dual denim

Taking pictures at camp is awesome. It feels so great to do outfit photos in a natural environment again! It's like I'm back at home in Alaska. I love Tacoma, but doing outfit photos in town isn't as fun as frolicking out in the woods. Western Washington definitely earns the title of "The Evergreen State." Everything is just this vibrant alive color of green. While I've acclimated to really enjoying the city environment of Tacoma, I think I'll always have the wilderness residing deep inside me, calling me home. You can take the girl out of Alaska, but you can't take Alaska out of the girl.

dress/courtesy of spotted moth :: shoes/courtesy of strut :: top/courtesy of alainn bella

I'm not usually a matchy kind of person, but when I saw these shoes next to this dress, I knew they wanted to be friends. I've had this dress for about a year and while I don't wear it all that frequently, it's still a dress I really like. Every once in a while it's just perfect! I think this is why I hate getting rid of clothes, because I always think, "but what if I want to wear that in a year! What if I give it away and then I have this perfect opportunity to wear it and now it's gone!?" Haha. I'm definitely a recovering pack rat. Literally. I had saved every geometry homework assignment from my freshman year of high school... because I thought they might be useful one day...?? Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking. Since then I've moved around quite a bit and moving is definitely a great way to encourage catharsis and getting rid of those random things that I hold on to for one reason or another. Living in the Brave was definitely awesome for that because there simply wasn't room for random junk to accumulate! I'm glad that I am able to let go of things now. I still have that tendency to want to keep things but at least I can get rid of stuff more easily now!

Brave Sneak Peek!

Here's a little sneaky peek of my little Brave in the woods! Since I'm not totally settled into it yet, there's still a bit that needs to be done, but I was so excited that I finally had a lens for my camera that would actually be appropriate for taking interior shots that I just had to share some photos! My new quilt looks absolutely amazing in the Brave! I got those little Winnebago figurines from Etsy a few months back. Totally going to be one of those weird old ladies who has a strange collection of Winne paraphernalia.

Right now I'm trying to figure out all the fun stuff that I'll be doing for my campers! I really really want to have a fun DIY thing that I can create for each of my girls that they can take back with them from camp and keep as a memento. I still have little neat things from when I was in highschool, tucked away in books, so I was thinking of making a bookmark for each of my girls with their name on it and something like a positive list of words that describes her, or a verse that encourages them, etc. I REALLY want to take an instax photo of each girl to include on this little bookmark thingy, but I don't have an instax camera yet and that would all be coming out of my (extremely limited) funds, so I'm gonna have to think about that and see if it'll work. I'll definitely share a DIY with you guys once I figure out what I'm doing!

Greetings from camp!

Well, folks! Greetings from Soundview! I've had quite a few posts scheduled already so the transition to being at camp wouldn't feel overwhelming. We've been full on with our staff training and our first camp group comes on Friday! Woo! We've been doing everything from learning about eachother, getting CPR certified, learning about first aid, protocols, how to use our walkie talkies, as well as what all our summer programs will be during the week! It's a ton of information, but so far everything is going really well. I've got quite a learning curve since I'm one of the very few new people on staff.

It's really nice to be out in nature again. Right now I'm living in the bunks with all the other staff during training so we can all be together, getting to know one another. Once camp actually starts, though, I'll be living in the Winne! I'm mostly moved into the Winne right now, just so I can have all my stuff organized in there instead of jumbled in the back of my car. It's so great to be living in the Winne again. Soulmates reunited! Now that I have a 24mm lens for my camera I'll be able to take some decent interior shots of the Brave, so hopefully I'll be able to post that soon too!

top/courtesy of ruche :: skirt/handmade :: shoes/courtesy of strut :: watch/urban outfitters

I got these shoes in the mail the day I was leaving for camp, and I'm so glad I did, because they are so cute! I love them! I really love little oxford flats because they have great details, but they're still flats, so they're easy to slip on and run around in, which I'll definitely be doing a lot of this summer!

The internet here is pretty slow, so I'll try to keep up with posts, but uploading photos takes a long time (it's like the good ol' days of mobile blogging in the Winne on the road!). I get about 24 hours off in between almost every camp session so I'll try to use that time to answer emails, tweets, etc.

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Sunny Lazy Days

A few weeks ago it was absolutely gorgeous in Tacoma so a bunch of friends got together and spent the whole day sitting around, grilling up burgers, drinking cheap beer, walking to the convenience store for ice cream, and playing with a tiny snake friend! Snake friend decided to make a little bed out of my floppy hat, so cute! I love snakes. Especially little ones. This one is going to grow up to be pretty big, but I like them at this size. They just seem like portable snakey friends when they are so small!

One time I was in Seattle with a friend during the big snowstorm of 2008 and we were at the bus stop waiting for it to show up, but they were all really delayed because of the snow. We ended up meeting this really bizarre guy who had a small snake, about the same size as this one, wrapped around his neck to keep it warm under his dreadlocks. Its name was penelope. The guy was going to school studying witchcraft, if I remember correctly. When he got on the bus, he proceeded to sing Christmas hymns very loudly. Such an odd encounter!