Moments of June 2014 & What Did Not Make It

My friends, I want to thank you all for visiting and leaving such lovely, warm, heartfelt comments! You are the best bunch of blogging friends which have ever existed in the whole Bloglandia! :) Very often, you praise me for being the sunshine of this land, but please always know that you brighten my days just as much! 

June was pretty versatile and balanced month - I wore both dresses and skirts, jeans and a jumpsuit, denim jacket and cardigans, and even a new member of my closet family - a kaftan! I did not post as often as I used to, but because I combined a few outfits in two or three posts, I still managed to show a lot here on the blog. I only picked 9 outfits for the recap. If you missed some and would like to see them, here are the links:

Upper Row: 1. Thrifted Treasure. 2. Fruit. 3. She's Cool

Middle Row: 1. Gold. 2&3 Kaftan & Ombre

Lower Row: 1&2 (plus some more) in Friendship Story. 3 (and some more) in Layer It

In June, I was playing with new-to-me shapes (a kaftan, long maxi skirt) and with layering (which is one of my most favorite thing to do). In the past few months, I had been creating a new wardrobe as my old one was practically non existent. I tried to "shop my closet" more, and I really enjoyed the process. I'm not going to quit shopping all together, just slowing down the pace, but I still reserve the right to buy something new (or old!) if I fall in love with it. :)

I have a few pics which didn't make it to the blog in June. In one of those crazy thrift shopping days, which happen from time to time as you all know, I stumbled into a bunch of tops and dresses which were fun, colorful, new to me style-wise, and at great prices, of course. (The purple dress and the blue one are from that very day.) Here are three tops which I purchased that day (average price at Goodwill is around $5 each) - they all look awesome with my wide legged pants (they are very soft, too soft to be called denim).

This shirt is by the brand Get A Life - speaking of names, that's a playful one! (I love names and I appreciate it when people put meaning into the names they choose... for children, pets, companies they found or characters they create.) A very dense polyester with a high quality photo print (you can find them on eBay), very unusual for me! The second top I wear as a jacket here, and I loved the texture combination on it (look at the lace on the close-up photo below): 

This top I loved for the shape and colorful pattern, by Torrid, thrifted at Goodwill, but I saw a similar one at Ashley Stewart web site this year:

All these photos (above and below) were taken by phone - I apologize for the quality not being as good as usual. But I wanted to share bits of sunny Seattle with you. Isn't it a magnificent city? 

We've been doing a lot of this in the past few months - and still will be as the Summer continues!

In July, I would like to wear more linen (already started), to find more fun ways to dress for hot days (already started), to discover more parks and beaches (already started) and, of course, to write more and to take more things out of the writer's closet. That's challenging though as when our weather is so gorgeous, it's hard to keep focused on work. I think that maybe summers are here for rest and vacation time rather than work. :) What do you think? Is Summertime less or more productive time in your creative cycle?

Have a fantastic Summer! 

Sunshine and rainbows to you all!