my week in instagram #51

a beautiful view // a yummy drink // a silly guy // follow @impulsings

What's up everyone! Sorry it's been so quiet around here (at least, it feels that way to me). I've been busy running around, acting like a tourist in my own city, which is one of my favorite things to do. I actually shot a lot more dslr photos than instagram photos, mostly because I didn't have reception a lot of the places I went and therefore didn't bother with taking cell phone pictures. But I can't wait to share with you guys the pictures (and videos!) I did take.

Other things that happened this week:

1. Bought a camera bag! After so many years without one, and just stuffing my cameras and lenses into a too small purse (or carrying multiple purses around), I finally bought a camera bag, which I received in the mail today. So exciting!

2. Listened to mixtapes on 8tracks.com. My favorite thing currently.

3. Went on a date with Matt! We dressed up all fancy and he took me to a fancy restaurant. They even offered us wine--something that never happens to me, but always happens to him. Newsflash, I'm older than him. But being the law-abiding citizens that we were, we opted for water.

4. Went sledding. Yep, in July. We gathered quite the crowd at the base of the glacier while we screamed down the ice and snow on our sleds. It was blissful.

Hope your week was fantastic!

july goals

If you've been reading my blog for the past couple of months, you may have noticed that I've basically failed on my new year's resolutions. So in an effort to not completely give up, I'm working on some easier, monthly goals. I'm trying to become more organized generally in life, so that's also kind of the reason why I'm going to start doing monthly goals as well. We shall see how this goes.

• Write ten pages in my novel
• Complete (and post) one diy project
• Complete keywording on current arcangel stock images
• Upload 10 more arcangel images
• Do one photoshoot
• Sketch more
• Read one book
• One week of remixing each month
• Organize my external hardrive

Here's to July!

film friday

DARK SIDE OF THE LENS from Astray Films on Vimeo.

For this installation of film friday, I leave you with a beautiful film that needs no description from me. Enjoy.

mixology results // red, white, and blue

jeans: target // shirts: thrifted // boots: gift // jacket: forever 21 (old)





This is an outfit that my friend Ali put together from my remix my closet post, and I thought it would be perfect for the fourth of July! I added the blue polka dots for the festivities, and it was the perfect outfit for a cold Alaska day. All our warm weather disappeared, and this is what a typical Alaska summer feels like. Cold, overcast, maybe a day or two of sunshine, but certainly not on a holiday. That's okay though, I don't mind it. Today we ran around outside, doing a lot of touristy things for my extended family that's vacationing up here, and this beach was one of the places that we went to! I'll have more pictures from today up soon.





Hope you're having a great day!