instagram.
along with everyone else in the world, i have an obsession with instagram. so, here are my recent shots from my world via instragram.
normal.
if you know me, you'll know that i believe that no one is normal. everyone has something quirky about them. i hate it when people (especially home-schoolers) say "I wish I was normal", or "like the normal kids". it TOTALLY bugs me!!!!!!!! no one is normal. no one is average. Do people really think that if you go to public school, wear what your friends wear, say what everyone else says, then you're considered a "normal" person of society? i don't think so. everyone is quirky. everyone is kiiiiinda strange (ahem). and everyone is weird. everyone. not just home-schoolers.
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adoption.
if you read my guest post yesterday, then you'll know that we are adopting. i've kept it pretty quiet on my blog... and to be honest i really don't know why. i guess i just wasn't ready to tell everyone until it was "official", or, at least somewhat official. but we are adopting. and to be honest, i didn't think it would be as hard as it is.
we don't know when or where or who quite yet, but i'll keep you updated. but for now, we wait........
we wait for the right birth mom. for the right baby. it's one of the hardest things i've ever done in my life. patience isn't my strongest and easiest thing to do. but for now, if you feel lead, i have a donate button on the sidebar of my blog. i am beyond grateful for the wonderful people that will help bring my brother home.
xoxo,
e.
Adoption.
I am guest posting today over at Gathered From Afar, so go check it out!! This is my first guest post, and I was soooooooo excited when I found out that I would be talking about adoption, which is something that is very close to my heart.
w/ love,
-e.
august swoons.
with august coming to a close tomorrow, i have a few things i am swooning over.
Fashion blogs. I started a fashion blog folder on my bookmarks bar, and I've added a lot of blogs that I'll look at for inspiration.
Vintage dresses. Oh my, I wish I had $5,00 so I could go out and buy every single vintage dress out there. Just too amazing.
Hipster glasses. (wait... did she really just say that?) I love. I need I want. These are just too amazing.
Vintage hair bows. I saw this photo (below) on pinterest recently and knew i needed to get my hands on one of them. And, after looking around a vintage store, i came across them. Yes. I am so excited to get one. {click here to go to the store}
Film cameras. I've been swooning over these for a while now, but I just love the outcome of the photograph that comes from a Diana camera.
Chevron design. Goodness, I love chevron right now. It all started when I saw pink chevron stripes on kate spade's tumblr, and kiiinda freaked out.
What are you swooning over this month?
-emma.
{all photos on this post are not mine--via pinterest}
summer.
Summer is gone. The hot, sunny, wet days of summer are gone. Sure, it's still unbearably hot, but the sweet feeling of nothing to do when you wake up in the morning is gone. The sleeping in, staying in pajamas until the late hours of the morning -- gone. In some ways it seems very depressing to be saying goodbye to all of this, but in others, it seems very spectacular. I am very excited for school to start, and finally have some sort of a schedule again. It will also be a very exciting year for me, as I am entering my first year of high school.
But I am ready. Ready to say goodbye to the relaxation of summer days, and ready to say hello to schedules. Goodbye, boredom, hello, homework. And I know for a fact that by mid-December I'll be ready to throw homework out the window, but today, this is sounding very good to me.
Fall also sounds fantastic. The lovely, sweet smells and colors of fall sounds awesome right now. Chilly weather and jeans sound perfect for this winter-loving girl. I am about done with this 115+ weather. Cardigans, baking, jeans, pumpkin candles, cinnamon, cold weather -- all wonderful things about Fall. Fall also leads up to the holiday season (although I very much hate when people say holidays instead of Christmas). Thanksgiving, Christmas, my birthday - all very lovely holidays that put me in my happiest place.
Eat up these lovely moments, because before we know it, school will be upon us, we'll be stressed, and summer will be behind us in what seems like moments.
-e.