Everything's Coming Up

 This weekend I

bought peach tea

took pictures of wildflowers

got free coffee

slept in til 12:30

cuddled with my sweetie

had discussions about religion

drove home in the rain.

 I am pretty proud of this little re-fashion. Most of the time I just hem a dress and call it a day, but this time I shortened the sleeves, took in the bodice, and hemmed it. It may not show, but it really fits a lot better now. And it was only a dollar, so of course it was worth it!

Before:

 Hope your weekend was as good as mine!

 dress, cardigan, watch-goodwill

collar-handmade by me

shoes-blowfish

bag-target

hat-ae

Empty Apartment

 This is one of the dresses I made! But with a vest.

I took these pictures in my living room. No one uses it at all ever, not even me. Except to take pictures of myself, apparently. While I was shooting the exterminator walked in and I sort of slunk away like I wasn't just posing for a tripod.

 I have some suitemates I live with, but I almost never see them. One of them I see a couple times a week, and the other I haven't seen since I moved in! If I saw her on campus I would probably not even recognize her!

 I added the straps to these heels myself. It was really easy, but I'll post a quickie DIY later this week!

I got this cool bracelet from Goodwill! It's hard to find jewelry there normally, so this was exciting.

I spent way too much money this week at romwe and modcloth, so I'm putting myself under some thrifting restrictions for awhile. To make myself feel less guilty.

 dress-handmade by me

shoes-sid&nancy

vest, necklace, bracelet-Goodwill

Aspire

 I'm considering opening an etsy shop to sell some illustration prints and vintage clothing. Sometimes I just want to quit school and be a fashion designer. And I'm an illustration major! School is fun for me!

When I graduate I really really want to just open up a vintage shop that I curate. I'm really into design and atmosphere and I just can't wait to do the window displays and set up the interior.

But I'm afraid of losing money. It's hard enough to make a living with illustration as it is.

 But about the etsy shop. I'm scared of doing that too. I might wait until I have more of a following. What do you guys think? I have loads of vintage I'd love to sell!

 On the day I wore this, Travis and I went on an adventure of sorts to the river where we played with the geese and waded into water a sign informed us was dangerous to swim in. It was a beautiful day.

I am wearing heels in only this picture! I changed shoes halfway through the day so we could go to the river.

dress,heels,belt-Goodwill

boots-Wanted, via Delias

shirt-TJ Maxx or maybe Ross?

collar-handmade by me

bag-Target

Good Things Lately

1. Learning new watercolor techniques in class.

2. My cat is a cutie pie.

3.Going on geese adventures with my boyfriend.

4. My brand new dress from Romwe! I can't wait until it comes in the mail.

Pinecones

 I didn't realize when I got dressed how well my cardigan matched my nail polish. I also didn't realize the background matched my jewelry until halfway through photographing! Aren't happy accidents great?

 I ate at Panera, and the checkout guy told me I looked like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz! I don't think he'd seen the movie recently. He probably just doesn't see girls in pigtails often.

 What's your favorite thing about fall? I think mine might be the blue sky. The sky is never so blue as it is in fall. Or maybe the crisp air, which is a really nice change from South Carolina's humid summers. Or the colorful leaves. I hope this year is a dramatic one!
Color-wise, of course.

I've been watching Scrubs nonstop lately. That's because the Netflix I mooch off of needs to be renewed. But no complaining here! There's a reason I have all the seasons on DVD!

dress-handmade by me

vest, belt, boots-goodwill

sweater-my mom got it... somewhere.

bag-target

Pattern

 I just looked at these pictures and realized I didn't get a shot of the full outfit. Pff.

 The other day I realized I was dressed like a kindergardener, so I looked in my closet for something to edgy it up a little bit, and I came up with ZIP. No leather, no studs, no black really. I was so bummed out I resolved to look for specifically edgy pieces on future shopping trips. I ended up throwing on a fishing hat and pretending it made the dress less girly.

 As for this outfit, I was going for pattern mixing. Oh yeah.

 shoes-modcloth

everything else-Goodwill

The skirt was once a dress, I chopped off the top half for some reason I can't remember.

Nostalgia

There are these woods out behind my house that I used to explore when I was a kid. Me and my sister and our neighbor used to go tromping off through there with some thorn clippers and just had the time of our freakin' lives. Since then it's overgrown a lot down there near the creek. While I was taking these pictures I swear I heard something hidden in the trees growling!

How is it that I was more courageous when I was in elementary school?

 I don't know what you guys feel about "home", or what it means to you, but my house is really where I belong. We bought it right after it was built. Or maybe before, I'm not sure! But my family is the only one to have lived there. I remember when it was just dirt! And now it's really become ours.

 On another note, lately all I want is shoes. Heels. Even though I walk a lot and have the world's most blister-prone feet, its all I want to shop for! I'm probably preaching to the choir here.

Oh and this is a refashion! Have a look-see!

Cute, right?

dress-Goodwill

tights-F21

shoes-Blowfish

Also, I had a profile on IFB, and then they either sent a message from my account without me knowing, or signed me up for some forum and I got annoyed and deleted it. I don't know if this means I ignored anyone's messages, but I was getting like a trillion notifications. So, sorry.