Take your time coming home.

Hear the wheels as they roll.

Let your lungs fill up with smoke.

Forgive everyone.

She is here and now she is gone

We had plans, we can't help but make love.

It's a beautiful thing when you love somebody,

and I love somebody.

Yeah I love somebody.

Take your time coming home.

Hear the wheels as they roll.

Let your lungs fill up with smoke.

Forgive everyone.

I don't think I'd been misled,

it was a rock 'n' roll band,

I'm still standing,

Take your time coming home.

See, of everyone who called,

Very few said "We believe in you."

The overwhelming choice said

I'm just a boy inside a voice

and if that's true, is it true, if it's true,

then what the f*** have I been doing the last six years?

How did I end up here?

How did I find love and conquer all of my fears?

See, I made it out.

Out from under the sun.

And the truth is that I feel better because I've forgiven everyone.

Now I'm not scared

of a sound

or the states

or the stages.

I'm not scared

I've got friends,

took my call,

came courageous.

Now I feel like I am home.

One more thing, I keep having this dream

where I'm standing on a mountain

Looking out, on the street

I can hear kids in low-income housing singing

"We're through with causing a scene"

I don't know what it means

But I too, am through with causing a scene.

She is here and now I think she's ready to go.

For every love that's lost I heard a new one comes.

So come on with me, sing along with me,

Let the wind catch your feet.

If you love somebody,

you'd better let them know.

Take your time coming home.

FUN.

friday favorites // graphic tees

This summer I've become obsessed with taking a fun, graphic tee and dressing it up with a classic pencil skirt or a blazer. Graphic tees have become so versatile in my wardrobe and I LOVE IT! I can wear it down during the day or dress it up at night. Here are a few of my favorite looks and a couple graphic tees I think everyone should own.

Dress It Up

Everything about this look is perfect! I love the sparkly pencil skirt paired with the fuchsia pumps.
"Holy Chic." 

 

I can't get enough of floral skirts and I think they're the perfect compliment to a simple graphic tee like this one.
"Killin' It"

I saw this street look during NYFW in the Spring. Another perfect example of pairing a feminine skirt with a graphic tee. "Nouveau Grunge"

Must Haves

I found this shirt the other day on NYLON mag's website and decided that this is going to be my birthday present to myself this year. I mean, what twenty-something girl wasn't in love with Seth Cohen?
 "Seth Cohen Was My First Love" $31

These Feather Hearts! creations are currently SOLD OUT, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they'll make a return shortly. "Bad News Babes"

Rachel Antonoff could design tissue paper and I would buy it.  Her collection of graphic tees and sweatshirts are adorable and if they didn't come with a designer price tag, I would probably own all of them.
"Forever Crush" $55

arizona summers

I'm currently on my summer break from BYU-Idaho which means I'm back in the Arizona heat! But one of the good things about being home is the massive amounts of thrift shopping I get to do. There's just something about Arizona thrift stores that is so much better than Idaho thrift stores. Don't get me wrong, I've found many treasures in Idaho but I can always count on finding something special thrifting in AZ. My ultimate favorite vintage clothing store would have to be GrowOp Boutique in Phoenix. Pretty much any store down 6th street is a dream. I also discovered Trina's Thrift which is a lot closer to my home in Mesa and even though it's kind of chaotic on the inside, I've purchased so many cool clothes and records from that store.

Being back in Arizona is kind of weird because while everyone else is starting school again, my summer has just begun! So you can bet that I'll be blasting my summer jams until I go back to Idaho in September. Here's a playlist of some of my favorite summer songs:


 

arizona summers from tobie.r on 8tracks Radio.

guess who started a blog...

I have always wanted to start a blog for myself and now I've finally done it!
I've tried and failed many times for several reasons:

1. I didn't have enough time (or at least) I couldn't dedicate the amount of time that I would have liked.

2. I've never had the resources or skills. This may seem annoyingly pretentious, but whenever I start something I want it to be THE BEST. I've always gotten frustrated too quickly over the fact that I couldn't magically create the cutest blog on the planet immediately. I'm also very impatient.

3. I love writing, but writing about yourself sucks. Also, I'm super critical of myself while writing so there's no such thing as a "quick blog post" for me because it takes me at least 20 drafts of a first sentence to a blog before I finally get over myself and just start writing.

4. BLOG TITLES ARE THE WORST INVENTION IN THE HISTORY OF EVER. Seriously. Deciding what my blog title would be has been looming over my head for years. It's been extremely frustrating. I wanted my blog title to be unique and clever, but it's nearly impossible to avoid falling into the "glitter & sprinkles" trap. Oh, you don't know what I'm talking about? I'm talking about the frilly nilly blog titles that every twenty-something on the planet uses for her fashion blog.
Listen, I'm still not sure if this title is the best one. All I know is that I'm awkward and completely unashamed of that fact. So, why not?

5. The decision between Blogger or Wordpress. (I ended up choosing both. Because I'm a social media slore.)

6. What type of content am I going to put on my blog? That question has been bothering me for a while. It's so definitive. In my mind, I've always thought that I needed to have a clearly defined purpose for my blog.

7. It's just a big commitment, alright?!

Why now?
I feel like I'm finally gaining a sense of myself in the real world, but even more so with my presence and influence on the internet. Over the years, I've learned how to establish a brand for myself on the internet which is SUCH A SCARY THING. Exploring who you are as a person is terrifying, but deciding on how you want to display that to others is even more complicated. Among many other social media outlets, Vine has been a way for me to "put myself out there" to complete strangers and the general response has been overwhelmingly positive. I've made connections with some of the most creative and kind human beings on the planet. In the year that I've had Vine, I've gained a following that I never expected when I first downloaded the app. I've received some of the sweetest comments from strangers saying that my vines have made their day. A six second clip of me dancing in my onesie actually meant something to someone...THAT'S RIDICULOUS! But it's sort of ridiculously cool at the same time.
Also, as a Communications major I should be doing stuff like this already. How am I going to be able to help with businesses that want to have a strong presence on the internet if I haven't exhausted every single outlet and learned about every single social medium on my own? It's my duty!...and also I really want to do it. And that's how I know I'm going in to the right field. I love it and I think I'm gonna be pretty dang good at it.