ROUTE 66 AND BEYOND

I've been on a hiatus. Not a fashion post, as it is hard to dress not-boring when you are climbing up mountains with sporadic rain freaking you out. Here are a few photos from the last week and a half. Route 66 road trip into the desert and all over the southwest. Hit up Zion, The Grand Canyon, Yosemite, random small towns in Utah and Arizona, and ended up back in California where it all began. I've been to all of these places minus Yosemite before, and thank goodness I got to experience what all it had to offer. Still only one state to go until I've been everywhere in the US. This road trip was one of the best experiences of my life. The Native American trading posts couldn't be more perfect, and route 66 was an experience in itself, feeling like a travel back in time through the wild west. Too much to talk about. It would take pages and pages. So surreal. Couldn't have done it without my trusty vintage peruvian backpack from Wudsylou. Check out their store here to find awesome vintage must haves. This bag survived many mountain slides and jumps. My new favorite purse.

The winner of the La Dama knuckle ring is Amy!

LA DAMA KNUCKLE RING GIVEAWAY, YO

Already scuffed up my new Austin Powers shoes. No more drunk walking home in these babies.

mixin metals

matte purple polish. not sure how I feel about it.

The YSL ring that we all lust after has a great lookalike and I am here to give one away. La Dama  is having their 2 year anniversary this month and contacted me about doing this giveaway awhile back.  Having a hoarder mindset for rings, I jumped on it. It's safe to assume all ya'll love rings as much as I do. Especially big, gaudy, gypsy, mystical rings like these. They have all sorts of colors for the center stone, and even a silver plated ring here. The giveaway is for a knuckle ring of your choice. I will random.org the winner next Tuesday and will e-mail said person, but I am going to be on a road trip so it may take a little longer to do a post with the winner. So, with that said, and with most giveaways...you gotta leave me your e-mail addy.

Giveaway steps:

1. Follow La Dama on FB here

2. Leave a comment with your e-mail address

These shorts!! These were made for me by Alana. Screw Runwaydreamz when you can have this Arizona livin' blogger custom make you some shredded denim shorts. Check out her store here. 

The pictures don't show it, but after my run in with chlorine and the sun, my faded ugly brick colored hair is now back to bright sunset red. Should have shot these photos after I colored. Oh well. You need to see how hideous my hair can look. Right? Also, this song is in my head. Has been all day. I used to live in Vallejo, CA, rated the most miserable city to live in the USA currently. This song pretty much sums up Vallejo. When I worked at the Olive Garden there, a bartender got held up at gunpoint. Instead of wine, I mostly served shots of Hennessy and Remy Martin. Now, the police station is only open 3 days a week because of the cities bankruptcy. Another Vallejo anthem that I actually kind of like here. Keepin it classy, 707.

Winner of the raw crystal necklace is Isabel! Congrats, lady! 

PS. I was told I needed to make a blog facebook since I prefer to not bombard my personal one with non-personal people. It's pretty bleak right now, but here it is.

SNAKES N' SKULLS

 Southwestern bomber jacket c/o The Cross Office- like on fb here, snake dress/top c/o Tammy Jo Fashion - like on fb here, CAIRO JEWELRY triangle necklace, BoHo Rose Jewelry skull bracelet, Larimar and Silver light blue ring, My Salvation arrow earring, Corvid Delights earring, lelove sunglasses

What a crazy heat wave we've been having here! (Not so) secretly, I love it. I am pretty freakin spent as I have been at a pool party all day swimming and failing at polish horseshoes, so this post may end up taking me an hour to write because I keep passing out. Thank goodness for these sunglasses. My eyes would have been burned out of their sockets since unfortunately we cannot put sunscreen on eyeballs.

 I'm a natural ginger, but I obviously color my hair to make it less boring. Any fellow pseudo redheads out there can tell you one thing for sure - shampoo and warm water are a redheads worst enemy. Mix some chlorine in with that warm water and you've got yourself a great color stripper. Maintenance like crazy. Are you all enjoying my orphan gutter hair look? I achieve this by not washing it, sweating, and sleeping on it multiple times. The humidity is a good additive as well. Just call me fuzzy fur head. Oh, people have asked me where I came up with my blog name. Freckleface Strawberry, a book here. I'm not as freckly, but I am a redhead with a face full of muted freckles. 

Can we talk about this top (dress for me) and jacket? Hecccck yes. Super stoked when these bad boys landed at my front door. Once it gets below 200 degrees this jacket will probably end up fusing to my body because I will wear it so much. The Cross Office is giving you all a 20% discount from their store when you enter STRAWBERRYFRECKLES at checkout. You all know my love for etsy stores, so check out all of the shops I have listed. Lotsa love for them. Way better to have original pieces, in my opinion.

One more day for the crystal necklace giveaway. 

RAW CRYSTAL NECKLACE GIVEAWAY

 Frumpy-butt to the max.

 Humidity like whoa, notice the wet sticky hair. Super sexy.

 Master of the unhappy pathetic look = yours truly.

thrifted snake top and shorts, gadzooks belt (remember that store?!), gifted vpl bralette, headband/necklace c/o cloaks and daggers, red fang necklace from opulent oddities, turquoise and gold ring c/o la dama, turquoise and silver ring c/o gypsy warrior, minotaur ring c/o nous savons, painted bamboo rings from morocco, darescuers tribal bracelet, crystal cuff c/o gather jewelry

As a lover of elemental and organic jewelry, I am proudly hosting a giveaway for this triple quartz crystal necklace by ISOBELL. A native Californian, ISOBELL aka Melody, makes jewelry inspired by all things I wish I could say I lived around. I'll just pretend I live by the coast instead of this flat, swampy forgotten part of the country. Thank goodness I frequent California often. I crave the ocean about as much as I crave the desert. She is also giving my readers a 20% discount code "SUMMERBLOG" which you can use HERE. 

All you have to do is comment with your e-mail address and either like ISOBELL jewelry on facebook here or follow her blog here.

The winner will be chosen in a week using random.org. PS. Super super into Moroccan and Tuareg jewelry and designs as of late. The women make such beautiful and rich art. A part of me wishes I could live freely and be nomadic across the Sahara desert and all over Africa. Ahh. I'd want to wear less clothing, though. Duh.

ALL FOR THE MOUNTAIN

I've said it before and I'll say it again. The collage art for All For The Mountain is just as insanely psychotropic as their jewelry. Would love a piece of their work.