on FOURTHING

Yesterday was one of my favorite Fourth of July celebrations in awhile.

We went to the traditional parade in my town - which gets weirder and weirder each year. Then I made that glorious fruit situation you see up there and I felt like I was in my own little pinterest-come-to-life moment. I spent some time with my furry babies before heading out to a party with friends, and got to catch up with lots of people I like a whole lot. A little break in the day made time for a walk with the pups (the more tired they are, the less they care about fireworks..) and some face to face time with my favorite person, who is out of town as per usual. I'll tell you what though, praise the people that invented skype and facetime and the internet.

Then it was back to the party and the friends and the food and, of course, we rounded out the night with fireworks. Hope you had a spectacular little day of your own :)

On This Time Last Year

This time last year, there was lots of gatherings. Friends and family and a puppy with his stocking.

There was crafting and decorating and so many trees. There was White Christmas lots of times.

And there was ribbon tied in bows, on presents and naturally, in my hair. Because what is the holiday season without ribbon in hair and smiles on faces?

On CCAP

On Monday night, I went to a benefit for the Careers through Culinary Arts Program.

Here's a sneak peek into the night:

 Better known as CCAP, this is a really cool non-profit that helps provide scholarships and career opportunities within the culinary arts to kids who are currently not in the best situations, or "at-risk".

Not only did I get to be there and taste the delicious food (yes, even the vegan could eat) but I also had the privilege of being one of the photographers! Pretty neat for a Monday night, if you ask me :)

p.s. yes, of course i snuck in an outfit photo for you guys & yes, those are dogs all over my dress

On One of Those Outfits

jacket: j.crew // dress: BB Dakota // shoes: converse // necklace: satya

When we got to the place we were staying, it finally dawned on me what I had forgotten: shoes.

I had flip flops that I'd driven the five hours north in, and I had open-toed sandal wedges for the next day. But it seemed that I sort of forgot to think of what shoes I'd wear that night.

So I threw on my converse kicks, and all of a sudden, I felt completely like myself.

Even more, it seemed to be the perfect outfit for a night by a campfire, pairing perfectly with s'mores.

She snapped a quick photo of me.. right before my camera died.

Turns out I had forgotten my camera battery, too :)