Waking up, as if from a dream

It's funny how film photos don't look real. I mean they are, but it's as if there's a difference between reality and the lens and they don't quite match up. Nothing seems real. Like waking up, as if from a dream.




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Crafting it up at Renegade

My friends, tomorrow I will be at Renegade Craft Fair, checking out all the pretty handmade stuff and catching up with a few bloggy friends. If you are going to be there and want to meet up, let me know :)

Also, tomorrow is the deadline to finish your I HEART Project/upload it to the Flickr group and mail it out to me. If you are unable to finish your I HEART project in time, I cannot extend the deadline, although I will be opening up sign-ups again in a few months, so you can sign up again if you would like.

Hair worth swooning over

My hair needs some sort of intervention. Divine intervention would be nice. I wanted to grow it long, but now that it's long I'm still not satisfied. Part of me wants to chop it all off, part of me wants to grow out my bangs, and then part of me wants to just keep it the same. Same old hair dilemmas, right?

So here's some hair worth swooning over:

(suzy puzz)

(source unknown-please comment if you know Rengim Mutevellioglu-thank you, anna!)

(kitty gallannaugh)

(pandora)

Bunting is my friend

Gotta love bunting! Why? Because it's cute and pretty, of course! Sound reasoning to like anything in my book ;)

(calamity kim)

And a pretty innovative take on bunting:

(ouissi)

Miles of bunting:

(dangermain)

(conlon)

I am dying to make a bunting for my room, perhaps for this wall. When I do I'll post some pics :) Do you have bunting anywhere in your home?

Garden girl

I've never been much of a gardener, but that doesn't mean I can't like garden pictures, right?


(source unknown-please comment if you know)

And how amazing is this little cottage?!

(light locations via sfgirlbybay)

(gingerlillytea)

Also, the winner of the Shaina Mote giveaway is comment #24, Sharon of elegant creeper. Please email me your postal address and size so your prize can be shipped out to you :)

Ate ice cream in a desert dream

I discovered this little behind-the-scenes video from Mike Bailey-Gates a few weeks ago. Isn't it great?! It's one thing to see the final image, product, or whatever, but something totally different to see the process that went into producing it. I am dying to experiment with more conceptual photoshoots + more props + a more eerie and dark mood, but still romantic. My friend has a fog machine and she's going to let me borrow it and I want to do something with sort of a big set and more of a concept behind it other than, "Oh! A pretty girl in a pretty flower field!", although I'll always have a soft spot for that. And then maybe do the photoshoot in a garage or basement...? Ha, my brain never stops.

(title from lemonade by cocorosie.)

Butterfly kisses part two

Two Saturdays ago I did a photoshoot with Lindsey, a model from Chicago who was visiting San Francisco for the week. Last week I blogged part one of the shoot, so here is part two. I'm doing something I don't normally do this time-blogging the photos I don't like as much. Usually, I am very selective when I edit down to the photos I like the best, but when I was working on a photo I didn't like, my mom walked by and said, "Oh, I really like that one." And I was like "Really?! This?!" So I suppose your favorites might not be mine and vice versa so here we go:

Qui qu'a vu Coco

(coco rocha, photographed by candace meyer for hobo magazine.)

Ahhhh Coco, why must you be so gorgeous?!!

PS. Title means 'have you seen Coco?' which is the song that gave Chanel her nickname Coco. Doesn't have much to do with this post, other than they both have the same first names + are icons of fashion industry, except Chanel is of a totally different status but you know what I mean, I guess.

Anyway, Coco Rocha is probably one of my favorite models ever. That's all.

Summer daydreams

This one was straight out of camera, but shot through a red and silver fan. How clever!

(Photos by Lauren Withrow)

I love Lauren Withrow's latest work. It is a lot more fashion-y and I don't know why, but I'm really drawn to these types of photos as of late. You know when you don't know what to say? Well, that's how I feel right now. That's how I feel a lot of times. Inspiration seems to hit me at the most inconvenient times, but when I want it to come to me, I am left with nothing. It's quite a frustrating feeling! Where was I? Oh yeah, so I don't really know what to say so I guess I'll let the photos speak for themselves. After all, a picture says a thousand words, right?

GIVEAWAY: Shaina Mote

Today's giveaway comes from Shaina Mote. You may remember her from my posts about her Spring Summer 2010 and Fall Winter 2010 collections. Well, she is amazing to say the least!

This time she is giving away the Pyramid Bustier from her SS10 collection available in sizes 2, 4, 6, 8, and other sizes upon request.

2 WAYS TO ENTER:

Leave a comment on this post.

Get an extra entry if you tweet about the giveaway. Be sure to leave a 2nd comment saying you tweeted.

**Open to all readers, international included**

I will draw a winner Tuesday, July 27th via random.org.

(tape strip via pugly pixel)

Stop motion lovin'

I'm always in awe at stop motions-so much time and energy put into producing a few minutes of a movie. I've always wanted to make one, but I just don't think I have the patience!

This one from Igor + André is one of my favorites:



Apparently he was trying to match his drawings with the music to create a nice flow, which meant he had to draw a line and then stop to take a picture for the entire video-WOW! I wonder how many photos he took... any guesses?

Bonpoint: French children's boutique

(bonpoint)

Leave it to the French to create such a sophisticated children's boutique. I am in love with their clothes, the photography, everything. And because they're kids, it makes it 100% cuter.

You can look at their fashion shows for fall 2009 and spring 2010 here and here. So adorable watching those little girls and boys walk down the runway!

Life as it comes

(by emma hope)

I stumbled upon this last week via the cons of being a wallflower and thought it was so clever and true. I'd like to think I'm one of the people 'looking at the stars.' ;)

Butterfly kisses

On Saturday, I had a photoshoot with Lindsey, a model from Chicago who was visiting San Francisco last week. We headed out to a trail on the coast and stumbled upon the most delightful flower field.

Unfortunately, the shoot in the flower field was short-lived because I walked into a bee's nest in the ground and got stung five times! Ouch!

Lindsey brought this amazingly cute butterfly hairpin that matched perfectly with the mood of the shoot.

And despite the unfortunate bee encounter, I really like how the photos came out. Lindsey has a very unique, romantic look that I am so in love with. asdjfaksjda;klj.

Dreams lost in time

Polaroids = looooove. The quality is so distinctive, so dreamy, so beautiful. They feel like dreams lost in time.
I once saw a polaroid camera for $10 at a thrift store but I didn't buy it for whatever reason and I've never seen one since :(


Adding lace to polaroids is the best idea ever:


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Paint it white

What is it about the little white dress that makes it so stinkin' cute? Aya, of Strawberry Koi wrote about the little white dress a while back too, and I just couldn't resist. I am completely enamored.

(pixie pix)

(do you miss me too)

Oh and this dress needs to get in my life. Like right now:

(blooming leopold: left, right)

I have a few white dresses, but I hardly ever wear them because I'm afraid I'll spill something on them, which is pretty lame, I guess. But seeing these girls pulling off the look so well makes me want to wear mine too :)

Bittersweet sunshines

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Pretty clothes look so pretty in pretty lighting. Le sigh.

I still want to hang a pretty dress on my wall, but I need to find a pretty hanger to hang it on first.

Sorry for the short post, my Internet's been wacky this morning.

(title by seaembraces)

Beyond the sea

On Wednesday, I did another photoshoot with Hanna. Last time we didn't get to spend too long, so I wanted to do a part two of the shoot-same location, same time, etc. This time she brought this ridiculously cute skirt and I brought the lace top for her to wear.

I was so stressed out that it wasn't sunset-y like the time before. With San Francisco weather, you never know if it'll be foggy/misty/cloudy (which it is 90% of the time) or sunny. And the weather was foggy, even though the forecast said it would be sunny.

Even so, I think the shots came out nice. Let me know what you think as this isn't my usual style!




It was a good chance for me to experiment with something other than glowy/backlit lighting. One of my goals is to be more versatile, so this was the perfect opportunity.

I am going to be shooting with Hanna so much more this summer, she is the perfect model :) I couldn't be happier to have found her.

I fell asleep beneath the flowers

photos (and title) by craig schlewitz.

Perfect lighting. Perfect focus. That's all I can say.

I did a wee little interview with Katy, of Little Owl Waltz (which just went live last week!). I helped her with her blog layout/header design and getting her blog alive and well and I can already tell it's going to be absolutely dreammyyy so go on and have a look!