my favorite places

Remember the Romwe giveaway hosted by Karin at Wunderlust,
where  I won the paisley dress ?

I got the blouse I'm wearing,
 in that giveaway, too.

Close up of blouse fabric

One of my fave places to go is outdoor concerts.
I like it when they are free too.  :)
This is local  band Foxtrot Uniform.

I enjoy being on a blanket,
 and listening to live music.

Me on the blankets with my backpack
on one side, & my purse on the other.

My nails

This is the singer and guitar player.

Hello guitars

Yes, it was getting dark.

With my shoes off

My favorite places are with my favorite people,
my friends, my family, 

and my favorite guy.

My art journal pages about my favorite places.
Being with my nephews and my nieces,
is one of my favorite places to be.

It is especially a favorite if they let me take photos
 or we create things, or play games.

Most of my favorite vacations are on the beach. Here are some of my favorites:  My Acapulco trip, My San Franciso trip, Corpus Christi 2008, Our beach trip 2009, and  Beach 2011.

We loved West Palm Beach, Florida! I don't have a blog post about that trip. I'll just add it to my list of things to do. Uh huh, sure, think that'll happen?   :P

a paisley dress

 I won the paisley dress from this Romwe giveaway hosted by Karin at Wunderlust. 

Here's my dress from Romwe.

Close up of the dress fabric.

What it looks like un-tucked.

This is what I wanted the dress to resemble.

Just Cavalli Spring RTW 2012

This was my reality.

My reality did NOT match my vision.

So, I tucked the dress into my thrifted skirt.

With the headband, and without the headband.

I still like the paisley pattern,
and the lace detailing on the sleeves.

My twin nieces are two years old!

My art journal pages:
Left page was journaling outside.

 The right page is a house, I created with collage.

I wrote:  Last year I drew my dream house. Now I'll describe it: on a beach, or near the woods, away from neighbors barking dogs, away from airplanes, and trains, and noisy cars, away from children screaming, like a fairy tale cottage, gingerbread house, stone gate, or bricks, gables, high ceilings, wild flowers, ivy, stained glass, bay windows, rainbow prisms on the wall.