Thursday, September 22, 2011

Be Brave, Be Kind

I expect to pass through life but once.  If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.  ~William Penn

If we all took the time to make someone else's day a little brighter, we'd be living in a different world.
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This evening I got on the bus to head home after my first day of class. A girl sat down next to me, talking on her cellphone. I didn't pay much attention to her, thinking about how hungry I was and how my head kind of hurt. Then I heard her say a string of words that caught my attention.
"Do you have any advice about picking a psychologist?"
Boy do I, I thought. But she was still speaking on the phone. I shouldn't have eavesdropped, but really, we were right next to each other on a boring bus ride. I listened to her talk to her friend/mom/whoever and wished that I could talk to her as well. I pulled out my notebook and wrote her a note, offering her my number if she wanted to talk. At my stop, I handed it to her and got off.
I made myself a snack at home and came back to see a new voice mail on my phone. I hadn't heard my phone ring so I thought it was an old message that was popping up because my phone wanted to delete it. But it was her. When she said it was the nicest thing anyone had done for her in awhile, I felt so indescribably happy.

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I'd almost not said anything to her. It seemed awkward. We were complete strangers and I was listening in on her conversation. But I did it and I'm so glad. I hope she finds what she's looking for.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
                                                                                    

Monday, September 19, 2011

New York Fashion Week


While New York Fashion week has come and gone, the rest of the world is gearing up for their own runway shows. Below are some of my favorite looks:
Oscar de la Renta
Theyskens Theory
Jenny Packham

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Rachel Zoe
Luca Luca
Zac Posen
Pamela Love
Carolina Herrera
ADAM
Vivienne Tam
Rachel Zoe
Zac Posen
Tadashi
Wes Gordon
Carolina Herrera
Betsey Johnson
Donna Karan
Suno
Tory Burch
                          Elie Tahari

                           Herve Legere

 Pamella Roland

I could write a love letter to Marchesa, Anna Sui, and Naeem Khan.

Below: Marchesa

Below: Anna Sui






Below: Naeem Khan






All images from ELLE


Saturday, September 10, 2011

England

 
England by the National
This song came up on my shuffle on the way to work. Ironically enough, this is what my life feels like.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Autumn on My Mind

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Autumn is my favorite season, unequivocally. The colors in the Aspen trees, pumpkins, hot cider, pumpkin flavored anything, the anticipation of the Thanksgiving-Christmas-New Years festivities. And fall colors/fashion blows my mind. I've been ready to wear sweaters and blazers and tights since about the middle of August. And here in San Diego, I have maybe another month to get through before I can wear these things! Since I have Autumn on the brain, I'm dedicating this post to my favorite season.
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And because I've had autumn on the brain, it's made its way into my Etsy store:
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Coming Soon


Thursday, September 1, 2011

And Now For Some Regularly Scheduled Programming

I've been working on making some smaller sized bow. These little ones can go right into your hair.




This size isn't available in the Etsy Store just yet, but I will be putting them up soon. 

I saw a cute tutorial over on Sweet Verbena, but my attempt at it turned into a complete disaster. Maybe if I actually had a sewing machine it would be a different story. So after a failed attempt to make her Reverse Applique State Shirt
See, so cute right?
 I gave up on this tutorial and made my own applique shirt:
Dressage horse!

No sewing involved with this one.

Currently Reading:  Game of Thrones and References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot
Listening to: Red Hot Chili Peppers' newest album: I'm With You