Batonga 30 Day Dress Challenge: Day Twenty Three

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the dress: as dress // socks/shoes: forever 21



While at the mall my friend said it was finally sundress season, so I decided to keep things simple and let the dress stand alone. With warm temperatures even into the late hours of the night and the midnight sun still shining overhead, sometimes simplicity is better. Today almost seemed like summer.



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It was mostly a quiet day, driving people around and spending some time at the mall, then returning home to build tents and play board games and run around outside. The finale for American Idol was tonight. I cried over the proposal and I have no idea who the happy couple was. I just love seeing people love and be in love.








The dress challenge is almost over, but there's still time to donate to the Batonga Foundation, which supports girls in Africa by giving them a full education. You can read more about it here! Every little bit helps.
Thank you and have an awesome day!

our colors matched our names

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I pushed my luck to see if Nicholas was willing to pose for another photo, and he did! It was so much fun hanging out with him for just a little bit. He would burp in between shots and I would run around trying to pick loose grass while the random lady across the street stared at us.

Here are some behind the scenes shots. They just make me laugh so much and I had to share them:

Batonga 30 Day Dress Challenge: Day Twenty Two

the dress: as shirt // skirt/hat: forever 21 // cardigan: sister's closet




Welcome to my weather blog! Okay, it's not really a weather blog, but I've talked about the weather in pretty much every single post, and I'm going to again! Today has been warm, actually, with the sun shining in the morning, but now in the evening (and actually for the past couple of evenings) it's been cloudy and rainy, and actually the forecast calls for rain for the rest of this week and the next! D: Can't always believe those forecasts though ...




But on to the outfit! I find it incredibly awesome that my mom, my ten year old sister, and I can all wear the same clothes. My sister let me wear her cardigan, and I always let her wear this skirt. Our wardrobes are extended in every which direction but it's great because it's like having three closets! I'll be sad when I go to college because I'll have to give back some of their stuff, haha. Oh well.




Thank you to my little sister for taking my photos for me. I got a new tripod which makes taking photos a lot easier, but she actually likes taking my picture and it's faster and more fun with her, so I'm not complaining!

As always, please please donate to the Batonga Foundation today! They are an awesome organization that provides girls with a full education, which betters their entire life because they can go to college and get a job and better take care of a family. Every little bit helps. Thank you so much and have an awesome day!

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My brother finally got a facebook and actually wanted me to take photos of him. Lauren, giving people awesome profile pictures one photo at a time.

But in all seriousness, I'm getting sick of gimp. It is pretty good, but I'm just aching to use photoshop again. Matt told me that he missed my conceptual photos and I do too. I guess my brain has just shifted from being 365 inclined to being 30 day dress challenge inclined (with a dash of graduation thrown in). It's not a bad thing because I've been loving the dress challenge, but I do miss coming up with a good concept for a 365 and actually doing it. Perhaps I'm also bitter about hardly ever having models to shoot. But I guess that's one of the downsides to taking a photo every single day--you don't have a closet full of people to just pick and choose from. That's one thing I'm excited about for summer though; I'm hoping to get lots of shoots in and meet more people and go on more adventures and just live life. It's my last summer in Alaska before college, so I'm going to milk it for all it's worth.

Well I think I'm beginning to ramble, plus it's almost time for bed, so I suppose I should stop typing and making spelling mistakes because I'm so tired.

Have an awesome day everyone!