Summer (Smartypants) Style

I can't tell you how HAPPY I am that summer is finally here in Portland! I am LOVING the sunshine so much I decided to celebrate in Smartypants Style! This is probably one of my favorite outfits this summer and I like to change it up by wearing a green or pink tank top (instead of red).

Outfit Details:
• Tie-Dye Tank Top - Camp Smartypants
• Skort - Free People
• God's Eye & Scout Feather Necklaces - Camp Smartypants
• Bracelet - Unknown (I've had this since high school and don't remember where I got it)
• Mood Ring - Fuego
• Flower Crown - Handmade by me


FYI:
All Tie-Dye Raceback Tanks in my shop will be ON SALE starting this Friday, July 20th! Enter the coupon code: HURRAY4SUMMER and receive 30% off any tank top!


ALSO:
Stay tuned for tomorrow when I share a DIY on how I made my flower crown!

Faerie-nspiration #3

Come away, O human child!

To the waters and the wild

With a faery hand in hand,

For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.

~William Butler Yeats, "The Stolen Child"

Souces left to right: Emily Balivet, Bionic Unicorn, eyesaglow, 1920's Evening Cape, alonewolverine, fragmented-blue, uoa, fletchingarrows

A Fairy Dress

I've had this patchwork silk skirt since I was in high school (I used to wear it when I took bellydance classes). Nowadays it's tattered and torn and packed away in a box. But the fairies helped me dig it out and transform it into a fairy dress perfect for wearing to Faerieworlds.

As a thank you, I created a little fairy shrine in a little empty space next to my porch for the fairies to play...

Faerie-nspiration #2

Each fairy breath of summer, as it blows with loveliness, inspires the blushing rose.  ~Author Unknown

Sources left to right: paperforests, infinite-fashion, kaleidoscopicmindz, shae detar, unknown, browneyedbellejulie, iwastesomuchtime. 

Free Spirit Friday

Source clockwise: butterflieswhispertodeath, alexandraintheforest, “Let’s Make Art” by Marco Angeles

My weekend to-do list:

Finish making my fairy wings

Make a fairy dress

Tidy up my garden

Make kale chips (from the garden)

Draw

Peace, Rachel

My Bedroom

Summer cleaning. Reorganizing. Brainstorming. Crafting. Reading. Day Dreaming. 

Faerieworld Inspiration

I can't believe July is already here. With summer officially underway it's time for me to start getting excited about Faerieworlds 2012. What is that you ask? It's a three day festival in Eugene, Oregon that celebrates faeries with music, hippie organic food, and creative faerie costumes! The festival starts July 29th and this will be my first year attending. I've joked/talked about going to Faerieworlds for years (I totally went through a fairy phase when I was little and still love the idea of fairies) and am so excited to finally go this year especially because Donovan will be performing! 

Costumes are a huge aspect of this festival. Everyone dresses up in elaborate costumes! I've been collecting inspiration for mine for a while now and am finally beginning to put some things together (I will have photos to share soon). Because I've collected so much inspiration (via Pinterest and Tumblr), I thought it would be fun to create some fairy themed mood boards to share throughout the month of July. Hope you enjoy the first faerie-nspiration! 

1. sophistik8ed.tumblr.com 2. Unkown 3. falseeyelashesinfo.com 4. 2headedsnake 5. vintageisforlovers.com 6. Unkown 7. astreamof-consciousness 8. cosmicamerican

(Sources left to right, top to bottom)