Lens and Needle

sick days

hello lovely readers!

i've had a bad headache for a few days and now i'm down with a fever. i do have some "monday morning" photos that i'll put up later, and perhaps some pretty inspiration ideas. home decor, fashion, that sort of thing.

anyways, just wanted to let ya know why i've been silent the past few days. hope everyone is having a great week so far!

xoxo, Ashley

what i wore

on wednesday i went to choir practice and this is what i wore...

 

 

 

dress: Modcloth

jeggings: Gap

heels: Target

earrings: Target

ring: Etsy

braclets: hand-me-down

 

i really loved this outfit. it made me feel pretty and feminine, and i wore heels with jeans without feeling awkward and tall. i'm only 5'5", but sometimes when i wear three inch heels i feel too tall. maybe it's just that i have short friends? ;)

 

yesterday i went to get my hair a much needed cut and color. i got several inches trimmed off, and a cute bob is the result. i also changed my fringe bangs to short and sweet swooped bangs. i love the change. i'm loving my short hair! i might even go short after graduation. something like this maybe. we'll see. :) anyways, here is what i wore!

 

 

 

tee: Forever 21, hand-me-down

skirt: Forever 21

tights: Gap

flats: Steve Madden

earrings: Ruche

sunglasses: Modcloth

braclets: hand-me-down

 

i liked this outfit too, but didn't like the black shoes with the rest of it. i really wished i had a cute pair of yellow wedges like these, or these strappy sandals.

 

okay, it's sleepy time for me. have a great weekend!!

*photos of the second outfit taken by my mom. thanks mom!

monday morning - march 14

 
{SOOC}

 

 
I love how this picture captures Babysister's long, wispy blond hair, and her cute little bunny teeth!

finding my niche

 

I feel like I can't figure out what to do with this blog. Ideas, coming from every direction swirl around in my head. I want to blog about photography, cooking, my family. I want to post about fashion and outfits I wear, the occasional sewing project I start and don't finish, and too many other things. Can one blog be about all those things? I don't know yet, but I'm busying figuring it out. I need to find my niche, my own little corner of the blogosphere where I fit just right. I want to be me. 

To disipline myself into the routine of blogging on a regualr basis I'll be foucusing on two regualr features.

1. Outfit post's. I love looking at others' fashion posts, and having to take self portraits will help me to be more creative with my photos.

and

2. A photo or two taken either Sunday or Monday mornings and posted on those days.

 

I'm going to focus on those. And not stress if that's all that I post one week. I want to put thought and time into each post, not post for the sake of posting. Okay, enough saying the word "post". :-)

Also, I've started blogging on Photology again if you'd like to check it out. A fun new regular feature over there is "instax monday" where I'll be posting a photo I've taken with my Fuji Instax 210 or my moms Instax Mini.

wishing you a wonderful week,

Ashley