Lydia James

11.10.14 Website! New Content!

I obviously never post on here, but I have been posting my photography on my new website, so if you could check it out / share it, that would be so amazing! Thanks guys!

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5.5.14 all my attention squinting westward at the sunset

By Lydia James on 5.5.14

Some memories of the weekend.

Madison, Lily and I went up to Paonia, the little hippie town I used to live in, for a few nights.
We stayed at my grandparents' farm, drank cider at a bluegrass concert in an orchard, and embraced our grimy, Chaco-clad toes.
All I've wanted to do lately is wear my comfy elephant hippie pants and Chaco sandals and groove to folk music and lay in fields, so this weekend was perfect for that.
Now I just have to make it through finals and the last few weeks of torture before heading off to Berlin for the summer. School is getting harder and harder to care about.

Hope everyone is well!

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24.4.14 a restless feeling by my side

By Lydia James on 24.4.14

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wipe the dust off the sill.

drag open the windows.

go outside.

collect leaves.

pack away the wool.

pedal to the market.

I've decided to start blogging again. I think it is a good creative outlet; it is a lot easier to post some things here than in my journal. I am not going to say how often I'll try to post so as not to stress myself out. Let's see how it goes?

Posted in coffee, costa rica, plantz, polyvore, spring | 1 comment

11.7.13 Outfit // Don't tell me what to do

By Lydia James on 11.7.13

An outfit from a while ago when it was spring and I was in Colorado. Ew look at the trees there aren't any leaves ewewew winter.

sunglasses-TJ Maxx?; shirt-Walmart/DIYed; skirt-Forever 21; jacket-thrifted; shoes-Doc Martens

made with iron-on transfer paper, not my drawing (source unknown)

I'm posting from my iPod, so the format might be a bit weird, sorry!

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10.7.13 Outfit // Deadbeat Summer

By Lydia James on 10.7.13

Top-thrifted; skirt-thrifted; bag-'do you read me?' Bookstore in berlin; flatforms-ASOS

It makes me so happy to be in a city in which everyone has such a unique style and I don't feel incredibly out-of-place wearing something like this. There are 2 huge thrift stores here that have more pricey (but still really cheap) vintage sections and then clothes by weight. One has a happy hour on Tuesday and the other on Wednesday so we always go during those times to get the 30% discount! I got the skirt I'm wearing at one a couple weeks ago along with a flannel and tropical-print coverup, and today I got these adorable pinstripe dungarees (only 7€!):

For summer reading I have to read To Kill a Mockingbird and Slaughterhouse-Five. I finished To Kill a Mockingbird a few days ago and loved it! These dungarees will definitely be perfect for channeling Scout. Mascha and I are going to Prague next week (alone!) for a few days and I'm incredibly excited, so expect pictures soon!

Some random pictures from today:

Cool east German building

This did not end well (hint: those plants are poison ivy)

North African food for lunch 😍

That's it!

Lydia

Posted in #outfit #berlin #photos #fashion #style #germany #travel #thriftstores #dungarees #grandmaskirt | 7 comments

8.7.13 It feels like I only go backwards

By Lydia James on 8.7.13

Yes, it's time.

I'm going to write a blog post.

Maybe. Here goes:

Hi people of the blogosphere! Long time no see! Obviously, I have not been the most-----i am now writing about 2 hours later, because the grandma of my best friend who I am staying with just came so I had to speak german and play cards with her (see what I mean?)-----reliable blogger, for various reasons I will only summarise for you.

The last time I posted something was right before school ended, so I was super busy with projects and final exams. The day that school ended Mascha and I went to my grandparents' farm for 5 days, then to NYC for a week, then to berlin, then to an island in the baltic sea with no internet, and now we are back in Berlin. So I haven't had much time...

Today I met up with a friend of mine from colorado, and then I went and sat in a little cafe for 3 hours and drank coffee and ate a sandwich and drew and watched people, which was amazing and perfect and I felt like I was in a movie or that someone should really make I movie about me or that wait no I should make a movie. It was very emotional and I listened to High Highs the whole time which made it even more perfect. Like look where I sat: