Happy Stitchmas in July {southern maryland photographer}

Do you know yet about StitchFix? I’ve hashed it out for the last few months, so if you’ve followed I won’t bore you again, but for the ‘new guys’, here’s the short of it:
Go to StitchFix [use my referral link so they give me an affiliate credit, if you don’t mind?]. Fill out a questionnaire, which takes 10-15 minutes, tops. Schedule your shipment. It’ll cost $20 for the service, but that $20 gets applied to any of the five items you keep. Keep all five and get 25% off the whole thing. It ships. You try on the five pieces, even if you think you don’t like them straight out of the box. Send back what you don’t want within three days in the prepaid envelope. That’s it! GREAT service.

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When I pulled this out of the box, *swoon*. The colors are my kind of colors!

I had plans this month to have photos of myself in all of the pieces. The mirror I planned to use for said photos of myself in said pieces? A child or a dog managed to step on my mirror after it was somehow knocked over, and so it is shattered. Maybe I even stepped on it? Anyway…

Without further ado:
Bancroft Gisella Hammered Fan Necklace
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Love. I like simple pieces that don’t require much more than me slinging it over my neck. This one is even better than that. It’s two-sized so I can wear smooth side or hammered side. YES. But it also has little latches that slide so the chain can be extended or shortened. So necklines on shirts suddenly don’t matter. So much goodness.

Skies are Blue Fowler Mixed Material Knit Top
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Basic Tshirt you think, right? Except the sleeves are not cotton. They’re awesome. Great for looking polished on the weekends or being dressed up a little bit for casual Fridays at the office.

Pixley Malynn Asymmetrical Soft Moto Vest
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So let’s talk about this top for a minute. In “the stack” it was zipped up to the neck. And since it crosses the body to zip, it was a little confusing. And I was having a “WTF were you thinking, Holly?!” moment. And then I saw the zipper. And the crease in the fabric. Yep, this is one of those things I would 100000% never ever grab for myself if I was shopping – ha, like that ever happens [soapbox: this is another reason why Stitch Fix is SO GOOD]. Anyway, Holly pushed my boundaries and re-established new boundary lines. This will be great for work and weddings and weekends and bridal showers and and and…

Pixley Messi Lattice Neckline Knit Top
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I pinned this one to my Pinterest board and was stoked to get it in my box. I know a bunch of other bloggers have noticed similar ones at Target for a lower cost. So let’s address that and I’ll soapbox a little. If I go to Target, I swear there is a gas in their buildings that force you to buy things you had no intention of purchasing before arrival. So it could be true that the shirt is half as expensive. But let’s be real: it will cost more than the shirt alone because there will be cute sandals for “ONLY $24.98”. You all know what I’m talking about. Not to mention that requires actually stepping foot into a store. And trying clothes on. While getting laundry detergent. With kids and a husband. Yea, no. So back to the top: Love it. Will wear probably a million times.

Last but not least:
Kensie Thea Dress
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My birthday is this month so I told Holly in my stylist note that I wanted a random splurge item. And boy did she deliver. This one I had not yet seen on all the StitchFix blogs I follow and I was pleasantly surprised. This dress feels like it was cut for my body. It’s so perfect. The colors are glorious. Purple never was a favorite color, but it tends to be one that works best with my complexion and hair/eyes. I can wear this to work. I can throw on some flip flops and wear it grocery shopping. I will love this forever.

If you haven’t tried StitchFix yet, why are you waiting!?!? Treat yourself. For the cost of three cups of overpriced coffee, you can have your very own personal stylist. Get with it ladies, you NEED this! And you don’t have to get a shipment monthly. You can get just one. Get one a quarter. Get one monthly. One every 2-3 weeks. Heck, I’ve seen some ladies that have two accounts so they can get one for work clothes and one for weekend clothes and they come every 10ish days. You can set it up for clothes only or allow accessories — I asked for no earrings and no purses/bags. I may add earrings after a while, but I tend to just leave the same studs in daily. And no purses — I know my limits and I’m far too lazy to swap out bags to match my clothes thankyouverymuch. You should really get on the bandwagon because you’ll squeal when you get the shipment deliveries, too, even if you don’t feel like you will.
xo

Beach vacation. Part 1. {southern maryland photographer}

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“The Boys” did a lot of fishing. This is my dad.
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He caught a shark. Well, they all caught some, but this is my dad. With his shark. <3 169 dad

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A storm rolled in while they were fishing. The sky was CRAZY. These two images are completely untouched, merely converted from RAW to jpegs.

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My handsome husband in the waves throwing out his line.
FISHING DAY ONE, COMPLETE.