Friday, June 18, 2010

On the front porch

 
Dress: Old Navy, thrifted;
Shoes: Tayla platforms, Target;
Red belt: Ann Taylor Loft;
Ship necklace: Beacon's Closet.

When I get home, it feels so good to get out of work clothes and into something much more comfortable and livable. It's liberating to be able to wear clothes that I think express my identity, instead of black work ensembles that are just thrown together.

I did get the nerve to walk up on the farm's cabin porch Thursday afternoon, but it still felt so...macabre. Visitors are allowed to walk all over the farm property, because it's now a county park, but I kept expecting a gust of wind or something to knock me down when I stepped on the porch. It felt like I was intruding on someone's property, except no one's lived there for more than 70 years. The door to the cabin is locked, but I've played around in my head about what's inside except for the period furniture and blankets. Buried treasure under the floorboards? The answers to the universe etched on the other side of the door? Some crows were keeping watch over the fields during our shoot, and it just made our daily visit all the more surreal and eerie. At least the photos turned out well.

This dress was a recent thrift find. I think being at the farm park so much is beginning to affect my sartorial choices, because when I saw this dress, I thought it was perfect in that Southern Gothic kind of way. It's hard to believe that it was originally from Old Navy, because it definitely looks like it was made during a much earlier era.The color of the dress is olive, with a print of white leaves all over it. I feel like a character from a William Faulkner novel when I wear this dress. 

I hope you all have a lovely weekend! 


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17 comments:

  1. What a cool place to take photos! It's like Jacob's cabin in LOST except that it's on a farm instead of in the middle of the jungle. :)

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  2. That truly is an amazing setting. And I'm so glad you're coming home and switching to true JoAnn clothes like this darling dress.

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  3. That looks like such a fun getaway, even if it's a little macabre. I would love to just go hide on a farm for a few days.

    The dress is perfect for it too. I love it.

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  4. I always love the place where you take photos. So relaxing and still :)


    xo Lynzy


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  5. Cute pattern on the dress! And I love that necklace!!

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  6. Great dress, and what a creepy farm house! I'm going to say that you don't look like a Faulkner character because otherwise, that would mean you're tragically doomed. :(

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  7. What a fun setting for your photos! That necklace is too cute!

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  8. I love that you took a risk to take photos at this house, its such beautiful scenery!! I LOVE that dress, I need one just like it! And that necklace is soooo pretty :) XOXO, Natalya

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  9. You always have dresses from thrift stores...Do you have any thrifting tips or good ones that you go to?

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  10. oh what a dream of a dress! that's awesome that you come home and change into something much more you... I come home and throw on my pajamas as quickly as possible :) but then I get to exercise my style creativity all day so there's that difference.

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  11. I'm loving this new photo spot. That dress and the porch together are so perfect!

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  12. This is such a cool place to take outfit photos. And I lovvve that necklace!

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  13. Ooooh I love your necklace! You always have such lovely accessories.

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  14. What lovely scenery for a photoshoot. I love the dress you're wearing in this set of photos, and I'm also totally taken with the necklace! What a cool little detail.

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  15. These pictures are so beautiful and you look so lovely Joann. I love the cabin and all its endless possibilities inside. The dress is very cool and flowy, perfect for the fields!

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  16. meant to comment the other day... that photo of you on the porch is gorg...

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