Blog Inspiration: The Dainty Squid

From the day I stumbled upon The Dainty Squid I was in love. Kaylah has such effortless style and transitions well between clean put together classic ensembles and stunning laid back styles. In addition to her marvelous sense of fashion the other posts that Kaylah fills her blog with are fantastic.

In particular her photography series are truly something. My absolute favorite is her beach series where she combs the sand for trinkets and other materials of one color then photographs her finds. Granted in words this doesn't sound too interesting, but I promise that it is something worth checking out.

Also, I believe it would be a crime to forget to mention her positively stunning hair. Kaylah continuously takes care of and dyes her hair by herself. She has several explanations on exactly how she treats her hair and I highly recommend looking into those articles if you're considering dying your hair a funky color. I know if everything goes according to plan this summer I am definitely going to be rereading them for some advice.

(Source for all pictures via The Dainty Squid)

Anywho, I would highly recommend that when you find the time that you pop on over to http://www.thedaintysquid.com!

Blog Inspiration: A Beautiful Mess

I first discovered fashion blogging back when I was in High School in about 2010. Growing up I was quite withdrawn and self conscious, but towards the end of my time in mandatory public education I wanted to break out of my shell. I started to explore different style sources and inspiration to see how I could start to discover my own sense of style which was when I stumbled up Elsie Larson's blog A Beautiful Mess, which is now expanded and run by bother her and her lovely sister Emma Chapman.

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They have now expanded it into a blog filled with style posts, DIY's, and other fun tips. It's amazing to see all they have accomplished since I began reading their blog and I cannot wait to watch them continue to prosper. 

One fun thing is that I was able to meet them both (but only get a photograph with Elsie) back in the summer of 2011 during the summer of my junior year. They both are so incredibly lovely.

(Dear me. Look at my little sixteen year old self and my long blunt banged hair!)