Coachella Weekend 2 & Palm Springs!

Hey everyone!! I was lucky enough to win tickets from H&M for me and my friends to Coachella weekend 2, so here are some photos from the event! There are a ton of pictures, so I hope you all like Coachella. Above photo was taken by H&M, thanks guys!!

Most of these photos are taken by me or Josh, but some of them are snagged off of my friend's Instagrams, so a lot of these are really candid!

I have a lot of photos from the trip in general so I figured I'd share a few first from the event itself so ya'll don't get bored! This was the first day--I just love how the ferris wheel is centered in the background!

Coachella Day 0

Drinks at the airport before we flew out!

There were be lots of obligatory palm tree shots in this post, sorry! Also, I love In-N-Out, uuugh.

We bought WAY more than we could even drink. Too bad we couldn't bring it back on the plane!

The hotel H&M put us up in was amazing--we even had 2 rooms but we didn't need the second!

Feather Hearts gave me a BUNCH of really awesome t-shirts--this one has cobras on it and I have already worn it like five times, it's such a soft t-shirt!

Matt & Jenna look matchy-matchy!

We both look totally stank-faced and angry, but for some reason this picture makes me laugh so I'm putting it up!

Dino eggs???

The shirt Josh is wearing is from Feather Hearts as well!

This food was SO good and looking at it now just makes me want more!






Coachella Day 1

I woke up the morning of Coachella Day 1 to Josh rooting around in the drawer next to my head making drinks. I thought this was a funny image! Wakey-wakey!

Welcome to camp with some our friends!! I didn't notice this photo was being taken I guess, haha!

Also, I had a friend of mine take my outfit shot for Day 1 ahead of time since nice cameras weren't allowed into the event, so I'll be posting those up in a separate post since there are a lot of them!

Jenna is so cuuuute ahhh!!! Matt actually had a shirt on the first day that had an unhappy face on it, so this strage setup made us all laugh!

Josh!



Coachella Day 2

One of the camp site neighbors!

Josh & my accessories! I was a dingus and totally forgot to take any outfit shots this day, d'oh!

Sunset over camp.

There were some super amazing preformers at the Dew Lab stage every night!

When they were done, they put up a moon each night to  signify their completion of the act.

Dawww so cute!

We didn't end up going to day 3 since we wanted to take advantage of the lazy river at the resort we were staying at. It was totally worth it!! We're all really tired and glad to be home, but Coachella was awesome! Hope we can go next year, as well!


--Day 0 outfit--
top- Feather Hearts
neckalce- Angel Court
friendship bracelets- Shop Lately
shorts- old DIY Levi's
boots- Durango

--Day 1 outfit--
crop top- ShopLucky21
blue necklace- Vanessa Mooney
red necklace- Taara
shirt- Chicwish
boots- Durango

--Day 2 Accessories--
bangles- Angel Court
spiked friendship bracelets- Shop Savage
other friendship bracelets- Shop Lately



I really hope you guys enjoyed this post as much as I enjoyed going, and thanks for reading, as always!!


xoxo, ashlei

Giveaway Announcement: Giveaways will now be run using RAFFLECOPTER!

Hey everyone!

I wanted to make some announcements about rule changes to my giveaways so everyone will see!! It's recently come to my attention that there some followers of my blog that are confused as to how my giveaways are run, and why I have been running them the way that I do. 

Over the past months, I had not been announcing the names and e-mails of all giveaway winners on my blog. I used to do this, and I recently had not been. Why? Many, many of my past giveaways winners were contacted by different, jealous individuals, harassing them verbally via e-mail for winning their respective giveaway. (Which is totally uncool!!) In light of trying to cease the harassment of some of my readers, I had stopped announcing any information that others could use to contact them with--I simply directly contacted the giveaway winners via their e-mail due to this privacy issue.

However, I noticed that this has also caused confusion with many readers, not knowing when contests are officially over, etc. 

I racked my brain trying to think of ways that I could announce winners, but also not forfeit their privacy in the process--and I found the answer! From now on, if this process works well for you guys, I will be using Rafflecopter for all my giveaways! Winners names will be announced, but NOT their e-mails! Awesome, right? Here's an example of a Rafflecopter giveaway, run by my friend Jennifer:

It's a little widget that you use to enter, rather than messing around with a bunch of other stuff--AND it lets you all know when the giveaway is over, too! I feel like it's way more streamline, don't you??

Anyway, I'm always trying to think of ways to make this blog more fun, or easier for you guys to use. So if any of you have any suggestions, please do use this post as an outlet--I didn't know about Rafflecopter until just recently, and it's obviously a much better method, so don't be afraid to suggest awesome things I may not be privy to!

Thanks for reading my blog, as always!!

xoxo, ashlei

We're all in this together // Old Crow Medicine Show

I have to preface this post by saying: I am obsessed with leopard print! Don't care what anyone else says, it's awesome! (I think I just secretly with I was a cat!) Most of these photos are taken by Levi of aSociete!

Dress is by 2020AVE, and purse is by aSociete.

I tried sort of pulling my side-bangs back for these photos...I'd never tried it before!

I actually realized I'd somehow forgotten to post this second outfit to my blog, so here it is!

Coat is by BangGood, skirt is by aSociete, and shoes are by Sammy Dress!

ARUGHH I am obsessed with this skirt, you have no idea. Pleather all the way!!

//I'M WEARING//

Outfit 1

dress- 2020AVE

bag- aSociete 

shoes- Sammy Dress

necklace- Romwe

Outfit 2

top- Romwe

skirt- aSociete 

coat- BangGood

socks- Guess

shoes- Sammy Dress

Until next time,

xoxo, ashlei

Video Interview + aSociete: GIVEAWAY #29

I'm not sure if I mentioned it or not yet, but recently I was lucky enough to get to collaborate with the clothing website aSociete! They'd worked with two of my fashion blogger friends before, so I knew it would be fun. Liz, Levi, and David of aSociete even drove all the way up from San Francisco to Oregon to do the photoshoot and interview with me! 
It was super fun, and all three of them were super fun to be around. Although it was bitterly cold, and all of us were out in it for 8+ hours, I really love how the photos turned out! This shoot really helped me learn how to push myself to my limits without going too far, and I'm very grateful for the experience.

In celebration of our collaboration, aSociete is letting me hold a giveaway for some of the items in my Look Book on their website!

Here's the giveaway info!

PRIZE: Winner will receive all the items shown in the image above! 

RULES: 

1. You must sign up with aSociete, here.

2. You must share the link of the INTERACTIVE VIDEO below on 1 of your social media outlets. (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) For additional  entries, you may follow aSociete on Instagram, "Like" them on Facebook, or continue to share the video link on your various social outlets.

3. You must follow this blog via Google Friend Connect along the right side of the blog, follow on Bloglovin', and click "like" on the Facebook page for this blog. (If you've already done this before, no need to do it again--that step is complete!)

4. And most importantly, you must comment on this post with your e-mail address so you can be contacted if you're the winner! (Please do mention in your comment how many places you've shared the contest, etc., so I can count your entries!)

Right below is the video you must share! This is the link:

http://www.wirewax.com/embed/7004240/999999

Giveaway ends on May 1st at 11:59pm, and winners will be chosen randomly.

Also, aSociete did a little interview with me along with the interactive video above, so I figured I'd share that, too!

It was REALLY cold, so I'm talking a little slow, haha! The lighting was also SUPER dark because it was foggy so I feel like some of the lighting on my face/ the clothes is a little awkward, but overall I really like these videos! I love film editing so I really respect someone that can make neat, short little videos like this!

Below are a few out takes from the shoot! 

aSociete rode around in the back of our truck and I think we almost killed them!! Oh no!!

For some reason, I look very smug in this photo, haha!

Josh took most of these out takes-- I really love this last one that's panoramic, what a view!!

Incase you were wondering more about aSociete, here's a bit of information abut their awesome company!


"aSociete is the first ever site for you to shop what you watch, shop what you see, and shop what you read. They offer inspiration and lifestyle women's clothing + accessories for the young, fashionable, and trendy. They curate the latest fashion trends through photos, videos, and a digital magazine that you have the ability to shop for, all in one place. aSociete also offers Flexpay allowing you to pay half of your order now and half 30 days later. This young group of fashion lovers is the first to bring you a new shopping experience while still providing affordable products!"


Anyway, overall, I had a really good experience with aSociete and I'm very glad to have worked with them!


Until next time,
xoxo, ashlei