Cheers to lovers

Okay, I'm not kidding when I say I have a gazillion pictures of random stuff on my computer...so here's one that's bound to draw a grin...atleast to the corner of your mouth, even if you're denying it just because you don't want to admit that you're smiling at something resembling love (and everyone around you seems to be there...cough swedish fish cough)...

cheers to the lovers

Hi loves! Looks like we've all taken a little DITW hiatus? Well, I'm here to say that I'm back. I have a gazillion pictures saved onto my computer--all of super random, but cool (in my book) stuff. And who really cares about my stuff outside our circle? Exactly. So here's my first post-hiatus post: A new daily read for me is Fly where the blogger is opening a new online shop on Monday featuring the au natural kinks of us curly-headed chicas! I'm in love...with Fly and with the prospect of this new lovely shop!

Overnight!

So I needed to make new business cards for my Photography (sgphotographer.blogspot.com) and decided to order from overnight prints. They came so fast and are so cute! The paper is great, and they offer rounded corners which is like the cutest thing ever! I love them! I'll put up pictures soon. They were so easy to make though and the customer service was great too!

Take a looksie

Found this new blog...although, chances are Gp has already discovered it.

Regardless... http://www.iamagreedygirl.com/

Love it! Love all of you!

Photography tip for GP

So, I've been in a major wedding blog mood lately, which makes me miss GP even more than usual. Today, though, was especially unique because I learned a valuable artist's lesson:

Watch out for half-naked people before you start snapping that little round button!

What a way to demonstrate the love and matrimony of two happy souls.

(I also thought the plastic Wal-Mart cooler added a classy touch)

You’re in Georgia Now

So today I was out shopping for mayonnaise to make potato salad and decided to treat myself because I just got my wisdom teeth out last week and they took the packing out this morning (yay!). Well what did I come upon in the bakery but this:

The most beautiful magnolia styled cupcake. It is HUGE too. Only in Georgia would you be able to find these goodies for just $3 at the grocery store.

I love Georgia, all of you need to come experience the loveliness here and I will buy you a giant flower cupcake.

Curly Q: Entreprenuer

Okay, so everyone who sees my clips asks if I sell them. I've always thought it would be a terrible idea because I would have to make them and I wouldn't love it anymore. But the more I think about it, the more I think it might work. Georgia Peach, I need some of your business advice--artist to artist.

Do I sell on Etsy or just advertise in Seattle/here on campus?
How do I advertise?
In order to not hate it so much, I was thinking that my business could have something to do with "one-of-a-kind," where I never make the same hair clip more than like three times. (If I have to make tons of the same clip I'll hate it so much) SF had the idea that people could answer a survey about themselves and maybe send some pictures and then I could design one based on the individul client. But would that sell?
Prices?

This would be a great project for while I'm home in the Fall.... I wonder if it would be successful.

LOVE all the posts by GP! We miss you!
(Pretty sure she looks at that wedding dress every day)

Swedish Fish's Wedding (Again)

SF, I saw these today and though, "wow, that's exactly how Miriam's wedding pictures are gonna look cause she's awesome." but yours are gonna be better.

Tasteful Harry Potter

Swedish Fish, I could see you doing this and would not find it strange at all if once you were engaged you took some very tasteful, classy, engagement pictures which incorporated Harry Potter like so:


Keep your eyes on the text. That's right. The 7th Harry Potter book. A cute shout out to harry potter. Love it.

Genius!

WOW Georgia I love it!!! I was also a little nervous about the idea that I might not make it back to Spain and I didn't know how I would do my bakery.... but now seaside sweets!!! It's perfect!

Thought

PBLily, I had a thought today. What if Carlie falls in love and moves to Cali for the rest of her life? What will happen to Stateside sweets?? and bam, the idea came: "seaside sweets" with vintage surfing postcards and decor and such. I love it.

All Alone

None of you ever post

:(

Photography

Shoot of my brother's two children and some of his wife. Hope you like it!



there are more on my flickr:

www.flickr.com/photos/caiosphotography

That's What She Said

Good Evening my wonderful Dresses In The Wind!

Georgia Peach, oh how I miss you. I miss how you always had an opinion about my ways. I feel like I can't do anything without consulting you first. I need your approval. I have realized that I can't just rely on your good intentions, especially since you are not here! I can't live without your lovvee....?

Anyways, I love summer semester so much! There are some things I need to update you on:

1) Most importantly, Peanut Butter Lily and I already finished two jars of peanut butter. oops!

2) I am going to Oregon, not this weekend, but next! I NEED YOUR HELP! what do I wear? How do I act? Should I always be helpful? Should I always hang out with his family and not seclude myself?

3) I got yellow vans

4) Our old roommate is in our science class. hahahhaha....I haven't talked to her yet.

5) My boyfriend is going to say "I love you" in Oregon. I'm sure of it. :)

6) I went to the tanning bed for the first time in my life. I'm going to die.

7) I worked out for the first time in a long time and I fell off the treadmill.

8) I have only taken about 3 naps this semester. You should be proud of me.

Anyways, I believe that we should post a video soon, letting you know how much we miss you.

I'm glad that we have a bond that will last forever. I love you girls.

"In a friend you find a second self."

I will most definitely check out Etsy. Also, I adore Farmhouse Photography. The card with the fence.

ps. This picture had to be posted. You are my favorite fat kid, Peanut Butter Lily.

Curly Q has a dream she must tell. "WE'RE NOT COMING BACK" hahah...it's hilarious.

<3

Hummus

Peanut Butter Lily and Swedish Fish, this is for you:

Missing Georgia Peach like CRAZY!

Here is a pic we took after church today...We are loving the semester but I cannot believe how much we miss you, GP! There is a little empty spot in all of our hearts, a spot void of wedding plans, graphic design, and sweet blogs. Keep us updated on all the crafting and we'll be up on that Etsy for sure!

Etsy Shop!

So.... I opened an etsy shop! I decided to make my business card designs available to everyone so if you know someone who needs some, I decided to design some! So let people know and soon I will be adding some of the hair clips and other products that I've been making lately! Check it out!


Georgia Peach's Etsy Shop!

Blues

Kate, I think that blue of the bridesmaids dresses that you liked so much is not actually Navy Blue but is marine blue. I saw an entire post on it today.


http://www.weddingbee.com/2009/04/24/marine-and-breath/#more-91342

Oh, Seattle...Bliss

This afternoon I went with my family to downtown Seattle. We spent most of our time at Pike's Place Market, one of my favorite places in the world! It's right uphill from the Puget Sound where the ferries and sailboats go back and forth, and there are rows of flower bouqets that go forever. On a lovely Saturday afternoon like today it was so crowded and full of people--but I almost like it better that way. This is a city full of every different kind of person :)

My home... today in this spot there were guys jammin' on their accordians. And by "jammin," I mean they were down on their knees with tears in their eyes. That's what I call Soul.

Me and the sibs at the famous fish market. Anyone seen Sleepless in Seattle? It was all filmed right here in town.

I loved being here--lots of inspiration and happiness.

California Love... R.I.P. 2Pac

Wow! Boy am I behind on the blogging.... I had one of those days that I saw something that reminded me of each of you! First, Curly Q... My best friend's boy friend is from Washington and he was telling me all about it and all I could imagine was you. He lives in like a really hippie part and it totally described you and I loved it! I want to go visit! Second, Georgia Peach.... I was walking on the most gorgeous beach today in San Diego.... picture to show, and there was a group of people setting up for a wedding reception and boy was it hideous, they had port-a-potties! Whew they needed you! Third, but not last, Swedish Fish.... I was at dinner tonight and this guy was sitting at the table catty corner of me and he had VANS on and not only vans but he had a harry potter sticker on the bottom of them. I thought he was real BA! I just wanted to let you all know I was thinking about you and want to give you a little piece of my home! Let us end with a little song...

Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come.
Corporation t-shirts, stupid bloody Tuesday.
Man, you've been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long.
I am the eggman (woo), they are the eggmen (woo), I am the walrus,
Goo goo ga joob.
I AM THE WALRUS!!!

PS... GP I love your business cards, my favorite is Farmhouse Photography and I love the turquoise one with the envelope idea.. GENIUS and AMAZING
CQ I love the clips... will you teach me??

New things!

This is definitely not Georgia Peach photography by any means, but we bought little daffodil bunchs yesterday and this is a picture of the window sill in our kitchen. Makes me smile :)

These are my latest clips! I took the picture with a little point-and-shoot, so the details don't look great but whatever. The creme one is my absolute favorite.

Felties

Speaking of cute felt things (well, you mentioned them once....) look at all of the cuteness that this girl at http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=49023 makes:






I hope it gives some good inspiration!

Scarves

I had a thought today. While admiring a cute picture of a bride in a scarf and contemplating how expensive ties are, I wondered if it would be strange to have the guys not wear ties but rather wear scarves instead. I am not normally a fan of guys in scarves, I think it's kind of gay, but I think for the sake of pictures, it could look pretty good. Then I got to thinking, would it look bad if the guys didn't wear ties at all? Just as long as there was no chest hair stickin out? haha I don't know. Thoughts???

Success!

This is the clip that I started last night and I'm pretty proud of how it turned out. I just sewed one of those snappy clips to the back...I've started going through more stuff around my house to take back to school so I can make lots more! (It's kind of hard to see the burned edges in the photo...this is the best I could do with a quick self-portrait)

How Cute Are These?

I could totally see these in oversized frames in a cute little kids room:









Here is her etsy shop, everything is so cute! http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5083418

Here is a simplified version of those clips...

Addicted

As you all know, I am completely addicted to flower/bird hair accessories. Check these out! I found them on Etsy and I was thinking Georgia Peach might be able to help me figure out how the heck they are made. Love them...

Opinions?

I have decided that I need to make an official name for my business cards and make some new business cards so I need help!

Possible Names I have come up with so far:

Farmhouse Photography
Caios Photography
Stacey Gardner Photography (lame)
White Fence Photography
Fresh Photography

but I also think it'd be cool to not use photography at all and either replace it with "fauxtography" or do like just a phrase like one company in atlanta is "once upon a spark." Thoughts?


Business Card Design Ideas:

THESE HAVE BEEN REMOVED BECAUSE THEY HAD PERSONAL INFORMATION ON THEM AND I HAVE REALIZED THAT PEOPLE I DON'T KNOW PERSONALLY READ THIS BLOG. SORRY FOR THE INCONVIENCE!

and then I'm gonna put them in these tiny envelopes:
http://paper-source.com/cgi-bin/paper/color/baby-envelopes/2505.110/101.html

with this printed on it:



Thoughts? Ideas? Comments?

Short Story Attempt Gone Terribly Wrong

So, today I decided to write a short story. Little did I know, I was quickly on my way to naptime-land, and therefore, my story took a very interesting turn as I was half asleep. I promise that I had the best and most upstanding intentions. I'd love feedback--enjoy!

(I apologize for any unwanted images. Prepare yourselves.)



Mister Finchwhether pulled a glossy red apple from his canvas bag. The mysteries of that bag were often unbearably exciting for us.
Nearly every day at the park came something new and exciting and different.
Thursday was a tiny shoe that needed mending; with other tools he began to repair some little school boy’s tiny loafer.
Friday was a green-colored permanent marker with which he made designs in his notebook. Often one of us would catch a lucky glimpse of the notebook. Lines on a page. Really, it seemed as though Mr. Finchwhether just chose either up-and-down or left-to-right and made thick, unstraight lines on the pages. No cats or dogs, or trees or houses.
Saturday was a harmonica.
Today was, of course, the Sunday paper. Oh, how Mister Finchwhether studied that thing. He looked so adult, even old, when he squinted at the tiny black print and swallowed down large chunks of that juicy apple. He even had an adult adam’s apple, dancing about with every gulp.
We weren’t allowed to eat apples like that; our mothers had to peel off the perfect smooth skins and slice them into thin moon-shaped pieces. I’ll bet Mister Finchwhether’s mother didn’t slice his apples. I’ll bet he carried his beautiful red apples all around town and bit right into them and let the juice run down his chin in the dead of hot July.

There are not very many words that can express the way I feel at this moment sitting here in pure bliss with the three of you! But I think this might sum it up....

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.
See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly.
I'm crying.

Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come.
Corporation t-shirts, stupid bloody Tuesday.
Man, you've been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long.
I am the eggman (woo), they are the eggmen (woo), I am the walrus,
goo goo goo joob
Koo koo kachoo.

Yo te quiero!

"The Simple Life"

Sometimes when I think about our friendship, I want to go back to Georgia Peach's Scrapbook-inserts with cheesy little sayings like "Just Us" or "Moments to Remember". I can't really say that this semester has been anything but fate. Shall I elaborate? I think yes! 1) Georgia Peach almost didn't want to come and instead wanted to stay safe in Georgia...(go figure) 2) Georgia Peach and I were first supposed to live on the bottom floor of Edna Ricks Hall 3) Peanut Butter Lily wouldn't have lived with us and we wouldn't have come across Curly Q who happened to be the Girl Next Door. How crazy! I'm glad we've gotten to know each other so much more. I'm glad that I found out that Peanut Butter Lily wasn't just a rich girl with a white pea coat and orange luggage or that Curly Q wasn't just a cute girl who looked like Annie who lived close to Forks, Washington. I'm glad that Georgia Peach turned out to be such a wonderful roommate who I look up to...and who we all are going to miss next semester. I'm so excited for us! We are just too much. too too much. I love how we are ourselves. For example:

Peanut Butter Lily: "We need to do something so we can commemorate this moment!"

Curly Q: "Like make popcorn balls?"

Moments like these make me excited for the moments to come. I love you chica-roos.

What also defines our choice of "Dresses in the Wind"

MY THREE WHITE DRESSES
My mom bought me a white dress, Not red or pink or blue.
She said it was a special dress, Like very other few.
There has been just one before, A dress now put away,
That I wore some time ago, Upon my blessing day.
As a little baby clothed, In my first white dress,
My dad held me in his arms, There to name and bless.
So pure and clean was I just then, With time to grow and learn
About the Father's plan for me, My glory I must earn.
Now I've reached the age to judge, The wrong road from the right,
And I am here to be baptized, In this dress of white.
So once again I'm free from sin. The path is clear to me
I'll grasp the rod and hold on tight, I vow with certainty.
Just as mud would stain my dress, Sin would stain my soul.
The key is to repent or bleach, For whiteness is my goal.
And if I try my very best, Then richly blessed I'll be,
Wearing inside God's holy house, White dress number three.
So today I make this pledge: I'll strive to choose the right,
Through this sacred baptism ordinance, In my second dress of white

When we decided on Dresses in the Wind as the name for our blog, this is the first thing that came to mind. It reminds me of our late nights: PBL breaking it down with her dance moves and then crashing hard core on the couch with her Junior mints, SF in her computer-land periodically jumping back into real life, and me and GP scrolling through hundereds of whimsical blog posts. Now we can scroll through our own. This is a bittersweet end to the semester, but a promising beginning of continuing friendships. Love you ladies!

Blog URL Ideas

Here were some of the best ideas that we had for blog names today:

1. Pocohontas in the wind
2. Sunflowers on the water
3. Nalgene+water=sports
4. Everytime a bell rings, an angel gets it's wings
5. Sitting on a corn flake
6. Peanut Butter and Lilies
7. Wildflower Women
8. Curly Brunettes
9. The Traveling Blog (already taken)
10. Wing in the Wind
and best for last...

11. Tooth Brush and Paper

We are four college girls who came together over latenights this winter and wanted a way to share our lives and our findings as the winds take us where ever. We finally decided on Dresses in the Wind because we all love dresses and wear them all the time and we never know where the winds are going to take us so we are simply dresses in the wind.