turquoise kinda day

Pretty much year round I wear "Spring" and "Fall" colors. I don't see a reason to hide out my color collection for one season or another. But for some reason right at the start of a season I get really seasonally color happy. Like I MUST wear spring colors right in April as the daffodils start flowering. Or I must wear my mustards and burnt oranges right as August starts to wind down. Today I really wanted to bust out my spring colors and specifically this BAG. I love this bag. It is the perfect size for my not full frame camera (my full frame is huge and won't fit) and all my other stuffs. I love to take it out shopping or running around town for errands/meetups. It is quite the little gem.  My dad decided to photobomb the session. Oh and Rue too ;) What about you? Do you save spring and fall colors for those specific seasons? Or do you find them creaping into other seasons as well. I love pairing spring and fall colors all year round or using them to pop up my neutrals in the winter when everything is so boring and bland.  ~Outfit Details~ Pants: American Apparel Sweater: Thrifted | Hope's Outlet Bag: Vintage store in Portland OR Shoes: Thrifted | Salvation Army Vest: Thrifted | (Given away at the purge!) Necklace: Borrowed from my mom's jewelry box

Canadian tuxedo

Purple hair, green bow? Heck why not! Get ready for the official Canadian tuxedo! However, I left out a jacket because at this point in time it was beautifully mild outside. Now the denim jacket would be oh so handy

Oh how i love making GIF's!!! This one wasn't even a planned thing it just happened that my mom (my awesome photographer in these shots) shot 3 photos in sequence! I did feel like I was going to fall. 

~Outfit Details~

Shirt: Vintage Thrifted 

Jean Vest: Thrifted | Shelby's Place

Jeans: Tenden

Boots: Handmeover from Anissa

Bow: American Apparel

fall plaid poncho

I am on this kick of "fall" insert whatever I am wearing here for blog titles. I think it works. Also on a kick of these kick !@# boots. I've had this poncho since last winter and have been wanting to style it. It has been really hard for me for some reason! I finally think I found the perfect outfit though with my velvet vest and skirt and flowy vintage top. It's getting SO COLD out its practically winter. I am glad I took advantage of the great weather last week to get some blog photos done!!
What other ways would you style a poncho? I kept searching for different ideas but I think because this vintage poncho is so unique i had a hard time picturing it in those outfits. 
~Outfit Details~ Poncho: Vintage Thrifted | Salvation Army GR Shirt, Skirt and Vest: Thrifted | Hope's Outlet Boots: A Gift! Blixen | Wolverine

pants problems

I love these pants.  Dead stock vintage high-waist flares. I had been looking for the perfect ones for-EVER but because I had to try them on (just how i am with pants!) my choices were limited. I finally came across a great pair at one of my favorite vintage stores in Portland, OR called LuLu's Vintage. During the year of slow fashion (keep portland weird) I wore them for the blog once fresh off the rack while I was still actually on my visit to Portland. Well then I washed them and now they are all 'stone washed' with lines and !@#$ everywhere. My mom says this is a normal thing and I shouldn't be worried but it makes me sad/angry. I just wanted them to stay pristine and perfect. If I wouldn't have spilled Voodoo donuts on them I probably wouldn't have washed them and gotten a few fresh uses of them but of course, I did. SO I washed them. I am debating re-dyeing them but am also just growing accustomed to the vintage look of them. 
Currently obsessed with this vintage fascinator! It came into my work and my colleagues were YUP Rachel will want this. And boy were they right :D I have another that is black that just looks killer with the purple hair. But I am kind of loving the brown combo. It picks up some of the golden brown that still in my hair. In fact I am so obsessed with fascinators right now I keep Hearting them on ETSY! 
This bag holds the perfect amount of stuff! My phone, keys (complete with mini Rubik cube {yes I am a dork} and moo card holder), Wolverine wallet, lip-gloss and LUSH solid perfume fit perfectly! I even have space to throw in a small paperback and my sunglasses for a day of errands. 
The more I think about it the more I will am leaning toward keeping them all funky washed, maybe if I was them more it will look less like a mistake and more like it was meant to be! But who knows maybe I will go crazy, get some denim dye and do em up again. What do you think I should do?

~Outfit Details~ Everything in this outfit is vintage and/or thrifted (except my undergarments ;) hehe)!  Top and Vest: Thrifted | Shelby's Place Jeans: Deadstock | Lulu's Vintage  Shoes and Belt: Thrifted | Love INC in Spring Lake Bag: Thrifted | Hope's Outlet Shirt Clip: Vintage Clip Earring | Mom's Jewelry Box Ring: Vintage | Grandfathers

hello bolo! day two-hundred-forty-two.

I have been wanting a bolo for some time now. Come to find out my mom has been hoarding one this whole time! SO YAY!!! And actually not just one but TWO!!!!! I got so geeked. My favorite college professor always wore a bolo and i thought it was so cool. Such a southwestern influence going on with this outfit. And yes. My shirt is really wrinkly but I felt like it was working......

(when street art horses attack!)

~Outfit Details~

Shirt: Thrifted | Shelby's Place

Vest: Thrifted | Hopes Outlet

Jeans: Thrifted | IDK

Boots: Wicker Park CHI

Bolo: My mom's secret jewelry box

Bag: Sam Edelman | Nordies Rack

voodoo doughnuts. day ONEHUNDRED

Today i bring you the most amazing food experience of your life! If you have never hand the chance to have a Voodoo Doughnut you have not lived! They have some of the funiest named doughnuts and they are seriously some of the best in the world. They are originially based, and have two locations in Portland, OR but Voodoo Tres is in Eugene. I originally went there last year when i visited Portland for a meeting and I think between that and Powell's Books I never wanted to leave. 

I opted for the vegan Voodoo Doll doughnut. Seriously though look at the MENU. It cracks me up everytime. When i was in Portland last year i was not a vegan, i sampled the following doughnuts: Triple Chocolate Penetration,  Gay Bar,  Maple Blazer Blunt, Butterfingering, and the Bacon Maple Bar. And no friends i did not eat ALL of those doughnuts alone. Although i totally could and would. 

Of course Tim got the Bacon Maple Bar :D He's gonna hate that i chose this photo to put up but i think its great. Action shot!

I always make my photographers sit in for lighting checks. Tim decided to steal my favorite pose so I had to share it. He is so fly ;) 

~Outfit Details~ Shirt: Thrifted Awhile Back | The last time I wore this was Cool  Skirt: Handmade | Shelby's Place in Holland Vest: Vintage | My Mom's Closet  Booties: BG | Buffalo Exchange in Wicker Park CHI Coat: Michael Kors | Nordstroms Rack Bag: Sam Edleman | Nordstroms Rack