What I Wish I Were Wearing

This would have been the perfect outfit to wear to my local épicerie yesterday. It's been so warm these past few days, and a straw hat would be very much welcome.   

Short sleeve dress, Madewell, $128
T strap flat sandal, Modcloth, $95
Straw Hat, Comptoir des Cotonniers, €55
Bag, Comptoir des Cotonniers
Belt, Sandro


The bag above would have been better than the bulkier Urban Outfitters bag I've been taking everywhere. 

or this small clutch that's perfect for going out, but not the right color for a spring day.

Wishlist

I have a cold that's superimposed on allergies so I'm not having a whole lot of fun right now, but window shopping on the J. Crew and Fossil websites is helping me feel a little better. I've *heard* naps are good when you're sick, so I'm going to give them a try. I don't typically sleep a lot when I'm sick, but now's not the time to be stubborn. 

Wishlist
l-r & clockwise

1. FOSSIL leather messenger bag, $128
2. J Crew vintage style dress, $98
3. J Crew hobo handbag, $298
4. J Crew v neck cardigan, $68
5. FOSSIL leather messenger bag, $208
6. Kimchi Blue flat shoes, $15


It's all super preppy, but also super lovely. 

Apartment inspiration

I've been getting a little bit ahead of myself, but I have already started looking at pieces of furniture that Brent and I could get for the apartment. Luckily, he already has some great things, like a Danish coffee table and side tables, so we don't need to upgrade the entire place, but these few items would be wonderful to have, and would look great with the rest of Brent's furniture. 

After reading two bad reviews for the green couch, I am not so sure I would buy that one, but then, there are a lot of vintage stores where we can find a similar couch. The blue chair, however, has good reviews. 

       

Photo credits: Urban Outfitters

        

The side table with storage would be perfect for our magazines, or some books that we need on a regular basis (like my Giada and his Alice Waters cookbook). 

Any of those would make some truly great wedding gifts.  

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In the next few days, I'm going to make more small changes to the design of this blog. Blogger doesn't make it super easy. I think once I have more things to post, and find a new name for the blog, I'll move to Wordpress. If you have any tips or ideas, send them my way! I love getting feedback. 

Photography stuff

 One of my biggest (and certainly most annoying) problems in photography is getting a straight shot. I don't have the best eyesight, even with glasses on. To remedy that, I wanted to order the bubble level from Photojojo. Unfortunately, from experience, I was pretty sure I'd have to pay an import fee, so I found the same one on Amazon. It's really too bad because I'm in love with the Photojojo store. 

Buy the The Level Camera Cube at the Photojojo Store!

Another problem I have is with correct white balance (especially when there's nothing white or gray in the same lighting conditions), so I was going to add this little cap to my cart. 

Buy the White Balance Lens Cap at the Photojojo Store!

I found a less cute one on Amazon, but Photojojo, I swear if I'd been in the U.S, I would have ordered it from you!

However, before Brent comes here, you can be sure I'm going to ask him to bring this back for me, in red and blue. 

Buy the The Tokyo Dreamer Strap at the Photojojo Store!

And in a few months, I want to add this chalkboard to my arsenal. 

Buy the Chalkboard Speech Bubble at the Photojojo Store!

The first (more) expensive thing I buy is going to be either this Kelly Moore bag: 

or this other Kelly Moore bag. Check out her website, her bags look awesome. Don't skip the video either. 

What I love about this one is that it has 
a laptop compartment, and carrying a 15" MacBook Pro 
horizontally would be such a relief for my poor legs. 
The vertical bag I have right now is not bruise-proof 
when you're short and you walk very fast. 

Even though this has nothing to do with photography, winter would be a whole lot better if I were wearing this beanie. 

Now I'm going to go beat myself up for not buying it when I tried it on in Miami and Brent told me it was cute. Freezing temperatures, you would be almost bearable with this on.