Sunshine & Daisies

Sunflower Field

Published on September 29, 2017September 29, 2017 by rachelmwatts1 Comment

Hey guys!

These were taken recently in the dreamy sunflower field at Colby Farm. I think I’ve already made it pretty clear I like flowers, so you won’t be surprised that I was thrilled about this excursion. I HAD to go when I learned of this place via my friend Andrea’s snapchat. I instantly messaged her asking where it was and decided to go in the next few days. It did not disappoint. Only a few of these pictures show the real scale of the field, but believe me when I say they go on and on and on.

I bought this dress from Loft specifically with frolicking in mind. I have very fair skin, and have always felt pretty in soft pink. So when I saw this flowy, romantic dress in the store earlier this summer, I was tempted to buy it. But I’m practical with money and couldn’t justify spending so much when I had no reason for the dress. But it was on sale a few weeks later, and I got it. I’m so happy I did.

This ring is beautiful. It’s by Daisy London who I discovered after choosing a name for this blog. Their pieces are incredible, and I want to buy up their whole website. The specific ring I’m wearing is the English Daisy. It makes me happy every time I see it on my hand. I love dainty jewelry nowadays, and the flower is the perfect size on my finger.

And last thing before I shut up, the night before we went, I dyed my hair this light auburn, and I’m living for it. I’ve since gotten a trim and bangs, which you’ll see in a couple days on here or earlier on my insta. I have so much new content coming, and I’m very excited about it! I’ve been doing at least one shoot a week, and it’s making me so happy. Happy happy happy!

Thanks, love ya!

What To Do In Nashville, TN

Published on September 16, 2017September 17, 2017 by rachelmwatts1 Comment

If you’ve been keeping up with me, you’ll know that I went to Nashville with my bestie Sasha. Isn’t she so cute?

In a previous post, I highlighted some of the murals around the city. Now, I’ll be putting in my two cents about where to go and what to eat.

Nashville is definitely a driving town with neighborhood clusters spread around. Luckily, we had a car and got to explore just about all of the city. The neighborhoods we liked most were East Nashville, Hillsboro Village, and 12 South. Other notable places are Lower Broadway, Centennial Park, and The Gulch.

I was struck by how much green space there is in Nashville. Everywhere we turned, there were people taking their dogs for walks. One of the biggest examples of this is Centennial Park. We spent part of an afternoon there, walking around and visiting their full-size replica of the Parthenon. We decided against taking the tour, but it was a cool to walk around and see from the outside, too.

When comprising a list of places to go in Nashville, I was reminded just how much food we ate! Sasha and I basically lived to eat the whole trip. Our favorite stops were:

Pinewood Social
Mas Tacos Por Favor
The Pharmacy Burger (we sat at the same table as Thomas Rhett and his then-pregnant wife Lauren)
Hattie B’s Chicken
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream
Barista Parlor
Crema Coffee
Frothy Monkey (a treehouse-looking coffee shop)
Las Paletas Gourmet Popsicles (we went twice)
Biscuit Love
Five Daughter’s Bakery
Saint Añejo Cantina (I can’t speak for the food because we just ordered margaritas there, but it was a fun spot)

When it comes to shopping, I followed Sasha’s lead. She’s an avid thrifter and came prepared with a list of places she wanted to go. Lots of the thrift and vintage shops are in East Nashville, a quaint artistic stretch of town. We ended up there twice and one of the trips was during their huge Tomato Art Festival. We also found this cool vintage car there that just so happened to match my look 😉

My favorite stores were in the 12 South and Hillsboro Village neighborhoods. Our favorites were:

White’s Mercantile
Draper James (I bought a shirt there)
Hey Rooster General Store
Pangaea
Imogene and Willie
Local Honey

As far as super touristy stuff, we went to The Country Music Hall of Fame and walked around Lower Broadway one afternoon. Lower Broadway is the stretch of street people think of when they think of Nashville. It’s full of honky tonks and boot shops. We poked around in the shops looking at all the leather goods, but we didn’t end up going in any of the bars. But you can definitely hear the live music loud and clear from the street! It was loud and really hot, so we only lasted about an hour on Broadway.

But I was mostly interested in eating all the food and obsessing over Amelia’s Flower Truck. I don’t even have the words to explain how cute this is in person. There are actually 3 trucks that drive around and park around town for people to buy cut flowers. I had to pose with one this day since I matched with the sunflowers on board.

Thanks for reading!

Rachel

Nashville Murals

Published on August 28, 2017August 28, 2017 by rachelmwatts3 Comments

Hey y’all! I’ve been MIA the past month on here, but that is about to change. My favorite season is fall, and I plan on hitting the ground running with fun content starting NOW. I don’t have an exact schedule set yet, but I should be posting a lot more. I have a lot of ideas for things to do coming up, and I’m really looking forward to adventuring and posting about it. So without further ado, here’s my first post back!

At the beginning of this month, I went with my best friend to Nashville Tennessee. This is the first of two posts about our trip. This one is going to be almost entirely a photo gallery, while the other will be a list of thing to do in Nashville.

Look 1: choker, sweater tank, slide sandals, striped pants , ,

Look 2: linen midi dress, wayfarers

That’s all for today, folks! Keep an eye out for my next Nashville post.

XO Rachel

Looks I’m Loving

Published on July 25, 2017 by rachelmwatts1 Comment

This spring, I was sitting at my laptop in class (during my last semester of college) getting excited for summer. I planned out this whole list of things I wanted to buy and things I wanted to do. (You know–the usual bucket list idea but with many links to sunglasses.) By no means have I kept to this list faithfully, but I have used it as an inspiration board of sorts. Heck, this blog came out of it!

And now that it’s here, this summer has been full of some of my favorite trends of all time. So I thought I’d do a list of some of those styles that I’ve been obsessing over for the past few months. I hope someone agrees with me on this list or feels inspired to try something new.

Linen everything
Straw/basket bags –> see my new teeny one here
Little scarves worn as neckerchiefs, around topknots, or as headbands as I did below
Poppy or red-orange –> In the photos below, I’m wearing Stila’s balm lipstick in Valentina (which is on super sale right now. I SO recommend this product. I want it in more colors now.)
Butter yellow
Espadrilles –> see my new striped flats here
Cullottes
Overalls in all shapes and forms
Jumpsuits
Slide sandals
Blouses that wrap/tie –> as evidenced by this Pinterest board
Hardly any makeup –> In these pictures, I’m wearing mascara and the Stila lipbalm, but otherwise I have a naked face. It feels really good to let my skin breathe. Lately, I’ve been lazy and unmotivated some days and too hot to want to have foundation melt off my face other days, but it’s ended up the same way–my naked skin. There are days where I’m insecure about my dark under-eyes or redness around my mouth, but overall, I feel comfortable in my naked face.

Now for my Americana look we shot in Rockport the other day: Gap overalls (currently sold out), lipcolor, Longchamp, sunglasses, Adidas, scarf, ballet tee

A Concord Afternoon

Published on July 20, 2017July 25, 2017 by rachelmwatts1 Comment

The other day, my mom and I spent a very hot afternoon in the center of Concord, MA. Concord is the cutest town–full of ivy-covered brick buildings, old farmhouses, blooming bushes, and darling antique shops. Every time I’m there, it feels like I should stay forever.

We poked into sweet little boutiques and ate the yummiest lunch at this restaurant. And oh my goodness, go go GO Go GO. It was so yummy! We split this amazing meatball grilled cheese, beautiful watermelon salad, and refreshing peach Italian soda. I’m still thinking about the grilled cheese. They’re easily one of my favorite foods. I crave them just about everyday, and it takes just about all my willpower to not eat them all the time.

I wore an Old Navy off-the-shoulder dress with a messy topknot, my new espadrilles from Nordstrom, these fun daisy sunnies from Lord & Taylor, and this matte lipstick in Carina by Stila.
On our way home from lunch and window shopping, we stopped by Bedford Farms to get ice cream because it was National Ice Cream Day? I don’t think that’s a real thing, but it made for a yummy treat and a cute Snapchat post. There’s something so summery and New England-y about a soft serve twist with “jimmies” on it.

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There’s no glamorous way to eat a melting ice cream cone