Happy Monday! Some days, like Mondays, you have to create your own sunshine!
We love the adorable designs from Natural Life! Available at our brick and mortar shop: A Rosy Outlook. Image found here.
Happy Monday! Some days, like Mondays, you have to create your own sunshine!
We love the adorable designs from Natural Life! Available at our brick and mortar shop: A Rosy Outlook. Image found here.
Here's a behind the scenes look at our roadtrip to Marfa, Texas, where we reserved a safari tent at El Cosmico to shoot our new collection of bohemian home goods.
The crew got up at dawn, packed the dogs into the Wrangler, and drove west.
Marfa is a city in the high desert of the Trans-Pecos in far West Texas, located between the Davis Mountains and Big Bend National Park. Its official website claims: "Tough to get to. Tougher to explain. But once you get here, you get it."
Mid Century Minimalism meets Southwest Cowboy in this town of Bohemian artists, writers, and entrepreneurs.
We unpacked our new collection of home goods and set to work.
Chyna captured our models, Indigo and Jaxon, enjoying the new collection of Vintage Kantha dogbeds, now available in store and online! To create these repurposed bohemian home accessories, we patchwork antique Indian quilted saris.
Bren captured this beautiful photo of the sun setting on El Cosmico, then we sat under the fairy lights and enjoyed Hikes, a live band from Austin. The full moon shone and we set out to see the mysterious Marfa lights.
We weren't able to capture any good photos, but this lovely photo (via whatwasthen.blogspot) looks like what we saw. It was one of the most eerie experiences that we've ever encountered. We were expecting a hyped-up tourist attraction, but what we found was a desolate highway turnout, and more of a "Blair Witch meets Roswell" experience - very unsettling.
When we returned to the studio, Chyna whipped up the design for our new cacti tee - inspired by our trip to Marfa!
Tips for visiting Marfa, Texas: El Cosmico is a beautiful little retreat, with tents, teepees, a yurt, and vintage trailers. We always enjoy their hammock sanctuary, communal outdoor kitchen, and live music. After watching a magical performance under the stars and fairy lights, drive out to see the elusive mystery lights.
When you arrive at the viewing center, look for the blinking red light. The dancing mystery lights look so natural, it seems like there should be an easy explanation for them, like men walking around with flashlights, or headlights somewhere off in the distance, but after a century of research, no one has discovered what creates them.
Make sure to visit Marfa on a weekend as most of the shops and restaurants are closed during the week.
If you're driving through Fort Davis on the way back, visit the old lodge and take the beautiful, yet treacherous, hike through the Davis Mountains. (We don't recommend taking dogs or small children & make sure you wear hiking boots or the equivalent. A water bottle is a must) The trail begins at the back parking lot of the lodge.
Most photos are original BohoCircus shots, a few others came from El Cosmico, Marfa, and Pinterest.
1 Temporary Arrow Tats from HAPPYTATTS happytatts.etsy.com // 2 Arrow String Art from WOODLAND LANE woodlandlane.etsy.com // 3 Crossed Arrows Pillow from ORTOLAN HOME GOODS ortolanorganic.etsy.com // 4 Arrow Wrap Bracelet from COMEJEW comejew.etsy.com // 5 Set of Vintage Archery Arrows from GALLIVANTING GIRLS gallivantinggirls.etsy.com
Thanks to Laura McKittrick, The Greenwich Girl, for featuring our etsy shop "Boho Circus" in her online holiday magazine. Check out her luxury lifestyle brand, blog, and magazine.
Roadtrippin' east bound with the sun rising over the Texas hills, a sense of excitement filled the Jeep. We were headed to Warrenton and Round Top for the semi-annual Antiques Fair. Indie rock tunes, a Starbucks brew, and good conversation filled the three hour trip to the Warrenton fields where we meandered into a free parking space at the Bar W Field, our favorite spot to begin. With more than 100,000 shoppers and 60 barns, fields, dance halls, and tents, it's like an adult carnival for bohemians, gypsies, pickers, and cowgirls...
Warm days in the high 80's, sometimes rain, the weather can change by the hour in Texas. Come prepared with Hunter or cowboy boots, comfy flip-flops, converse sneakers, whatever floats your Bohemian boat. We captured this lovely Bohemian and her fun street style outside the Warrenton Grocery. Please visit her Bohemian fashion booth in Renck Hall.
Good eats like fully-loaded baked potatoes, kettle corn, peach pie, Texas BBQ, and grilled jalapeno corn on the cob are delicious pit stop treats. There are full bars and margarita machines in several fields and delicious iced tea refills at Royer's Cafe at Zapp Hall. And when your done for the day, visit the original Royer's Cafe in Round Top. Rich and delicious Southern dishes; Reservations required.
Shopping trends this Fall were automobile parts like doors, fenders, grills, and tailgates, Mexican pottery, metal letters, embellished apparel, skulls, antlers, mid-century vintage, and shabby anything.
We filled the Jeep with old tin, wrought iron, old barn wood, antlers, Mexican baskets and wooden bowls; everything we need for the construction of our Bohemian Gypsy Tent at Houston's Nutcracker Market. (Booth 422, November 13-16.) With a Jeep filled to its brim, we headed west into a gorgeous purple sunset.
Alexa is wearing one of our new Texas Home Base Tees found at A Rosy Outlook at Etsy
During this time of world turmoil, it goes beyond trendy
to remind others of the importance of Peace.
Wear a new peace charm from A Rosy Outlook.
Collage via: A Rosy Outlook blog
We've been improving our boutique since Sunday and I'm thrilled to say we're finally open again.
Thanks to all of you for your patience!
Image via: valeriejar
Boho Circus is an official blog of Boho Circus and its parent company, A Rosy Outlook Designs, Inc. All posts are written by this family of free-spirits living bohemian lifestyles in the Texas Hill Country.
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