October Moodboard

Hi everyone, it is so nice to be able to sit down and have an outlet to release some of the stress in my life (because of this, expect a veeeery lengthy post). I have a feeling that everyone is getting to that point in the year - school has been ramping up, and we are all finally epiphanizing (a word? I think not.) after a blissfully education-less summer that hard work is actually still a thing, and that we actually have to be performing it, to some degree or another. 

Either way, I have still been keeping up with my procrastination skills via twitter, instagram, and pinterest. If you don't know what pinterest is (or truly believe its sole purpose is to find dream wedding and home ideas or to occupy old ladies and stay-at-home mothers), I strongly suggest you check it out. I like to consider it the oblivious girls (aka me) version of tumblr. It is, in my opinion, much easier to organize and navigate. I have had pinterest for several years, and always use it for blog post inspiration, diy ideas, and, of course, an extremely valuable procrastination buddy! All of these images I have pinned onto my pinterest account, so if you are a rad person you should follow me ( search grace melchers). Anyways, I am just trying to get rid of the terribly awfully horrible stereotype that is "pinterest is for grandma's". IT. IS. NOT.

Now, onto what you probably came to this site to read. I have been inspired by the idea of doing a moodboard ever since I saw one on www.carlymaddox,blogspot.com. I think they are a great idea to show you guys my personal style if I actually had that thing, whats it called? Oh yeah, money. Also, other people are wearing and photographing it, so that helps too. In case you haven't noticed, I've been loving the eclectic clothing style lately. You know, Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie type clothing. The handmade, intricate essence these clothes carry just add so much more personality that clothing these days seems to be lacking. I think that this culture of clothing has been introduced to me from celebrities like Blake Lively, who recently began a new path in her life (technically two - congrats on that bun in the oven also - hottest fetus ever I'm betting), her website Preserve. It is a website that celebrates the handmade feeling and creators that sculpt our society. I think that she is a genius, using her fame to help reveal to the world the creative, unique side of life that teenagers (her main audience) seem to forget about. I love that I'm unique - after all, living the life of someone else is not living your life now is it? 

In general, you can probably tell that aside from eclectic and artisanal items, I've been enjoying the simplicity of clothing. Stripes, plaid, leather, wood. I've also reeally been liking tops, skirts or dresses with a loose and flowy peplum. I'm not one for those structured peplum tops, but the loose ones like the ones on my moodboard? Swoon-worthy. I've noticed lately that there's too much negativity going around on social media, particularly twitter. I always try to keep my tweets positive; there are too many teenage angst accounts and not enough positive ones out there. So I've included some inspiring and smile worthy words too. 

I hope you enjoyed this post, please tell me if you want to see more of these :). I really enjoyed being able to actually write about what I love and see in the world instead of just pictures with captions for a change. Have a lovely day, until next post!

xoxo, G.