Just so happens to be a film camera!

If you're friends with me/follow me on social media then you've already seen it. I also mentioned it briefly on my Monday Must Haves last week!

I am in love with this thing. I took it to Christie DuPree the night I got it to make sure it worked. Unfortunately I don't know anyone else in Tyler that is into using film cameras or knows anything about them so luckily she was nice enough to check it out for me.

Turns out it did work! (As far as I know)

I just needed a new battery and to add film. I'm still pretty nervous to develop the frames, I'm not 100% sure I know what I'm doing but I read the entire manual and I've been doing tons of research. I really do love learning about it though. 

I looked the camera up a few different places online before searching for one in my area and from what I saw, I got this thing for a steal. 

It came with the body, a 50mm lens, a 2x zoom, a lens filter, a strap, and a bag with some cleaning equipment.

Going from a camera that has about 10 buttons to this, was actually confusing. I've never used a film camera unless a disposable counts.

The flash surprisingly worked as well! It did make some very concerning pop noise when left on for a while though. But it did the job.

I don't really see myself using the 2x zoom right now. When I first got the camera I didn't even know it was on there. I just knew my 50mm looked a lot longer than my 50mm on my DSLR hahaha.

This lens right here isn't mine, it's Jose's cousins but he's letting me borrow it cos he doesn't have a film camera. He actually didn't even know it was a film lens. It's incredibly big and I can't imagine what you would even need it for. 

If anyone has any tips or tricks to help with taking a crisp photo- I'm taking advice!

Perot Museum!

So I decided to turn this little Dallas trip into two sections. One of nothing but photos from going to Perot and the other one will be from the rest of our day in Dallas! 

This museum was...AMAZING. We had so much fun! 

I haven't been to a museum since like middle school and I was beyond excited. The trip was supposed to be for Olivia...but I think us adults were way more excited. 

As soon as we got there they had these little instruments outside.

We decided it would be best to let Olivia run around in the kids exhibit before we went to the exhibits we wanted to go to. 

In her exhibit they had so many cute little sections. She got to climb the Dallas skyline, go up and down stairs by herself, pretend she was camping, color on a chalk table, pretend to grocery shop, and honestly just run around like she didn't have anyone chasing after her. 

This was taken in the tent.

The smallest park ranger you ever did see!

This is the chalk table!

We took a shameless family bathroom selfie.

The next exhibit was the dinosaur!

After running around little Liv took a nap and we got to run around the rest of the museum!

Dinos!

Another selfie.

We were laughing incredibly hard because the first panoramic photo that Jose took made us look a little...funny hahah. You can only imagine.

These gems were so mesmerizing. I honestly just couldn't stop thinking about how much the amethyst must have cost.

 My lovely husband got a photo of me snapping a photo with my new film camera!

You guys know I had to get a photo of mushrooms!

By this time the museum was starting to close so we decided to go outside!

So...as soon as we got to the museum, we passed this little area and we immediately knew Olivia would have a blast. 

I promise we tried to keep her from going crazy...but we couldn't keep this sweet girl from having the time of her life.

Don't worry, we packed extra clothes for her and her hair dried up right away!

There are about 50 more photos from this trip but I like to keep those just for myself. >:)

It's hard to enjoy things while also capturing every moment. And I'm totally up for every challenge I get. I didn't get very many photos of each exhibit cos of the lens I brought(50mm) so that's why most of these are close ups of us hahah. Anyways, hope you enjoyed these photos of us enjoying the museum! 

Mermaid Grave Finds!

My bff, Carrie, and I went thrifting on Valentine's Day. We went to a cute little indoor flea market in Whitehouse, about 15 minutes from Tyler.

(You can find Carrie's blog here.)

The little woman that owned the buildings had an insane amount of cups, plates, and teapots.

Definitely my favorite little area in the entire building!

This is the restroom.

Look at all of these state plates!

Hi!

I hope you guys have an awesome weekend, and do tons of thrifting if you can!

Carrie's blog-Mermaid Missionary

Keep an eye out for Carrie's post about Mermaid Grave Finds!