Music Festival Fashion

 

Hey everyone!

I thought I would do a music festival fashion post.  These are pictures of what my friend and I wore last year.  Soon, I should have pictures up of what we wore this year!  But until then...

 

What are your favourite music festival styles?

 

Loose t-shirts, scarves, hoodies.

Bright colours

Prints, one pieces, cardigans

More bright colours, long necklaces, big shades, hats

Long flowy skirts, lace tops

Ear plugs!  haha.  Striped hoodies, scarves

Summer dresses, belts, hats

Maxi skirts, tank tops

Jean jackets and sweaters for when the temp drops at night

Comfy clothes, i.e.: yoga pants and flip flops for the roadtrip home



Deer sweaters!

 

-L

smitten over smoothies

banana, spinach, blueberry pomegranate juice

before and after: banana, strawberry, spinach, mango, flax powder, blueberry pomegranate juice.
the "after" picture doesn't look too appetizing but it sure tastes good.

coconut water, spinach, wheatgrass, banana, mango, avocado

green smoothie and pink smoothie (can't remember the ingredients!).
the pots just happened to match the colours of the smoothies :)



Hey everyone, just thought I'd share some of my favourite smoothie recipes.  I'm a little obsessed over making these things daily.  Blending smoothies brings out my creative side plus they are super yummy. 

 <Creativity + yummy = awesome>

I hope your weekend is going well.

-L

c r e a t i n g __ s p a c e

Hey everyone!  This post is about creating space.  This can be about creating space for anything you want.  However, the examples I am posting here are for my yoga area.  Let me also just mention that making room for something does not necessarily call for big square footage... just some creativity.  (Photos at the bottom of post!!)    

My yoga mat has been curled up in the closet for... let's just say a long time.  I have been going to yoga but they have a mat and towel service which I find super convenient, so I haven't been using my own at all. 

I love yoga and meditation, so it would seem that I would roll out my mat on the living room floor every so often and practice a few poses, right?  No!  Doesn't seem to happen. 

After inspiration from magazines, blogs, books and ideas, I decided I needed to make a space.         S p a c e.      For yoga.  I realized that a permanent and pretty area for yoga practice will make it that much more inviting.   

So the other night, I took on the task of moving all of the furniture around in my apartment.  Re-organizing and moving giant floor-scratchable furniture always seemed like an easy idea when imagining it.  Ha ha - it's not! 

In a bachelor apartment, it almost seemed like tetris as I tried to move the couch and bed past one another, along with all of the other furniture.  By the end of the room's revamp, I was tired and sweaty but still wanted to try out the yoga space.  Yin anyone? 

So anyways, all in all I would say that this newly created yoga area only takes up about 4 feet x 10 feet of my studio apartment and I love it. 

So here are my tips:

• Surround your space with things that make you feel how you want to feel.
• Be creative and have fun.  You don't necessarily need a big area.
• Use bright, happy, calming, soothing colours that make you want to be there.
• Go with your preferences and instincts on design if you are the primary person using the space.  Everyone is different.  For example... I like having plants, calming colours/pictures, soothing music, the option of natural lighting or candle lighting, fresh air from a nearby window, etc. 

I hope you enjoy the pictures and I hope you can get some inspiration from them.  Please let me know if you have any comments or ideas as well! 



 I put my beautiful bamboo plants close by in a lovely brass vase.

Here is an overview of the entire space!  Fairly small but functional! 

Just looking at these bamboo plants makes me feel calm.

I put up these beach photos for a nice view! 

I find pastel, bright or earthy colours extremely uplifting and relaxing.  Here is my cute tropical plant (really not sure what it is) and scented candle.

Not pictured - relaxing music...

Happy decorating!
Namaste.

-L

serenity in nature

 

"se·ren·i·ty

/səˈrenitē/

The state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled: "an oasis of serenity"." 


 

 

Hope everyone is having a good 2013 so far.  I hope the year hasn't been too stressful and I wish everyone happiness and peace.   

Above are a couple of photos I took near the end of 2012.  The ocean photo is one of my only sunrise photos... taken early, early in the morning from a boat.  The second photo is from a hike to a secluded beach.  I feel so much peace when in nature.   

 

The sounds, smells, sights... everything about the outdoors.

The crashing of the waves and the seagulls' calls.

The seaweed, salt and pine smell in the air. 

The untouched sand on hidden beaches.  

The footprints that wash away with each sneaker wave.

The salt on my camera lens.

The sticky sap from the pines.

The washed up driftwood taking comfort in the sand.

The sun, sand, salt, stillness...

 

Above poem by me (just wrote it now). Above definition of serenity from Google front page.  :) -L

 

 

seven days left of twenty-seven

Hello there!

 

 October is my favourite month.

My birthday is in seven days.  I will be 28!!

Actually, my birthday is in six days as it is after midnight right now. 

But time is all relative... 

 

This weekend is Thanksgiving!

 

I am thankful for:

Family

Friends

Love

Life

Earth

Nature

Air

Food

Water

Clean tap water

Shelter

Music

Instruments

Voice

Work

School

Teachers

Creativity

Honesty

Trees

Leaves

Forest

House plants

Beach

Sand

Ocean

Waves

Salt air

Seaweed

Lakes

Rivers

Animals

Clouds

Rain

Sun

Snow

Mountains

Yoga

Senses

Body

Spirit

Positivity

The present moment

Energy

 

the list goes on...

 

 

Speaking of lists, here is a random list from 11 years ago when I was obsessed with a certain band...

I like the fact that "film" was still the main choice for cameras.

 

 

Funny how things change...

 

Speaking of change, here are some pretty leaves that have joined autumn:

 

 

 

Below is a beautiful autumn sunset.  Orange and blue compliment each other so well.

 

This post is all over the place as much as I tried to segue.  Mentioning segueing.. haha... ironic.  Everything is awkward. 

 

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Autumn

Happy

 

loa

 

I've been at the beach...

Hello!

The weather in Van has been so nice lately... so I have been spending it at the beach.  So many nice beaches to choose from here...

Hope your weekend is going well!

Here is some chill, beachy, local music that I like.  Check it out:

Jon and Roy (a band from Victoria, BC)
http://www.last.fm/music/Jon+and+Roy/+tracks

 

Drum jam @ Spanish Banks

Something I like to take to the beach.  (From Scoop on West 4th)

Spanish Banks sunset

Spanish Banks sunset

Kits sunset

Bike riding on the sea wall

Flowers at False Creek

Sun down at Second Beach after a ride around the sea wall and evening swim.

I hope the sunny weather stays a while.  Have a good start to your week!
-L

Sasquatch '12

Pretend I look happy here, because I was! 

Hey everyone!  It's been a while, hasn't it?  I didn't mean to have such a big gap in my blog posts but I'm back now!  School over = more time to blog.

I wanted to post a few pics of the last music festival I went to... Sasquatch.  This festival is held in George, Washington at the Gorge Amphitheatre... an amazingly beautiful place.  This year was my second year of attending the awesomeness.  

My super organized friend Steph kept track of all of the bands we saw... so apparently we saw 29 bands during the 4 day fest (even with us missing most of Friday night due to crazy traffic).  I don't have the list with me but here are some of the acts we saw:

  Bon Iver

Jack White

  Beirut

The Shins

Silversun Pickups

Ben Howard

Alabama Shakes

Said the Whale

The Head and the Heart

Here are some pics below!

Chilling on the hill

Sunset while watching The Shins

Having fun

The Head and the Heart

Such a beautiful place

Wanderers

Fun

 

More sunset

Sunrise around 5:30 a.m.



Morning

Cheersing to an awesome festival! (At the first Starbucks store in Seattle)

-L