Little Birthday Adventures

I turned 26 (July 22nd)! It feels older...a little.. but man I'm glad my early 20's are OVER. I had some cookoo times in my life in my early 20's, lets just leave it at that :) I feel like you grow into your own skin more as you get older. You feel more confident and able to be YOU despite what others think you SHOULD be. I'm loving nurturing my inner being, doing things I was always afraid to do, going after and pursuing my goals and feeling the LOVE. Here's some words of wisdom I have learned over the years taken from my pinterest.

Sooo...for my birthday I decided to pierce my nose. I had been staring at pictures for some time and decided I would wait until my birthday to do it. I read reviews online for different places in Boston but ended up going with Stingray in Allston. The piercer was friendly and the place and equipment was clean. I picked out a little turquiose stud as the ring because I'm on a turquoise/aqua kick lately. It did hurt when it was going in, I won't lie, but it was over in like 10 seconds. It has healed nicely so far and was only a bit sore for the fist few days. I really lovee my nose ring!

Afterwards I went out for a date/dinner with Anthony at our favorite veggie place in chinatown Buddhas (called My Tai Cafe now but I never liked the name change). I was starving from fasting all day so I could only take so many pictures but here's a few snaps from the night.

Have a beautiful day!!
All my love,
Feda

Travels: Cape Cod 2013

Back in April my family had a small vacation in Cape Cod. Me and Anthony drove down the first night and then he went back home the next morning for work. I stayed with my family for the next few days and we did some sight seeing and of course I took tons of photos. The week was interrupted by the Boston Bombings but we made the best of our stay there despite the circumstances.

I really enjoyed being with nature, reflecting, and capturing the magic of it all through my lens...and I really love these images!

Pictures of me taken by my sister Neda. Setup and editing by me.

Rebirth

Through the grit and grain in our lives we embrace our imperfections, challenge our fears, and emerge from our cocoons the butterflies we were meant to be.

These were taken a few months ago on a trip to Cape Cod with my family. Will be posting some pictures from that trip in my next post. I wanted to share these because they really represent to me a feeling of rebirth or transformation that I've been going through. I'm posting these on my birthday in honor of these changes. I've been overcoming a lot of my personal and business related fears. Letting go and feeling more refreshed and light because of these changes. I'm feeling really excited to start a new. This year has been already so rich in growth for me with my project life series.  (I know I'm behind on posting some project life photos but I really needed a break from it! I update more frequently on instagram so please follow me there @fedfooda. I also tend to share more personal photos and stories on there for all you nosy people ;) ) I'm excited to challenge myself, make mistakes, and most of all learn from them and grow!

Hope you are all well and for those of you who are Muslim, Ramadan Mubarak!

Much love to you all,
Feda

Photos of me were taken by my lovely sister Neda. All edited by me.