$10,000 by Thanksgiving to Raise Money for Breast Cancer

Miss Emily Tebbetts has been our blog photographer for almost a year now and today this post is about her and her amazing goal. Emily's mom has been fighting breast cancer for almost ten years now. As a way to help her Mom and to others suffering with cancer, Emily made it her goal to raise $5,000 by Thanksgiving with the promise of shaving her head if she reached this goal. Emily surpassed her original goal of $5,000 rather quickly, (she will be shaving her head) and now her mission is to raise $10,000!

Here are a few photos Emily has taken over the course of the past year for our blog... She is an extremely talented individual.

This is just a sample of the fabulous photos Emily has taken. She is truly an amazing girl and we are proud to call her a good friend of ours. She is the kind of person that will change the world.

If you want to help Emily reach her goal of raising $10,000, check out her Facebook page to learn how. Any amount you give is a huge help! Donate here. Thank you!

Xx Katie-Lu and Meggasus

Twins Reunite in Boston- Photoshoot!

This is a historic moment for Meggasus and Katie-Lu blog... For the first time EVER Meggasus and I were able to both take part in a collaborative photoshoot with the fabulous photographer, Miss Emily Tebbetts! Meggasus was finally able to make the trip up from Storrs CT to visit me in Boston... It was wonderful to be reunited!

Our shoot with Emily began at the reflecting pool and we eventually drifted to Newbury street to take some urban-chic photos.

This first Instax photo is my personal favorite taken from the day... however, Meggasus prefers the 2nd black and white photo... Which do you prefer?

FYI: Meggasus is on the left and I am on the right.




I personally love the natural feel of the Instax photo. There is just something exciting about the idea of only having one chance to take a perfect picture. If something goes wrong, you cannot go back and edit!



Meggasus's teal bracelet is from the Jazz festival on Columbus Ave we attended earlier that weekend. It adds a nice touch of color to our all-black theme of the shoot. My black and gold earrings are from Forever21.


This photo was taken in front of the gorgeous "Christian Church of Science" on Mass Ave. I love how the cool angles of this photo work so well with the beautiful architecture of the church... It provided the perfect backdrop for our photoshoot!


This next one was taken on Newbury street.... Meggasus's expression looks as though she belongs on the front of a 90's album cover!



This last photo is extremely interesting visually. The combination of the hair blowing in the wind with the shadow of the hand makes for a very unique photo.... it definitely highlights Emily's talent as a photographer.


Now since you've seen photos of us together for the first time, the question is, can you tell us apart?!

For more information about the clothing you see in this post, see my previous entry about the consignment store "Rescue" located on Newbury Street!

I hope you are all having a wonderful week!

Xx Katie Lu

Part Two of The Fenway Garden Photoshoot!

Now for part two of my photoshoot in the Fenway Gardens with the fabulous Miss Emily Tebbetts!

I loved sitting in this tall grass! I felt like a tiger. ..



My expression in this moment was definitely influenced by the random violinist that was playing the garden next to us...he was quite an interesting fellow. I play the cello, and at first I couldnt help but laugh to myself a little because it sounded like he was playing "Mississippi Stoplight" in double time...which anyone who did elementary school strings knows what I am talking about! However, that must have been his warmup because I was shocked when he began to play "Explosive" by Bond.... my favorite modern day string quartet! I definitely recommend checking them out if you get a chance ;)


I wear the bracelete in this photo almost everyday...never fails to get at least 2 compliments!


To me this last photo is genius. Everything about it works...the bike in the foreground is an excellent touch! Emily's photography never fails to amaze me...


This last photo I like to call "Secret Garden." ;)

I hope you all enjoyed part two of this shoot.... This is the first photoshoot of many with Emily this year!

Xx Katie Lu

Emily and I Reunite for a Shoot in the Fenway Gardens!

Being back in Boston this fall has been excellent...one of the things I missed most over the summer were my blog photoshoots with our blog photographer, the lovely and talented Miss Emily Tebbetts! It was a happy reunion :) Of course we got to shooting right away in on of our old favorite spots... The Fenway Victory Gardens! Each individual garden is like its own little world, each one very unique and eclectic... full of inspiration, perfect for our first photoshoot of the year!

My lace top and black shorts are from Forever21 and the army green tank underneath is a thrift store find!


I like the touch of patriotism in this photo with the mini American flag... Perfect for the historic setting of the shoot!

Here are a few others....

The earrings I am wearing are from a street fair Meggasus and I went to in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho this summer.




This rose covered archway belonged to a older Russian lady with a lovely, Russian accent. She was kind enough to invite us into her garden to take a look around! She even let us take a few pictures and gave us advice on different angles and poses to use in her garden... Supposedly she used to be an actress in Russia back in the 1950s! Her story is one I would have liked to have heard more about....



Be sure to stayed tuned for the next half of this photoshoot which will be posted shortly!

If you would like to see more of Emily's work... click HERE.

I hope you are all having a wonderful week so far!

Xx Katie-Lu

Best Day Ever, Part II: The Detail in Digital!

Have you ever had one of those days that was just so amazing that you can't stop talking about it for a good week after it's over? Well the day of this photoshoot with Miss Emily Tebbetts was one of those days. It was somewhat of a spur of the moment shoot, and a very spontaneous day in general! We started our mini adventure in Franklin Park, a beautiful place just outside of Boston, where both of us had never been before!

Here are a few of my favorites from the day...

If you look closely, you will notice that I'm carrying a Polaroid photo of myself we had taken moments before... If you want to see the Polaroids we took close up, read my previous post where I displayed each one!

Notice how Emily managed to capture the shadows beautifully. Shadows can hold so much meaning in a photo.. We worked a lot to use the wind to our advantage that day as well! These aspects had a beautiful effect on the outcome of the photos!




Everything seemed to be falling into place perfectly... We decided to head over to Harvard Square to buy more Polaroid film, which actually turned out to be a perfect location for the 2nd half of our Photoshoot!



I love how each building in Harvard Square is so unique... I especially love the teal around the windows of this one in the background! The flowers too, were gorgeous... The digital camera shows colors so vividly!





Harvard Square is possibly my favorite place in Boston. If you have never been there before, you are truly missing out! There are so many unique shops and wonderful places to eat. Around dinner time, Emily and I headed over to Mr. Bartely's Burgers where I had the best burger and sweet potato fries of my life. The line to get into the restaurant was out the door, but Emily and I got seated right away at the bar!




By the time we got back to campus it was nearly 10:00pm! We had gotten so caught up in our wonderful day that we had no idea where the time had gone...



Remember to check out the Polaroids we took throughout the day...you can find them in our previous post, "The Best Day Ever, Part I: The Magic of The Polaroid". Let us know what you think, which photos do you prefer more for this shoot, the Polaroids or the digital? I personally cannot decide...

If you want to see more of Emily's photography, check it out at her website, http://www.o--tebem--o.deviantart.com !

Thanks for reading!
<3 Katie-Lu

The Faces of Meggasus Peggasus and Katie Lu

For those of you who don't know what we're like in person, we've decided to introduce ourselves to you with this video and take a moment to explain what our future plans are for this blog and our lives in general. Enjoy! Please excuse Meggasus's voice- she has a cold.

Peace, Love and Fashion Photography

For the blog's second photoshoot with the lovely and talented fashion photographer Miss Emily Tebbetts, we decided to go for the complete opposite of what we did during our last photoshoot. (see Ripped Jeans, Chains and Breaking Stuff) This most recent shoot was very free spirited and hippie-esqu. We focused a lot more on beauty rather than intensity. Peace, love and fashion go hand in hand in these photos.

I absolutely love the colors in these pictures. Please note how we used the windy weather to our advantage throughout this shoot...

The sunshine in the last one makes me want summer to come faster. Believe it or not it was freezing outside during this shoot. I want to feel warm again!

I love the emotion in the next two...
Katie-Lu wears a Tye-dyed scarf and yellow vest from Forever 21

Here are three in black and White... I look so much like Meggasus in the first one, even Mommy McCabe had a hard time saying who it was.

Maybe I should have been hugging that tree instead of climbing it...

This last one is my favorite... I love the movement of the wind.

If you would like to see more of Miss Emily's brilliant photography, check out her site below!
http://www.o--tebem--o.deviantart.com

Vogue Boston; "Ripped Jeans, Chains and Breaking Stuff"

For the blog's most recent photo shoot, we collaborated with the amazingly talented, fashion photographer Miss. Emily Tebbetts. For this shoot only three things were definite from the start...messy hair, red lips and ripped jeans.

Check, check and check.

The rest sort of fell in place perfectly as Miss Emily and I stumbled upon scenery that seemed to be sent down from the photo shoot gods. Chains, graffiti and broken glass equals totally hardcore and perfect for what we were about to do.
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That last picture is my favorite by far. The intensity is through the roof.
That's right, I could take on the karate kid for sure... In HEELS.

Ok so I calmed down for the next few photos...
Katie-Lu wears a "leather" jacket from Forever 21, and a black, lace top from the Thrift Store. Jeans are Earnest Sewn and ripped from tripping on the side walk a few years back... Yeah I recently re discovered them and realized that the rip actually made them a lot cooler now. I'm glad I never threw them out...

Here are a few beauty shots to end the post...
I never leave home without my red lipstick. True story.


Hopefully blogspot didn't completely murder the quality of Miss Emily's photos.... Meggasus and Katie Lu love Miss Emily's work and plan to use her brilliant photography skills again in the future...so stay tuned ;)

If you are interested in viewing more of Emily's photography and more from this shoot, check it out at http://www.o--tebem--o.deviantart.com