iheartlily photography | shooting differently

I wanted to try something cool with my camera while I did a shoot yesterday. I detached my lens but held it closely to the opening and attempted to shoot a few shots like that. I don't know much about film developing and exposure and stuff like that, but I thought it came out cute! I tried to adjust the aperture but this is as good as I could get. Can't wait to try more of this technique! I'll have the full spread up later this week!

HOPE

Sometimes, when you want to give up, remember there is hope inside of you. It might be hard to dig it up, but keep going and going and going and going...

and when it gets better, keep going and going and going anyways.

currently working on....

cropped fringe tanks! 

adding them to the store as soon as I can!

oscar de la renta | resort 2013

 (photos via)

 Oscar de la Renta and his classy ways will never die.

a little shop update

Hi friends! I have a little shop update for you all. My sister and I have finally decided on a date to open up our online doors: Friday, May 25th! We're super stoked and a little bit stressed because we realized that that is next week! But, nonetheless, we are excited. It's just a little small step into our dreams as a sister duo. You see, we share similar dreams and visions and one day, we're hoping to open up a store here on Kauai... or somewhere. Wherever we may be.

In the past few months, we have been building a site for our store and we plan to use that in the next few months, but for now we will be using Etsy. For now we will be selling clutches, earrings, headbands and a few home decor products.

So, please check us out! I will have a full link on here next week Friday!!

For some product previews click here.

mother's day

Mother's day was a blast! Spent the early morning at church (of course!) and then headed down to our favorite spot with all of our family and friends and lounged the day away. We had the complete spread of prime rib, omelet station, turkey and stuffing, thai chicken sticks and my mom's famous beef stew ... at the beach! I was kind of bummed because I think I ate something and it made my stomach so upset that I found myself in the bathroom for a while, throwing up. Lo and behold, I felt better and enjoyed the rest of the day!

For a few minutes I found myself alone laying on a blanket enjoying the sun and shade and the sound of the waves crashing on the shore and the only thing I was thinking about was my mom. I'm so thankful for her. Everything that she does - I'm thankful for. She's always keeping me on my toes and making sure that I get things done and without her, I wouldn't be where I am today! I thought about how much of a great mother I want to be one day and how much of great wife I want to be, too. And all of that will come into play someday and I'll always think about my mom. All of her triumphs and trials and I'll always remember how hard she works for our family and how much she loves us - even when I'm grouchy!

She really is the best. 

So mom, because I know you'll read this - I love you. A thousand times over, I love you.

Love, your Che Che.