ONCE UPON A TIME

Once upon a time, a plain and simple girl dreamed of something more...

I wanted to give you guys a preview of a shoot I was a part of last week!  I feel so incredibly lucky to have an outlet for my creative side like this.  The shoot is bridal themed as it was part of a portfolio shoot for some great ladies starting their new beauty endeavor.  Thanks so much for letting me be a part of it and thank you to Chris and the team for the wonderful photos!  I totally weaseled my way into the shoot last minute.  Hehehe... But as usual, you guys sure know how to make a gal feel glamorous in lightning speed.  Stay tuned for the rest of the story... time to werk!!  PS, any fellow bloggers going to Dallas for the weekend?  Let's play!  ;)

//  CREDITS  // 

//  Photography - Chris Kim and Joey Nguyen  //

//  Hair and Makeup - Vanity Scene  //

//  Assisting - LC of LDOTCDOT  //

//  Attire - Jenny Packham provided by Ultimate Bride  //
//  Location - Thompson Chicago Hotel  //

xoxo,

DOS

DOSXGATSBY

AND HERE IT IS!  DOSxGATSBY

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UPDATE - You know those moments when you get sooo excited you forget to thank someone very important?  Honey Chu Chu... Thank you soooooooo much for your help that day.  You are THE BEST and most supportive little wench ever.  Thank you for always being there for me when I need you.  I just love you!

xoxo,

DOS

COMING SOON

DRUNK ON HELENA QUINN - PART ONE

Don't you just love when the stars align when you least expect it?  Well that's what this weekend felt like for me for many reasons.  Not only was Andrea Racey, designer of Helena Quinn, in town to present her new line of spring coats at Edith Hart, my friend and avid photographer Hoang Lam was also free to tag along and take some shots for me.  I had been planning on snagging a spring-ish coat for when spring finally arrives in Chicago and a few of my lady friends were free for a girls day around Wicker Park.  Add all that with the lovely ladies of Edith Hart and it's gorgy owner Morgan giving me permission to play with the clothes and coats and it turned out to be an unexpected and fun filled Saturday indeed.  I definitely had a fun time playing dress up and styling a few of the Helena Quinn coats.  I had about zero time to prepare for this shoot and was pulling looks on the fly and as always my biggest challenge is finding my size, so I hope you enjoy the photos!

I needed a prop so obvi I used a macaron that Edith Hart had a bunch of for the event.  LC was getting frustrated that it was taking me forever to actually eat it.  Hahaha.  I held it, I kissed it, I danced with it.  Oh the weird things I do on these shoots.  I finally did take a bite at the end and LC ate the other half.  Hehehe.  Love you Honey Chu Chu!  Biiiiiiiiiiiig shout out to all my sexy ladies that came with me.  Suez, LC, Caroline (plus baby Eli)... xoxoxoxo... and Ash - you owned that reflector shield thing gurrllll.. hahaha.. thanks for your help!

To Edith Hart, thanks so much for letting me rummage through the place with all of my friends.  Sorry it was so hectic and I was all over the place.  I had a fab time and it was sooo amazeypants to meet Andrea!  Oh and muchos gracias for the champagne.  Hehehe.

To Andrea, it was so fun meeting you!  Come back to Chicago soon!  Bring lots o' XS.  Hehehe..  I'm sure I will be collecting quite a few pieces of Helena Quinn.  xoxo

To Hoang, thanks for taking the time out to hang with a bunch of crazy females and taking some fun photos for the blog.  MUAH!  So... when's our next shoot?

CHOMP!

Dress - Bec & Bridge  |  Coat - Helena Quinn "Patty" |  Shoes - Shoemint

Photos by:  Hoang Lam of Commonless (please like their FB pagey page)

Parts two and three coming soon!

xoxo,

DOS

THE PREVIEW

Hey y'all!  These are sneak previews of an upcoming post "The Decade".  The Hubster and I are celebrating 10 years today of being together and thought we should celebrate in the awesomest way we could thing of.  A themed photoshoot celebrating a decade of us being us by transporting into a decade of fabulousness!  We are so fortunate to have an amazeypants photog, Chris Kim, share in this shoot and make us look cooler than we really are.  Thank you TUMZ!  (nickname)  Stay tuned for the details of the shoot and the details of all the work it took to put it all together and the wonderful people that made it all happen!  I'm a lucky gal to have such great people in my life and one sexyballs hubby to ride or die with.  Here's to us and 10 years of LOVE and "gawd I could kill you right now"... but mostly LOVE.

xoxo,

DOS