antigua via instagram.

last weekend my cousin finally decided to tie the knot. 

he made a good choice - not only in his choice of a wife...

but also the location for the nuptials. 

hello Antigua. 

my family loves a beach.

i always tell people that i never went anywhere cultural or educational growing up - 

because when it was time to get away and spend money on vacation - my family was headed towards a beach and hoping to use our brains as little as possible. 

and to this day ... that's the way i view a real getaway.

this was one of the best i've had in a long time.

i needed out of this busy city. 

i needed to have zero cell phone service. 

i needed time with the people i love most. 

it was beautiful in every way. 

 { Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Parnell }

 { my cousin and very best friend } 

 { my mom - she's cute. and she's single. 

and she will hate me for typing that. } 

{ antigua sunset. heaven. } 

Congrats Rodney & Lyndy!

I will be posting more pics once i upload & edit them. maybe. 

the past...

"making peace with my past was the first step; 

being grateful for it was the second."

lisa ling 

calypso st. barth arm heaven.

arm decor craziness makes me squeal 

like a kid who's eaten too many jelly beans.

i love these bracelets (and photos) from 

Calypso St. Barth's Pinterest.

i may or may not have purchased a multitude today.

i like to call it "having plenty of options". 

coachella dreaming.

i've been torturing myself for the past 2 weeks 

browsing Coachella photos.

why was i not there? 

i love these shots via Refinery29 of a few of the 

"dreamiest instagram shots" 

from the 2 weekends of wonderfulness.

i will go next year. 

even if i have to sell all of my possessions...

 {snoop d-o-double-g}

love life.

{instagram} a few things i love.

just collaging away with my Instagram and Pinterest photos - 

the little display above is a few of my favorite things 

( yes, jack is one of my favorite things 

and jane eyre is mega blurry) 

below is my new city - and the look that is constantly glued to my face here. 

{diy} nail it.

i've only recently started painting my nails. 

 i still don't own my own nail file. 

this is something i get "a talking to" every single time 

i go home to Arkansas and see my grandmother.

since moving to nyc - 

i kind of have zero excuse to not keep my nails pretty.

bc manicures are the only cheap thing available in this city. 

sooo... it's obvious that i have NOT mastered 

painting my own nails - 

much less attempted these cool tricked out DIY looks.

but i wish i could.  

thebeautydepartment.com gives tutorials on stuff like this ...like how to use scotch tape to get the first nail look shown (i repeat...scotch tape) 

and the last photo i posted looks amazing...but there's 

no way in hell i'd do the 9 million steps 

just to stain my nails the perfect "ombre". 

i really love these looks. 

maybe i'll try my first DIY project - and then i'll let one of my roommates write a "follow-up" blog post about how i somehow got stuck in all that scotch tape and ombre'd myself up to my elbows.