LWD

 I've gone most of my life without a little white dress. Or a little black dress, for that matter! I was telling my roomate, Laura, the story behind this outfit in an elevator. The other girl in there probably thought I was a weirdo, because this is a combination of lingerie from Goodwill and my Mom's slip. I bought some lingerie from my neighbor's estate sale, too, that I'm going to wear as a dress, which is even creepier, since it belonged to his recently late wife. Vintage is all about wearing old people's clothes, right?

I thought I'd dress this lacey number down with my America backpack and my fake leather boots.

 I guess I wore this cardigan 2 days in a row, but I don't care. I'd wear it all the time if I my other clothes didn't get jealous (they do).

Oh hey this is it before I shortened it!

 My shoes came from Modcloth! You'll be seeing them soon. But here's my roomate Laura, wearing her new Modcloth dress that I demanded she buy! What a stud. 

dress, backpack-Goodwill

necklace-vintage from my oma

boots-delias

Got a DIY coming soon!

Southern Charm

 I had a really nice weekend. I got to go home and see my family, go to Goodwill, and to the Apple Festival. I ate this caramel apple and it was sticky and delicious and wonderful. Sometimes it's nice to look dorky with curly, rained-on bangs and a sticky caramel face and just not care how put together you are, walking around downtown while banjo music plays.

 Speaking of banjo-music, I'd like to talk a little bit about South Carolina. I was born in the DC area, and moved here when I was 6. I spent the first half of my life rejecting all things southern. I'd say I was a northerner, even though I was technically from Virginia. But lately I've really started embracing the state I live in. There are a lot of nice things about the south. A lot of weird things, but a lot of nice things. Like sweet tea, hospitality, and folk music. It's normal to want to move as far away as you can from your hometown when you're a teenager, but now I'm focusing on the positive!

 So, that connects to my outfit because kitten heels and a sweet knee-length dress seems southern to me? Maybe it's just me.

 That was a lot of pictures.

dress-dillards

shoes-plato's closet

socks-walmart

hat,vest-goodwill

necklace, triangle ring-forever 21
mood ring-flea market

Hurried

 This was a hurriedly photographed outfit, but I really liked it, so here it is in all of it's poorly-lit glory!

 I got this super sweet buttoned cardigan at Forever 21 last weekend. I'm a sucker for cute buttons!

I really don't have much else to say about this one. Oh, I have since these photos cut my bangs a little too short. So I've been looking a bit puffy haha.

I also won Annika's little giveaway over at her blog! I'm so flattered because she's one of my biggest inspirations here in the blogosphere. So I'm really excited!

dress (worn as top) and necklace: target

skirt and cardigan: forever 21

shoes: american eagle via goodwill

In This Day and Age

I'm really lucky to be alive during this time. Technology, medicine, and indoor plumbing, I mean, cmon. And I have so much, all of human history to look back at and draw inspiration from. So many decades of fashion and art contribute to the way I dress and what I draw. But sometimes I get really sad and think "Everything's been done." I feel like anything I do and call "creative" is just a rehash of what's already happened. Wouldn't it be neat to think they're is an entire world to explore?

That is just a thought and really has nothing to do with this outfit.

Got this dress pretty recently, and the first time I washed it, the dryer in my dorm tore two buttons off! And I mean, violently! The actual buttons were broken off, not just pulled from the dress. So that was a bummer. That dryer doesn't even dry our clothes properly. I hate it when things don't do their job.

 On a more positive note, on this day Travis and I ate pizza in the park. Those are three things I love, especially together!

I don't know if you guys have noticed my lack of accessories, but it's because I just don't know how to accessorize properly. True story.

dress and shoes-f21

bag-Goodwill

Redesign

Hey guys! As you probably noticed, I redesigned my blog. Hopefully I'll be content with it this way for awhile and not change things up all over the place.

Hey Check Out My Tights!

 Aren't my tights cool? Why yes, I think so too!

I wore this to see ParaNorman with my sister at a secret hidden movie theater that was bascially deserted. It was really good, go see it!

 Here is a pinecone.

I feel like a lame-o because when I got my camera I was all "THINK OF ALL THE DIYs I CAN DOCUMENT" and now that I'm at school away from my sewing machine I'm pretty DIY-less. I'll try and think of something I can do to shake up the monotony on here of outfit post after outfit post.

 In other news, I got my first hate-mail on the internet yesterday. It totally hurt my feelings, so whoever you are, I hope you feel at least a little bit bad about it! 

Here is me with half-closed eyes:

 Shirt and tights: target

socks: walmart

shoes: kohls

necklace: diy by me

bag, shorts, headscarf: Goodwill, Miracle Hill

A Confession

 My confession involves shoes. No, I'm not addicted. (Well maybe a little). My confession is that I am bad at wearing them. Just bad. I don't know if it's my feet or if I'm doing something wrong, but I find it very hard to wear shoes, particularly flats and heels, without getting all blistered up. These pretty green ones did a number on my feet and I couldn't even wear them the whole day! I've even had sneakers wear a blister into my heel before. I tried taping my feet up to protect them, but they've still got battle scars. Oh woe is me!

 They are cute, though, right?

 I am struggling so much with my photography on this blog. I don't want to take my tripod outside and pose in front of wandering students, but I also really like outdoor shots better. Or at least they work out better for me. I have such issues with lighting. I'm at school, I should take a class.

 This outfit makes me think a little of menswear. But it's all in pink, so I thought that was a nice contrast!

See, I even had my own girly version of a bow tie!

shirt, shorts, pin, belt earrings-Goodwill

vest- from my Mom, probably also from Goodwill

ring-flea market

shoes-BAIT via Modcloth

Speaking of Modcloth, I don't know if you've heard, but they're having an end-of-summer 70% off sale. Just got these puppies, and I'm hoping they'll be as comfy as they are cute!