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04.08.16

AdventureWear // Take Me Out to the Ballgame

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It’s opening day for the Colorado Rockies, so I thought I’d style today’s AdventureWear in the colors of our baseball team – as well as this Colorado stamp featuring the Columbine. Purple + white are the colors of the day!

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Purple + white are actually colors that don’t show up too often in my wardrobe, so matching this stamp was a bit of an endeavor. I found a purple tank at Madewell last summer + it quickly became my favorite thanks to the way that it tucks perfectly. Plus it’s really comfy, so I somehow managed to make a place in my heart (and wardrobe) for purple. I’ll probably be wearing this guy to every Rockies game we attend this season, except for when I wear this.

White was the easy part of the equation thanks to this amazing necklace from FashionAble (affiliate link). I snagged it last year as a Christmas gift to myself, and I’m in love – not only with the necklace but also with this company’s mission + heart. They believe in empowering women all around the world + employing fair + ethical business practices. You can read more of the story in this post.

I love this Adventurewear project because it challenges me to stretch myself a little bit in my fashion choices + put things together in combinations that I may not have otherwise. It’s a great creative exercise to translate inspiration from one medium to another, in this case from stamp design to fashion. Here are a few of the past AdventureWear experiments:

AdventureWear // Ireland

I am probably overly excited to be bringing back one

AdventureWear // Spring Day in Norway

After my recent Daydreamer post all about Norway,

AdventureWear // Summer in São Tomé

{ stamp from my own collection / top / necklace /

04.05.16

The Portland Rose Garden

After my walk through Portland’s Japanese Gardens, I meandered down to the International Rose Test Garden. There were roses upon roses of varietals, all being assessed for their awesomeness in eleven (11!) different attributes. There are several of these test sites nationally, another one being the rose gardens at the Chicago Botanic Gardens in fact.

I’ll admit that roses, while lovely, have never topped my list for favorite flowers. I know, I know. I’m an unromantic curmudgeon. Nevertheless, I will also admit that a whole garden full of roses makes an impression.

There’s something orderly + symmetrical about roses, which I realize sounds like another completely unromantic thing to say, but I’m a bit of a nerd + nerds find things like symmetry beautiful. In the same way, I was able to appreciate the intentional asymmetry of the Japanese gardens, these orderly rows of blooms had an intentional symmetry that was beautiful in its own right.

Let’s see, how many more times can I use the word symmetry in this post?

I would have stayed in the rose garden to watch the sunset, but I had a long hike down to my bus stop + I didn’t want to make it in the dark. Thank you, Google maps for taking me down this beautiful wooded pathway that was tucked in between switchbacks. I would never have found that gem after sunset.

The rose garden + the Japanese garden were perhaps the perfect compliments to each other. I enjoyed them both, but since I’m allowed to pick favorites, the Japanese garden would totally win in a fight. Want to see what I mean? Here’s the post.

04.01.16

365 Video Challenge // March Recap

HOW, how is it April already? Between a week of vacation in Miami + a week sick in bed with the worst cold, March seems to have vanished in a flash – plus this week was my birthday AND my business anniversary. Evergreen Lane is three years old now!

I can’t tell you how fun it has been looking back over my month (and now, the whole first quarter) in these little one-second bites. There is so much beauty in both the adventures + the routines of our everyday lives. And while this project 365 has definitely spurred me to have more adventures than I would maybe normally have in a given week, it has also reminded me that there is a great peace + comfort in the moments of “normal” that we walk through.

This month, I have also been hard at work on a special gift for all of you, to share some of the tricks that I’ve learned in my daily video practice. Sign up below to get my 5 secrets to creating an amazing travel video for free! I’m so excited to finally be able to share this with you – travel is one of my great loves, and being able to help others capture their adventures + travels in a meaningful way is a dream come true! There is so much beauty in this life worth remembering.

And, if you’re on the list, you’ll be the first to get the details about how you can learn to curate your own everyday adventure with the tools you already have on hand – and have your very own editing ninja (that’s me!) stitch everything together for you.

03.22.16

The Portland Japanese Gardens

Ever since I was small, I remember my family taking trips to the Chicago Botanic Gardens. One of my favorite areas was always the Japanese garden, which is situated on a series of islands. Through the years, it always stood out to me because it was so serene + unique.

Apparently these gardens (and the gardens we saw in our travels to Japan) had an impact on my dad as well. My childhood home, yes – the one on Evergreen Lane, had a small Japanese rock garden in the backyard. It was complete with a Japanese maple, a little wooden bridge, and a dripping fountain. It was probably my favorite corner of the yard.

So when my friend Meredith tipped me off to the outstanding Japanese gardens in Portland, I knew I had to go. Thankfully, I had a free afternoon before the craziness of the World Domination Summit began, so I hopped on the bus + headed towards the gardens.

It was a bit of a hike from the bus stop up to the gardens, but I got to appreciate the incredible natural foliage of the Pacific Northwest. While I love living in Colorado, sometimes I miss the abundant deciduous mess that you find in other parts of the country.

In reading about the gardens, I learned that this was considered one of the most authentic Japanese gardens outside of Japan, and it is divided into five distinct sections: the flat garden, the strolling pond garden, the tea garden, the natural garden, + finally, the sand + stone garden.

I love that Japanese gardens focus on creating serene vignettes + making the viewer feel like they are a part of the whole thing. As I walked the gardens, it was as if I was on a little treasure hunt to find the next hidden scene. And this treasure hunt comes with the most relaxing soundtrack, thanks to the element of water playing a huge role in many of the gardens’ designs.

I could have wandered these gardens for hours, + wish that I had had more time to sit + write while I was there, but it was, unfortunately, close to closing time when I arrived, so the gardens had to be appreciated a bit more quickly than I would have hoped. As far as recommendations for what to do while in Portland, the Japanese gardens would without a doubt top my list.

03.18.16

Video // Breckenridge Snow Sculpture Competition

Earlier this week, I was in full-on summer mode – and today we’re doing a flashback to winter when it was 6 degrees in the Colorado mountains + people were making art out of giant blocks of snow. That’s what spring is, after all, isn’t it? A seemingly endless loop between winter + summer until the warmth finally wins the battle.

Every year in Breckenridge, they host an international snow sculpture competition. The sculptures, though a little damaged by a recent snowstorm when we were finally able to make our way over to see them, were particularly beautiful at night.

I might even be willing to say it was worth braving the bitter 6-degree weather!

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