Ah, the coveted iPhone photo shoot, an almost sacred artistic endeavor, said no one ever. But sometimes you have to work with what you've got, and frankly the iPhone is a fairly solid alternative if you have nothing else. So, please, work with me people.
Starting with last night: My friend, Maddie, and I decided to head out for a few hours to go and shop. She had never gone to Plato's Closet before, or Salvation Army, bless her soul. I needed to expose her to the fluorescent-bathed beauty that is a thrift store, in all of its broken-in mom jean glory. We weren't that successful, unfortunately, unless you count riding in a shopping cart like a 5-year old in a huge Salvation Army successful, in which case, WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL.
See, this is just the amount of class and maturity we bring to our little suburban town. We have so many amazing qualities and talents to share with everyone, like how to properly drive your shopping cart with a friend sitting in it, and how to avoid getting big cuts underneath your calves from the metal rods poking at your flesh (which happened to me. Didn't feel too nice.)
These were the two dresses we picked out. I'm kind of regretting not getting mine, although it was a bit too big. I was kind of in love with the neckline; a small scoop neck like that can be really flattering on A LOT of people. I loved the color on Maddie's, too. Pastels forever.
The last stop was Marshall's (oh how I love Marshall's) and I bought a pretty insane-looking blazer, fairly reminiscent of the Joker. Can't you see the similarities? Oh, and don't mind my face. That's my "I am such a snazzy individual" face.
I think the best thing I discovered there, though, was a little gem of a camera, stuck in a destroyed box and sitting alone on the Housewares shelf. How I felt bad for the little Fisheye2, all alone, with no one to care for it. So the sane thing to do was grab it and run to my mom who was clear across the store, waving the thing around like I had just won the lottery.
The only thing I need is film (expensive) and also a battery for my new Canon AE-1 Program (probably not too cheap either). I thought one of the basic principles of economics is supply and demand, unless there is an international shortage of film and an extreme upward fluctuation of people getting rid of their digital cameras and DSLRs and such. Everything is possible these days, like finding a Lomography Fisheye2 for $15.99 next to a tattered Paula Deen cookbook.
Details:
Work shirt tank - c/o Old Navy (I cut the sleeves off myself. Do this with all of your old blouses immediately.)
Cardigan vest - c/o Plato's Closet
Shorts - c/o Old Navy
Vintage motorcycle boots - c/o my grandma
I really like this outfit just because it was just really simple. Also, it had been raining, so all of the flowers and greenery were really lush and beautiful. Sometimes nature just shows you simple beauty at its best, like the curve or shape of a leaf, or the pigment in a flower petal. Little things.
Also, I found these flowers that I had never noticed before in my yard. They're ridiculously bright and vivid, and their pink is like this purple-y pastel fuchsia. I think I'll have to paint one of them sometime.
Poppies are still my favorite flower of all time.
(To-do list: Find that old tripod.)
