Lace, Denim, and Studs

I had a few hours to spare the other day, so my boyfriend and I took a walk around Pike Place Market to get some food before work. I liked my outfit, so he took some snaps of me for another outfit post!

I was wearing skinny jeans, my Jeffrey Campbell Flagstaff studded booties, a white lace droptop from H&M, super old gold and black boho-y style necklace, vintage black belt, and carrying my studded purse from Forever21. 

I love these boots!

I started the day with my jeans cuffed, a) because it was freaking hot out, and b) cuz I tend to wear my jeans up over my ankles anyways. I am fairly tall so most jeans aren't long enough, but I also have tiny ankles, and skinny jeans rarely ever fit tightly around them.

We stopped for a quick bite to eat - had salmon and a cocktail! So goooood! We are so spoiled here in the Pacific Northwest with our seafood. 

This lavender cosmo was to die for! Any cocktail with lavender or ginger and I'm sold! Salmon (raw) with olive oil and capers and horseradish and dill... So good. I think almost all fish is best raw. I'm kind of a sushi connoisseur, as I'm sure will be noticed in future posts :)

H&M crop top, Gap jeans, Jeffrey Campbell Flagstaff booties, Forever 21 purse, vintage necklace, vintage belt, aviators

One thing about me: I really like taking shadow pictures. I have always found them rather artistic, but its an interesting way of remembering where you are. That and feet pictures. It is like a remembrance type of thing. I have some really awesome shadow pictures from Japan, and when I went skydiving the one photo I really wanted to take was a picture of my Converse, 2000 feet above the ground. I'm weird like that....

Thanks for checking out my blog, have a rockin' day :)

xo

Ash

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Urban Cowgirl

This is my first outfit post! I got this skirt in my mom's closet a few years ago. I find some of my best vintage items in the back of her closet. She keeps so much stuff!

H&M crop top, vintage silver and turquoise jewelry, vintage maxi skirt, Jeffrey Campbell Flagstaff studded ankle cowboy booties

I paired the vintage skirt with my Jeffrey Campbell Flagstaff boots, black crop top from H&M, and silver and turquoise vintage jewelry. I think I actually got the bracelet from my mom as well. The necklace I've had forever and the ring is an Ebay score. I'm also wearing my onyx and silver ring that I pretty much never take off. Onyx is good to keep negative energy away. I had an onyx ring when I was younger that I lost, and I final replaced it with this one. I'm on the hunt for a smaller one made of better material though so if you see any let me know in the comments!

Turquoise and silver ring and bracelet, Onyx and silver ring. H&M crop, vintage maxi skirt

The best part of this skirt is how much it spins! I had to get a few pics of me dancing or pretty much just spinning like a crazy person in my back yard. My dog, Leila, was really getting a kick out of it.

I got this skirt a few year back but I never seem to wore it. Being that we've had some beautiful summer weather here in Seattle, I figured it was time to give it a test run. It has a very country feel, so I figured pairing it with the cowboy booties and turquoise was a good call. I like the studs though, certainly gives them an edge :)

I posted this look on my Lookbook too! If you're a member feel free to drop by and give me some hype, or check out my other looks too!!

Cheers,

Ash xo

Graduation (very late post)

So I am restarting my blog! I am just going to go back in time a little and start with graduation (a month late! lol I'll catch up soon enough!). I figure that would be a good time to start since before that I just plain had wayyyy too much on plate to even begin to think about keeping up on a blog...

So I graduated! I got my bachelor of science in environmental science and resource management with a minor in marine biology. Obviously, nature posts will be a part of future blog posts, since it is definitely one of my passions. So here's some of my favorite photos from graduation, which, by the way, we totally got to dress however we wanted for! Yay for low-maintenace majors!!!

Justine and I were sooooo stoked!!!

So happy!

I did it!

The required class photo

And of course a picture with Dubs! (UW's mascot!!!) I literally got the best photo anyone has ever gotten with Dubs. Yaaaaay! :)

I had a lot of family come up. This is me with my Aunt Lorna and cousin Freddie on UW Campus. UW has the most beautiful campus! 

And of course me in front of the fountain as well :)

I liked my outfit a lot that day. I was wearing my vintage fringe cowboy boots that I stole from my mom's closet. They're amazing. I was wearing a black dress with a vintage crochet vest (can't see it in this photo but I'm wearing it in the photos above. It was chilly so I was glad I brought my new Kensie sweater. My Aunt Lorna had just bought it for me. I LOVE the color. Topped it off with a black scarf and my H&M purse. I'm also wearing a long strand of faux pearls, my new single pearl necklace my parents got me for graduation, my onyx ring and my amber ring, and basic black earrings.  Part of my blog is going to be fashion related, posting OOTD and cool fashion things I see. But back to graduation...

It was really good to see my family. They live practically on the other side of the country, so I don't get to see them very often. And I can't even remember the last time I had both my Aunts in town at the same time!

As required, I made sure to go out for drinks one night with my little brother. He just got out of the military, so it's kind of like a celebration for him too... And tequila happened. :)

My boyfriend and I have a pet snake, and we managed to get both my little brother and my dad to hold it. He's a red tail boa and he is huge! He's probably close to 7 feet long right now. His name is Milo, and we actually think he's a she, but I'm so used to calling it a him that I just don't even bother. Telling the gender of a snake is apparently kind of difficult.

My dad looks nervous...

Well, there we go. My first blog post! I'm probably going to do my next blog post on the car show my boyfriend and I went to. I am a big fan of classic cars! More to come!

xoxo

Ash