Easter Outfit

On Easter I tried to recreate the hairstyle they did for the Fashion Show I was in earlier this month. Basically a French Braid from a deep side part across the front to the other side, teasing at the back, and the rest of the hair pinned up in curls.

I wore a new pair of pants I got for my birthday, some black pumps, and a necklace I made myself (I love an opportunity to say, "Thank you I made it myself" :) ). Throw in some Easter pastels and I was ready to go.

I felt comfortable yet very put together. My cousin said I looked "elegant". She's two years older than me and has always been kinda the older cousin that I looked up to and wanted to be like... so that made me feel special :)

Je peux coudre 2

Translation: I can sew.

But I'm tempted to not even call this sewing, it was so simple and basic. But my machine did get mad at me a few times... probably because it didn't like sewing through that many layers and lace etc.

I bought a few plain tank tops at Michaels knowing I wanted to embellish them somehow. One day I was going through my mom's sewing room and found this cool emerald lace and satin trim. I knew it was destined to be mine.

So I trimmed, pinned, and sewed it down. Sweet and simple.. et voilà!

Don't you love it when something is so simple, yet makes such an impact?


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Fashion Show

Earlier this month I was in a charity fashion show. Basically my mother heard about it and volunteered me for it. But it was fun and it was nice to get to do runway... I'm only 5'5", so way too short to actually do runway work :(

The show was a fundraiser for the Center for Violence-free Relationships and the outfits were totally gorgeous.

I particularly loved how they did my hair and makeup. I tried to recreate the hair on Easter- maybe I'll post that on here too a bit later. And I told the person doing my makeup that she could do whatever she wanted- the other models were older so probably not into more crazy avant-garde styles. I've worked for both BeneFit and Ulta, so I like bright fun makeup. She had been wanting to experiment with gold leaf, so I told her to go for it :)

I also made the purple earrings I'm wearing here to match the last gown I model :)

Belated Birthday Post

So I've been mia for the past few weeks.... mainly because I've been taking care of this gorgeous little kitty who is getting on in years (about 21 to be exact) and instead of sleeping in the garage has been 24/7 in my bedroom. She's had her good days and her bad days, complete with some crying on my part. I lost my younger (well she was 17) kitty about a year ago and I was devastated. I had Tabitha since I was 6 and Tinkerbell since I was 4. They are clearly part of the family and it's difficult seeing her struggle to get around. We didn't want her trying to climb over all the stuff in the garage with her little legs. So instead everything is within easy reach in my room... including a litter box... needless to say we've never had one of those inside, but I've been keeping it clean and lighting a lot of candles with the window open lol. Anything for this little sweetie :)

For some reason she chose under my desk as her bed of choice... only adding to the feeling that instead of typing on the computer I should be giving her lots of love and kisses.

But for my 24th birthday I did have my brother and his girlfriend over the night before. My mom made an amazing dinner and got a delicious ice cream cake- my favorite kind :)

My hopefully future sister-in-law as I call her.. or just my sister... has always been great at crochet. I started out knitting. Eventually we traded crafts and she made me this gorgeous knitted blanket. The colors are just beautiful and I absolutely love it!

I didn't get pictures with my brother and his girlfriend, but I did take birthday pictures with my gorgeous Tinkerbell :)

How adorable is that little face!