Fall Lookbook 2015

Happy fall everyone!! I can't believe that it's halfway through October already. In honor of the season change I have put together a fall look book for you guys! I'm pretty excited about this, so I hope you enjoy it and can use it for inspiration.

Important to note: Approximately 90% of my clothing is from Plato's Closet, so I'll put the brand on there if I know where it's from and (PC) if Plato's is where I bought it.

 

Outfit One

This first outfit is comfort with a bit of an edge. The pants are cut in the style of joggers, but they're made with a dressier fabric. Tucking in the tshirt gives the outfit more structure as does the wide-brimmed fedora. The gold oxfords add a touch of sparkle in place of jewelry.  

 

Shirt- Plato's Closet

Pants- Mossimo (PC)

Oxfords- Hand-me-down

Fedora- Stolen from my grandma's closet(:

Sunglasses: Plato's Closet

 

I'm not going to go into much detail on the makeup front because I'm going to do a separate post on that. However, to me, lipstick is an essential part of fall fashion. So here I'm wearing the Blissful Berry lipstick by Maybelline under the Raisin Rage lip gloss by Maybelline.

 

Outfit Two 

           Can we just take a moment to gaze at the beauty that is this wall?! It is perfection.

   This outfit is one of my favorites because it's so simple. I don't have to wear any necklaces because of the laser-cut design on the shirt, the jeans have an interesting pattern sewn onto them, and what is a fall outfit without a pair of tall boots??          

Shirt- Mossimo (PC)

Jeans- rue21 (PC)

Boots- JustFab.com

Sunglasses- see above

 

Eyebrows on fleek(:

Closeup of my jeans

 Can you see my lil elephant studs? They're so cute.

Also, shout out to Downtown Matthews for being so stinkin' adorable!

Outfit Three

This sweater. I love it so much. The slight high-low hem makes it easy to tuck into pants in the front without looking bunchy and awkward in the back, which makes it a great friend to my fancy joggers, as I call them.  

Sweater- Plato's Closet

Pants- see #1

Shoes- Target

Necklace- I have no idea where I got this

For my lips, I'm wearing the same purple-pink shade as the first outfit. It's the bomb dot com.

I'm obsessed with these slip-ons. They're cute, stylish, and they go with basically everything. You can also see the zipper detailing on my pants.

 

Outfit Four

This outfit is the most autumnal, I think. Sweater, skinny jeans, boots. That sounds about right(:

But is it a normal sweater-and-boots outfit? Of course not! 

You've seen these booties before, right?? Hehe

They're awesome because they have spikes on them! Don't worry, they're made of rubber, not metal. I try not to wear sharp objects because I like to avoid impaling myself(:

 

Me being an awkward human.

I love this sweater because it opens up in the back so you can see the sheer underpart of it. I honestly have no idea what it's called, so underpart it is! Max likes to call this my chain mail sweater because he's strange like that(: This sweater is so soft and comfortable and it goes with almost everything I own.

Sweater- Green Envelope LA (PC)

Jeans- So (PC)

Booties- JustFab.com

Necklace- icing

This necklace is probably the most interesting piece of jewelry I own. I mean, look at all the metals! The lipstick I'm wearing here is Rose Blush from Rimmel London.

 

Outfit Five

Part Two of me being an awkward human.

This is the most casual outfit of the bunch, but I love it because it has an autumn/back to school vibe and it works for the "fall" weather in Charlotte (Read: one week of good weather). 

I can't with this tee because it's so cute! Bonus: I'm taking chemistry this year.

Shirt- Old Navy

Jeans- Obey Propaganda (PC)

Shoes- see #3

Bracelet- Gift

CJHEARTS

These jeans are my favorite jeans ever! They're so comfy, slightly high-waisted, and they're olive green! What's not to love?

Being artsy with my photographer(: All photo creds go to Kayla Williams. You can find her on Instagram @haay_its_kayy 

 

And just for fun: reasons I could never be a model(:

I talk too much

I pose like this

 

I laugh at my own jokes

 

It's basically impossible for me to stand still

 

And I make faces like this

 

I hope this little look book can serve as some inspiration for your own fall fashion!

Ciao!

Callan

Sneak Peek (!!)

It's officially fall!!

Well, it's been officially fall for a week now, but it didn't feel like it at all. Charlotte won't have real fall weather for at least another week, at the minimum. Also, it's been drizzly all week and it's driving me crazy!! I want to sit inside, drink hot chocolate, and wear big sweaters, but our AC is still running *insert irritated emoji here*.
In honor of it being fall, I have a little sneak peek for you regarding an autumn look book that I'm putting together! I'm really excited for this, and I can't wait for you all to see it!!

 

Ciao!

Callan

Music Monday || Camp Electric Edition

Alright, so it's been awhile.....
For some reason July is always jam-packed for me. And this year, the first three weeks I had camp and then I was sick all last week from a combination of being away from home, not getting enough sleep, and not getting a lot of nutritious food. You know how camp goes....
So now I just have a little bit of congestion and I'm ready to recap Camp Electric for y'all!!

I have some depressing news first: I lost my phone. The wailing may now commence.

I lost it at Carowinds THREE DAYS before I left for camp, so I have no pictures. None.

On that note, the story shall continue. My parents and I drove up (over??) to Nashville on Saturday morning. We were originally supposed to go on Friday so we could do some sightseeing, but that didn't work out. We stayed at my dad's cousin's house on Saturday night and I got to see some distant cousins. Then after church on Sunday we went to a Greek diner for lunch and drove around Nashville until it was time to go sign me in.

There are three different weeks for Camp Electric; two of which were in Nashville and one that was in Ohio. The Nashville camps are hosted by Trevecca Nazarene University, which is a beautiful campus. I registered for the vocals track(more on those later), so when I signed in, I got my little packet of vocals info, my name tag, and my dorm key. After meeting my 3 roommates, we walked to the opening concert across campus.

Now I've had a lot of questions about what I learned during my time in Nashville, but the structure of Camp Electric wasn't about learning scales and bars and theory; it was more like getting to peek into the lives of the artists that were teaching and learning their "tricks of the trade" and where their love for making music has taken them and how they got to where they are.

Anyway, my three full days at camp went something like this:
Bible study at 7:30
Breakfast at 8
Worship at 9
Voice clinic at 10- this class was taught by vocal coach Marjory Searcy, and it was basically about vocal warmups and cooldowns(apparently those are important), ways to keep your voice at top performance status. Ms. Searcy was really awesome and helpful and I really feel like I benefited greatly from her class.
Tom Jackson at 11:10- So where Marjory Searcy worked with us on fine tuning our voices, Tom Jackson showed us different little ways to tweak a performance to create moments with an audience and connect with them, which was amazing.
Lunch at 12:20
All camp session at 1:30- basically a mini concert where we were put so all the leaders could have a meeting(:
2:30- Instrument specific class- This is when the different tracks are split up into skill levels. I was Class F, which is intermediate. I had a different teacher each day, all three focusing on different aspects of music and the business. I can do a separate post on these classes if y'all would like that, but there's waaaay too much info for this post.
Dinner alternated every day at either 4:30 or 5:30
Free time was in between 4:30 and 6:30 depending on dinner
Concert doors open at 6:45
Concert ends at 10:00
Lights out at 11- this didn't actually happen(: my roommates and I were up until 2 or 3 every night/morning. When you're sharing a tiny dorm with 3 other people you get real close, real fast. I loved having intense conversations with these girls that I'd only known for 48 hours.

But my favorite part, hands down, was walking around the campus and just hearing music from every direction. There were little jam sessions happening everywhere. People were walking and playing guitars and ukuleles and singing and it just made me really happy to hear and see that.

So that's an overview of my time at Camp Electric! If you want me to go into detail about any aspect of camp, than just comment below or email me at cjhearts98@gmail.com

Much love to all of you and Happy Music Monday!!
Callan