How Time Tolls.

I've had a lot going on recently, and of course that has translated into being an infrequent blogger.

I've been wrapping up the semester, which means in a few days I'll be done with my fashion program and back to all regular classes. Senioritis is really going to set in then.

I've received good news recently, I got my second college acceptance. The first was to LIM, a small fashion school in Manhattan, and the most recent was to Philadelphia University. I'm still waiting to hear back from my top choice, The Fashion Institute of Technology. From the school I have heard that acceptances come out around April 1st, but I know people who have gotten theirs around the end of February. I'm really starting to get anxious, I felt confident with my essay, but I would just love to know.

I've been getting pretty excited about the prospect of going to college in the fall and living in Manhattan. I have a close friend who will be doing the same, and I've been loving looking for makeup storage ideas and cute comforters with her. Looking at cute dorm rooms is also one of my absolute favorite things.

School has been canceled the past few days due to snow, which has given me tons of time to relax. I haven't been very productive, but today I'm hoping things will go differently. I'm going to tidy up my room (it's mostly a matter of putting makeup away, placing clothes in the laundry basket, and putting shoes back in their place, not a big deal.) I'm also going to do a bit of shopping, so hopefully I'll have some excellent blogging material for another post in the next few days. I'm also thinking perhaps I would benefit from doing a blog-everyday-of-the-month thing for February. Something I'm definitely considering, it would coincide nicely with the start of the new semester. I also need to take some time and get back to comments, I appreciate every one of them and I need to show it! It really is nice when I check my email and it says my post has a new comment, I love knowing that what I'm saying is being read and appreciated.

Expect more of me this week, I PROMISE!

Fall Into Place.

I can't believe I haven't posted posted since my fashion class had our fashion show! It all went really well, and I had planned to do a big post about it. The only problem was that none of my pictures turned out. I'll figure something out though, I definitely want to talk about it at some point.

Anyway, I just wanted to share exciting news with all of you. I received my first college acceptance today, to LIM. LIM is a fashion business school in Manhattan if you aren't familiar with it. It's my second choice, but it was exciting nonetheless.

Have a great week!

Welcome, Hello.

I thought I'd sum up my day with a few pictures, and then for good measure at the end of the post I have progress photos of a recycled outfit. So, first off, I replaced my broken keyboard today.

I also bought a Yankee Candle in Hot Buttered Rum. I had smelled a candle before Christmas in the same scent at Bath and Body Works, I loved it but wanted to wait until they had it in other size. I went back for it two days later and they were sold out, and I couldn't find it anywhere else either. So, this candle is bigger, cost less, and probably smells better! I've been burning it since I got home and fills the whole house.

The last important part of my day focuses on nail polish. I got a skirt for Christmas that ended up not fitting and had to exchange it. I decided to exchange it for a little indulgence and bought a Chanel nail polish in Paradoxal. It's a beautiful grey-purple with a great purple shimmer. It applied very easy and I'm very pleased with my purchase. I would have gotten a picture of it on my nails but I took all these photos before they were painted. (And for those of you very familiar with Chanel nail polish, it didn't have that square top that they're supposed to, does that usually come in the box?)


Moving on to my recycled project, I chose to use magazine pages and left over duct tape from another project. First I made tons and tons of fans out of magazine pages.

And here is the mess after only making a few.

Here is my floor after I finished the dress. Disaster!

And lastly, here is my dress. I think it was even worth the major glue gun wounds I inflicted upon myself while working on it.

Countdown to the fashion show: 4 days not including Friday!

Phases and Clauses and Pauses.

Indeed, it appears that an entire week has passed since I got off for Christmas break, and not a single post has been made.

The day that we got out of school my keyboard ended up breaking, typing was possible, I just couldn't include certain letters, spaces, or capitalized letter. It ended up making blogging a bit of a hassle, as you can imagine. I'm actually planning to go and get a new keyboard tomorrow, I'm using someone else's to make this post. Anyway, to the important stuff!

Happy New Year! Sometimes the start of a new year is more exciting than others, but I'd have to say that this is a particularly excited one. 2011 will be the year I graduate, the year I start college, and I'm sure lots of other exciting things are to come as well.

I recently submitted my last essay for the colleges I'm applying too, and it was for one of my top choices (The Fashion Institute of Technology). Now that I'm just waiting to hear back from schools, it's made everything seem more real and more exciting.

I hope 2011 will be a great year for you all!
I resolve to be a better blogger, a more outgoing person, and to make the most of 2011.

Expect another post from me tomorrow! After that this week will be very busy in preparations for the fashion show, then they'll die down and I'll be back to the consistency of summertime/first month of school blogging.

I appreciate any support that I received in 2010 and can only hope to continue blogging and interacting with all of you in 2011!