Boy/Girl

Jeans: Vintage GUESS via Up Six ; Blouse: Book of Deer ; Necklace: Downton Abbey Jewellry Collection
Hanging out with Little Girl on the porch today, I decided to take some photos of my outfit. Last spring I made the promise to my parents that if they bought the paint, I would re-paint and re-decorate the porch. I picked out a creamy yellow for the walls and a pale blue for the trim and got to work in June after I got home from Paris. But painting is boring, and my boyfriend refused to help me, so I found myself sitting alone on a ladder on the porch, listening to The Current, and feeling very sorry for myself. I had to give in on the project in September when school started, around the time I was finishing up the second coat & about to begin touch ups, so it remains an unfinished project. Just the other week I hauled the paint back up and have been continuing with the touch ups. After that, sanding and painting the floor! But then it will be complete and I'll be able to sleep on the couch out there this summer.
Way back when I first Pinterest, one of my first pins to my Style & Fashion board was this pin of some girl in high-waisted jeans, a button down, and her hair in a bun. I fell in love with it and always kept it in the back of my head as inspiration. When I got dressed this morning, I channeled that look, but a tad more girly.
It's very '90s, the only thing that would make it more '90s would be a strand of fake pearls around my neck. (Seriously though - pastel blouses, chunky cardigans, floral skirts, and a strand of fake pearls is THE quintessential nineties look....aside from anything high-waisted jeans.)




Let's talk about this blouse for a minute. I found Book of Deer via Views of Now and fell in love with her A/W 2013 collection, Selkie & the Sea. So much great seaside, nautical inspiration! I'm completely in love with all of Book of Deer designer Eilidh Ho's creations. All of her prints are beautifully hand drawn and sewn into adorable blouses, drape-y dresses, and cute mini skirts.
I spent a good three days ooooh-ing and aaaahh-ing before picking out what piece from the collection I wanted to buy. Although I was massively in love with the Selkie Dress, I decided the cut was a bit too juvenile for my style at the moment. Everyday I struggle to be taken seriously as a 5 foot adult with porcelain pale skin, curly hair, and bright green eyes (trust me, it's the worst combination for trying to look your age). So instead, I went for the Village Blouse. The illustrations half remind me of Santorini, Greece, and half remind me of something out of a Hemingway novel. A mixture of whimsical and dark, summery and foreboding.



Dirty feet - a reminder of how absolutely disgusting my porch actually is! At nearing 100 years old, it's lopsided and warped with loads of cracks and splinters, allowing dirt and grim to collect everywhere. After I'm finished painting, it will need to be kept up pretty well if we want the new interior to last!







And to end with Little Girl. She's such a fatty! The other night I spotted her sitting up against the door frame like this, watching Harry Potter (side note: I was watching Harry Potter, too, which ya'll know if you've been following the live-tweets of my complete Potter marathon last weekend). I realized that I had only seen the final movie once (in France back in 2011 when it premiered), so it was fun to re-watch. I'm a die-hard fan but I haven't read the books in such a long time that I've realized a re-read is in desperate order! I've got three books of poetry to finish before I'm letting myself so much as touch Sorcerer's Stone though!
xx