Dress up model shoot

My beautiful and amazing German family came to visit me at my home in California! I hadn't seen them for almost two years, but nothing has changed except for Sofie is only an inch shorter than me... (she's twelve). Katharina (8) always loved trying on my clothes back when I was au pairng for them, and she had even more fun with my extensive closet that I have. So, naturally, we did a little photo shoot!

Nice use of my bikini.

This was my favorite outfit! I would totally wear this.

Ah, look at that face!

My little Sofie, who isn't so little anymore!

These girls have so much personality and are so much fun to be around again! I really missed my children! haha. I feel so lucky to have had such a great family take me in as their own.

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To all of my seven followers.... I so terribly sorry I have been MIA in like a month... BUT I have some really good photos to share with you all, I just have to stop being lazy and scan them! I am also thinking about revamping my blog and maybe gain some more followers? It's hard to do anything but lay by the pool though during these summer days... I am going to try harder now though! 

I hope you all are enjoying the freedom of summer days as much as I am. 

Bis dann... xx

Can't leave you without a photo... some delicious cornmeal waffles I made...

My favorite outfit of my mommy's....

Look how cute my little mama is in her J.Crew dress and my favorite necklace! This was her outfit for a wedding we went to in Sacramento last weekend.

I liked my outfit that day too. My dress is Merona brand from Target, but I got it for $6 from Goodwill :) I am really starting to love classic tailored dresses like that... must keep eye out for more....

Final collage project

This project was about anyone you had a relationship with, and to create something that has to do with that person. I picked my boyfriend, Zack, who really loves astronomy, cameras and longboarding. I didn't have any vision or idea of what I was going to do for this project prior to starting it. It all just came together as I went. That big half sphere symbolizing the night sky is made from paper mache. My favorite part of this is the mini telescope I built from cardboard and the photo collage of Zack in his WWII uniform. I had many prints of this photo in different shades, so I just cut and pasted different parts of the photo on top of another photo.

Box Project

For this project, our guidelines were only that it had to be in some sort of box. I used my new old suitcase and I think that's the best part of this piece. I found all those photos at Goodwill-- literally handfuls of them, and I wanted to do something special with this girl's lost memories. Another reason why I love photographs-- they keep our memories alive.

Sind sie sicher?... Text project

The back of the piece.

I am in love with this old photograph, so perfect in so many ways.

The 3Dness of my project.

One of my favorite projects of the semester in my collage class. The only requirement was to involve text in some way, so I collaged the back of the box with pages from an old dictionary and a map. The images are from postcards that I found at the Salvation Army-- such a good find! I wrote "Sind sie sicher" in red nail polish. I chose this German phrase because it has a dual meaning-- Are you sure? and Are you safe?

 and I love the duality of both of those.

Road trip to Hollywood, San Diego and Coronado part two

And here is San Diego and Coronado!

Fresh squeezed orange juice made from the oranges in the backyard... the nectar of the gods.

My papa's avocado trees

The birch aquarium in La Jolla... It was my favorite!! I loved looking at all the amazing sea life, really such fantastic creatures.

These were my favorite. Gorgeous jellyfish.

 My Nani (grandma) above and to the right when she was eleven. She was a beautiful woman, both inside and out, and I am honored to say that I look like her.

Guitar lessons

skulls

A picture perfect beach town house & cruiser.

Inside of the house... all doors lead to the garden

Road trip to Hollywood, San Diego and Coronado part one

Zack and I enjoyed a lovely week down in southern California, I am not one for many words, so I'll let the photos do most the talking--- er... writing? We stayed with friends and family in each city and they were all so hospitable and kind. I am so glad to know these amazing people!

RIP bugs

Good day Mr. Chaplin

So happy to see these prints here!!!

Zack and Rumi having fun on the chalkboard doors

We met up with Scott in Laguna!

Those were my favorite photos from Hollywood and Laguna... San Diego and Coronado coming up next!