oh summer here we come!

Image via Dell and Moxie.

Many may have guessed (in my absence) that our little baby has made her way into the world. That’s right, I said “her”. Aya Jean was born on Tuesday April 24th.  Her birth was lovely as can be and I am very glad we kept things 100% natural, no interventions.  The past 2 weeks have flown by.  It is true what they say; no sleep, no time to eat, feeding around the clock, and diaper changes every couple hours.  It is a lot of work.  So no time for blogging these days, but I will get things up and running soon.  Just need some time to adjust to becoming a mother and recovering.

Sleeping peacefully after an outside outing in her first hoodie.

My wonderful friend, Ms. Eva, took some pretty amazing shots of the baby shower I had a few weeks ago.  As promised, here are a few images from that lovely day. Thanks to all my great friends who gathered to celebrate the life of our new baby.  I can’t thank you enough for making it so special.

Making baby’s first book.

I am so envious of people who are wearing shorts already!  Living in the Northwest, means some time before we can pull out our shorties.  Here some awesome short looks I am loving for this Summer.

Image via Knigthcat.

Queen Ann Shorts available at Need Supply.

Printed.  Available at Zara.

More printed.  Available at SSENSE.

Rompers!  Isabel Marant Enry Romper available at La Garconne.

Texture!  Tweed shorts by Carven.  Available at SSENSE.

With the clouds parting ways and the sunshine beginning to beam, it is that time of year where I begin to  look for a new pair of summer shoes.  I am not a huge sandal fan, so I look for something a little more substantial.   I am loving the new Heart LR line by Loeffler Randall.

I just recently received these beauties and I am so excited to get to wearing them.  These shoes run small, so if you do order a pair, I recommend in sizing up a full size.

Lotte Knot Clog in Coral.

Here are some other styles on their website that caught my eye.

Inge Ankle Wrap Clog

Love it in the bright yellow!

Selima Plank Sandal in Nude.  The yellow accent is amazing on this one.

Went for a little Renaissance/ Bohemian vibe today.  As I have mentioned, not much fits me these days.  Anything over-sized or “spandexy” has been my go to.  Today, I was in need of more than just stretch pants.

I picked up this over-sized dress at Buffalo Exchange in the beginning of my pregnancy knowing that it was something I could grow into. It is working out perfect now that I am 38 weeks and ready to welcome our little baby into the world any day now.   To dress it it up, I wore the dress with my Diesel booties, and a vintage camel blazer.  Hope everyone’s week is off to a great sunny start!

Why does mint green look so good these days.

Image via Tuula.

Image via Tuula.

Image via Drops of Jupiter.

It is has been becoming more difficult to get personal style photos up theses days.  So I apologize that posts have been slow coming.  Since I am anti-maternity clothes, working with what I have in my closet has becoming more and more of a creative task.  There is only so much you can do with a pair of leggings.  You know what I mean?   For the clothing items I pick up here and there, I make sure that I can wear them during the pregnancy and post pregnancy.  I tell you what, you have to get imaginative and resourceful.

I am now almost at 37 weeks, which is full term!  I am getting super excited to welcome our little baby in the world.  It is so crazy to think we could be having our little baby at anytime between now and the end of the month.  Maybe even into May if I go over the due date.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

I picked up this red/white marled woven jacket at a vintage shop the other day.  The jacket is embellished with gold buttons, which flashes things up a bit.  I cannot button it now, but will be able to after the little baby.  So there you have it, something to throw on now while major pregs and a cute little button-up jacket to wear after too.

“Crazy cat lady” style is hitting hard.

Images via Trendland.

My lovely friends threw me an awesome baby shower over the weekend, so I thought I would share a few of the pics.  It was so fun to see my ladies, eat some yummy food, and just get out of the house.  Only 5 weeks left until the due date.  We are getting super excited!!  

I bought this little vintage dress from Black Pyramid for the baby shower that I thought would work perfectly for prego days and after prego days.  The dress was originally down past my knees, but I hemmed it up nice an short.  Turned out perfect!  It was raining out, so I had to take some pics inside my little apartment.

Not only is her style totally bad ass, but the tomato red with the brown leather against a sky blue background is an amazing combo.

Image via Studded Hearts.

Red Shoes. Need I say more.

Via Anthropologie.

I loved mixed florals.

Image via Tuula.

MSGM Pre Fall 2012.

Give us a sunny day in Portland and mu-mu’s and Hawaiian prints is how we roll in my family.

Wearing mumu found at local import store.  The print is to good to be true.  The fit is perfect for a 33 week pregnant lady. So comfortable!

The Mr. looking handsome as usual.  Love his Hawaiian print hat and pale yellow Vans.

Dolce and Gabbana taking back  the Baroque period , but with a modern twist.  The use of needle point is what caught my eye.  I am loving the floral interpretation on dresses, bloomers, and tops. So romantic.  Looooove it.

I threw a pastel post out there back in January, but with Spring around the corner I am pounding the topic in hard.  I just love the light, soft colors paired with the unexpected to give these whimsy colors a more hard edge.  These ladies are wearing pastels right.  Take note.

Fashion blogger Cheralee for Refinery 29.

Record label owner Caroline de Maigret for Madewell.

3.1 Phillip Lim Spring 2012 runway.

With only have a little under 2 months to go until arrival of baby; the excitement is rising!  We are starting to prepare a space for baby in on our one bedroom apartment, so there is a lot of organizing to be done.  But it has been fun moving things around and adding new touches here and there.

Oh how I long for summer.  I know we still have some months to go until summer, but I have the sunshine itch bad.  I daydream about the day we can head to the lake, camp, and bask in the sun.  Lucky for me, we had a lovely day of sunshine in the cold weather mix which gave me a little recharge.

My good friend, Kate, passed down this cute vintage maternity top to me.  It was a perfect, sun-shiny day to wear it out.  Wearing vintage top, J. Crew Jackie cardigan, leggings, and ballet flats.

Images via Knightcat.

Image via Vanessa Jackman.

Image via Missmossblog.tumblr.

Went for some classic military inspiration today.  Denim and army green is one of my favorite all time classic combos.  I have had this dress for some time and it wears perfectly for a baby bump.  In my opinion, throw a denim jacket over anything and it will look good.  Hope everyone is having a great week!

I may be jumping the gun on sunglasses for the upcoming summer (still have a ways to go up here in the Northwest), but I figured why the hell not.  Here are some lovely frames I would love to get my hands on to welcome the warm rays to come.

Karen Walker Anytime.

Karen Walker Harvest.

Super Panama

Raen Flowers

This weekend I scored the best deal on this awesome black dress from Una.  There was a little sale over the weekend featuring some of my favorite Portland boutiques.  The dress is perfect for my baby belly and to also be worn after.  That is the way to shop maternity ladies.  I love the quilted detail at the armholes and shoulders.  It makes this little black dress more special.

P.S. for those inquiring minds,  I am now 30 weeks!

Wearing Pendleton shawl, vintage Levi’s, vintage denim jacket, stripe sweater, and vintage cowboy boots.  Heidi’s amazing porcupine quill earrings are made by herself.  She sells all her jewelry at Honeyfox Jewelry on Etsy. Click here for the link.

Here are a few loves of the week.

This top worn by fashiontoast.

These Loeffler Randall  x NAHM FW12 shoe collaboration.

This Celine clutch.

Red and White.  Image via Tuula.

This outfit.

Two tone.

So final trimester here I come.  What that means is the bigger baby and I get!  Throwing together outfits is getting a little bit more difficult with all this growing.  Comfort is key.  Today I went for all out, straight comfort.  I guess you could say “lodgy-pajama style”.  At the moment, stretch pants are my best friend.  Since I was getting board of just solid old black stretch pants, I went for these striped long-john looking ones.  I think they are made for pajamas, but I wore then out in public any way.  I needed some pattern people!

Wearing Levi’s sweater, AA men’s button- up, striped leggings from Alder & Co., J. Crew camp socks, and Rachel Comey boots.

I am currently down in Southern California enjoying a little sunshine!  My family threw me a beautiful baby shower over the weekend too.  I wore a thrifted over size top, which I turned into a dress.  It is was a faded mint color which I love. Paired with black tights, Rachel Comey boots, and some old necklaces I saved from High School.  I was head to toe in non-maternity gear at 28 weeks!

My lovely mother and I.

My good friend, Kim, made the most AMAZING cupcakes.  Not only did she make regular and gluten free cupcakes, but she did all the little monkey carvings by hand.  They were soooooo yummy!

I have been liking the whole leopard jean thing.  My favorite are the pastel ones from Current/Elliot (see down below).  Since I will not be buying jeans for awhile, I will just admire these bad-ass pants from afar.

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Image via Oracle Fox.

Available on Shopbop.

Wearing blouse I found in Taipei, David Lerner leggings (the best black leggings!), sunglasses by Spitfire, beaded fringe earrings by Honeyfox, and Rachel Comey boots.

Ok. I need this dress worn by Poppy Delevigne.  It is by Christopher Kane.

Image via ilovewildfox.

Image via milakeln.

I just came across the website Of a Kind where you are introduced to new designers and their craft.  Each week the site features an upcoming designer and their unique product (which is for sale on the site).  It is pretty awesome.

Go check it out here and be the first to get our hands on some one-of-a-kind unique pieces.  Here is a quick looksy on some of their featured products.

Simple suede pouch by Baggu.

Leather bow cuff by Gabriela Artigas.

Cuff by Dream Collective.

Wearing vintage stripe top, J.Crew Cashmere Boyfriend Cardigan, James Jeans, vintage boots, Beanie by Coal, and Ray-Ban sunglasses.

Remember the MTV show “My So Called Life”?  How good was that show?  I was so excited the other day when it popped up on my Netflix “Watch Instantly”.  Feeling under the weather this weekend, I curled up on the couch and watched a few episodes.  Oh the 90′s.  Such a funny time.  Scrunchies,  baby doll dresses, scrunched socks, and the list goes on.

In the pilot episode, Rayanne wore a cropped bra top, high-waisted denim jeans (the 80′s kind) with a flannel thrown over it.  It looked pretty awesome.  So it got me thinking, I bet crop tops will be making their way into the summer wardrobes of young ladies all around this coming season. What I see as a an upcoming trend for this summer are tailored cropped tops.  Not cut off shirts, but more a more fitted and shaped crop tops like this one worn by Hanneli during Paris fashion week.

Today I took a bit of inspiration from the 1990′s High School days, but made it more modern for my personal style of the 2000′s.

Baby Bump poking out at 25 weeks.

Wearing thrifted marled knit sweater, skirt I found at night market in Taipei, Nordstrom Cloche, sunglasses by RAEN, and Frye boots.