Spring Collection is finally up... at least part of it!

I am slowly working on getting all the spring items I've managed to photograph listed on my Etsy page tonight.  It will probably take me until 5am but it's ok - I'm so excited to finally get it up I don't mind staying up late.
This spring I decided to work mainly with pinks, purples and greens.  Last week I was lucky enough to have VintageblossomsbyMB offer some floral accessories to use in my photographs!  I was so excited to work with her since I'm in love with her shop but I had no idea how lucky I was since I didn't realize just how un-spring-like it is in south Florida at this time of year.  I'm originally from Orlando and the foliage is completely different.  I'm living in the Naples/Fort Myers area which is considered to have a tropical climate - but it's also just outside of the Everglades so it's very swampy.
Finding a location with flowers for my spring collection was almost impossible.  But both models I worked with Carissa Miller and Sarah Wallace were amazing! 

In the end everything worked out!  I have a bunch more items to photograph and will probably list the second part of my spring line in two weeks.  Here are some of my favorite pics:

Retro Indie Market

Last weekend I participated in Retro Indie Market in Boynton Beach, FL.  It was amazing - I'm sorry to get around to posting this so late but I forgot to bring my camera and had to snag a few pics from their facebook page - I hope they don't mind.  Many of the pics in this post were taken by Starry Night Photography.

I was hoping to go with my cousin who just moved to Miami from Venezuela.  But she had to cancel and I ended up dragging my boyfriend John - who I don't thing was super excited to come at first because he had a ton of studying to do.  At the beginning of our day I really expected everything to be a disaster since I had originally expected to stay with my cousins in Miami overnight. Instead I had to wake up at 5:30am to pack up my car and drive three hours with only three hours of sleep.

At some point during the set-up I left the building to get stuff from the car.  When I came back I noticed a really crazy vibe.  Turns out the minute I left two of the vendors next to us got in a heated argument.  It looks like they solved the problem - but you could still feel the bad energy.  Lucky for us we quickly realized our neighbors behind us were Andrea and Paul from PaperSparrow.

I'd met both of them at a co-op we were both members of in Orlando but I'd never actually had the chance to sit down and talk with them.  They ended up being the coolest neighbors!  I really think the best part about participating in these craft shows is all of the people you meet!

My other nice neighbors Tiffany from Pumpkin Pye Boutique and Amy Lapi  were really sweet girls too.  Amy was wearing the cutest skirt - although I don't think I got a chance to compliment her on her outfit.

Pumpkin Pye Boutique

Ami Lapi

One of my favorite things about this show was the abundance of great food!  The cupcakes by House of Sweets Bakery were incredibly yummy!  The icing tasted a lot like Magnolia Bakery in NYC.  Toward the end of the day I started getting kind of hot and realized just a few booths from me was a popsicle vendor - FeverPopShop.  I picked up a mango popsicle and found out their popsicles are organic, local and with no artifical sweetners!  What more could I ask for?  Almost makes me want to move to Miami.

House of Sweets Bakery

FeverPops

In the end the event was a complete hit!  I met tons of people - both customers and fellow artisans.  The organizers couldn't have done a better job.  I even met a few boutique owners.  I'll be participating in another show on April 9th - Odd Duck Bazaar in Fort Lauderdale.

The Parking Lot Movie

The Parking Lot Movie



Last week I was browsing through netflix to find something to watch.  I'm really into documentaries and when I saw this I thought it would be interesting since my boyfriend use to work in a parking lot
when we lived in Charlottesville, VA.  I seriously almost fell of my chair when I reallized this documentary was about the actual parking lot where John worked!  I spent so many hours of my life
hanging out at the parking lot playing dominoes and eating vegan pizzas from the College Inn Restaurant.  It also brought back a ton of old memories - especially when we saw a few of our old friends
in the movie.

I've had a bunch of non-Virginia friends watch this movie and they all loved it.  If you see it let me know what you think!

It's available for instant streaming on Netflix

Here's the official movie website Theparkinglotmovie.com