Boston, Part 1

Here are my photos from my trip to Boston!

I'm glad to be back at home, of course. I was in Boston for Readercon, a scifi convention. It was interesting to hear all the talks, but sitting in a room listening to intellectual panelists ALL day long isn't my cup of tea. I left to go shopping a couple of times, and I got some cool stuff at the (huge) mall!

We drove through some seriously beautiful country. I love driving (maybe not for 12 hours straight) but I didn't get as many good shots as I'd have liked. 

I pulled over on the side of the interstate in VA to get some pictures of the Shenandoah Valley, and about 3 minutes later a cop pulls up behind me! He comes up to my window, and when I tell him what I was doing he puts on his most condescending voice and says, "You pulled over on the side of the road. To take a picture." He actually ticketed me, too! I don't know guys, that's not illegal in SC, and I really feel like he should have been nicer to me. I've got no record and I was obvi from out of state. It's not like I was up to no good! Worst part of the story: I didn't even get my pictures. Let that be a lesson to you guys!! Wait and pull over at an exit.

We stayed the night in DC where we have some family and friends. I lived in the area until I was 6, did you know that?

My travel outfit...

And Dad's.

Driving was like, 60% of our trip. And of that 60%, 100% was traffic jams.

I have some more pictures from the trip scheduled for you soon!

Art Lately

Some art I've done lately:

A commission for a girl's Mom who is a realtor

 A portrait for Marie of Lemon Drop Vintage!

You can email me for commissions at ohavalanche@gmail.com, buy one from my etsy, and keep up with my art on tumblr!

Late

I'm actually in Boston right now! I'm at Readercon, a scifi convention, with my Dad. In the mean time, here are some photos from this past week!

Gettin thunderstorms alla time.

What I wore over the weekend.

The world's greasiest photo of me at the museum. No worries, I loved it. The rest of these photos are from the State Museum in Columbia.

A big old shark.

Mammoth mouth.

Omg a fly!

Hey look I was at the beach! (No it is painted)

This heat sensor thing?

These are my friends Harvey, Laura, and Bryson in a tire. I for real love this picture.

Rainbow shadows!

10 Ways to Wear a Men's Shirt

Since Travis went to Italy, I took one of his shirts because that's a cute thing girlfriends do. I pulled it out to show you guys 10 ways to wear a men's shirt! After giving it a good iron, since I may have been sleeping with it on my face for the past month.

Hope this inspired you!

Etsy Shop Update!

I'm really psyched about the new vintage I've listed in my etsy store! Go take a look!

50s Floral Dress- Size M

Pastel blue tennis skirt- Size S

Quirky travel print top- Size S/M

Butterfly Print Dress- Size M

White mary janes pumps- Size 5/6

Sheer backed party dress- Size M

Also, you can now get custom couples portraits in my shop. With it being wedding season, they make great unique gifts! 

What is Grunge

Okay guys okay.

Right now I am on a very long car ride to Boston with my Dad on the way to Readercon! Which is a scifi literature convention that doesn't involve cosplay. Kinda wish it did! But it should be interesting. I have a few  posts scheduled for you guys this week, so you probably won't miss me too much.

I really dig this dress I got at Goodwill, it reminds me of 90s grunge (or what tumblr says 90s grunge was, I was like 5). I wore it with my new studded shirt... I just want everything I own to have studs lately. If you're wondering, it is too hot to be wearing this green hoodie, but not as hot as SC usually is this time of year! #countyoblessings

dress: Goodwill

shirt, necklace: f21

hoodie: Old Navy ($6, men's section!)

shoes: Kohl's (so so old)

Work to Play

Hey guys! Look what I did for you today! A little before and after work photos alllll foforororrr yoouuuuuu.

So I work in an office during the week, but it's part time and I get off at 2 (or earlier). So I usually like to change into something a little more summery. For work not only do you have to dress modestly, you've got to dress "for business" aka no T shirts, but I really dig casual summer style, and I don't always want to pull out a whole new outfit when I get home. So here's how I changed this outfit into a less worky one!

For work I wore a peplum top over a pleated skirt. Together they look like a dress. I also kept the accessories pretty minimal.

And when I got home, I threw on a knotted T shirt! Popped on some sunglasses, and really it was like instant summer. My shoes transitioned pretty well, and obviously I'm never taking these tights off until I die.

I saw these tights on Erica's blog and calmly decided that there wasn't an option; they needed to be in my life. I'm incredibly excited about them, and I've already had one person ask me if they were tights or if I painted my legs. I seriously get this all the time with floral tights that have skin tone colors, it's the weirdest thing.

I made some BFF bracelets for me and Travis (he gets home from Italy the 16th!!!!) and I'm wearing both of them until he gets back.

peplum and skirt: American Eagle

unicorn shirt: designed by me!

shoes: target, DIY

tights: unique vintage

sunglasses: forever 21

This weekend I hung out with my friends Bryson and Laura. We went to the museum, the river, and shopping (or they patiently waited while I tried on clothes). It really was a ton of fun, I've got some pictures I'll share next Sunday on my weekly lifestyle post.