Hello! It’s been a while since I’ve written a post. On Friday, I got back from my class trip from Washington D.C. I am in the process of writing a post (It will be LONG — prepare yourself !!) I took so many photos and I’m really excited to share with you.

Today, though, I’m gonna share my current favorite tunes of May. You can find the Spotify playlist riiiiiiiight… here!

So, first things first, Regina Spektor!!!!!!!!!! Ahh!! I am obsessed with her. I discovered her a year or so ago because Naomi Davis from the blog Love Taza had mentioned her. (Obsessed with her blog BTW – I may do a post on my favorite bloggers soon…) I recognized a couple songs and eventually I had a whole playlist of ’em! They’re so fun and really pretty. While she may be very different than other artists these days, you’ve gotta give her a chance because at first listen, I didn’t love them, but she really grew on me.

1. Hotel Song // Regina Spektor
2. How // Regina Spektor
3. Oh Marcello // Regina Spektor

I mentioned last month that I’ve been loving The Go-Go’s album The Beauty and the Beat. Another month has passed and I’m still loving it!

4. Lust to Love // The Go-Go’s
5. Tonite // The Go-Go’s

Here are my favorite pop hits. I’m loving JT’s new single!! So catchy. I’m very glad it isn’t extremely overplayed. Yet.

6. Can’t Stop The Feeling // Justin Timberlake
7. Wild Things // Alessia Cara

OK, so you may have heard of Brooke White. She was on American Idol a couple years ago, and now she has a Youtube channel and blog along with Summer Bellessa called The Girls With Glasses. Anyways, they are so funny and have got great videos, so you should really check them out. Brooke has a couple albums out but just recently I’ve started to listen to them more. Then, I realized she’s part of an indie, singer-songwriter-type group with Jack Matranga called Jack and White. Um…WHAT?!?! I got so excited.

I also felt SO stupid because I’ve been following Brooke on Instagram for probably a year and a half now, and they came out with this album LAST NOVEMBER while I had just listened to it! And I had liked all of her photos that even had SAMPLES of the songs! That’s the thing I HATE about social media. It’s so fast paced. I am ashamed to say I don’t read captions, at least the whole caption, very often — sometimes I don’t even look at the post if it’s not loading fast enough! But their album Lost is so, so good. 

8. Little Bird // Brooke White
9. Lost // Jack and White
1o. In Love Alone // Jack and White
11. Jump the Gun // Jack and White
12. Walk for Two // Jack and White
(But basically the whole album…these are just my TOP faves.) 

Here are my final May favorites. I really like Tegan and Sara and they recently came out with a new single. So did Ingrid Michaelson! :0 And then there’s some Coldplay songs I threw in there, just because. 🙂

13. Boyfriend // Tegan and Sara
14. Hell No // Ingrid Michaelson
15. Adventure Of A Lifetime // Coldplay
16. Hymn For The Weekend // Coldplay

So if you’ve got the chance, check it out on Spotify! I’ve mentioned this but I am always on there and make monthly playlists. I can’t wait to share my D.C. photos and stories with you!

What were your favorite songs from May?!

Here are some photos I took a couple days ago.

Spring is finally here!

Enjoy…

Oh my gosh! I logged into my WordPress account and I had a notification that TODAY is the one year anniversary for Studio Josie! I knew it was sometime in May, but I was shocked!

I cannot believe I have been writing on here for a whole year. It has been a super fun experience and I hope to do it for a while. I hope you are all enjoying my posts! If you have any suggestions  on how to make it better, PLEASE tell me! I would love to hear your input. I really wanna improve my content, and blog in general!

Thanks to everyone who has been reading, sharing, and interacting through this fun space of mine on here!

Have a terrific weekend and HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY if I don’t post anything before tomorrow!

 

Hey, everyone! Can you believe tomorrow is MAY?!?! I can’t. That means I basically have a month and a half left of being an 8th grader! Crazy. At the end of May my grade takes a four day trip to Washington D.C. I’m really excited and I can’t wait to share photos with you all!

Anyways, today I am going to share my current faves of April. The playlist on Spotify is…

HERE! 

I’ve been listening to Florence + The Machine for a while but these songs just stuck out at me in April:

1. Delilah by Florence + The Machine
2. Queen of Peace by Florence + The Machine
3. Caught by Florence + The Machine
5. Mother by Florence + The Machine

I have also been loving the album Beauty and The Beat from The Go-Go’s. These were my faves of this month:

6. Our Lips Are Sealed by The Go-Go’s
7. Lust To Love by The Go-Go’s
8. You Can’t Walk In Your Sleep (If You Can’t Sleep) by The Go-Go’s

I re-discovered Regina Spektor who I absolutely LOVE! Her songs are so fun and catchy.

9. The Call by Regina Spektor
10. Eet by Regina Spektor
11. Two Birds by Regina Spektor

These are all of the top hits I’ve been loving: (Oh, the Misterwives song I included is one of my faves. They’re kind of like an Indie-Pop band that I’ve loved for almost a year now! I LOVE their songs. You should really give them a listen because they’re super underrated.)

12. No Need For Dreaming by Misterwives
13. Cheap Thrills by Sia
14. 7 Years by Lukas Graham
15. I Took A Pill In Ibiza by Mike Posner
16. Roses by The Chainsmokers
17. Work by Rihanna
18. The Judge by Twenty-One Pilots
19. NO by Meghan Trainor

That’s all for today – have a happy Saturday!

 

Hello! Today I decided to share some photographs with you. Last week, my friends and decorated some cupcakes. I pulled my camera out and got a couple shots I thought you may enjoy.

Last Wednesday, my mom and I went to her friend Annika’s house. She’s a photographer and we had a delicious lunch and then took a couple photos afterwards. You should check out her website!

All were taken on my Nikon D3100. The cupcakes were with a 5omm lens and the flowers were with the default lens. They were both edited with A Color Story/iPhoto. Hope you enjoyed them!