Saturday, October 29, 2011

Guavaween 2011 makes it easy to visit Ybor City consignment shops

"When it comes to eclectic fashion, Ybor City on any given day has most average American towns, and even many of the larger cities, beaten by a landslide. There is an edginess to the fashion sported by local residents, and this distinction is part of the culture of the world famous port neighborhood in Tampa, Florida. The unique climate and rich history of Ybor City create an environment..."

Jump over to my Tampa Consignment Fashion Examiner page to read the rest!

Happy Halloween weekend!

xoxo,
Justine

Monday, October 24, 2011

DIY Crafts: Use photographs to create personalized works of art

New blog post up at iCraft.ca Perfect for home decor inspiration. Use some of my photos as inspiration, as well [or just go order some of them at Amor Fati Photography]


Holiday Wall Art [Pumpkin Patch]



Locally Inspired [Tampa, Fl]


Through the Looking Glass [Grow the Vines]



Winter Wonderland [In the Foothills]


Single-Malt Study [Art for the Mancave]

xoxo,

Justine

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Thursday, October 13, 2011

London, Revisited

Beginning the arduous process of weeding old and duplicate photo files off of my trusty old Mac. Challenge? Huge. I tend to create more than one sub-folder or album, or a folder-within-a-folder, or some other such nonsense. So the task is a large one, which means, naturally, that I am procrastinating it. Case in point? The first set of photos I ever uploaded to this laptop was back in March '08, when it was shiny and new and right after I came back from a 10-day trip to London and Amsterdam. I present to you, not a highly streamlined and redundancy-free iPhoto--yet--but the newly tweaked handful of my favorite images from the trip. There are a few previews below to entice you.






You can view the public album here on G+, or here on FB.

Enjoy!

xoxo
Justine

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

2011 Halloween Party Guide –Six Tricks (and Treats!) to Bring Handmade Back to Halloween

New DIY, handmade, tricks-and-treats post up at iCraft!

Happy Haunting, bloggers!

xoxo
Justine

Tampa's new Consignment Fashion Examiner

Check out my newest gig as I write about Consignment Fashion in Tampa for Examiner.com!


First up: a few simple tips to ease your way into the daunting task that is consignment shopping.

Five Great Ways to Miss the Mark in Consignment Fashion


Read, comment, click, share, enjoy, and come back soon for more!


My amazing, favorite of favorite items from a consignment store: $4 Elephant earrings. they pair PERFECTLY with my gold-plated unicorn stud earrings from childhood! And with everything else, for that matter.

xoxo
J

Sunday, October 9, 2011

A link, a link!

http://paper.li/stpetebch/1316889095
St Pete Beach Daily

I get excited when my work is picked up and noticed! :) :)

"Last Days of Summer" at St. Pete Beach. Technically, Clearwater, but hey, if they want to post it, I'm not complaining :)

Off to eat dinner! A quarter-turned filet, caesar salad, and asparagus. Yes, it's 10:51 in the evening. AT LEAST I"M NOT EATING BAGEL BITES.

xoxo,
J

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Flights of Fancy.




An oft-photographed ceiling- in the one and only Bellagio Las Vegas. These whimsical umbrellas float above enormous potted plants near a sweeping staircase and ten foot tall windows, which offer a view of the famous Bellagio fountain show. Inside, a line of designer stores flank the marbled hallways of a place so full of grandeur that one can not even do it the injustice of calling it a mere building. The only hiccup in the dream is the cognitive dissonance between the beauty around you and the humanity before you. But for this moment, we dream.

[Taken with an iPhone]

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

#Wildlife Wednesday on G+

I'm sharing my wildlife Wednesday post for Google Plus today! Enjoy.



This was captured this spring in San Simeon Bay, along beautiful rocky coastal stretches of the PCH in Northern California wine country. It is only a few miles from the famous Hearst Castle. The coves around San Simeon are breathtakingly picturesque. On a road trip down to San Clemente from San Francisco, I stopped at a deserted lookout spot to take in the view. I quickly found a steep but short incline that led down to a cove beach and scampered down it in my spring dress and flats. There was not a soul in sight, and the mountains and rocks and ocean and trees and birds and beach were all around you, everywhere, and the road above you was out of sight and instantly out of mind. It was just you, wandering into the Land Before Time.

It was one of the most beautiful places I have ever been, made all the more so by the innocent "stumble-upon" discovery. We snapped photos, took off our shoes, dipped a bold toe into the freezing surf. And while we were soaking up the scene, this friendly and curious otter made his way toward the shore, watching inquisitively as I snapped away and indulged his Boy Scout roots by hunting for rocks along the coastline. The otter didn't come any closer, but he hung around for a few minutes while some friends of his lingered by a rock strewn with moss and scattered with seagulls. The crashing waves, the effervescent blue, and the little head popping out of the water all take me back to the feel of that beach: crunchy, cold Pacific coast sand beneath my toes, my Nikon in my hand, and a sense of wonder at everything around me.