Blast from the Past

If you don't know my little sister, you have never met the most beautiful girl in the entire universe. If you don't believe me, keep reading this post.

When we were little girls, I used to force her to let me apply her makeup and then put her in age-inappropriate poses (think of a six-year-old trying to look sexy). Then I would take "fashion" photos of her. I didn't like to be the model... I just wanted to practice my makeup and photography because I was pretty sure at the age of nine that I was going places, people!

Fast forward twenty years... On Pinterest I saw this gorgeous photograph that I wanted to try to recreate for the fun of it:

photo credit: Marcella Fernanda

So last time I visited home, I made my sister model for me again. This is the version we came up with:

And for your viewing pleasure, here are a few others that I adore:

(I think this is the one I'm going to frame and put on my wall)

And a couple that she's going to kill me for putting up, but they make me laugh out loud until snot is running out my nose, so I figured they might do the same for you. She was getting sick of trying to look serious and started cheesin':

Hol, please move to Colorado so we can do this more often!!!

What to Wear Installment 1

When scheduling photos, people often ask what they should wear. For any photo, you should stay away from logos and wild prints that will be distracting. Also, you want to wear colors that look good on your skin, eye, and hair color. Keep in mind the location in which you are getting your pictures taken-- your clothes should be consistent with the overall feeling you want to create and should not blend into the colors behind you.

One fashion faux pas when it comes to family pictures is everyone wearing the exact same outfit. The key is to coordinate with complementing colors, but not put your husband in the same outfit you are wearing. (Scary!)

Here in Grand Junction, we are rather limited when it comes to shopping. I chose two stores we have here (Old Navy and Gap) to come up with outfits that coordinate, rather than match, so we all get the picture here.

vintage vision

i'm in a hopelessly vintage romantic mood... here's what's making me smile tonight:

Sarah Moldovan Fine Art Photography

TessaKim

Vintage Scraps

eclu

BeJoyfulVintage

Peculiar Momma

enjoy!