Saturday, September 24, 2011

Flamingos in love.

If you dont know I love flamingos, its ok... but I do. I love them so much, Ive recently had a friend start giving me all this amazing retro flamingo stuff! They are also one of my favorite things to draw and paint. While my friend Jennifer was staying with me I had a short boost of motivation to paint and I did these two crazy love birds.

May I please introduce to you, Sir. Ronnie
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(For sale for $60)

And Madam Kimmie
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(For sale for $60)

Together, they make the first paintings of the "Kimmie loves Ronnie" flamingo series.
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(For sale together for $100)

I have taken my love for flamingos and combined them with my love for Kimmie and Ronnie. There is nothing more sillier to me, I think, then flamingos with top hats and bows. Both paintings are for sale separately, but how could you break up such a lovely couple.

Revisiting an outfit and a place.

While the weather has been gloomy the last few days, it was gorgeous earlier this week. My trusty partner in crime Simon and I rode our bikes to the Arboretum on what was a lovely day. Simon always carries my tri-pod when we go "on location". There are a few spots we usually go to at the Arboretum but this time I took Simon to one of my new favorite spots. Since its somewhat fall, I had to wear something "fall appropriate" but seeing as how I only have so many of my dresses here in Boston, I decided to re-blog about this amazing navy blue, ethnic print dress.

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I did this blog post in January of 2010. Wow I have gotten a lot of tattoos since then haha. That always cracks me up with I look at older photos, seeing how many tattoos I didnt have at the time. This dress will forever be amazing, and it was totally worth re-blogging.

Then.

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Now.
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Simon and I spent a good 2 hours there and caught all different kinds of light. Since no one was around I just left my camera set up while I took snack breaks or just laid in the grass. The Arboretum is so nice its hard to leave some times.
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After a lovely afternoon we went to The Behan for a few beers. I always enjoy my adventure trips with Simon. As always, Im trying to keep busy, and still always behind on things. I have so many people I need to reply to and things to send out. Sometimes the world moves to fast for me. I have found so many neat things out and about the last 2 weeks as well, Im working on a blog post for that. I will finally have another vinyl post coming soon and hopefully more paintings!

If you have sent me something, or left me a lovely comment! Im getting to it, slowly... I appreciate all my readers, every day you read/check out my blog, it makes me so happy. I always hope that someone gets inspired by me. Also! I have had 77 followers for some time now, we can really make 80 happen!

I love you all! Thank you for continuing to be lovely. Xoxo.

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Saturday, September 17, 2011

The Kimmie Collection; Part 1.

Kimmie and Ronnie are the best stereotypical New England couple. When I heard about them, I died laughing and could not get enough of it. Well, Kimmie and Ronnie have just consumed me. My friends have been calling me Kimmie a lot. So I have decided to start the "Kimmie" collection. These will all be outfits that Kimmie would wear. I didnt want to give Kimmie her own blog, because we all know Ronnie aint takin her outfit photos. (Kimmie talks in third person a lot)

Kimmie decided she wanted to look super cute for Ronnie. This little number is something Kelly Bundy wouldve wore. Kimmie likes her dresses tight and short.
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I love my "Kimmie loves Ronnie" tattoo. My friend Adam paid for it, my friend Bill drew it and my friend EdE tattooed it on me.
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Oh Ronnie.
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Kimmie is baking a cake for Ronnie today, because he's never had a red velvet cake before.

Im finally feeling like Im getting back into the swing of things. September is such a transitional month and theres just so much I want to get done. I finally went down to the basement and brought up my winter stuff. I am loving the weather, finally time to wear hoodies. I have been hanging out at The Brendan Behan a lot lately and making such the loveliest of friends. The Ronnie Dial Golf Tournament was this past Monday, and that was wild. With fall in the air, I cant wait for more good things to come. Xoxo everyone.

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Outfit Detail:
Dress: Early 90's vintage, bought at Revolve Clothing Exchange in Tampa, FL.
Shoes: I found them at Goodwill in Tampa.

Saturday, September 3, 2011

The Arboretum in Summer,

Finally getting to a new post after some much needed time away from blogging. I had some personal things to take care of and have been a hermit crab a lot lately. Well I am just finally starting to get back into a normal swing of things and feeling better so I decided to finally do a lovely blog post. The weather has been great, Ive been very lucky to have time off to enjoy it. The other day I went to the Arboretum with my roommate and best friend Simon, and we had such a great time. We went to another part of the park that I hadn't been to yet, and found some new photo spots! So I went back yesterday by myself and planned out a very lovely outfit. Something everyone has been wearing lately, a long black sheer shirt.

These were taken on the Explores Path, and no matter where I took a photo someone, creeped past me, I really thought I was in a secret spot.
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This is what I wore while I was riding my bike around, that black dress is great it just folded up in my shorts. This was me testing the lighting and zoom.
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I love my camera remote...
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I was bothered less in an open field.
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Outfit details:
I bought the skirt at Boomerangs in Jamaica Plain. I cut the lining that was in it before. The black dress under is a simple bandage dress from Forever 21. I liked the black poka-dot lace with the floral lace on the dress. I threw on a brown belt for some color and as far as shoes are concerned, they are not needed for walking around in grass. I have seen so many ladies styling this black sheer skirt look, and I have had the skirt for a few weeks now. I was really saving it for a good photo adventure like this. I also did my make up fully for the first time in a while.

So basically, John and I arent seeing each other anymore. It really sucks, because I ya know made a big deal about it on my blog, and now I feel slightly embarrassed to have to tell you that we arent together anymore. I started blogging more last January because I broke up with this awful person, and this was for me to do. I see so many awesome bloggers, favorites of mine with boyfriends and husbands and I would of course love to incorporate men in my life on here, but sometimes its best to just let things go with the flow. Anyways I was bummed out for a few days and just have been taking a lot of time to myself. My friend Jennifer from Tampa is tattooing up here and staying with me and its just been the best having her here. I am going to miss her, shes been a great addition to the house. Everyone has loved her and having her here. I feel awful for not blogging, but I just had to take some time away. I even took photos, but just wasnt pleased with anything I shot to show you all. If you have stuck around, thank you so much for putting up with my on going delays. I appreciate all my readers.

Xoxo everyone! PS... Welcome September! Its soooooo awesome.

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