pet portraits

Next door to grey dog is our old, renovated airstream trailer that is now home to Anna Hutchison's photography studio. She is such an incredible person and an extremely talented photographer. Anna focuses on portraits of women and is super passionate about making people feel beautiful and look beautiful! Obviously, Sarkozy didn't need any help, though - he is already very photogenic. 

If you reside in the Ozarks, I highly recommend hiring Anna to do...anything, really. Check out her amazing work! I also recommend pet portraits, specifically. At your house. C'mon.

Facebook: Spring Street Portaits

Website: Anna Hutchison Photography

throw it up

My roommate and I made this together our Sophomore year in college. Fate dropped it into our laps ever so sweetly when Becca pulled up a {muted} Teletubbies video on her computer while I started playing a random rap song at the exact same time (seriously, I was listening to a nearby neighbor's iTunes library on shuffle, and these just happened to line up).

The rest of the story is that we stayed - not getting up once - in the exact same spots at our kitchen table (fondly known as "computer corner") for four hours straight. At the end of it, our legs were completely numb, and we both needed to use the restroom.

Inspiration + persistence = success

when in manhattan

I'm so effing lucky that I got to spend time with Shay and Brooklyn and in Manhattan with Bonnie. SO SO SO lucky. I miss my New Yorker friends, guys.

Oh, and obviously, visiting Bonnie means bubbles and shopping and cats and cakes. 

when in brooklyn

With the exception of the very last photo on the train, all of these are unedited and were shot in Shay's super sweet apartment in Brooklyn. It was such a relaxing spot to spend time at when I took my trip to NYC in March, and I felt just as much at home there as I did in Shay's bedroom in Dallas back in our high school days. Pretty rad. (The natural light's insane, right?)

I guess that's all for today. Just wanted to share a little minimalist awesomeness.

P.S. Shay painted the cloud canvases, drew the picture on the wall in the second photo, and knitted all the colorful, amorphous pillows.

shabby apple giveaway winner

Sorry I'm one day late to make this announcement, but the lovely Lydia of and this is peak was the winner of the shabby apple giveaway! Congrats, dude! You should be receiving an email with your $50 gift card in the very near future.

Thanks to everyone who entered!

(Also, I couldn't resist sharing Lydia's amaaaazing blog header with y'all. It's just too good.)