Okay, now we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief…
THE STORY
…Christmas has come and gone. Come on, admit it; the holidays are exhausting. Yes, I love the excitement, the lights, the overall feeling in the air. But by the time it’s all said and done I feel like I’ve been run over by a reindeer. Or eight. Now’s the time I feel like settling in for the proverbial long winter’s nap. Although it would be more like a long spring’s nap considering we’re having severe thunderstorms and flooding as opposed to snowstorms and blowing drifting snow. I kid you not. I took pictures today of a cornfield about a mile from my house. It’s now a lake; it had waves and a current going through it. You guys…a cornfield. With waves. And a visible current. Like, I kinda wished I had a surfboard in the back of the Jeep. W.T.H. is up with this weather??
See how easy it is to get me off topic? I start off talkin’ smack on the holidays and end up inventing a new extreme sport; cornfield surfing. My mind is a scary place. Annnyyway…while I’m glad the hustle and bustle is done, I must have been a very good girl. Not only did I find these uber-fabulous lace up over the knee boots under the tree, I also found a 50 mm prime lens for my Canon. Oh yeah, that sweet lens everybody upgrades to once they tire of the kit lens. You’ll have to bear with me for awhile in the photo area because there is definitely a learning curve with it. Getting the focus just right is going to take some practice. I do think today’s shots look crisper with a more blurred background, but maybe that’s just me. What do you guys think? Any tips for using a 50 mm lens?
THE OUTFIT
Ahhh…the boots. They may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but they certainly are mine…and I don’t even like tea. I’ve lusted after these for months so I was super excited to get them. Fortunately they have both a side zipper and laces. Why fortunately? First of all, who in their right mind wants to be involved with this much lacing. Seriously, my Converse are all slip-ons; yes, I’m that lazy. Secondly, for being elfin-sized with teeny tiny bone structure I have weirdly large calves (and lats, but that’s a complaint for another day). Even prior to my body building days I had hugely muscular calves. This makes boots somewhat of a challenge. Since these are actually functioning laces, I was able to adjust them to fit my mini Incredible Hulk calves. My favorite thing about them? I feel like a boho pirate. Again, not everyone would find that to be a good thing, but I kinda dig it.
The sweater is another tunic length cutie I found at Old Navy, and Saturday it was warm enough that all I needed over top was the faux fur vest. The layered necklaces? Believe it or not, they didn’t come pre-layered. I’ve developed some pretty good necklace layering game over the last few months if I do say so myself.
THE TIP
The key to layering necklaces is length and proportion. I like enough difference in the lengths of each piece so that you can see the details of each one. I do occasionally jumble several of a similar length together, which is also fine, but I prefer fairly even spacing between each. I also mixed up the size of the pendants; one small, one medium and one large. It just so happens that all of these are on gold chains, but don’t be afraid of mixing metals as long as it looks intentional and not like you grabbed a handful of necklaces and put them on randomly in the dark. You can also mix chunky and delicate like I did here or maybe throw in a strand of pearls.
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Boots: Shop Hearts; Jeans: Old Navy; Sweater: Old Navy (Similar); Vest: Kohls (Similar); Bracelet: Susie Raine
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