Happy Findings

The past few weeks have been truly beautiful with the weather hitting high temperatures, which of course meeeansss ----summer is officially upon us. Oh yes, flip-flop wearing-iced coffee frappuccino sippin'- ice cream lickin'- ocean water swimmin'- sun-kissed skin...here i come =D. That aside, I love scouting the web for inspiration and so here are a few of my favorite photos from We Heart It for the weekend....enjoy and stay cool! B-)

My kind of island ♥

Yes please =D

How cute is this little owl?!

Did I mention I love love love pretty lights?

Oh Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder...you make standing in a pile of leaves look so good ;)

What girl doesn't want to run down stone steps flaunting a pretty flowy dress? ;)

Bubble Madness

     Every so often an idea props itself in my mind and then I have no choice but to try it---lest it torture me until I finally do. The weather has been beautiful the past couple of days and so as I was outside one day with my brother I thought of an idea: BUBBLES. Yes, bubbles. We searched the garage and found a small wand with a half full bottle of soap. Oh no no, this will just not do. We wanted millions of bubbles, ginormous bubbles, bubbles that would possibly fill our entire backyard, you know just like the scene in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. 

     So we went on a hunt at our local store and after desperately scouring the aisles, alas we found huge bubble wands! We rushed back home and the scene looked just like the bubble party scene from  The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie. I felt like a child again running back and forth, laughing and twirling with the bubble wand. It amazes me sometimes how something so simple could be so entertaining. I hope you're having a great weekend, Enjoy! =)

Love Love Love!

Totally channeling my inner Pocahontas here =)

Hey Girl/ I Heart Faces Photo Challenge

This month's photo challenge at I Heart Faces is "Hey Girl". I took this photo of my friend right around sunset and the soft pastel colors made a magical combination with the beautiful light. This shot was among my favorites...doesn't she look stunning in this photo?! Enjoy! 

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Center for Food Action Gala Evening

I had the pleasure to attend the annual Center for Food Action' s Gala Evening the other night. The evening honored Oritani Bank and their Charitable Foundation. There were many wonderful restaurants that participated in the event, and filled the room with their delicious foods and fine wines at every corner. Here are a few photos I took at the event. Enjoy!

Flower Arrangements by Dean Street Greenery

The Melting Pot

Grandma's Kitchen

Locale Cafe & Bar

Whole Foods Market

Twist Frozen Yogurt

Carnival Lights

Every Spring around the same time in April the carnival comes to town. Pretty fluorescent lights illuminate the night sky, loud music and squeals of laughter can be heard from afar, and the heavenly smell of sugar coated zeppoles fill the air. With so many fun details at a carnival, I thought this was the perfect opportunity to practice shooting at night. And so as soon as I was ready, I packed my camera and headed for the door---only to stop myself midway at the mirror and realize my bag looked like I was carrying a bowling ball. --_-- Darn it! I thought about the possibility of my camera dangling off my neck as I rode the rides, slipping out of my hands on the Ferris Wheel and breaking into a million pieces. Hmm take it or leave it?---Oh come on was I kidding myself or what? I knew I wouldn't be able to walk out the door without my camera, soooo I took the risk. Yup, I got to ride the Ferris Wheel, eat my yummy zeppoles annnnd even managed to take some cool photos. Now THAT is what you call living on the wild side ;). Enjoy!

My favorite =D

View from top of Ferris Wheel

I ♥ the Bokeh effect =)

It's a Spring Thing

You know it's Springtime around here when there is that one day of intense heat, and everyone is out in their summer shorts and flip flops. Since the summer seems to take forever to come around, you can imagine how torturous it is to see bathing suits and flowy summer dresses in every store window. And then the high temperatures finally hit. You're feeling all cool breezing by in your sundress and strappy gladiators, sipping on your iced coffee, thinking Ha! all caught up with fashion now---only to step into your favorite store already sporting Fall's newest collection --_--. You see the dilemma here? With that being said, there was a heat wave a few weeks ago that lasted a couple of days, and well you know what that means riggggght? Photoshoot!!! (Well to me it did at least =P) So my friend and I headed down to a local park around the golden hour, (right around sunset) and shot a few photos. The light and colorful flowers worked together and made a magical combination. Oh and Steph's smize and model-like behavior might have helped too ;). Enjoy!!!

Rawr ;)

Fedora + Beautiful Weather + Happy Girl = Perfection. =)

Shoes Shoes Shoes!

Love That Shot Flower Photo Challenge

One of my favorite things about Spring is the beautiful flowers that sprout up everywhere. The bright colors of magenta, yellow, blue, red, lilac, orange, pink....and every other color imaginable cover the gardens and lawns of all homes. It amazes me that nature can create something so simple like a flower, yet be so unbelievably beautiful. Love that Shot is having a photo challenge for a chance to be featured on the cover of their April magazine, and so here is my entry photo I captured of these pretty spring tulips. Happy Saturday!