short film fashion

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My friend Ben had an assignment for one of his art classes to make a video and he decided to use me! Yesterday we filmed in a park walking around in this dress with my suitcase and umbrella. It's a silent film with a soundtrack made by another student at the University of Illinois. It will become available *soon* on Vimeo soon for you to see! I'll share more about the concept of the video when it gets posted. For now, here are some stills that Ben took of me while filming :)

love, polly :)

Sponsor Giveaway: The Lovebot Factory

Meet Emily Kittybot. Jaco from The Lovebot Factory has been so kind to sew this cute little kitty bot just exclusively for my followers! Isn't she adorable? I'm in love with her!

My name is Jaco and I am the owner of The Lovebot Factory. I spend most of my time making these little bots out of fleece and felt, they really are my babies! I strive to make every Lovebot unique, even if it's only in a little tiny way. They all have their own personalities, likes, and faces (which I hand stitch myself). Above all, my Lovebots are kind and loving robots who simply want new best friends! Emily Kittybot is the second kittybot I've ever made and she is completely unique for The Littlest Polly followers! 

A little about Emily Kittybot: She is not shy or quiet, she is daring. She had no fear; Emily is unafraid of heights, clowns, even spiders! One thing she can never fulfill is her sense of adventure and thirst for knowledge. However, she is without a best friend to go on these adventures with.

to enter this giveaway:

1. visit The Lovebot Factory and paste the url of your favorite bot!

2. sign your name in the comments with your email

extra entries:

1. tweet this giveaway @mylittlepolly

2. blog about this giveaway and include the link to it.

3. follow my blog on gfc or bloglovin

4. like The Littlest Polly on facebook!

5. heart The Lovebot factory on etsy!

thank you so much to everyone who participates and especially to Jaco!

love, polly :)

Suitcase Sunday// Outfit edition!

well, hello! I thought I'd change it up this Sunday and share my favorite suitcase photos with you that I took all on my very own! I usually take one of my suitcases with me for a shoot, but sometimes I just take an umbrella, a good book, or my book bag (so maybe you haven't seen the extent of my suitcase collection!) Not to worry! That's what this post is FOR! :)

1. this is my make up case! It was the very first suitcase I have ever purchased! (also, the most expensive!) It's from Rebecca's Antiques in Taylorville, IL.

2. My amazing friend Nathan Adhikari took these photos last fall. I brought along two of my suitcases for the occasion :)

3. On a random trip back to Taylorville, I snapped these. I LOVE these flowers so much.

4. I took these photos last fall, I believe, in Taylorville. :) One of my favorite spots.

5. One of my room mates, Karla, took these photos of my suitcase collection and I in the fall of last year. It was exhausting transporting them all!

6. I love this little blue circular hat case. It was only 2 dollars♥.

7. This is probably my favorite suitcase photo I've taken. I just love the colors of these photos!

8. I feel like the shadows fit these photos so perfectly. I love how you can just make out that I am holding a suitcase!

9. This was the second photo shoot I did by myself. It was very unpleasant due to mosquitoes, I remember. But that's all in the past now, and they're pretty, right? haha!

love, polly :)

gets me to the church on time

It's been so rainy the past few days! Ick! But, I believe it's a sort of blessing in disguise due to the fact that I have research on two plays I am costume designing, I have to pattern a skirt, read 3 plays, do a watercolor painting, and write two pages of an 8-10 page paper. Oh, mami. Someone save me now? Haha, I snapped these photos a few days ago when it was super beautiful outside. I miss it so! Hopefully the weather can get back to beautiful soon so I can mosy around on more walks that include going to the park and lying down in the grass. I'd really like to do that again soon :)

outfit details: shoes from modcloth, pants from Goodwill, suitcase thrifted for two dollars, thrifted blouse from The Limited, hand made bow tie by me, glasses found at UofI costume and props sale for 50 cents, belt and matching earrings passed down to my mom and then to me from when my Grandmother Kutch bought them in the 1950's :)

hope you have a lovely day and lovelier weather than me right now!

love, polly

guest post on sock monkey and gee

This is a little teaser from my guest post at my lovely friend, Gee's blog today. She asked me to post for her while she was on vacation. 

You can see the rest of these photos here :)

love, polly

An Ode to Childhood

Lately I've been posting a lot of photos from my childhood. I am nostalgic in ways I wish I wasn't.. but I am starting to lose that feeling of wishing I was back in childhood without responsibilities and the biggest decision I had to make that day was what my barbies were going to wear and what my My Little Ponies' names were going to be.

(I always find this picture so hilarious. Santa made me cry!)

I am still obsessed with cats.

I miss the free time, I do.. but I suppose looking back at how I was even a few years ago makes me realize that I am growing up. I am accepting responsibility for my life and doing what is necessary. I'll never forget how wonderful childhood was for me.. but man, did it ever fly fast. Do you ever feel that way about your childhood?

love, polly

Red Velvet Art Giveaway Aftermath

A few months ago my wonderful friend Elsie Flannigan was so kind to send me a package full of goodies from her shop, Red Velvet. We both agreed that having a giveaway with one of the items would be a wonderful idea. I was so thrilled to receive the amazingly cute package in the mail because Elsie is literally one of my idols. I decided to give away the vintage skeleton key necklace to a lucky winner, who turned out to be Miss Gee! 

you can see the giveaway Elsie and I hosted, here!

isn't she just beautiful? You can see her outfit post, here.

thank you so much to Miss Gee for following through with the giveaway aftermath!

love, polly 

my little pony collection!

Behold! I took photos of my My Little Pony collection over Spring Break just for you! Haha, they are just sitting in my basement in a plastic bag waiting for someone to play with them!

see the ponies? haha

my mom made this cake for me on my 5th birthday. It's pretty obvious that I was obsessed with them. I even have a sleeping bag! hahaha.

I hope this made you laugh!

love, polly :)

A Polly Pairing!

I'd absolutely kill to wear this lovely beret by Tiny Toad Stool (one of my very most favorite independent designers!)

carrying this wonderfullll traincase from Rogue Retro..

..and wearing these gorgeous big bow red flats from Other People's Property.

hope your Friday is crazy fun!

love, polly :)