How Does Your Garden Grow?

My mom and I recently took a trip to our local nursery and garden shop to grab a few plants to spruce up the backyard. Of course I wanted to get a couple succulents to hopefully start a small indoor collection in my craft room. The only bad thing about this trip was that we both wanted to get peonies SO bad to plant and they had none! What a bummer. Maybe next time they'll have some beauties for us.

Have you guys been planting anything? I was hoping to have raised beds this season but I guess it'll just have to wait for next year. 

xoxo Jackie

Putnam Candlepin

On the last night of school before moving out, my roommate and I double-dated with our men and went to Putnam Street Lanes, which happens to be the oldest surviving candlepin lanes in the country! How cool is that? I love going on bowling dates and for some reasons I don't go very much in the summer, usually in the colder months. I should work on that, bowling is rad!

xoxo Jackie

P.S. uploading these photos made me miss my roommate so much, can't wait for September so we can be obnoxious together.

Make Way For Ducklings!

At my work we had a momma' duck nesting between two bushes, in front of a heating unit. Every day we all would eagerly spy on her to see how she was doing (and occasionally feed her berries, after learning that bread if bad for ducks in this article). The second picture is after they crossed the street (which I ran across with my camera, thank goodness we were slow at my work so I could do that!) and were on their way to the harbor. Thought some cute baby ducks might just brighten your day!

xoxo Jackie

P.S. this totally happened over a month ago, I really need to catch up on posting things!

Hello Beautiful!

Welcoming a new friend to my camera family... the Canon 50mm 1.4 lens! I got it in the mail a few weeks ago after months and months of dreaming about it. Yay for working full time this summer and buying myself nice things!

Top photo: pressing clovers at the field my boyfriend plays at with his niece and nephew, Bottom photo: my cute new tote from Forever 21.

These are the first couple pictures I took with it (other than a few testing shots around my house). I'm falling in love with it more and more every time I take a photo, learning more and I feel like I am improving in every aspect of photography. 

xoxo Jackie

Weekend Vacation

I'm leaving this morning to head to Laconia, New Hampshire for a short but much needed vacation! My boyfriend and I, as well as a couple friends, are taking the motorcycles up and camping. We plan to leave all of our stress, work and woes behind in Massachusetts. Can't wait to share pictures of the trip with you guys!

xo Jackie

P.S. I totally bought that bag that was in my Fancy That vol. 2 for this trip!

How Strange It Is To Be Anything At All

picture taken by my friend Matt on 35mm film

xo Jackie

Fancy That Vol. 2

I don't know about you guys, but I save ALL of my movie ticket stubs and generally tickets I get for anything. Pretty sure this ticket stub diary from ModCloth would be the most perfect thing for me!

I'm in some serious need of a new makeup bag and this one from Forever21 is on sale for only $4 right now! 

I am OBSESSED with these new sunnies from Tumbleweeds Handcraft. I've been drooling over their glasses for a while now and these are just too cute to handle. (P.S. you should follow Doug and Beca on instagram, it's awesome seeing their WIP pictures on glasses!)

This olive canvas backpack from Barnes and Nobles is perfect for my trip this weekend to Laconia, NH. Since I'm going to be on a motorcycle for several hours a day, every day, I need something sturdy and reliable to keep on my back to hold my camera and things!

I want to join Birchbox SO bad. I might start subscribing once I'm back from vacation. I tried a few weeks ago and had a few hiccups being able to do it, but I think I'll just have to try again.

Only two more days until I leave for vacation! I only have to work tomorrow morning, then the rest of my time until we leave on Friday morning is going to be spent packing and making sure I have everything set for the trip. 

xo Jackie

Fancy That vol. 1

This fox tote from Gingiber is so cute! Perfect for going on errands or to the beach this season, I'm thinking! (Also everything else in her shop is adorable and I want it all!)

I'm loving ModCloth's new stylebook and their "Retro Summer" inspired outfits. This dress is swoon worthy and the color is perfect for the warm weather!

And these shoes from ModCloth. Talk about cute, and they look perfect for walking through the forest and collecting flowers to press! 

How sweet is this Zip Zoo shirt!? All hail pizza!

I am in some serious need of a new iPhone case and this cacti one is too cute.

xoxo Jackie

p.s. sorry posts have been so sporadic. I've been working like crazy and working full time and still managing a blog is hard! I applaud all you ladies who do it!