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!

Impossible Is So Probable.

I want to apologize for being a bad blogger. I haven't forgotten about you guys, I've just been busy and honestly, pretty unmotivated.

I do have lots of exciting stuff coming up, and although that means I still have more work to do, I'm planning to get back into the swing of things as far as blogging goes over Christmas break and then try to keep it up.

I do have a couple ideas of how to keep myself posting. As much as I love my drawn out, text filled posts, sometimes I just can't think of anything worthwhile to share. Which means, that during the weeks when I just can't find the time between sewing and writing Jane Eyre papers, I'll try to make brief posts about different aspects of my day. Either a few shots of project I've recently completed, or a picture of my outfit that day.

As for that exciting stuff I mentioned, I mean I am a senior. It's supposed to be an exciting time in your life! I'm applying to colleges and waiting to hear back. I'm (hopefully) preparing myself to go to school for fashion merchandising and live in New York. Just thinking about it could probably provide me with a million posts.

Of course Christmas is coming up too, which is exciting for everyone. I've only ever thought of "Christmas came so fast this year!" as being something that adults say. Christmas never comes fast, and the school year never flies by. But hey, it really did this year. I can't believe it's here, and I can't wait to wear my ugly Christmas sweater.

And the last exciting thing actually has a lot to do with my lack of posting. I go to a technology center for part of my high school day (and have been since last January,) where I've had to create over twenty outfits. When the fashion program ends in January we're having a fashion show. There has been a ton of work involved, and a bit of a time crunch as well. There is still a lot left to do, but I'm excited to take a ton of pictures when it happens and share them!


I'm almost to the end of the post, I promise! I didn't want to just leave you with a bunch of text after so long, so here is an outfit picture I took and planned to share with you two weeks ago. I wore this when I was going to buy fabric for a formal wear project. The thought process behind it was as follows: what in my closet isn't wrinkled? And that was that. I also was wearing flat black suede boots, my dark gray Calvin Klein peacoat, and a ring shaped like a panda.

Okay, this is the final portion of this giant mess of text. I plan to be a better blogger, and I'd like to ask just one thing of you guys. Feedback, feedback, feedback. Tell me what you'd like to see more of, tell me what I need to change, ask me questions, anything! You can leave me comments as usual, or I have other contacts (twitter, email, tumblr) on the left.

Entry Level Only.

My birthday was in the beginning of November, and one of the gifts I received were a nice pair of black onyx and sterling silver earrings. After a little debate I decided that since I haven't been wearing earrings lately, and I really get much more use out of my bracelets, and rings, that I should go ahead and exchange the earrings. Sometimes it seems harsh to exchange a gift, but when you think about it, it's better for everyone that you have something you know you'll actually get use out of.

We've been pretty busy since my birthday, which is why we just got around to going back to the boutique the gift was from. I looked in countless cases of all types of jewelry, admired stone after stone, and tried on ring after ring.


Eventually I decided on two rings that equaled the price of the earrings. The first, is a beautifully dainty sterling silver ring and the second is a stunning garnet ring that I'm thinking will be a nice, timeless piece to have.

In the end, I'm very happy with my choices, and debuted both rings for Thanksgiving. (Hope everyone had a fabulous holiday!)


I know it's been a while as far as posting goes, so I also wanted to include a little life update. My fashion project for over Thanksgiving break was a dress out of duct tape. I didn't want to totally spoil what the dress would look like, but here are the colors of duct tape I ended up picking out! Any guesses? Hint: I'm thinking artsy.

That's it for now, thanks for reading! I'm spending the rest of my day watching Beverly Hills 90210 season four, responding to comments, and cleaning my room. And once I get through that, I also have seeing the new Harry Potter movie on the agenda.

The Glue.

My next project for my fashion program is due on Tuesday, and it's theme is specialty fabrics. We got to choose whichever fabric we wanted and make pretty much whatever we wanted. I chose to make a lace dress. I'm hoping it turns out right because I think the fabric combination I chose is really beautiful! Hopefully pictures will follow!

Which reminds me, I tried to take pictures of the things in my portfolio to share, but I was taking photos of photos and it just didn't turn out well, so I'll have to think of something else.

A Celebration.

Today is my birthday! (Which makes me 17.) I had posted about a few of the things on my wish list earlier in October, so I thought I'd let you know a few of the things I ended up getting.


This year I opted to ask for one big present and then a few random small things. I ended up getting the big gift, which was a Michael Kors watch I've been lusting over for months. When I made my list I mentioned that I was unsure about which size watch to get. Usually I think the bigger the better with watches, but I ended up thinking the smaller one had nicer detailing and the salesperson seemed to agree. I've been checking the time a lot more now, and I really love it!


I got Drive Me Crazy on DVD, which is one of my favorite high school movies, and the fourth season of Beverly Hills, 90210. I'm always trying to add to my DVD collection, I especially love watching television on DVD.


I ended up adding a few things to my list after I shared it with you guys. One of those things was a fleece blanket. I mentioned I thought a cream colored one would be nice, and my mom ended up finding cream fleece sheets instead! They're amazingly comfortable.


I also received a travel mug! I've been wanting a cute one to tote hot chocolate around in for a while now. I'm considering exchanging it for a different pattern, but I do love penguins.


And this is the last thing I took a picture of, my new PEZ dispenser. I love candy, and this Hello Kitty is just too cute.