I'm not sure how I skipped over this event, but I just found these photos from a few months ago and realized it was time to share them!
Hailee and I had been coming across a lot of photos of outdoor forts draped with beautiful Indian tapestries, and decided we should try our hands at one! We also felt it was time to go camping, back yard style.
When we ran out of the tapestries (most of which I got in Santa Barbara), we found some lace from the 70's and used those. And of course, we had string lights.
We hung rope from the trees and an old bed frame that I had in the yard, and used an old ladder as a fourth support, giving it some life with our newly potted succulents.
And, as every hipster gathering must have, we set up my record player on a little side table to play music as we drifted away under the stars. Dreamy, I know.
And just for the record (I swear I didn't plan that pun), the album Blue Mist by Sam (the man) Taylor & His Orchestra might be one of my favorite albums ever, and to think I found it in the $2 section at Amoeba.
If you've ever gone camping, you know that the morning dew isn't awesome, so to solve the dilemma of our blankets getting soaked we hid a tarp under our quilts and pillows.
As the sun began to set Ryan had gotten off work and stopped by to put his Eagle Scout training to use and build us our little bonfire, which was a hit later on in the night when people came for s'mores.
Hailee's boyfriend Luke drove a few hours down to us, and him and Ryan traded off serenading us.
Here is Luke's bandcamp (Flvke), and here is the facebook page for the band Ryan and I are in (Casual).
A special thanks to my darling Hailee for documenting the night!
I must say, although the ground is no Tempurpedic, there is something very cleansing about waking up with fresh air and in nature, even if it is just in your back yard.
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