Fifteen Favorites on Friday v6

1. This 1920s silk tea stained dress from Allen Company Inc on etsy is so lovely!

2. These felt toadstool mushroom butterfly toppers from Royal Mint on etsy are just too adorable!

3. I am so impressed by these amazing sketches on styrofoam coffee cups by Cheeming Booey. I discovered these via Artist a Day.

4. These photos of Brinny from Not Without Incident's trip to China are absolutely stunning! I'm so jealous. I hope I get to go someday!

5. I know I keep putting Karla from Karla's Closet on these lists, but I mean, she always looks incredible, check out this lovely dress!

6. Veronika of Tick Tock Vintage is one of my favorite personal style bloggers, and check out these incredible wedges she got for such a steal on ebay!

 

7. These gorgeous photos from Alix of The Cherry Blossom Girl of her time at the Carnival of Versailles are so dreamy and this event sounds so magical.

8. Kaylah of the Dainty Squid always posts the cutest pictures of her kitties like these with Doctor Octopus dressed up like a police officer AND have you seen her new purple hair!? It's beautiful.

9. Check out this awesome mat dress DIY from A Pair and a Space. The result is just so adorable, and I think I've found a new favorite blog!

10. I really want to try this recycled leather zipper pouch tutorial by Chaplin of Mini Penny.

11. I love this photo from Jak and Jil of these men in suits with tattoos peeking out.

12. I adore this outfit and that amazing necklace that Emily of Cupcakes and Cashmere is wearing in these photos.

13. These are such incredible pencil sculptures by Dalton Ghetti I discovered via Honestly...WTF.

14. These are incredible pieces of artwork by artist Meg Adamson I discovered via Design Sponge.

15. I adore these lazercut and etched from wood brooches from Kirbee Lawler and sold in her etsy shop. I discovered these via Amanda of Here Comes the Sun.

Sweet Darling

what i wore: Garren heels from Blowfish Shoes, Sweet Darling dress from Modcloth, knuckle ring and earrings from Forever 21, and green crystals ring from Vitae Design Collective.

These photos were taken a few days ago, before my foot injury and they will be the last set of photos where you'll see me in any type of heel or wedge for about 3 weeks to a month! Just a heads up! I adore this dress, but it was a bad decision wearing long sleeves in this heat. It was worth it though because these pictures look fabulous! Look out for my next local spotlight post on Sunday, we shot the photos are this location!

Anyways, I've been basically just watching documentaries on Netflix and finally for the first time watching Star Wars, we just finished up Return of the Jedi last night. I can't believe I've never watched these, I actually really like these movies.

Hope you all have a wonderful Thursday!

The jump

what i wore: gray dress with vertical stripes from Gilt, brown heart detail belt and vintage Dooney & Bourke bag thrifted, Beacher wedges in black roughout canvas courtesy of Blowfish, and Monroe cat-eye sunnies in black/smoke from OC Shades

I sprained both of my feet jumping off this ledge. I know, it sounds crazy right? You can see the jump and landing that caused these sprains in my post. I blame myself, though because I should not have even tried!

At least these pictures turned out pretty well. I did a spotlight shoot today with a very amazing artist named Rayna, and I cannot wait to show some of her work, interview, and shoot with you all! I'm very sad that we had to cut the day short, but I look forward to exploring more with her. We found some awesome locations! I love this little ledge with all these vines on this building downtown, I would still do more shoots here, and the graffiti wall was Rayna's idea, and it makes for a very interesting background!


Does this Gilt dress look familiar? I've worn it here and here.


I'm glad I still have some outfit posts lined up. I will be resting for the next few days. Oh, also I got a new nose ring and got the other side of my nose pierced! I'm excited about it. I'll have close up pictures at some point!

Oh, congratulations to Joey for winning my Whimsical Poppysmic giveaway!

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Congee with a special side

So, congee (aka jook) is basically rice that is cooked in large amounts of water to soften it and has the consistency of porridge. In many Asian cultures, congee is both a breakfast dish and can also be eaten when sick and a type of medicine. There are many different ways you can make it, and my mom loves to make it in a slow cooker.

Usually I love to eat congee with youtiao, we didn't have any available, so my dad decided to make this easy side dish to go with it. Basically, all you do is make a mixture of a little melted butter and eggs, and you cut each slice of bread (we usually just use wheat) into four pieces. Then just dip them in a mixture, evenly coating both sides, and put them on a skillet with a little melted butter or cooking spray so the bread and mixture don't stick to the pan! Cook them on medium heat until they turn golden brown, and flip them, of course! Repeat this as many times as you have to, depending on how much bread you want to use! Add some soy sauce to your congee and enjoy!

I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday!