HELLO, everyone! Thank you to all of you who have reached out to ask me how I'm doing or to offer support or just let me know that you're around. I'm going to post more in my individual outfit post, but suffice to say--I'm feeling really good for only being six days post-op! But anyway, way more important than that is this week's Style Imitating Art roundup! Just as a reminder, this week's piece is Canyon by Helen Frankenthaler. Let's get to it!
First is Stephanie, whose outfit is a perfect match for this week's inspiration. I absolutely love the heels and the pleating on the skirt! Adorable.
Next is Erin at Loop Looks, and she has a great classy casual look going. I especially love the scarf--it carries the idea of the canyon and nature even further!
The last time Jen of Librarian for Life and Style included this umbrella in an SIA roundup, I FORGOT to include her picture! Not this time though. I love that she added some pattern to her outfit--and it works with the painting, too! Yesssss.
Kezzie of KezzieAG looks adorable in her orange dress! And her boots match her cardigan perfectly. I love it.
I kind of feel like rust is Salazar's colour. It looks amazing on her! For more photos of her outfit, check out 14 Shades of Grey.
Isabella of Adventures in HEL has apparently only just started wearing orange and green together. WHAT? After all the famous duos that are orange and green, like green apples and oranges or clown fish and...uhhhh never mind. Either way, she looks awesome!
And then there's me--upright and wearing a skirt!
Thank you all for participating this week! It's always fascinating to see how differently we all interpret one piece of artwork. Well done, y'all!
Cardigan: Target | Top: J.Crew Factory | Skirt: Talbots | Heels: Urban Outfitters
Summer has been hectic, to say the least; this was my first year at work kind of having control of our adult summer reading program, which was an encompassing program that covered all ten of our branches and involved a lot of work to put together--not that I'm complaining, because I love summer reading and I'm VERY proud of the program & how it came together. But it's kept me very busy! There are days where my boss and I will go home and she'll text me and say "are you as tired as I am?" and the answer is almost always yes. And although summer reading is over, there are still statistics to compile, reports to write, debriefing to do...and then my boss is going on sabbatical for a month. And my coworker (and my very good friend) C. has moved to Atlanta to pursue her Ph.D. in English literature. I cried when she told me she was leaving, and I'm crushed to see her go, but the amount of pride that I have for her makes my heart glow like a neon sign in the desert.
This is also my first summer in a very long time with a boyfriend. (I know you're all chomping at the bit to hear more about him, and I promise I'll do a post about him soon!) It's made things harder--we are technically long distance, although he lives a two hour drive away instead of a two hour flight away, like my last boyfriend did. We see each other most weekends, and sometimes even during the week. Having him to rely on for support when I need it has been amazing, but I've felt a bit of a struggle between the life I've had for the last three years of hanging out with my friends and doing whatever I want & the life I have now--the one where I actually have to consider what someone else wants. I've been on the road a lot since February, when we first started dating, replacing curling for the most part with visiting my boyfriend. We will, hopefully, not be so far apart for TOO much longer, but my time has been taken away from other things...like spending half an hour taking pictures of myself in an abandoned parking lot.
But oh, when I get the chance to take those photos of myself, how I cherish it. Right now, it's about the only time that I'm truly alone. A lot of my friends now will probably tell you I'm extroverted, but it's not exactly true--I like to be social and active, but I need a lot of time to unwind and separate from the world, and I don't get to do that very often. I miss the chance to document what I wear, and to be honest, I'm going to be repeating some outfits in the future so I can photograph them for the blog. I miss manipulating my camera, experimenting with framing, and being the only model I'll never have full control over. And most of all, I miss all of you. Having people who understand what it's like to do this silly thing where we take pictures of what we wear and put them online for other people to look at is essential to having the motivation to keep coming back, and I always get that from y'all. And you have no idea how much I appreciate it.
And also I'm really lazy, but I can get over that. The point of all of this is to explain myself, I guess, but also to just verify that I'm going nowhere. My priorities in life have shifted some, from school and curling to work and boyfriend, but none of it matters if I'm not wearing clothing. I'll keep wearing clothing, and I'll keep documenting it whenever I can. Like this outfit...for which I got the daylights bitten out of me by noseeums, but it was worth it.
Hello everyone! My apologies for getting this week's Style Imitating Art up a day late! I was busy going to--and then NOT going to--the Miley Cyrus concert, which is a post for another moment. But anyway--here are this week's submissions! As a reminder, this week's inspiration was the beautiful Bonfire, by Andrew Wyeth.
First up is Isabella of Adventure in Helsinki. She translated a little poem, which I'm going to stick in my next blog post! She also looks adorable (your hair's getting long, Isabella!).
Next is Stephanie, who found out about SIA from Jen. She doesn't have a blog yet, but I'll be reading if she ever decides to start one. The tan cardigan is perfect for the painting!
Next is Gretchen, who blogs at One Crazy Beautiful Life. She's a children's librarian! In Hawaii! With a killer purse! So many good things.
Next up is Jen of Librarian for Life and Style, who says her shirt reminds her of smoke. I think she's right.
Kezzie of KezzieAG isn't thrilled with her outfit, but I really like it, especially the skirt.
Grace of Living with the A-Holts picked a really awesome necklace, so click the link to see it. The whole outfit is awesome too though! Uhhhh and her shoes were $2. That's amazing.
Erin of Loop Looks always looks great for SIA, and this week is no different--I love the colour of her blazer, and overall she just looks fierce. It's awesome.
Every once in a while, someone submits two outfits to SIA. Sometimes I post both, sometimes I post one, depending on how many people have submitted. Salazar, my SIA cocreator over at 14 Shades of Grey, sent me two, so I squished them together--the one on the left was the one she actually laid out for SIA, and the one on the right was a happy accident. I think they both look great.
And then there's me. Have I mentioned how happy I am to have lipstick back? I have? OH WELL, HAPPY TO HAVE LIPSTICK BACK.
Thank you ALL for participating, ladies! Everyone looks absolutely fantastic this week. Well done, y'all!
