Subterranean

 

Monday being one of our first full days off together in quite a while, my husband and I made the totally crazy decision to go on an hours-long hike in the 20 degree weather. Cold as we were, I was so glad we did. We ended up checking out some gorgeous local caves.

 

 

 

 Both caves were beautiful and the darkness gave us quite a challenge to shoot in. I could have probably spent all day hanging out in the dark there, listening to the sounds of underground waterways. The water in the main area had frozen into beautiful star-like formations with dagger points crisscrossing in all directions. It was certainly the most unique nature walk yet.

Rock Steady

  Outfit Details

Hat \\ Old Navy

Blouse \\ Vintage, Estate Sale

Belt \\ Vintage, Estate Sale

Skirt \\ Target

Tights \\ Sock Dreams

Shoes \\ Modcloth

Glasses \\ Coastal

Yesterday Michael and I discovered a new park which turned out to be the most amazing place we've yet found. It has everything you could want! High, rocky cliffs to explore, both at the top and the bottom, a river, forests, and lovely walking bridges! We just happened to stop there for some outfit pictures and ended up exploring for almost an hour and a half, up until it became too dark. We loved it so much we're planning to spend the whole day exploring there today.

I've had a very lucky streak lately, actually. These glasses arrived from Coastal (I got them as a part of their first-pair-free deal) and looked so much cuter than my other glasses! I just couldn't get used to those big round frames, they didn't quite feel like me. These however fit me perfectly. I followed that lucky buy up with a chance stop at an estate sale that yielded this gorgeous blouse as well as this perfectly mod looking velvet belt. I also scored one in my current obsession color, forest green! I hope by reading this some of my luck will rub off on you! <3

New Banner!

I'm so excited to get to debut my new banner and accents created by Kathryn of Kitsune-kun!

 How gorgeous did they turn out?! She was a joy to work with and managed to totally nail what I was looking for and incorporated all the elements I wanted. I've admired her blog for a very long time so when I found out she did blog design I was thrilled! In case I haven't convinced you yet, here are some more of her lovely illustrations.

 From Kitsune-kun

So again, thank you so much Kathryn!

Buttercup, Baby

 This lovely vintage dress is a very recent antique store find! I fell in love with the color and print even though I wasn't sure it was my size (no dressing rooms in this antique store!) and lo and behold it fits like a glove! I'd like to do a few alterations to the top of the dress to make it a bit more current, but for now this sweater I thrifted a while back does the job very nicely. It was perfect for a bit of winter frolicking (or looking like I was frolicking even though I was freezing my patootie off!)

See you soon <3

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Inspiration :: Morbid and Beautiful

treasure hider

Victorian hair locket, via prettyimpracticals

 

Victorian headless photography, via Laughing Squid

BioDivLibrary

Indiana Historical Society

Coin Operated Morgue, via Morbid Anatomy

 Find more daily inspiration like this at my tumblr.

See you soon <3

Colors of the Earth

 

 

 

 

 

 

This sweater dress was a recent thrifting find. Extremely comfortable, like-new shape, and in my current favorite color (beautiful forest green) meant I couldn't wait to buy it and wear it. I always feel very at home in Earth tones, so it's pretty easy to build an outfit around them.

I'm also trying out these new glasses that I got from Firmoo.com. I've never had any frames in this sort of style before, so even though I love the look of them I'm pretty unsure about whether or not they work for my face. What do you think?

I'm going antiquing today and there's a special piece that I've got my eye on to add to my collection...May the antiquing forces be with me!

See you soon! <3