Batonga 30 Day Dress Challenge: Day Twenty Five

the dress: as shirt // pants: forever 21 // shoes: famous footwear





As I was sitting down to eat lunch and catch up on my favorite blogs, my brother came in and set a picked dandelion on my computer. After asking him why he did such a thing, he replied, "Because you're artistic ... and stuff." Then he turned and walked out of the room. Despite the odd encounter, dandelions can mean one thing: summer! And as a matter of fact, when I trekked through the yard to go take photos, dandelions were beginning to peek through the fresh grass.

I don't know what it is about Alaska. Maybe it's the pine trees or the ocean air or the fresh moose poop (okay that one is a joke), but this place smells so good! The moment they invent scratch-and-sniff over the internet, I'll send you guys a sample of what it smells like. If you've ever read Sound and Fury, this place smells like trees, untainted by humans. It's like holy ground teeming with insects and creatures. I just love it so much.

As always, I'm wearing this dress for an entire month to raise money for 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!

honeyed time

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It's been a lazy, rainy day. I spent most of it sitting on the couch and cleaning. Photoshop CS6 came in the mail but thus far installation has proven unsuccessful. The error message says that the installer has failed to initialize. Has anyone else had this problem? It's frustrating because I want to do so much that I can only complete with photoshop and not having it work is pretty discouraging. We shall see if it works in the upcoming days. My dad is troubleshooting as I type.

Batonga 30 Day Dress Challenge: Day Twenty Four

the dress: as dress // shirt: mother's closet // cardigan: target // shoes: forever 21 // ear cuff: icing




Sunny yesterday, rainy today. Sadly the rain is more well known in the summer than mister sun. Hence not very many photos today. Though the usual rain is just showers, risking my camera's life was not on my list of things to do. It was cold, so I wore the dress long and layered it with my trusty heavy cardigan. Now I'm so warm and cozy even when getting rained on.

I'm wearing this dress for an entire month to raise money for 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!

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!