Sexy Dress & Shoe Pairs

It's almost Friday, friends! How is your week going? Just wanted to post a little Thursday shop update before the weekend gets here and everyone disappears from the internet! ;) Summer seems to be so quiet in the Etsy world it seems. My twitter and facebook even seem much less active than usual. But hey, can I blame people for wanting to be outside in the sunshine and away from the computer screen for a while? Absolutely NOT! I'm the same way. Been highly enjoying the free summer festival in my town. Almost every night there is a music show, and weekday evenings there's a different movie set up outside after the music. It always reminds me of going to the drive-in with my family when I was a little girl.

About this update: sometimes I find that when I rearrange my shop, I wind up discovering what would look great together. What do you think, did I pair these up alright? Also realizing I buy way too many little black dresses!

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Luminarium - Architects of Air

How happy I was when my friend told me about this wondrous attraction happening at the local summer festival in our town! Below is the Amococo Luminarium, a brilliantly lighted walk-through set of connected domes, semi-resembling a child's moonwalk structure on the outside, but without the bouncy bottom on the inside. It was, in a word, MAGICAL!

I LOVE surprising Lukas with neat little outings like this, and I think this particular one tops almost all of our little adventures in the past year!



The outside of the structure reminded me of a cartoon. I completely felt like an overly excited child when we were waiting nearly 2 hours in line to get in!





Just before entering. We were both so eager to see what this Luminarium hype was all about!



There was peaceful music playing in the background, and I kept thinking of how awesome it would be to be completely alone inside with nothing but the quiet and light.



My friends enjoyed the experience so much too! I preferred the red light, to me it was the most calming.




The top of the red dome looked like the sun on the horizon. Love the way this pic turned out of Lukas & his friend!



Lukas kept saying he felt like a little worm in his holey worm home underground. I'm so happy he loved it! :)




 Peek-a-boo!



We were pretending we were on mars. I love this pic of my Luke!



Check out the website because apparently the structure is touring now and definitely explore the dome if it comes to your area! It was totally worth the 2 hour line wait! Here's a little video if you want to learn a little bit more about the wonder that is the luminarium.

I love adventurin' with my son! We're headed off for another one just after I'm done with this post. Northern Mitten here we come. (I'm on a vintage hunt!) :D Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

XOXO

High School Besties!

Finally getting around to posting a few pics of when my high school best friend came to visit. This is Pahoua Monique. {Pa-hoo-a} I call her Poohbear. ;) A couple of years ago I visited her in down in Miami. I hadn't seen her since then. She used to live in Detroit, but moved shortly after the scary Michigan economy started going down, so I really can't blame her. It was sooo good to see this girl when she came back to the mitten though! When she moved to my high school in our 10th grade year, we hit it off immediately. I loved her excited nature, she screams this cute little scream when something grand happens, and it's how I know good news is coming when I answer her phone calls! I was floored by her closet in high school and even now -- she's the friend I mentioned who keeps her clothes organized by color. (we're so different!) But she's got such a cute style, and because we are very similar in size, it was a blast trading clothes as teens!

Back in our senior year we had decided we'd live together, attend the same school, and all of the other things high school besties plan out together. Funny how things change, huh?! She is now a logistics genius in the corporate world in Miami and I'm still in the mitten, now running my own little vintage shop online. I just wish I still had all of those vintage dresses from our thrifting days way back then!

Do any of you girls still keep in contact with your high school best friend? Isn't it fun to rehash memories of adolescence together? ;)

Phillip, the cute German boy she brought along for the trip.

Sheer Beauties

I adore sheer blouses & dresses, and this is the perfect time of the year for them -- well, if you are in an area experiencing the spring/summer season anyway! ;) All of the items below are sheer or semi-sheer, super light & easy to wear, and almost every piece has just been added to the shop in the past week! If by chance you don't see a certain item in the shop just yet, don't fret, I'll be listing all day today!
xo
Happy Monday!

{Shop Lola}

Turquoise & Red

I love this color combination! And can you believe I'm actually doing an outfit post finally?!  I was pretty excited about thrifting these cute little high waist shorts recently, had to show & tell. Not only are they my favorite shade of perfect red, they're SILK, and so incredibly comfortable! That little top is cotton gauze, so the whole get-up is pretty easy to wear. And though I don't often wear high heels with shorts, the ones in the pic are some of my favorites, and I thought they matched well. Also {sidenote} the camera caught me while I was spraying myself - the bugs are TERRIBLE out in our backyard right now, and if you dislike deet as much as I do, here's a homemade insect repellant that works! I actually really love the way it smells too. :)

What are all of you planning for the weekend? My siblings and I are going to visit my dad for Father's day and meet his new horse! I'm pretty excited, and it is really cute to see how thrilled my dad gets anytime he gets any new animal. Pics to come!

~ HAPPY FRIDAY, FRIENDS ~ 

Outfit Details
Cream cotton sun hat: Gift from my mama
Vintage turquoise gauze ruffled blouse: thrifted
Red silk high waist shorts, Liz sport: thrifted
Skinny leather belt: thrifted
Anne Klein Candy Apple Red heels: Ebay

There's a Party in My Shoes

Sorry for the lack of shop updates lately, friends! I *have* indeed been listing new items, just been behind about blogging about them lately. What is my excuse you ask? Maybe just spring! I've been preoccupied with the weather lately, for good reason. We've already had some record rainfall here in the mitten this spring, and so when the perfect day happens to come along, I don't wanna miss it! I'm also feeling swamped lately with the busy-ness that comes with the season: graduations galore, a few new babies in my extended family, and a reunion coming up next month. The days on my calendar are getting well marked up, that's for sure. But it's exciting, so no complaints here!

In shop news, I'll be listing some pretty sheer dresses this week, along with a whole lotta shoes! Some of these below will be added tonight, and the rest during the week. As you know, I love the brights, so the colorful pairs caught my eye instantly when I purchased them for the shop.  Aren't those teal lace ankle boots fun!? They're begging to be worn to an 80's party!

Happy Monday! Visit the SHOP here.