Laced In Mint

   So I was going to start this post out with another way, but I've chosen to start it another way... which is talking about the weather! Yesterday, 11-12-13, I saw the first snowfall of the season. Granted it's still August, but there is just something magical about the first snowfall. We were excited to get a "gentle coating of snow," but I sadly was in school when the snow fell and I couldn't snap a photo. I was planning to take a photo when I got home, but the snow unfortunately did not stick. The only sign of a snow shower was the fact that it felt like 27 degrees outside with wind chill! Burrrr!! I'm very excited for the next snow shower! Even though I dislike the cold, I love winter and snow... It sounds kinda contradiction, but it makes sense in my head =)

  Okay now onto my post! I received my new dslr camera this weekend and I have been beyond excited with it. After a few test shots, I learned that I was extremely satisfied with my decision to purchase this camera! High quality photos can make anybody look good! I swear I look like I came out of an advertisement in some of my photos! I took advantage of the long weekend I had to do some test snaps. My younger sister agreed to help me so that made me really happy. Having someone hold the camera makes things a lot easier on me! (I think she just wanted to play around with my new camera though hehe =)

A lot of people in our school get Senior Portraits outside of the ones that our school requires us to take for the yearbook. I was contemplating whether to do this or not (though I still haven't taken my school portraits!), but now I have come to a decision not to. It does cost a lot per season and to be honest, I think I already have a lot of photos of me.... =0  Now with my camera and an occasional photographer, I think I can manage my own portraits =)

For my photos, I chose to wear a lovely lace dress. As I've mentioned before, I think lace is such a beautiful pattern and I really wanted to wear it for my pictures. The dress is a a mid length with mid length sleeves. What I love so much about this dress is the pop of color it has to it. Underneath the black lace is vibrant mint color that looks beautiful against the delicate black lace. It is what makes the dress so unique in my opinion.

The back of the dress is also stunning. There is a triangular cut out in the back which makes it perfect for showing of your back. 

For the rest of my outfit, I chose to wear a pair of my black flats. I was going to wear heels for this, but I sadly could not find any that matched with this dress. I know I have some black heels around, but I just could not find them. That is okay though because the flats look lovely with the dress. 

For my jewelry, I wore a set of gold bangles. I love the way the gold contrasts with the black so I chose to wear them. My nails are also repainted for these photos. The color that I have on is called Rose by Julep.

As you can tell, I am in the middle of trying to reorganize my blog right now. I am not the best with the computer so I am a bit confused on how to work things right now. I want to make my pictures a bit bigger than before, but I don't want them monster sized like they appear now. Blogger only offers me 54 sizes - small, medium, large, x-large, or original. I used to have my pictures on large, but now they are x-large. They are a bit big for my taste, so I am working on fixing that. Apparently you can put a code in that will change ALL the photos on your blog to a certain size! I need to figure out how it works and I promise to work on the layout of my blog this weekend! =) If you have any advice/ideas, feel free to share with me! 

Sorry for spamming you guys with photos in this post! I promised my other post won't be filled with so many pictures. I just got too excited with my camera that I took a lot of photos and they all look good! I'll figured my blog layout out this weekend as well! =)

Dress- Similar @ Modcloth 

Flats- Forever 21
Bracelets- Forever 21

Do you like the pop of mint in my dress?
Do you like this size of photos or do you like them smaller?
Any tips for a new layout for me? =)