“She lives in a fairy tale 🧚🏻♀️ Somewhere too far for us to find Forgotten the taste and smell Of a world that she's left behind” - @paramore “Brick by Boring Brick” 🧜🏻♀️🦋🌥🌅 As I was editing this photo of me on the ruins of a mini golf course castle at Jockeys Ridge State Park at the Outer Banks (more on that below) I started to get more fantasy driven with cloud overlays (the real sky was Grey and blank, y’all aren’t missing anything) and the end result reminded me of one of my favorite @paramore music videos, “Brick by Boring Brick”! Some of you might know I got into mermaiding through Tumblr of all places. Before I was surfing the tumblr depths for Mermaid blogs I had a Paramore fan tumblr and choppy dyed red hair 🙈 If you’re looking for some mid 2000s emo nostalgia, go check out that music video! 👉Fun fact about this location: There was a motel in the 1970s in front of jockeys ridge with an epic beach front mini golf course that included this castle! A hurricane demolished it in the late 70s and the ruins were left to be reclaimed by the sand. 🏝 Normally you can only see the tops of the castle sticking out of the sand (see left hand corner of photo) but when I visited a few weeks ago it was completely visible 😱 and I HAD to take a photo with the new “classic Cleo” fabric tail from @finfolkproductions. ✨ We took this on our way out at about 8 in the morning and I was not feeling very glamorous so we opted for some of those oh so great “anonymous” Mermaid shots vs. glam portrait shots. I had a lot of fun experimenting with these cloud overlays as well, I think it really takes the photo to a different place than the original. Do you like these more “fantasy” or “editorial” photos? ✨🧚🏻♀️👸🏼Or are you more of a fan of natural photos? 🌱👩🏼🌾 . . . . . Original photographer: William Vaughn Edits: by me Tail: @finfolkproductions Crystal crown: @starstuffboutique Location: Jockey’s Ridge State Park . . #Mermaid #Mermaidnova #thevirginiamermaid #finfolk #finfolkproductions #finfolkfabrictails #mermaidtail #fabrictail #realmermaid #mermaidhair #paramore #brickbyboringbrick #fantasy #jockeysridge #obx #outerbanks #beach #castle #obxhistory (at Jockey's Ridge State Park)