An island of inconsolable misery.

Every breathe I have is cold.

The warmth of this life has left me.

Stranded on a island of inconsolable misery.

There is only one true escape.

Where the darkness turns to light.

The suffering will only stop then.

A

I know this post seems really dark, but I just wanted to do a shoot that was different and shake things up. I got my inspiration from the song Make Me Wanna Die by The Pretty Reckless. Also just a side note, my little sister took these pictures and she's not even in high school! She's so talented and loves The Pretty Reckless, so she completely understood how I wanted the pictures to look like.

The Pretty Reckless - Make Me Wanna Die

Birthdays and Sweet Things.

Sorry for the lack of posts this week, but it has been raining like crazy here! It just stopped raining yesterday and we did a shoot today... so until we post those pictures up, here are some shots I took when I was bored while doing my homework. Yes, those are Sprinkles cupcakes! This week was J's birthday, so she and S went to Sprinkles to celebrate at the bakery with the most delicious red velvet cupcakes. These cupcakes are actually from when I went a few days ago for my uncle's birthday and took pictures for funsies! :)

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S here! I'm just adding to the post with pictures of J's cake - which is the most amazing, light cake that has all these great fresh fruits in it. She has it every year and it's a perfect summer cake. Although this year her birthday felt more like January than May...but the tradition continues! And, Summer seems to have come back to us...hopefully it'll get hot enough for the beach soon!

Nail polish crazed.

 

Yesterday, S and I went to an amazing nail polish store in San Jose called USA Nail Supply. They sell China Glaze for only $3 and Essie for $3.50. We felt like kids in a candy store! Everything was so beautiful we wanted every single color! But we controlled ourselves and got three colors each. I can't wait to paint my nails now!

A

P.S I created a GIF because they always looked so cool! =)

Wishing upon a beachy vacation.

Maxi Dress: H&M ($40), Clutch: H&M($15), Shoes: Nine West($90), Cuff: Unkown, Rings: Forever 21($3-$6), Hat: H&M($10)

I found this beautiful Portuguese church a while back and it was all thanks to my bad sense of direction.  I was lost and looking for a beauty store to get some nail polish and I spotted this beautiful church. I knew right away that we had to go shoot there!  The church's architecture is very reminiscent of Goa's* buildings and that's one place we're dying to go see - it was a perfect opportunity for us to fantasize about being in Goa. S and I went to go take pictures in front of the church and we both forgot to take sweaters and literally froze (well really metaphorically). We wanted to go inside and check it out, but there was a service (I think that's the right word) going on, so we didn't want to disturb people. Oh and it was actually taking place in Portuguese, it sounded beautiful. We did get to peek through the doors and it looked spectacular - hopefully we can go back soon and visit inside.

J

*A state on the western coast of India; capital, Panaji. Formerly a Portuguese territory, it was seized by India in 1961 and made a state in 1987.

Wind in my hair.

Sweater: Free People ($90), Shorts: H&M($15), Wedges: Jessica Simpson($90), Bracelet: TJ Maxx($20), Rings: Forever 21($3-$6), Sunglasses: DKNY($30)

When taking pictures for the blog, we usually avoid the bright sun - meaning pretty much the whole day until after 6 nowadays. Why? The light is too harsh, which makes editing photos a bitch and it causes the 'the squinty face.' But, yesterday we had to go to Palo Alto for something so we decided to stop by at The Baylands (largest area of undisturbed marshland remaining in the San Francisco Bay). It's beautiful there and it's possibly the best to place to bird watch in the the Bay Area. 

We drove all the way to the end, parked, and walked on a bridge to get to a place that sorta makes you feel like you're in the middle of nowhere, we felt pretty awesome until we got to the end. Holy mother of S! (J's words because I asked why is it that only god has a holy mother?) It was WINDY! Like, I bet Chicago hasn't seen wind like this - things, specifically shoe boxes and sunglasses, were about to fall in the water. J almost fell off of that bench and it was so cold, we both had goosebumps the whole time. It was the hardest I've ever had to work at taking pictures. In some pictures you can tell J has 'the squinty face' even with sunglasses, but I was impressed because she got it be relaxed for most of them. My models are totally getting professional! 

Oh and you saw the picture of that sign (Why is it so windy here?). Right when we entered that square we asked the same question and thanks to the city of Palo Alto, had an answer just as we turned. In case you were wondering as well. :)


S

California Dreamin.

Dress: Target($16), Shoes: Michael Kors(Thrifted - $36), Jewelry: Forever 21($5-$8)

There are flowers everywhere right now and it just looks beautiful, so we couldn't pass up using the white roses in my front yard to take some pictures. It was the same day we shot for the previous post, so when we saw the long grass at the location coupled with the beautiful sunset - voilà, a second set emerged. It was hilarious taking the 'peek-a-boo' pictures, we couldn't stop laughing and as always garnering weird looks from people passing by - the joys of being a blogger. 

S