Freedom

 I love driving. Some of my favorite moments have been in the front seat with the windows down and the music blaring. I was driving home this weekend in the gorgeous it's-basically-summer weather and just loving how green the grass looked. "I want to pull over and feel that grass on my toes," I thought. So I did!
You shoulda seen me, running through some random field in front of my tripod with no shoes on. I felt completely free.

 On the topic of freedom and running around happy in the grass, I thought I'd share some personal stuff with you guys. I've been dealing with anxiety disorder for about 2 years now. (GASP) No really, I've seen like 5 fashion bloggers come clean about this recently, and well, now I am too. Anxiety (along with depression) is one of the most commonly diagnosed disorders. I've heard it called the "common cold" of the brain.

My anxiety began fall semester of sophomore year (that's 2011) when I had to prepare for SPR. That's a big portfolio review design majors have to go through at my school, and basically everyone and their brother was stressed about it. I got to where I would obsess over the possibility of failure constantly, and I was miserable. The real problem, though, was that my anxiety lasted long after I passed the test. I spent a lot of my time nervous for seemingly no reason, afraid to socialize with people, angry at everyone (including myself), and had a variety of other icky symptoms like diarrhea, panic attacks, sleep paralysis, and some bouts with depression.

Over the course of the past year, I've seen a couple therapists, who helped me keep my anxiety under control and taught me some techniques to talk myself down. And I've really been doing so, so much better! I still get the occasional panicky moments, but I handle them a lot better now, and I'm much more positive of a person.

 I wanted to share this all with you because I'm really proud of my progress. Everyone has issues that they don't like to talk about because they want to be perfect (I know I do), and anxiety is just something I'm going to have to deal with. Days like today are more and more frequent for me, and I'm so excited for myself and my future!

I also read an article recently about how instagram and facebook showcase people's best moments, making it seem like they all have perfect lives, when that's just not true. I like to show off my cute clothes and my art and my fun times with friends, but I omit the darker parts of my life. Everyone has them, and they're nothing to be ashamed of, right? Right.

I made my dress, the sunglasses are from penny's, the spike necklace and shoes are from modcloth, and the unicorn necklace (that is twisted up in all the pictures) is from forever 21.

Creamsicle Shoes

 How cute are these shoes? Yeswalker has been giving shoes out to bloggers as ads, guess what it worked. Because I went and bought some.

 These pictures turned out pretty orange, but that's appropriate, right? I mean half my outfit is orange.

 dress: fiore boutique

shirt: my own design!

shoes: yeswalker

socks: old navy

necklace: modcloth

I'm going to focus on my etsy shop this summer. Is there anything in particular you guys would like to see from me? I've been thinking of adding brooches and some hand printed clothes.

Stuff from Lately

 

I'm also thinking of getting a tattoo! What do you guys think?

Checked Out

Hey hey!

Man I am so close to being done with the school year it's cray. I've officially checked out. But you know as soon as summer starts I'll be all "I'm sooo borrreeeeedd."

 I was pretty pleased with today's outfit. The weather was beautiful and people were nice to me about my floral crown. I think a lot of people think I'm a big weirdo for wearing it, but das okay.
My new thrifted shoes are adorbz but they're a teensy bit small and gave me blisters. Gotta break 'em in!

 So here's a story! We live across from the biggest D-bags I've ever met. And we haven't even met, really. Friday the power went out, so that was annoying. We propped the door open for the emergency lights coming from the hallway, and they did the same thing. I was chatting with my friends in the living room, and they started shouting at us! First it was just making fun of us like "LETS TALK LOUDLY ABOUT THE LIGHTS BEING OUT", but then it got inappropriate real fast. Like "THE GIRLS ACROSS THE HALL WANNA BLOW US" and "fuck" was used. Not cool, right?
But they actually came into our dorm once a couple of months ago. Like one of them knocked on the door and as my roomate went to open it, he just turned the doorknob and started to come in! Then he saw Laura and like guffawed and walked away. We reported them to the hall office but nothing was done about it.
Also they called us nerds once.

 On the bright side, nerds are totally cool now.

 dress: modcloth

shoes, top: thrifted

crown: diy

necklace: f21

Them Daisies

 Yaaay it's warm enough to wear pretty spring dresses! No but for real it's getting hot out. I'm gonna try to enjoy the warm before it gets painful out... I'm not a fan of the summer! (More like I need a fan in the summer, am I right?)

 I was gonna wear a pair of heels with this dress, but when I walked up next to Travis and towered over him, I changed into my flats cuz of the look on his face. Ha.

 Ok wanna know a secret? I brought the wrong backs for these earrings. Only one of them fit, the other was way too big and wouldn't keep the thing on. So, determined as I was to wear my daisy earrings with my daisy dress, I duct taped it on. On to my ear. Here's a tip: don't do that. It worked and all, but it hurt like hell coming off!

 dress: Dots

cardigan: Travis's

shoes, necklace: Modcloth

socks: Old Navy

hat, bag: thrifted

cat purse: cavern gift shop

Etsy Shop Update!

Hey guys! Here's a little shop update for the Floral Prince!

navy dress

 white cut out heels

 floral vest

 red picnic blouse/white nightgown

 green dress

Also, I want you guys to know that I've put all my fall inventory on super sale! Check out the new prices here!

Toteally

What up, guys?

 Today I'm showing off this cute shirt I borrowed from Hannah through Flock Together, and this way cool awesome tote that I designed and screen printed myself! The shirt has a peplum, but I decided to show off the cutouts around the neckline instead. Real classy, right?

 For my printmaking class, we're supposed to make prints based on issues. So I picked ethical fashion! I thought it would be apropos for the blog. I'm thinking of selling them, too, and I'd love to hear your feedback.

 I really liked this outfit without the cardigan, but it was a little too breezy out for that nonsense.

shirt: Hannah's

overalls, cardigan, shoes: thrift store

necklace: forever 21

Just Desserts

 Oh my god you guys, this pie dress. I borrowed it from Marisa, and I'm for real in love with it. And for obvious reasons. Unfortunately, this perfect perfect dress is just a bit out of my price range. I just count myself lucky to wear it for a little while!

I will be posting this dress on Flock Together sometime (probably in June, yikes!) styled in a slightly more creative way. Sometimes I'm torn between styling things interestingly and just wearing them as is on the blog. I mean, if I'm just wearing a dress, what's the use in posting that, right? Anyone can wear a dress, that's like me basking in the glow of the designer's genius. Styling it creatively is something new I can bring to the table! But then again, this is my personal fashion blog, and if I want to post a plain old dress, I will!

Speaking of sweets, I hope you guys had a good Easter. I'm not religious, so for me this Sunday involved sleeping in and waking up to a basket full of chocolate! We dyed eggs the night before and "the Easter Bunny" even hid them around the house! Keep in mind, there's no one living in my house under the age of 19 haha. It was super cute and I see no reason for childlike traditions like that to end!

 dress: Marisa's

shoes: modcloth

cardigan: f21

necklace: thrifted

Flock Together Today!

Hey guys! I'm posting over at Flock Together today! Check it out!