Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everybody! As you know, I am a big fan of costumes, so I find Halloween a very fun holiday. We have made tentative plans to go to a trunk-or-treat tonight at a church near Jeffrey's school, and I'm looking forward to seeing him experience Halloween like only a six-year-old can. I think I might throw a costume together last minute, or I will be a pirate for the third year in a row. Either way, once I finish my AP Music Theory homework (which is inconveniently due online at 11:59pm tonight), I'll get to start prepping for the festivities.

I know I've been a little MIA this month, but I want you to know I've already got some stuff in the works for November! Hopefully I'll get back into the blogging swing-of-things and we can end 2014 with a bang. Wow, I just realized there are only two more months left in 2014! That is such a crazy thought. So much has happened in the last year, everything is swimming in my brain!

Let's toast to a fun, candy-filled weekend... Love you guys!
xoxo,
Ireland

P.S. The picture above is from last year. From left: me, Jeffrey, my cousins Millie and Everett, and my mom.

Spring Break in Tennessee: Part 3

Southport is great. Definitely. But I lived in Knoxville for thirteen years, and I have some amazing friends there! Last week I got to see a bunch of them and we had such a great time.

After hanging out at Kathryn and Jessica's house, we went to Goodwill and Karm to go on a thrift store scavenger hunt and ended up taking a bunch of awesome, ridiculous pictures that still make me laugh to look through them. And when I say laugh, I mean I am CHUCKLING and SNORTING. It is not glamorous but I wouldn't want it to be... I mean, hello, laughing is fun. Okay, I'm not just sure where I went with that... let's move on and just look at pictures <3



Kathryn (left) and Maddie looking through the books.



 

 

One of our scavenger hunt lists.

 

 

Look at her hand! HEHEHEHEHE!!!!

 

 

Who knows?

 

 

I think these may be the most unflattering shirts on the planet.

 

We are rockstars. In shiny green satin.

From left: Jessica, Samantha, Kathryn, me. Let me just tell you, these girls are awesome-- they are kind, friendly, faithful friends, and I am so thankful they are a part of my life.



 I do not have the right words to describe our outfits in this one. But I will try :)

I am one of the reupholstered cushions on an old lady's couch. Samantha is a  teenager from the 1980s getting ready for her glamour shot. Kathryn is... a gaudy eskimo? And Jessica is a furry red monster with an affinity for Western culture. Maddie is just plain cute.

 

I hope these pictures make you smile like they do me!

xoxo,

 

Ireland

 

Geek Chic // Outfit Post

It's Wednesday! And for me, that means there are only two more days until my family and I load up the car and head to Tennessee. My parents are going on a business trip and my brother and I will be staying with relatives. I'm excited to see my family and friends in TN again :)

Today's outfit is in honor of a certain Gwen Stacy from a certain incredibly successful movie franchise. The Amazing Spiderman 2 just came out in theaters, and as I am planning to see it within the next week or so, I decided to pay tribute to Gwen with this look.

 

Gwen Stacy wears very polished clothing that has a sophisticated, schoolgirl vibe. This outfit is modeled after the fashion in the first movie, but I'm looking forward to seeing how her style has developed in the second one.

I channeled my inner schoolgirl with a collared shirt with a simple grey skirt, similar to the one Gwen wears in the movie. Her shoes are very simple but sleek, so I went with these black, Oxford-esque shoes that have a chunky little heel and paired them with matching socks.

 

In almost every scene in the movie (with a few exceptions, of course), Gwen wears her platinum-blond hair in a bouncy ponytail with blunt bangs. I wasn't going to have my bangs cut just for the sake of this look, but I did pull my hair back and smooth back the top-- simple and classy.

 

Her makeup is pretty natural, other than the occasional winged eyeliner, so I focused on the eyes and then just lined and colored my lips. Light foundation & blush.

 

This ended up being more of a tutorial on a Gwen Stacy look! Oh, well, I like it :)

 

Who is your favorite Marvel character? Do you get inspiration from movie fashion, too?

 

xoxo,

Ireland

P.S. This link will take you to my Pinterest board with a lot of Gwen Stacy looks.

 

 

Credits:
White shirt: thrifted

Grey skirt: thrifted
Shoes: borrowed
Socks: Aeropostale
Silver hoops: ???, probably Claire's