Winter Song.

Coat: Banana Republic, Scarf: H&M, Sweater: Calvin Klien

Mission San Miguel.

Top: H&M, Skirt: Forever 21, Jewelry: Forever 21, Wedges: Denna and Ozzy

A and I had gone to Santa Barbara on the 28th to drop off of my cousin (A's brother) to UCSB. Coming back home the next day, we stopped at a few places because this time it was just the two of us...so of course we had to find cool places to eat and take pictures at. We stopped in San Luis Obispo for food and just a little later in San Miguel for gas and also to take pictures because there's a beautiful historic Mission there...as you can tell. We actually didn't take pictures of the buildings themselves, you can just google those if you're interested - we took these in 5 minutes because there were too many people driving by. It was a beautiful place, the weather was amazing and the sky was the bluest blue. I'll also be posting some pictures of Santa Barbara later tonight or tomorrow. Stay tuned!

S

Love in a Park.

Photographer: Rummy Makmur, Makeup/Hair: Inna Matthews, Model: Morgan O'Marro, Styling: S/J (www.ruakstyling.com)

These are the pictures from the last photo-shoot J and I styled. We love the looks we did for this shoot, everything was so easy, cozy and comfortable - we wanted to keep the clothes for ourselves! We had already worked with the photographer for this shoot. He's so good and we love his style, he keeps it simple and knows what he wants. We did this shoot in Scotts Valley, in a park, it was so beautiful as was the drive to the location. There were little boys playing nearby and they kept throwing the ball towards us so they could take a look at the model - it was hilarious! As you can see the model, Morgan, is amazing...she's so talented and she just got hired by Hollister Co. - so proud of her. Really the whole team was fantastic because I don't even have words to describe the awesomeness of the MUA, who did the hair as well, she was so good! Her approach to makeup is amazing and she's so passionate about it. We love our work and all the great people we get to meet - really hope we start making money after a few of these are in the portfolio.

S

Just another day.

Dress: Marshall's($24.99), Shoes: Forever 21($18.70), Accessories: Forever 21($4-$7), Blue Flower Ring: Target($7)

The weather has not been a friend. It seems as if the more excited we get for Summer the weirder it gets. It rained twice last week, there's supposed to supposed to thunderstorms tomorrow, sometimes it starts out cloudy but when the day is almost over it gets sunny; like today. So, the few moments we got of sunshine we put to use, taking these pictures. All in all, this does not feel like a California summer at all...we really want to go to the beach, but it's just so cold! Sorry, the pictures aren't better - it was either really bright sun or dark gloomy ones...we're still trying to be hopeful, so we went with the sunshine...especially because this dress and the head-band are so perfect for it. 

S

Green and Gorgeous

I (J) spent the last entire week in Davis, CA due to some family obligations.  It was quite a different week from my ordinary days of schedule-less living.  I was sleeping early every night, waking up early, and spent even more time with my dearest MacBook than I usually do (didn't know that was possible!).  However, one of the best things about that place was that it was always foggy and gorgeous!  They have a greenbelt area that is spectacular and all I wanted to do was take pictures there...hopefully we can all go and do some photoshoots there soon :-)  Here are some pictures that I took when I went on a walk with my lil' cousin.  I tried to take a picture of myself but it's out of focus, I'll still be posting it because I'm wearing my new most favorite scarf in that picture.  It was actually my cousin's scarf, but since I loved it so much she decided to give it to me.