paris in film

after seeing my lomo prints, it made me want to look back through all of my old photographs & scrapbooks. I came across all the black & white photos that I took when I visited paris back in college. it was my first time abroad & was an incredible experience that I will never forget. I caught the travel bug while I was over there & have yet to get rid of it!

kara's vintage collection: sunglasses

lomography prints

remember back in the day, before digital, when our cameras only took film? you would load your camera with film & then take pictures sparingly, not wanting to "waste" it on a shot that wasn't perfect. then, months later, you'd turn the film into walgreens & wait patiently for like a week until it came back from being processed. looking through the photos (you always got doubles, just in case!) was like christmas morning, seeing pictures you had totally forgotten you'd taken.

digital is so instant, it takes away that element of fun & surprise like you get with film. so I was excited when my sis bought me a lomography fisheye camera. I loaded it up with film & took a photo every now and again. well it's been over a year & I finally used up the film last week. I loved looking through all of the photos. I didn't even remember taking this camera to puerto rico!

{bike ride around town}

{one of our favorite couples, bob & reba, on the beach}

{bike ride to our favorite local ice cream shop, the dreamette. the chocolate-dipped cones are amazing!}

{I totally forgot I had taken the lomo to puerto rico!}

{puerto rican flowers}

{me & reba at the beach on our cruisers}

kara's vintage collection: heels

a word from my sister:

when I was a little girl, I would stomp around the house in my mama's heels, pretending I was a grown-up. to this day, I still have a thing for vintage heels. my feet are small, so they always fit me perfectly. plus, they are just so classic-looking & go with anything in my closet.

wedding at the tpc

here are some photos from the wedding we attended this past weekend. everything was gorgeous- the weather, the flowers, the food, the bride. and to top it off, michael jackson was at the top of the dj playlist. can't get much better than that.

staycation, all I ever wanted

this weekend some friends kindly let us borrow their condo in ponte vedra beach for a little "staycation". we had such a wonderful, relaxing time. we went to all our favorite beach restaurants, took walks on the beach & got some sun & went to a fun wedding at the tpc in sawgrass. here are a few photos from the weekend.

{friday night dinner & margaritas at tacolu baja mexicana}

{breakfast on the water at barbara jean's}

{searching for shark's teeth}

{a gorgeous outdoor wedding}

black & white irish cream cupcakes

a little belated, but I thought I'd share with you these black & white irish cream cupcakes that I made yesterday for st. patty's day. I used this recipe for the cupcake & the cream icing & magnolia's recipe for chocolate buttercream icing. they turned out really delicious, with just a hint of the liqueur. have a great weekend!