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Jun 08 2012
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Fashion, Life

SUMMER STYLING


(Photos by: Brooke Dombroski, Model: Malia Murphey)

I have amazingly talented friends. Gorgeous, amazingly talented friends. Some times I get to sneak in and I try to feel talented too. I recently styled a fun little “May Day” shoot and let me tell you what I learned: styling is hard.

I mean it. It takes a very keen eye and good sense of taste to develop a fashion story. It ain’t easy. It made me realize that maybe I should start spending more time developing my style for styling.

Chuckle if you want but it is like an art. Good styling is pleasing to the eye. It creates a special kind of feeling. It can tell a very good story. Or not. I don’t care what any one else says but having and developing beautiful things makes life so much more.. vivid. More alive. I would love to be good at it. To be a master of beautiful things. Beautiful Things Master. Haha.

So. Let me add to the list of things master: I think it’s going to be a styling summer.

x

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Apr 08 2012
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Fashion, Life

EASTER DAZE


 (Top: Elizabeth & James, Pants: Theory, Purse: Comptoir Des Cotonniers)


 Samudra Moorea Shark & Flamingo Pouches

(Photos by: Brooklyn Hawaii, TR & ME)

Spent Easter Sunday in good company, with good food, and being blessed with an everlasting promise! It was such a beautiful day. The weather stayed sunny and breezy while we sat in grass eating yummy food and chatting with friends. And even though it may have gotten a tad stormy.. we ended up surfing anyway. Cannot go a Sunday.. especially an Easter Sunday.. without surfing!

I recently got my E&J top and thought it was appropriate for Easter.. floral, pastel colors, etc. My man and I somehow dressed appropriately and looked like a couple from the 70′s. Personally, I think I kind of looked like a hippie man from the 70′s with my hair down. But whatever. Hahah.

To an Easter Sunday Daze.. Happy Easter Everyone!

x

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Mar 17 2012
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Waves

BEACH COMB

(Photos by: Brooklynhawaii & me)

Got to get in a little beach combing session yesterday and fuel my obsession for beach wood, old tattered shells, and chunks of seas glass. When I was younger my mom always collected beach wood, smooth rocks, and interesting trinkets of nature. At the time I thought she was just a crazy hippie lady and a little embarrassed that she kept a “Rock Garden” on the dashboard of our already embarrassing Isuzu truck. Haha.

Now I understand her interest in the natural beauty of aged, beaten things and completely adopted her aesthetic. I am that crazy hippie lady that keeps smooth rocks and beaten shells in her car. Just like my mom. There is definitely a beautiful quality about sea beaten wood, shells, rocks, glass, and anything else that makes it way to the sea. I cannot even describe the idea of the sea and my relationship with it because everything I do and love always seems to come back to the deep blue. That’ll have to be a lot of thinking and concision before I can come up with the words. A different post.. maybe even a different kind of blog.

But now I’m getting all weird and deep. I just want to sit here and stare at all my new lovelies from our beach combing adventure.

x

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Feb 15 2012
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Fashion, Travel

DREAMING OF KAUAI


(Photos by:me & she; Top: Gap, Shorts: Wonderland Denim, Sandals: Cynthia Vincent, Clutch: India travel find)

I’m cold. I’ve only been in New York for a week and I am already looking forward to wearing shorts again and basking my unexposed legs to the sun. What a brat. But the idea that moving to New York might be real is really making me homesick. Yeah, you got that right. I never thought I would but I am considering the possibility of moving to NYC. I was never that person. I thought New York would eat me alive. But I guess not. I guess I am pretty adaptable.. or crazy stupid. I can’t decide.

But I love the beach and sea breezes and surf and maybe I should stop there.. But it can be an especially hard decision when I can’t wear outfits like these. Shorts, loose fitting top, sandals always. Exposed body parts basically. And toes that can really stretch out. I know I am being dramatic. There are other seasons besides winter. But I am stuff it in now and my body is frozen. Gah, what a decision I need to make in the next couple of months.

In the meantime, I will be dreaming of lazy days on Kauai.

x

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Feb 07 2012
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Fashion, Travel, Waves

THE BOTTOM LINE


(Photos by: she; Bikini Bottom: Tori Praver Swimwear)

A couple of things I’ve realized within the last couple of days:

1. I don’t know how to “model”.. I don’t like to “model”.. so I laugh in all my photos.

2. I’m obsessed with bottoms. Any kind of bottoms.

I actually don’t mean to be obsessed with bottoms. I really need new tops. My shirt/blouse/t-shirt wardrobe has been eaten alive by cheeky little bugs on a vengeance. But I somehow always find bottoms. I found these Tori Praver Swimwear bottoms on sale and had to get them. Floral, feminine, and ruched. Perfecto beach lounging bikini bottom. I actually don’t own any string bikini’s because I thought my hips gushed out of them. But these somehow work. Not complaining.

In that respect, I don’t think we should ever limit ourselves in fashion, style, clothing, etc. etc. etc. Actually, don’t limit yourself in anything. But that’s a whole another ball of butter.

The bottom line is.. I’m loving these bikini bottoms!

x

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Feb 06 2012
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THE SHORT ON SHORTS


(Photos by: me and she; Shorts: Wonderland Denim by Jess Shedlock)

Made last minute plans to spend the weekend on Kauai. Best decision of 2012 so far. What a dreamy weekend. It is so tempting to leave life behind and go live like a hippie on the garden isle. I’m sure no one would notice! First stop: Polihale. The weather was perfect! From where we staked out there wasn’t another soul in sight. Just thinking about it makes me sigh deeply. Such a little dream world.

I recently got these shorts from Wonderland Denim by Jess Shedlock and practically lived in them all weekend. I couldn’t take them off! They now bear the signs of true travel attire.. including a big coffee stain on the crotch area. Still rocked um! Jess is pretty amazing. She took the time to make the shorts exactly how I envisioned them.. which is pretty cool considering I’ve never had a pair of custom denim made before!! Definitely check out her work. It’s almost like the shorts are meant to be for certain people.. so maybe you’ll find your shorty match!

In the meantime, you’ll be seeing more Kauai throughout the week. Definitely more shorty short shots. Hahh.

Keeping it short on the shorts. Long weekend, short shorts.

x

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Jan 15 2012
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Fashion

LAST MINUTE BOWL


(Photos by: she & me)

After spending the day at the beach surfin’, loungin’, chattin’ and the like [what looks to be a usual on the weekends from here on out] we made a last minute decision to get some Açai bowls from the local watering hole: Haleiwa Bowls. Deliciousosososo!! Secret ingredients include but not limited to: bee pollen and kiwi. Not a usual in most of my Açai bowls around town but such a delight in a bowl!!

Now, the choice of outfit. Going from beach to town is usually really easy for me considering that I live out of my car.. but today I was a little less prepared. I ended up wearing a pair of drop-crotch harem pants that I usually wear to bed. But I guess it worked?? Haha. It was a bit of a joke and we decided to take photos of it.. in it’s “true” form I supposed. It was a good laugh. Now, I decided not to list the clothing in this particular post because it doesn’t really do the brands justice and you will be seeing them again really soon. In better form.

But after a day in the waves and sun, last minute bowls were definitely a good way to end the day.

x

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Jan 06 2012
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Waves

LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE SEA


(Photos from: here)

Aren’t these the perfect mood photos?? Gahhhh. I can’t wait to spend my weekends at the beach, in the ocean, on the sand. It is the perfect way to unwind and relax. Some times I have to remind myself how blessed I am to live in Hawaii and have the ocean as my back yard.

I am having a terrible time articulating how I feel today but I’m pretty sure these photos speak for themselves. I don’t really think I can describe it any better..

..I just want to have a love affair with the sea.

x

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