THREADS // LUCKY

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outfit details:  shirt c/o elephant & bird // vest - f21 // jeans - goodwill // hat - lulu*s.com // shoes - blowfish shoes // necklace - flight of fancy

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We had an impromtu date night with our friends at our local chinese restaurant the other night and this is what I wore.  It was so nice to connect with them, even just over dinner.  It had been so long.  It was really nice to catch up with them.  And I tried a new dish, which I normally don't do.  I'm a sucker for ordering the same thing everytime from certain restaurants, but I went out on a limb and ordered the basil chicken and was pleasantly surprised!  (big stepping out of the box, right?)  Funny how we get habits that we stick to for years.  I need to try this more often when eating out, although we don't really eat out that much.  James and I are savers, so eating out is usually just a treat for us now and then. 

I just got this sweet top from Elephant & Bird and I LOVE they way it fits.  Its loose and long, and that is something I love b/c I wear alot of leggings and skinnies, and it just works.  And, I love the color. 

So... last night I ordered the BIGGEST batch of shirts Ive ever ordered to make all these Dylan pre-order tees!  So excited.  We still have so much to do around the house before we can even begin to make them and Ive been feeling under the weather the past two days.  My body is trying to get sick so bad.  But I'm keeping it at bay so far.  Crossing my fingers I can keep everything together through the month of April...

OPAL & WONDER

I'm smitten over these beautiful candles from Opal & Wonder.  I love the glass tumbler they are poured in, that are actually re-usable once your candle has burned all the way down.  And they are 100% natural soy.  I got the Peacemaker & Wild Nomad.  I just love the names she has given them.  The peacemaker is such a calming scent, and the Wild Nomad smells yummy almost like my husband's cologne.  (mmmmm)

Beyond the yummy scents, they look really pretty in my home... which is a must for me with candles... Here is my little Peacemaker vingette.

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DYLAN TEE PRE-ORDERS // LAST CALL

Some of you may be tired about hearing about this amazing new Skyline Fever tee... but I have to mention it one more time b/c TODAY is the last day to PRE-ORDER and the last day to get your invoices paid!  All unpaid invoices after midnight tonite will be CANCELLED.  (sadly)... We have experienced several people not getting their invoices, mostly due to my own personal mistakes after typing in over 200 email addresses... mistakes were made!  So if you have not received yours, please leave me a comment with your email address so I can double check and confirm if it went through correctly.  We have learned sooo much through this process!  It's been a beautiful nightmare honestly.  Next time we will just set up a pre-order listing straight through James shop so there won't be so much confusion.  This time we took orders through both of our instagrams, facebooks, twitters, etsy, my blog and email.  Let's just say answering emails on all social media platforms has kept us busy for a solid week like we had no idea it would!  So next time around, well be a little bit wiser...

If you would like to order one, please do so asap b/c tomorrow we are ordering the shirts!!!  So exciting!  If you have any questions about price, size & more, check out my FAQ'S post here.

WE LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

SOMETIMES LIFE IS A MESS, YO

Sometimes life is just messy.  These are not the kind of photos I think to take everyday, but we tend to glamorize the picture perfect side of life, and its good to keep some balance of reality in there.  And reality says, things are not always perfect, or clean, or together.  This is the state my studio is in more often than not.  As soon as I get it cleaned up and 'perfect' I get in there and create and make more messes.  Now its just a cycle for me.  I let it go for a few weeks until it gets to the point where I can't stand the clutter anymore and then do a marathon cleaning.  It would probably be much better if I would just take 5 minutes each day after working and pick up for myself, but the reality is, I'm normally feeling too tired, or work myself up to the last minute of needing to go cook dinner or run to the post office.  And then it just doesn't happen... and that is okay!  Thank goodness for doors you can shut! 

I tend to not let my messes in the rest of the house build up this bad, although Id like to think this is true.  When it comes to laundry and piles of papers on desks... I'm a procrastinator.  There is a huge pile of clothes that need to be hung up that have been sitting on my chair in my bedroom for over a week now. 

Ideally it would be clean all the time, b/c that is when I feel most peaceful, and creative.  But reality says sometimes it just can't all be done. 

In the midst of cleaning out my parents house, our garage became our storage for EVERYTHING.  This is a pic of it half way clean already.  Weve been working our extra evening hours in here each day trying to get this space super cleaned out and organized so we can screenprint shirts back here next week.  It feels monumentous and is stressing us out a bit, but its something we have been putting off for so long, that it has to be done right now b/c of all of these shirt orders.  At the same time its kind of exciting, b/c once and for all it will be a working garage!  It will be Skyline Fever's studio.  How rad! 

I thought Id share these photos for those of you out there who feel like you just cant keep it all together all the time, you are not alone!  There is ALWAYS this kind of reality behind every picture perfect photo, in everyones life.