4th of July Weekend Means Creepy Dead People and Beaches, Apparently

Happy belated 4th! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. In Newburyport it was sunny and hot and lovely, and the boy I've been seeing flew in to visit me! We spent the weekend exploring Salem, MA and being creeped out by insanely realistic mannequins depicting dead people, visiting the beach, playing at an arcade, and of course watching fireworks and eating lots of fried clams and ice cream! Here are some pictures:


The creepy mannequins. We visited three museums in Salem and I was terrified by each one of them!

Mmmmm fried clams and spinach with bacon nomnomnom

I know, we are obnoxiously cute!

Ahh, summer.

Outfit Post: Kansas City, MO

I got back yesterday from my trip to Kansas City to visit the boyfriend! We had a lot of fun doing things that involved giant dinosaurs, magical carriage rides, and lots of shopping and sillyness - more on that later. Here are some of the outfits I wore on the trip.




jacket: moschino via flea market
white lace cami: pitaya
skirt: forever 21 via wiwt_sales
moccasins: same seller as skirt on wiwt_sales (thanks!)
belt,necklace: vintage via flea market


White Embroidered Linen Jacket: Neiman Marcus via Flea Market
Skirt: American Apparel
Interlocking giant gold frogs necklace: vintage via flea market (great find)
Gladiator sandals: TJ Maxx


Jacket: Moschino via flea market
Cream raglan pullover: american apparel
Dark wash high waisted skinnies: Banana Republic factory outlet (only $20!)
Moccasins: wiwt_sales


Jacket, lace cami, and frog belt same as above.
PVC/Vinyl Skirt: flea market!
Wedges: Sears
Beaded necklace: flea market

A preview of what we did (detailed write ups and an attraction guide to come)


We ate with dinosaurs

rode in a magical carraige

shopped (bestey johnson love!)

imitated mannequins in forever 21

and pretended to be fish.

New York City!

Lately my family has been experiencing some financial problems, so this summer I found a really well paying internship in an office working for a website. The only problem with this otherwise ideal job is that I work everyday until 5pm, leaving me with very little time for things like socializing and, sadly, my business. I've hardly had time to update my site, much less make jewelry, all summer. And with the new relationship I've begun, OmgLia.com has all but been pushed to the backburner. It makes me sad but I'm making more money at this job than I would be doing the site full time. Ah, well.

Anyway, turns out I'm not very cut out for office life. My stress levels have skyrocketed! So I decided to take a vacation last weekend and my wonderful father used his frequent flier miles to buy my boyfriend and I tickets to NYC. We stayed with my sister in Newark and did all kinds of awesome NYC things: we went to Hell's Kitchen Flea Market (I highly recommend it!) and got all manner of useless items (him) and accessories (me). He bought himself a pair of fake D&G sunglasses and a fake Rolex from a creepy street vendor, which made him the biggest, happiest dork ever. That's him modelling them over on the right! We saw a lot of art and went to the Museum of Modern Art, as my boyfriend is an artist. He was quite inspired by the $250,000 price tags on some gallery works. We picnicked in Central Park and stalked the elusive Naked Cowboy in Times Square, who we could not find. It was a really awesome trip and a wonderful break from the monotony of office life!

Now I'm getting ready for Forecastle Festival, a huge arts/music festival in Louisville and my biggest craft show yet! I'll be working my butt off all week, wish me luck!

Renegade Craft Fair

Did I mention that I took a road trip up to Chicago to see Renegade this past weekend? Here is what it looked like:

All the vendors were amazing, and there was still a surprising amount of traffic despite all the rain!
Speaking of traffic, we were stuck in it for 11 hours on the way back. It's a 4 hour drive, but all the highways were closed due to flooding. Ah, lengthy car rides with college mates I barely know. Gotta love it!
PS I applied for the Holiday fair, wish me luck!