Stripes, Purple and Skinnies.

Hello All. It has been an unusual but beautiful Sunday for sure. We spent most of our morning and part of the afternoon doing a Pregnancy Photo-Shoot for Our Bundle of Joy to come. Lucky for us, we got all the photos today (over 350 of them). The photographer will work on a bunch of them, she will take her time, but at least having them all and being able to share some of them here with you, and on Facebook, is a privilege. The photographer we chose is fairly young & new. She is only 24 years old but she has been doing Photography full-time for 5 years now, even has worked for some established, good magazines & publications here in Albania. Also, I have been Facebook friends with her & admired her work for a long time now. In general we were very happy with the shoot. And because our Friendship, she even gave me a fabulous deal. Yes it was kind of chilly outside, but it could have been a lot colder actually. Most of the photos were taken in the shade - a photographer's dream, right? - and my outfits were fairly light, but I managed. My favorite photos were the ones of the two of us, well three of us, actually. =) Once I go through the photos, I will make sure to post some of them here for you. ;-)

This has been one of the best, comfiest, loftiest (are these last 2 words?! LOL) top to wear while pregnant. I love the skinny little tie around the top of the belly too & the mini pleat detail by the neckline. I have also worn this ruffled cardigan a few times, while pregnant. With the open fly-away style this has been a good cardi for this last trimester. The knit Turqouise Scarf was added for warmth and it was cold in the office that day, so I kept it on for the first couple of hours. I like the textured open-weave detail on it. All the pieces here are very simple but it is all about the sime details & mix of textures. Those little things sometimes MAKE AN OUTFIT, don't you agree?!



Black+White Stripped, Open Cardigan w/ Ruffle Around the Front: White House Black Market.

3/4-Sleeve, Simple, Cotton, Purple Maternity Top w/ Pleating Detail: Oh Baby by Motherhood.

Black, Stretchy, Skinny Corduroy Pants: White House Black Market.

Turqouise, Knitted Warm Scarf w/ Sparkly Silver Threading through it: Hand-Made.

Light-Green & Gold-Edged, Flower-Shaped, Stud Earrings: Parfois.

Long, Beaded Forest Green Necklace w/ Magnetic Oval & Skinny-Square, Magnetic, Glass Stones: Street Vendor @ the Beach. 

Silver Ring w/ Long Oval-Shaped Orange Stone: Kohl's.

Black, Leather Boots: Impo.