Lakeside dreams of days past

Hi everyone, Dus of Cuddly Cacti here! I absolutely swooned over this dress when I saw it in this post of Hannah’s, so naturally I was thrilled when she offered it up for swaps. What’s even cooler is that she purchased it from Marisa’s Etsy shop, Ally Hoot Vintage. Even though it’s a pretty peach color, something about the fit and collar gives it a bit of a nautical, summer feel to me. My hubs and I took a quick camping trip up in Northern Arizona, so I couldn't help bringing it along to photograph by the lake. And no, my actual hiking attire resembled nothing like this; it was quite dorky actually.

All but the last picture I edited using Triple Thread's free Photoshop curve presets. I knew I wanted a retro, summertime feel to these pictures, but something just wasn't quite right with them (probably the strong sun). I just found Ashlyn's blog and her Photoshop post the day I was getting this post ready, so I decided to give them a twirl. And since the last picture was one of the few I was happy with, I decided to leave it as-is so you could see the real colors. I’ll be sharing more of the "real" scenery on my blog this and next week if you'd like to follow along!

Outfit details
Dress: Swap from Hannah
Huaraches: Adrian’s Shop my Closet
Woven bracelet: In my shop here
Hat/Shades: Thrifted; Ross

And here’s how the lovely Hannah wore her vintage dress (in this post):

Thanks again Hannah. I hope everyone is having a great last bit of summer wherever you are! And don't forget you can keep up to date with us via Twitter, Facebook, and/or Instagram. We're getting the hang of this social media as a group thing, so we'd love to connect with you there!

Tribal

Jessi here! Happy Monday! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend, I spent mine with my beautiful Mom for Mother's Day.

When Dus put this skirt up (made of 100% alpaca!) I decided I had to give it a try! I love the print on it and it kind of goes with the recent tribal print trend that I've been dying to try but don't own anything in. Because it was a bit large as a skirt I decided to wear it as a dress! When I put it on over my chambray and added my favorite booties I fell in love.



Dus has definitely got her use out of this awesome thrifted skirt and worn it a lot of cute ways! She has also been known to wear it as a dress (great minds think alike!)

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For my full outfit details, visit the blog here & have a beautiful Monday!