Magical Mystery Tour

Free People bell sleeve mini dress tunic
Free People bell sleeve mini dress tunic
Free People bell sleeve mini dress tunic
Free People bell sleeve mini dress tunic
Free People bell sleeve mini dress tunic
Free People bell sleeve mini dress tunic
Free People bell sleeve mini dress tunic
Free People bell sleeve mini dress tunic

Tunic c/o Free People (here). Bralette, Nasty Gal. Belt, Shoes, Lulus. Jewelry, Child of Wild. Sunnies, Gucci.

Magical Mystery Tour indeed. Sometimes the Universe aligns itself to create serendipitous events, and for once I got to experience that kind of magic. My boyfriend and I had planned a roadtrip up to the Bruce Peninsula (Lake Huron/Ontario) for earlier this week. It was going to be a laid back get-lost-in-the-middle-of-nowhere kinda trip (hence the mystery tour). Now here’s where the magic comes in…Merely a few days before our trip two wonderful things happened. First, I found out I’d be taking over Bloglovin’s Snapchat for part of our trip. Secondly, this beautiful tunic for a collaboration with one of my absolute favourite brands, Free People arrived. Never thought it would arrive in time for our trip, but when this bell sleeve mini dress showed up two days before we left I was ecstatic to know we’d be able to shoot it in the beautiful wilderness of the Bruce Peninsula. 

By now you must know that I am a total summer girl at heart, but for the first time in a long while I am actually excited for Fall. Bell sleeves are huge for this Fall season. And if the sleeves off this tunic are any indication of what to expect, then I am looking forward to every minute of it! This bell sleeve mini dress tunic also comes in a blue print, but I opted for a warmer mauve so that I could easily transition this piece from a mini summer dress into a tunic that I can layer over bottoms
 
I absolutely adore the boho print and versatility of this tunic and am looking forward to styling it differently once the weather cools down. Free People has many beautiful bohemian styled pieces in their line up right now. All with great colour palettes that will transition effortlessly from now well into the Fall season. See for yourself at FreePeople.com. Oh and I suppose I should also add that the Beatles had lots of airplay during this trip – also unplanned. 
 
xo

Between the Sun and Moon

free people bohemian look
free people bohemian look
free people bohemian look
free people bohemian look with pineapple clutch
free people bohemian look
free people bohemian look
free people bohemian look Dress, Free People. Skirt, Asos. Sandals, Aldo. Clutch, Lulus. Bracelet c/o La Maison du Carat. Ring, Samantha Wills. Sunnies, Gucci.

Every now and then we make plans that just don’t work out. Didn’t get to shoot any blog photos last week. Then we made a completely spontaneous and last minute decision to head up to the cottage for the weekend. Which I thought might give us potential to make up for the lack of blog content, but it rained up there all weekend. Which in a way was kinda nice in itself…but a bit disappointing as I now fell even futher behind schedule for posts. We still had an amazing time hanging out and watching the rain from the inside, drinking vintage wine and watching countless Trailer Park Boys episodes…but most important of all just disconnecting from it all and taking some time to unwind.

We attempted shooting on Saturday, but our timing just would not coincide with the on and off again rain. Then on the very last day (wearing this bohemian look for the ride home) and having accepted defeat from a blog photography perspective, somehow on our way home we as we captured this magic. The timing of everything was uncanny, even down to seconds of time which aligned perfectly to make this happen. It’s amazing how sometimes things can turn around so quickly even after we have accepted what appears to be the  way. Thus reminding me that sometimes you just gotta go with the flow of things, and trust that things will work out, even if you yourself don’t see how.

xo

Frida

Frida Kahlo tank with chambray shorts
Frida Kahlo tank with chambray shorts
graphic tee with chambray shorts
Frida Kahlo tank
Frida Kahlo tank with chambray shorts
summer look graphic tee with chambray shorts
Frida Kahlo tank with chambray shorts

Top, Boathouse. Shorts, Gentle Fawn. Shoes, Pink Martini. Purse, Lulus.

An endless source of inspiration Frida Kahlo has been to me. Not only in art but in life as well. However, the only tangible tangible item I had to represent her is a book of her life’s story and work. I once saw someone wearing a shirt with Frida Kahlo’s self portrait on it and ever since then I had wanted one. But I didn’t even know where to begin looking for one.

After that strangely enough a few months later my boyfriend and I were randomly walking through Upper Canada Mall when I spotted one out the corner of my eye. Never even noticed that store before as it was geared more towards a skater style. That being said I was real glad that we just so happened to be there that day and had walked by. I also really liked the vibrant colours of the shirt and the portrait itself was beautiful. Needless to say they only had a few Frida shirts left and I just so happened to grab the last size small. Meant to be I suppose.

Worn here with a pair of chambray denim shorts and some statement bohemian bardot jewelry. And of course a flower in my hair as inspired by Frida Kahlo.

xo