Faltering Bird x Pacsun // EASY RIDER // Thank you for 13,000+ fans on LookBook!

Like I mentioned a little over a week ago, I was lucky enough to get some freebies from Pacsun, and now that I've modeled some of them, I'm really excited to show off these photos! Most of these are taken, again, by my lovely friend Michelle, and some are by Josh as usual. 

I modeled this outfit and the overall theme around a movie I really like, called "Easy Rider" about two friends taking a trip across america on their motorcycles. It's pretty much a classic! Anyway, here's a kickass song used in the movie that I've always really liked. Check it out, it's called "The Pusher" by Steppenwolf.

These are the badass lookin' dudes from the movie!

More skulls! This guy used to live inside the pathetic cavernous hole where a stereo should be in our truck, but we don't have one, so he used to be shoved in there, waiting to terrify whoever looked inside. Haha. Dreamcatcher is from my dear blogger friend and owner of Galore, Beneath the Stars, Kendall!!

All of the above photos were by Michelle, and all of the following photos are by Josh!

Thanks Mr. Skull, for strategically blocking my underwear and making this shot possible! Hah.

Love that Josh got the reflections in the windshield in these ones!

Hope you guys enjoyed looking at this photos as much as we all did taking them, and I hope this gets ya'll in the mood for the summer, cause that shit is comin' up real fast now! Although Oregon is usually cold and rainy, Pacsun's Golden State of Mind blog always cheers me up--because being golden really is just a state of mind!

RUNDOWN

leopard sweater, cross bracelet, shapes necklace, 

car keychain, and truck blanket, all Pacsun

crop top- Fox House
ring- Vanessa Mooney

skirt- Romwe

boots- Durango

xoxo, ashlei

PS: Just noticed I reached 13k fans on LookBook!! Wanted to thank everyone who follows me there!! ♥♥♥

 

Here's the look I'll upload on Chictopia and Lookbook, I think!!

A look around our room!

So I've actually had most of these photos since summer, but never got around to posting them! Fairly soon Josh & I are moving from where we live right now to another place for awhile, so since this room is about to be kaput I figured I'd pay homage to it!

It's a pretty small room, but as you can see we have a lot of things to fill it up with! The blanket on the end of the bed is actually a poncho from Urban Outfitters. I think my favourtite part of this photo is my rabbit pelt neat the TV. I saw it once at a gift shop and it just looked so sad, I had to buy it.

Probably can't tell, but the photo on the wall is a crazy rainbow and pink pegasus painting from the 70's!

I actually made that dream catcher! My best friend taught me how!!

Got the globe from some people across the street for free when they were moving out! As you can tell from our TV, we're not really too big on watching TV, haha! Wolf print is from  my best friend from high school--she got it from a graduate student from her college!

My cluttered desk!! As you can tell, I like flowers and cats and birds motifs. And anime, haha!

The awesome pink floral frame is from Paccony!! I swear I'll never drink that alien head tequila--got it in Las Vegas!!

This side table is a favourite thing of mine. It was $10 from Goodwill, go figure!!

I actually got this scratching post toy from Paccony as well! My cat Bounty really likes it!

She's pretty talented and can stand on top of it! The other day she was jumping around chasing reflections, and she TOUCHED THE CEILING. I can't believe her sometimes!!

Bite bite bite!!

So, what do your rooms/ houses look like? I'd love to see! Since we're moving, I'd like to get decorating ideas...and I always love seeing how other people live!!




xoxo, ashlei

// NOUVEAU SUFOKIA // Let the noise run through your head

Earlier this week Josh & I hung out with our friend Michelle! She's one of my best friends from high school, and she's often really busy so getting the chance to hang out with her is always fun--and she's the fabulous photographer who took almost all the photos in this post! 

Also, this outfit is based on a French online videogame I play online with my friends Jennifer & Bobby, called WAKFU! I linked to Jennifer's Sufokia outfit, since all 3 of us are doing themed outfits!! I made my outfit girly, but incorporated inspired elements to be reminiscent of the armor you wear in the game. I wore the metal filigree necklace and the lace shirt to emulate the detail of a breastplate, heavy metal bracelets to remind you of bracers, and high shoes and tall socks to mimic the idea of tall leather boots! The title "Sufokia" comes from the land me & my friends are citizens to--it's a sun bleached beach town with lots of sand and soft pastel hues.

(Top is by Chicwish, and skirt is by RIRE Boutique!)

Here's the song that inspired this post! It's called "Jane Doe" and it's by Rebecca & Fiona. Usually I make these embedded videos smaller, but this one is neat, so I'll leave the full thing  here this time!

Necklace by Romwe.

Skirt & belt by RIRE Boutique

Michelle is doing a project for her portfolio and needs photos of couples together, so we rocked this heart for some photos!

It looks like he's so sleepppyyy

This skirt needs to be wayyyy longer. Every time I see these photos that "Ass Everywhere" song by Freedia kinda just starts playing in my head, lol.

Josh took a few photos of me & Michelle! Isn't she cute?!

Usually I hate photos of my face and faces in general and find them cloying as fuck, but I really like these ones of me and Michelle! XD

♥  Frieeendsss ♥ 

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top- Chicwish

skirt & belt- RIRE Boutique

necklace- Romwe

socks- Guess

shoes- Jeffrey Campbell

PS: You can find my post on Chictopia of this look, here!!

xoxo, ashlei

Back when we were young

Hey guys, long time no post! I feel like lately all I'm doing is saying sorry for the lack of posts, so I'll try to rectify this! Anyway, here's my first look of many that was a collaboration with aSociete!! This look was shot at Mt. Pisgah, a local park I used to go a lot as a child! I haven't been there much recently, but it's super relaxing here! I can't wait to post all the looks I did with them!

(Top is from aSociete, sweater is from Indressme, and skirt is from Romwe)

Necklace by Angel Court

Above 3 shots all by Levi Lopez of aSociete, bottom two shots by Josh, as usual!

It's amazing how different our camera is than the ones aSociete were using--I'd really like a nice camera, some day!!

Also, Josh made me sit in this little teepee. I didn't want to because it was muddy inside, but he made me. There, are you happy, Josh??

RUNDOWN

crochet top- aSociete 

sweater- Indressme

skirt- Romwe

necklace- Angel Court

socks- Guess

shoes- Jeffrey Campbell

xoxo, ashlei

Photobucket technical difficulties

Hey guys! 

Just wanted to apologize for the fact that a good number of photos aren't showing up currently on my blog.

I pay for a premium Photobucket uploading account, however some of their servers are currently experiencing technical difficulties and have been for a few days, so this is what's causing some of my photos to not show up.

As soon as Photobucket gets their shizz together, all my photos should be up like usual!

Sorry for da crap!

xoxo, ashlei

Golden State of Mind: Pacsun Spring 2013!!

I've been following Pacsun's Golden State of Mind blog for quite some time now. I remember last summer as I was shopping locally for my summer trip to Las Vegas with my friends, I bought a bag at Pacsun and saw advertisements for the GSOM and thought they were super neat, went home, and checked out their blog! I never dreamed that I'd later be teaming up with them for Spring 2013!

Anyway, I was lucky enough to get some awesome Spring 2013 swag, so check this awesome stuff out! (Even the box is rad, now my whole room smells like fresh wood!)

Super happy with everything inside, camo, denim, AND animal print?! Right up my alley. Even the blanket underneath is from them! We've really been needing a blanket for the back of the seat in our truck, so this will look great!

Cross bracelet, shapes necklace, and a neat keychain I gave to Josh, my lovely boyfriend & phtographer!


I totally can't wait to style all of these pieces in looks--please sun, please come out!! I want it to be warm!



xoxo, ashlei

Kitty Cat & Aritzia!!

Let me start off this post by saying I hate pants. Hate, hate, hate. There's nothing more outfit stunting than a boring pair of pants. However, these pants are far from that! Despite my hatred for pants, I decided to accept working with Aritzia for a game of "blogger tag"--where 1 blogger receives a different colour of the same pair of pants to style, and "tags" another blogger friend of theirs to wear a different colour! And I'm glad I did, because for once, these pants are changing my mind about the boyish style. 

Check out my Aritzia feature with several of my friends, here!!

(Pants are from Aritzia of course / top is from Sheinside)

As you can tell, I have really short legs and an extremely long torso XD lol

I actually have a strange story about this sweater! When I was in grade school in the early 90's, the brand "Self Esteem" that sold clothing through JCPenny's stocked a white shirt with nearly (if not the exact same) cat face that's on this sweater! I lost the shirt years ago and was always bummed...until the whole cat sweater fad started, and I found this, and rekindled my love with it, because I am apparently forever like a five year old.

(Sweater by Sheinside/ Necklace by Romwe)

I think these pants are a bit too tight on me, haha! They're pretty warm, too!

RUNDOWN

pants- Aritzia 

sweater- Sheinside

necklace- Romwe

shoes- Sammy Dress

xoxo, ashlei

PS: As you'll notice, these photos are way bigger than normal. My blog used to be glitched a lot smaller, but I figured out a way around the problem, so no more tiny pictures, yaaay! Now I just need to finish saving for a fancier camera, and the photos will actually look great this large, haha!