LIFE | Swap Shop Tonight

I will be volunteering today to help set up for tonight's swap shop. If you're in my neck of the woods come say howdy! Here are some pics from previous swap shops:

OOTD | Day 4

Second day in Berlin and we are supposed to be eating at the TV tower which I hear has a nice restaurant in it, so I want to dress nice for the occasion even if I am going to be shopping for most of the day. If the weather keeps up, I am going to have to buy something before the 17th because chattering teeth is not only NOT cute, but crazy looking.

Tommy Hilfiger sweater
Cotton On blouse
OPP Swap Shop
Pocket Watch from Antique Mall

FASHION FRIDAYS | OPP {Sneak Peek}

A few days ago I posted about doing a fall shoot with Other Peoples Property. Well, here is just a taste of what went down. I had so much fun (and my stomach enjoyed it as well). I would not consider myself a real model...real models don't get to eat like I did!

Photographer: Becka Robinson www.studio222photography.com

Food: Tony Adams - www.bigwheelprovisions.com

Table Setting: Mijanne Wurderman - www.mijanne.co

Hair: Sarah Vaughn at J. Bauman Salon

MUA: Natalia Edwards at J. Bauman Salon

Wardrobe: Other Peoples Property www.otherpeoplesproperty.etsy.com

Stylist & Producer: Dana Marie Roquemore - www.danamarieroquemore.com

Photoshoot with friends

A few of my lovely friends and I got to model for OPP on Sunday afternoon to bring in the fall season. Lovely Natalia Edwards did my makeup and she did such a fabulous job at making it look like I wasn't wearing makeup that people at church couldn't figure out why I looked different. Tony Adams of Big Wheel Provisions catered for the shoot and it made me feel like I was home for thanksgiving. The man is a culinary genius. When I get the pictures from the shoot I will share!

Me with the lovely Laura Leigh in between shots.

Swap Shop

I have been putting off buying anything for this GENT. event until the swap shop. What is a swap shop you ask? Well, it is where you bring your old clothes to a specified location, and then you get to shop for other people's clothes. It used to be free, but now there is a small entrance fee. Still, I get to grab however many clothes I want. I have never walked away from a swap shop empty handed. This time I actually walked away with newer items (no vintage pieces). I helped Dana of OPP sort through all the men and women clothing for most of the morning, and I get to pull a few items before the actual swap and shop.

I walked away with two dresses, a white blazer (my heart's craving for months) from Anne Klein, a clutch wallet, and four tops. The white blazer I want to go with my cream shorts for the event, so now I just need to find shoes and a top. Trying to figure out the best combo. But so far of my $50 budget for a month, I have spent 12 and that has been for hemming the shorts because the shorts I got almost a year ago. Can I do it? My dilemma is whether or not to wear a top that matches the white blazer or matches the cream shorts. And what color should my shoes be? Decisions. Decisions.

Inspiration? Time for some pinteresting.

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