A Walk in the Park

Yesterday was my weekly photography class (coming to an end soon with only 2 classes left) and we got to take advantage of the sun and blue sky walking around the sculpture park at Nelson's Atkins Museum.  Lulu took my outfit photos while we pranced around.  Remember to check her blog for this weeks I See, You See feature (assignment was reflections)!

For the outfit, I dabbled with color blocking and didn't even wear a neutral.  Citrus green/yellow, bold purple & light turquoise through and through.

{Cardi - J.Crew oldie, Purple top - Forever21 oldie, Skirt - Gap, Belt - Target, Flats - Urban Outfitters oldies}

Does leopard count as a neutral?

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Favorite Blogger Outfit: Down to Earth Cool

Katie's blog, Running on Happiness is filled with beautiful photos and outfits, to boot.  Looking for a cute Spring time outfit?  I loved Katie's outfit last week because she looked perfect for the changing season in her florally summer dress with boots and a denim top.  It's down to earth and oh-so-cool!

Her outfit deets:

Dress: Parker

Shirt and Bracelet: Forever21

Boots: Steve Madden

Purse: H&M

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Another Maxi Try

Last week I gave a maxi skirt my first try, and this weekend I wore another one!  This one is more flowy than and has a 70s floral vibe to it.  I can see myself really loving this maxi skirt thing - they are fun to wear.

{Hot pink card - J.Crew via Ebay; Stripe top - J.Crew; Maxi skirt - H&M; Glasses - Forever21; Purse - Theit}

Are you where maxi skirts yet or plan to?  I think the two I have are enough for now, but I will have fun trying to change them up this Spring season.

On another note, it's Lulu's birthday today!  Since she has such a love for photography & we've been taking our classes together - I thought this adorable canvas art was the perfect gift.  "Click Click" by Aisle to Aloha Studio is something I've been eying for myself!  As soon as I get my gallery wall int he kitchen started, I'll have to take another look.  For now, Lulu can enjoy her camera art:

 Happy Birthday, Lulu!!!

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Practice Until I Can Buy It!

 So if you follow my sweet friend, Lulu's blog - you'll have learned more about our photography journeys.  We love taking pictures, and just recently have gotten greater passions to take GOOD pictures, got fancy cameras and are taking a class at KC Art Institute.  Along with that, we work at a place with an abundance of creative people.  We got a quick lesson from amazing photography, Drew on blurring the backgrounds.

So I practiced a bit last night keeping my sweet little turquoise rose earrings (from China Town, San Fran) in focus with the background blurry.

I just have the lens my camera came with - so nothing fancy.  Because of that, I used no zoom and had to get pretty close.  I had to back up a bit until my camera would take the photo in auto focus and then used Photoshop to crop a bit.  Unfortunately, because I'm so close, you can see all the dust on my dresser.  Eeeks!

This is as much blur I can get.  My lens doesn't allow full boy pics with blurry backgrounds like I am really wanting!  So my next photography hobby purchase will be a fixed focal 50mm 1.8 lens.  This is what Drew told us we should get to produce this type of photo on a larger scale. The lens I plan to get: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Camera Lens

And here is what I wore with these little $5 China Town finds... (notice the lighting and photos are not nearly as pretty as the earrings)

 {Stripe blazer - Loft; Belt - Target; Navy dress - H&M; Pink Tights - Target; Boots - Endless.com}

And on another note - I have the winner of the $100 GNC gift certificate/credit!!  Are you ready to see who won?  Without further ado... 

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An Inspired Awkward & Awesome Thursday

Awesome.

- Plum & Turquoise

- Inspired outfits by Rachel Roy
- Outfits with interesting color mixtures.  I can't get enough - I'll try it all.
- April.  Tomorrow is April!  Means patio time, margarita's, sunshine and summer ahead.
- More California time ahead - freshly back from family vacay in Sonoma and San Fransisco, and I'll be back to CA for a fun work conference in less than 2 weeks!
- Dinner parties with friends - had a fun one at my house last night, and wee bit tired today because of it!
- Pay day! Been waiting for this so I can justify a lil J.Crew order...
- Last day to vote for me to be blogger of the month - takes 2 seconds to click & vote for Chasing Davies, please help me out! :) Click here and look for the poll on the right side!

Awkward.

 - Wearing tights in late March.  Seriously? I'm over it.  That is me saying that - I LOVE tights, you know... but I'm over it now.
- Awkward outfit shot in a hotel room, with poor lighting to boot!
- Snow on freshly bloomed flowers - actually, that's not awkward, that's just mean!
-Tripping in front of an entire group of people meeting on my way to the bathroom (I really had to pee, and everyone then knew)!
- Adult break outs!  I don't know if it's the flying (recycled air usually makes me feel a little ick), lack of sleep, or getting immune to my face wash - but I'm broken out way more than usual!

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Since I was vacationing last week, I missed my photography class last week and the assignment.  So instead of Lulu and my typical I See, You See - we took pics of each other - hah! You'll have to head over to her blog to see the final chosen pics - one of her taken by me, and one of me taken by her.

Also using the pics Lulu took of me for today's outfit post {Thanks so much L}... Wearing my new maxi skirt.  This is new to me.  I love the maxi dress thing, sure, but haven't tried the long skirt - and now I own 2, thanks to shopping on vacay.  Here's the first attempt - a long black and white stripe skirt. Paired with this washed out denim shirt, I think I look a little tired cow girl ish?

{Jacket - Target; Denim Button Down - Target; Stripe Maxi Skirt - Macy's; Gray Boots - Endless.com}

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Neck Full of {Hot Pink} Rosies

I was really craving a rosette necklace a few weeks ago.  Did some digging around and found a great shop that sells tons of colors, styles and types of rosette jewelry - and for a great deal.  I jumped at getting a hot pink one and paired it today with plum, camel and a dash of leopard.

 {Top - Loft; Skirt -Oldie Banana Republic, Belt -Target; Scarf - China Town San Fran; Bag - Theit; Shoes - DSW}

You should get your own rosette necklace (or headband? hair clips? shoe clips? ring? etc.) at Twenty Five Design. And of course, my current fav camera holder/purse/everything bag - Theit.

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Paper Doll Project

Today I'm participating the Paper Doll Project put on by Suze from Miss Vinyl Ahoy.

We were partnered up with other participants, and dressed around a single item of our choice.  My lovely partner, Kelsey from Snappy Casual, put my outfit together around this big, floral cocktail ring.

Kelsey's outfit for me:

 {Black dress - Loft, Pink tights - Target; Gold flats - Banana Republic, Belt - Loft, Ring - Marc Jacobs}

Now you can hop on over to Kelsey's blog and see how I dressed her today!  I dressed her around gold tights. :)  We're both getting our last fills of tights before warmer weather!

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Cool Blues

I went with all one color, but with different hues in my outfit for a bachelorette party this past weekend.  I wore teal, turquoise and royal all in one swoop!   I'd never done that before.  All blues!

 And because it was pretty warm this weekend, I went bare legged, and I was pretty exceited about that I guess...

{Blue shawl/cardi - years old via Forever 21; Teal dress - Cynthia Rowly score from TJ Maxx, Turquoise necklace - J.Crew via Ebay, Gold heels - Dillards, Gold bracelet - Loft}

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Leopard & High (Low) Kicks

Happy St. Patrick's Day!! You can send me a virtual pinch if you'd like for not wearing my green, but the good news is, this outfit is from yesterday and I am in fact wearing green today.  Nevermind, I'm not even for real wearing green today.  Double virtual pinch me. How about a bit of Awkward & Awesome today?

Awkward.

- My husbands garage door was open, mine wasn't.  But I backed up anyways.  Not a good way to start off the day.

- Did I mention these were TWO MONTH old garage doors?  They were. Ouch.

- My see through foot, and attempt to high kick.  Which good thing I failed, since it's probably not proper to to high kick in a skirt?
- My brassy hair.  I'm holding strong till my next hair appointment in early April. 

Awesome.

- Leopard. Anything leopard, like my cardigan, or new Target belt, or flats I wear a ton.
- Pockets. In any skirt or dress - always a plus.
- Spring! I've got major spring fever.  Love jogging and walking outside this time of year.
- Cali vacay next week!!! San Fran & Wine Country. 
- The AWESOME guest bloggers I have in store for you.
- A cold beer on a warm day, outside while the sun is still shinning (thanks to daylight savings)
- Roasted carrots with honey & oranges. Yum.
- Red flats. Love a pop of color in an otherwise neutral (besides the print) outfit.
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Well, These Boots Did NOT Work...

But, I liked the Orange and Gray-Blue color combo...just wished I would have done something different for my tights and footwear...

{Tiered Top - Loft; Orange Skirt - J.Crew; Tall Silver Socks - Banana Republic; Boots - Banana Republic; Gold Cuff Bracelet - Loft}

 Do you ever do that? Later see the picture and kick your self with your badly chosen boots, or whatnot?  Ug. So annoying!!  Oh well... I liked the outfit from the knees-up! :)

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Favorite Blogger Outfit: For the Love of Color

A day late, again, due to all the Bachelor finale and After the Rose stuff!  Lots of good fashion, so check it out if you haven't yet!

This outfit screamed to me!  I LOVE all the mixture of bold colors mixed together for one fabulous outfit.  It's bold, but sophisticated, pretty and fun at the same time.  I wonder if I can pull this off... I'll definitely try! Keiko Lynn is already a well know blogger, and I guess, this is why:

Her Outfit Details:
Celadon Origami Wrap

Silk tank - thrifted
Tiered skirt - Gap Kids
clubsmen glasses - 80s Purple 

Maurissa bag - Melie Bianco

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Do you like this post or do you feel like I'm using your content?  

My goal here was to showcase how much fellow bloggers influence me and provide my readers with other blogs they may not have discovered yet!  I'd love to hear, good or bad, what you think!

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Rustic & Sun Drenched

Someone at my company drives this truck, for real. I've seen it so many times now, that my Lulu and I finally took a 10 minute break for some fun in the sun, and a rustic old truck.

At first I worried about getting too close or even light toughing it because the alarm might sound.  Then I realized this truck would not have an alarm.

I thought posing by this rustic truck was perfect for my rustic outfit.  I wore my work version of blue and red yesterday for the kick off of the Big 12 tournament.  And since KU won, today I'm going to the next game at the Sprint Center.  You probably won't see my outfit I'm wearing today - a bit more sporty, but I'll tweet it and some pics throughout the game instead! :)  Follow Me on Twitter.

Oh, and this is my bun. See?

{Stripe silk top - Loft; Cords - J.Crew; Flats - Marshalls, so old; Necklace - Talbots}

Meanwhile, Lulu was running around the parking lot...

Happy Friday! I hope you get to have a ton of fun in the sun this weekend.

Jump!

Kriss Kross make ya wanna jump, jump!  Tonight at Photography class, Lulu and I were practicing our action shots, so we did a little jumping action!  I compiled mine into an animated gif for your viewing pleasure (you can thank me later). :)

In true schooling fashion, I'm next to lockers and all...

{Pink cardi - J.Crew via Ebay, Plaid shirt - Target; Green capris - Loft; Black flats - Nine West; Bag - Theit}

And remember to check out Lulu's blog, A Candid Life, for our weekly photography assignment and photos for You See, I See.  This week was rough!  We each weren't too excited about our photographs (though I like hers). We had to show one photo showing movement and one showing stop action.  Check it out!

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Congrats to Diana!!!

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