Pattern of Life Lately...

Things have been seemingly quiet lately although it doesn't really feel that way. It feels like my mind has been racing a lot and focusing on the future. My horoscopes these days are fairly optimistic, giving me a boost of creative confidence in some projects I'm working on. I'll take it, because I really feel the tides are turning in a positive direction and I feel this might be the calm before the storm.

April Dreams Bring... ?

We're already a few days into April. Three months of 2013 down.
Whenever a new month begins I always end up thinking about how fast life moves and all of the things I want to accomplish.
I want to expand my garden.
I want to do something with my ridiculously long hair. A new color, a new cut, a new something.
I want to visit Philly. I miss it there.
I want to keep creating. Paint. Draw. Sew.
I want to see Jurassic Park in 3D because well, Jurassic Park is awesome.
I want to accomplish so many things and the days never seem long enough.
There are things I want for myself that seem so unattainable at the moment, like when you wake up from a fantastically real dream and for a few blissful seconds you are still mentally there. It all seems reachable. The dreamy haze wears off though. I realize that I still have yet to make my dreams come true but that's okay. One day my dreams will come true and then I'll have new dreams to work towards.
Until then, I'll keep creating and exploring and trying new things and enjoying the life I have now before change comes knocking at the door.

Hazy Memories...

Currently loving these gorgeous polaroids and the little notes the photographer places over some of them. The images are beautifully hazy and create such a dreamy mood that make those memories even harder to forget. All photos by emilie via Flickr.

Free People Love

Head over heels for these Patched Slim Slouch Jeans

FP, how do I love thee... Let me count the ways...

Whenever Free People unveils their latest catalog, I fall in love all over again with the brand and its entire vibe (prettypleasehireme). July was absolutely no different, especially with these Lou-inspired looks modeled by Aline Weber (total babe). Being heavily inspired and influenced by my male counterpart and heavy metal music, I adore the touches of toughness that FP always incorporates into their looks and products... Inspiration to be a more badass chick always!

Design Inspiration...

The Design Center at my alma mater, Philadelphia University, has a Tumblr! This place has the most beautiful pieces of fashion history and a huge collection of prints and textiles from a wide range of locations and time periods. Their Tumblr gives you a little taste of all that they have. I always felt so inspired there, I never wanted to leave!

Dreamy...

Love these dreamy images. Photos by Margaret Durow.

A girl with kaleidoscope eyes...

Amazing and inspiring work by Andy Gilmore. 

Heart and soul

Just a little something I'm working on...

Take hold of your life...

"Take hold of your own life. See that the whole existence is celebrating. These trees are not serious, these birds are not serious. The rivers and the oceans are wild, and everywhere there is fun, everywhere there is joy and delight. Watch existence, listen to the existence and become a part of it." -Osho

Modern Art Nouveau...

Beautiful works of art by Melissa Murillo, aka Meyoko. 

Instant inspiration.

We are the dreamers of dreams...

"We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams;--
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world for ever, it seems."
-Arthur O'Shaughnessy, 1874

I may be a dreamer, but I'm not the only one...

"A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world." -Oscar Wilde

Getting my spark back...

I've been sitting down with my old friend Photoshop lately after many months of neglect. My inspiration fire seemed to have burnt out for a while after my mother passed away in February. I've been coming around, and thankfully, so has my creativity, and these inspiration boards are just the beginning of a new chapter in my life. Hope you enjoy!

Today's dream...

Live by a beach, if not directly on a beach.

Wildwood, NJ

Some of the beautiful things in life...

Two lonely daffodils in the middle of the woods.

The view outside my childhood home

Philadelphia, PA. My first city love.

The world from a different perspective.

I'm a sunset chaser.

Sunrise near Canada border.

Protest the Hero, Trocadero, Philadelphia. Live tunes > iTunes.