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Hi, loves!
I’ve been shopping at BohoCheri for a little while, and we’ve worked together on small projects here and there, but I was SO elated when they asked me to model for their summer lookbook! It’s just this surreal feeling to be taking pictures in clothes you are accustomed to seeing on the racks of your favorite local boutique and then being able to share them with you all here! So, without further ado, some of my favorite shots from the BohoCheri Summer Lookbook…

All items available at BohoCheri, all pictures by Holli Zenko Photography.

One thing I adore about this boutique is that it’s a mix of well-priced basics (leggings, jeans and tanks), along with lovely printed dresses and caftans (my favorites from Pool to Party and Jen’s Pirate Booty), off-shoulder blouses and cropped tops, but they also have one-of-a-kind pieces from local artists and designers. A couple of the standouts which I’ve brought home with me are delicate gold bead & stone necklaces from Elysian & Grace and hand-sewn leather wrap bracelets from Ronnie M Jewelry.
I love that walking in to the store, it will look completely different than the last time I was in (even if that happens to be last week!), and I never know what I’m going to find. I think owner Cheri’s attention to detail and her fantastic and friendly staff are a part of what makes this spot so unique. Cheri’s eye for curating items for the store is so on-point and on-trend, I know I’m always going to walk in and find something I’m in love with and can’t go home without.
BohoCheri is currently a brick-and-mortar location with an inspiration-filled Instagram feed, but we’ll be continuing to shoot content for the soon-to-be-live website, so everything will be shopable!

I’d love to hear about your favorite local boutique and what makes it special!
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Hi, loves!
I’m so excited to share this fun look with you today!
I found these crazy brushstroke print TOMS at Nordstrom Rack during the last “Clear the Rack” sale (side note, another sale starts today!!) and have been waiting to find the perfect outfit to wear them with around town. Best thing is, they’re so comfortable! I love how platforms (or flatforms) give you height like heels, but don’t kill your feet. A strap across the ankle helps as well to hold you in and to alleviate pressure. These particular wedges are sold out, but the black & white brushstroke version is still available here.

On another, wildly different note, I’ve been working on editing my closet. I wouldn’t necessarily call it a purge, but I’d been noticing that there are lots of dresses, tops, shoes, etc. that I just haven’t been reaching for and basically, no longer care to keep around. If you’re interested in shopping my closet, check out my Poshmark account, where I’ve been posting a lot of goodies (at a fraction of retail.) If you don’t have an account, feel free to use my code “PTVAA” when signing up and you’ll get $10 off your first purchase. Full disclosure, I also get $10 when you buy something, but I wouldn’t recommend it if I didn’t love it already!

I’m also putting together a “how-to-organize-your-closet” post, but it’s difficult to find ideas that don’t sound cliché or that you haven’t heard a thousand times before. Turn the hangers when you wear something, use the “have you worn it in 6 months” rule… Then there’s the Marie Kondo method of thinking – does it spark joy. I read her book with such excitement and motivation after the completion of each chapter. I, of course, could not wait before reading to the end of the book before I started off on my cleaning exploration. I did end up clearing out a lot of things that I wasn’t using anymore, but the “sparking joy” part was much more difficult for me. It actually made me kind of sad! I would hold up a top I bought 2 years ago, tags still attached, and ask myself “does this blouse spark joy for me?” The truth is that I had bought the top even though it didn’t fit me at the time, and it still doesn’t fit! Did it go in the toss/donate/sell pile? Nope. It stayed right where it was. Partially because I do think that I will eventually lose the weight to be able to fit into it, but I’ve also learned that I love to collect beautiful things. Even if they don’t serve a practical purpose, and even if I can’t wear them out of the house right now, I like to have pretty things around me. So it made me sad because I realized I could never be one of those people with the gorgeous, minimalist, and streamlined closets with 2 coats, 4 t-shirts, a pair of pants and 3 pairs of shoes. I’m a girl who loves having options, and as superficial as it sounds, I enjoy shopping my closet each morning. So yes, I’ll hold on to the things that might not fit currently, or the things that might be considered not on-trend anymore but they fit really well. So instead, my post will be more about organizing what you do have and making it so you’ll be excited to get dressed every morning and taking some of the stress out of it. Until the post us up, feel free to check out the Pinterest board I’ve created of some of the most inspiring closets around 🙂

Button-down / StitchFix // Skirt / ASOS // Platforms / TOMS // Sunnies / Amazon // Bag / vintage // Bracelet / Fab.com // Necklace / Kyle Chan Design

Shot by Holli Zenko Photography.