Complemantary Colors.

                           


I feel like it’s starting to become old news for me to say that I like mixing colors. But let me just say it one more time, with feeling, I LOVE mixing colors. Exploring with different color combinations can really make an old piece shine like new again.


My new Favorite way to do colors is with the complementary colors. Here I use yellow and purples. It can also work with blue and orange and red and green. I know that a few things may be coming to mind with these pairings…sports, high school colors, Christmas. yuck! I too have the fear of looking like an obsessed sports or Christmas fan sometimes when doing this, but here is a little trick…try mixing different shades of the complementary colors.
Here I am wearing an obviously VERY purple skirt, but with the yellow and white striped shirt, not only is the yellow more of a pastel, but its also toned down with the shear chiffon and the white stripes.

Another color combo I am absolutely love is turquoise and coral. Its a nice was to do the blue orange with out being overly bright, and the colors are everywhere this summer, so it’s an easy combo to accomplish.






I did decide to style my outfit with ( what do ya know!) more colors! I promise that this wont be the only thing I talk about, but my next post will be obnoxious with a red, white and blue post. Whoops!
All Photos by Lindsey.

Summer Time. Show Time.

Tonight I am going to support Mike for the start of his tour with Empires in Pittsburgh. If anyone is in Pittsburgh they should go to The Smiling Moose tonight to see them. Since it's so incredibly hot today I opted for this 40's inspired romper (my roommates) from Forever 21. I love shows in the summer time and reasons to dress so summery!

What shows are you looking forward to and how do you like to dress as shows?

Mustard Stripes.

There is something about summer that makes me want to only wear dresses. Cute. New. Dresses. Lots of them. So that means I basically need to practice self control and not buy every dress I see. I may have splurged on a few here and there, like on this mustard striped dress I got from Forever 21.
It’s a perfect summer staple in my opinion. The structure of the shirt dress makes it not so girly and the colorful stripe was a perfect way to make it more appropriate for summer. Here I have it styled with neutral leathers in navy and brown to make the dress seem a little more masculine. It could be styled with a floral cardigan for a more quirky girly look too.





Photos by Lindsey.

Promise.

                        



This summer holds so much promise for me. Nothing too huge is happening, but I just have a really great feeling, ya know? The 330 Blogger collective already held an extremely successful clothing swap, I am going to Chicago in July with all of my good friends, and possibly Kelly’s Island, plenty of summer concerts, moving and of course spending time with friends and family.

I still have a full-time job, but since I don’t believe in summer classes, I am taking my free time for spending as much time with friends, family, and Mike. Mike just left to for a few days to Chicago to play a show with Empires, he will be back but leaves for tour next week. So we have been squeezing in as much “us” time as possible, and it really has been nice.

I also plan on spending as much time AS POSSIBLE with one of my best friends, Missy. She is moving to France in September to teach English for a year. So since I have basically seen her almost every day of the past 3 years(we live together) I am going to try to see her even more to get in all the friend time I can!

So this outfit post is kind of a kick off to a fun, promising summer! I figured a fun retro-inspired outfit would do the trick with my tied chiffon blouse and polka dot shorts(Forever 21), accessorized with striped cat-eye glasses(Wet Seal) and fuschia loafers(Target).






All Photos By Lindsey.

The 330 Clothing Swap

Hello! It feels pretty good to be back! I am sorry for the little break I took, but it was much needed after busting my ass this semester( straight A’s woop woop!). I have been taking a much needed break from things to enjoy the beginning of summer with friends and Mike since he leaves for tour next week.
During this nice little break, some fellow bloggers( Midwestern Muse, For the Birds and A Lovely Little Blog) and I held a public clothing swap for Akron and I must say it was better than I ever expected!
This was not like the average swaps that I’ve posted about before on here, it took a lot of time and energy preparing, counting and organizing clothes. The swap was held at a local hair Salon called MC Studio. The swap was held in 4 different time segments so we could keep traffic pretty even. There were also three different vendors, snacks and refreshments, raffles, and goodie bags! I also did styling for those who needed it and I worked along side this really awesome seamstress, Ryan Kosmach( Seriously, if you are in the area, go to her! She is based out of Stow).



























Over all I think the swap was a HUGE success! I had a lot of fun and it was really amazing to see the turn out. It was probably the cutest group of girls I’ve ever seen in a confined space! I really hope everyone enjoyed it as much as we did and I look forward to having one next year!

All Photos by Lindsey

Successful Swapping!

This past Sunday was the clothing swap and I have to say it was a HUGE success! Hopefully this can be an annual thing for Akron! There are so many pictures to go through for my main post, but her is a little sneak shot!

Stay tuned!!

All Photos By Lindsey

330 Swap Styling

330 clothing swap styling basics by jessiepea featuring flat shoes

Check out the styling post I did for our up coming clothing swap!