow and had a hornet with us in the car while we were driving up the mountain).

While we were up there, we decided to drive up to the Sequoias to see General Sherman Tree! All of the trees up there are absolutely incredible but that one is an entirely different story. If you've seen it then you know what I mean!

Now I was not expecting there to be snow so the fact that we saw some, even if it was melting, was so cool! I've never been in snow in my entire life, except for when I was a baby, but that doesn't count.  I loved every second of the slush we all walked around on (and filled our ice chests with). I'm thinking this winter calls for a real snow trip.. what do you guys think? 

My boyfriend and I also slept inside his truck which was very new to me as I'm very much a tent camping kind of gal. I need space to move around! But the truck bed was super comfortable, maybe even more comfortable than a tent? 

Do you guys sleep in a tent? Or do you go full blown outdoorsy camping sleeping under the stars with nothing but a sleeping bag? That would be interesting to try.. I don't think I could do it because of all the bugs. or a bear! could you imagine. heck no. 

Bears were something I was very concerned about the first night here. I thought if we even had a single crumb a bear would be knocking on the doors trying to get it. I even considered tossing my deodorant in the trash because it's citrus scented and I read bears like that! But alas, there were no bears in sight (thankfully). It turned out that I had nothing to worry about and bears didn't actually live around that area.. they were more so 10 miles up from our camp.

I deeply regret not taking my film camera with me on this trip so I edited all my photos to have that film feel! I hope you enjoy them! I'm also FINALLY in the process of getting all of my old film developed so I'm excited to share those within the next month or so! 

I hope you enjoyed this post and as always thank you so much for reading! Now you guys have got to let me know, what's your favorite place to camp? I've got the itch to go camping this summer and I'm looking for some new spots! Let me know in the comments down below! 

Dupes Deals & Steals - Shoe Edition

Hello everyone! Today I'll be sharing some dupes for shoes that'll be all over the place this summer... or at least on my feet.

First, we have these Loeffler Randall "Lulu" mules. These are so cute and if you spotted this trend early enough, you've been rocking them since spring. (or maybe even last fall). Forever 21 has a shoe that is almost identical (thanks forever 21 for always making knock offs of cute shoes). Both brands come with black and pink suede options. Target also has a similar shoe option but this one is faux leather rather than the suede.

Second, we have regular old mules because I obviously can't make a shoe post without my favorite style. The top pair is from Mango and they actually aren't too pricey at $50. BUT, Forever 21 has the same style for half of that price! This low heel is perfect for those who want to add a bit of height but don't want to suffer through the pain of wearing regular heels. P.S. I have a summer outfit blog post coming soon ft these F21 mules!!

Lastly, we have a classic sandal. These are really a hit or miss style with people. They either hate it or they love it. I used to despise these sandals, but when I tried them on I was hooked. Now, the Birkenstock's are a tad expensive ($125), so I went and got a knock off pair from Target! These shoes are so comfortable, I could literally walk in them all day long. Definitely a great shoe for running errands and they go with pretty much everything.

Well that's all for today's post! Thanks for reading!!

Spring Fashion Inspo

Hello everyone! Today I'm going to be giving y'all some spring outfit inspiration. This post had originally gone in a completely different direction. I took tons of photos and wrote out the whole thing just to hate the way it turned out and scrap it. Instead of that, I made outfits on polyvore so I could really get my vision through.

So without further ado, here are a couple of outfits to get you through spring!!

Spring Floral

Pop of Color

Black + Blue

Fall in the Spring

Thanks for reading! You can check out my polyvore here!!