off off and away!

I am off to what they call the city of love. Paris!!

I'm so excited and will make sure to take tons of pictures. Make sure to check out Material Evidence (link on the side bar) because Sofi will be updating the new post!

wish me a safe trip and I'll make sure to post when I get back!

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Valentino

This Friday while at my friend Sam's house we were going through some of her moms old clothes and we found this fabulous vintage Valentino dress! She let me borrow it to take some picture but now I don't want to give it back! Can you believe it..VALENTINO!
Anyway it reminded me of a 1950's dress someone would wear to a Diner while drinking a milkshake, and I was going to go out to Ruby's but didn't find the time. Some time I will. I also went vintage shopping this weekend and came across a store called Melena's Boutique. This young lady ran a fabulous business with all different eras ranging from the 1920's to the 1970's. I was so excited when I walked in and the prices were moderate too. There were racks of dresses (I ended up getting a 1950's circle dress which will be in one of my spring shoots and my other friends got two 1940's dresses which will also be featured) and racks of furs, chanel coats (fell in love with a 1960's set which included a skirt but it was way too much considering I'd only wear the jacket) and my mom ended up getting a few gifts for some friends and jewlery. Overall it was great and I cannot wait to go back next season! Hope everything is going well for everyone.
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"Gotta Love a Mom's Closet"

I am the new "wear anything and everything cool my mom has in her closet". I can't stop raiding! I keep finding the most beautiful clothing and lot's of vintage furs which I recently found out were from a day when she went to a yard sale!

The first look here has a dyed cashmere scarf (sample sale in NYC) and vintage fox fur from yard sale

The next is a ralph lauren skirt, cashmere beige sweater, forever 21 tights, ballroom dance shoes, vintage channel clutch, and belt (don't know where its from)
BUT i did DIY the bow at the back of the shoes. I saw this look in a Prada AD and had to do it with black fabric on a pair of shoes. Its super easy too!!

Hope you enjoyed!
this is the last week for the contest so make sure to comment and I'll be busy studying for midterms so sorry if I don't get back to you this week!
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Vintage Finds

Today while I was rumaging through my mothers closet I found this vintage fur shawl. I couldn't resist not using it for a shoot so I decided to put an outfit together. I used a vintage Ralph Lauren skirt, cashmere navy blue sleevless vest, and yellow leather belt, matching yellow Tori Burch bag, yellow blue and red heels from somewhere down town, JCrew bracelet, and the vintage fur shawl I mentioned before.

Hope you enjoy the pictures, and YES the contest is still going on. It will go on for all this week.

Make sure to comment if you would like to enter the contest and make sure to tell what you is the best outfit to wear with it. Check the posts below for more details :)

p.s i would like to thank The Trendy Fashionista for this award. I would like to pass it on to:

1) A butterfly by Day
2) Style Bird
3) Fascination Drop
4) Clothes Cameras and Coffee
5) Rainbow Paving Stones
6)Mostly List
7) If you live on the moon what do you shoot for

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes

I finally have posted the item for the contest. I decided to pick a purple necklace, and for those who have not heard about the contest, it's where I have an item which I ship to the winner, who can take pictures with it for three days, and then send it back. The winner is the person who can describe to me the coolest way to wear the item (in this case the necklace). read my last post for more of the details, and comment if you want the prize!

Anyway, below are some pictures from today. I was inspired by Sherlock Holmes since a book popped up in my book shelf today! I hope you like the shoot!

Below is the necklace for the c0n+eSt!!

Thanks for reading and make sure you join the contest! It will be really fun and I'll make sure to post the winners photos on this blog!
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Contest Read below and Summer time Snap Shots

Hello everyone! Here are some shots from the long warm days of fall which are greatly missed by me! There are more from this collection on material-evidence (my other blog with Sofi CHECK IT OUT! we have had a bunch of new posts since!)

Anyway I got this new idea from this blog i was reading and they came up with an amazing contest type thing. What I do is every month I have an item which I send around to the blogger who comes up with the coolest way of taking fashion pictures with that item. The thing is you can only have it for three days and you have to send it back to me. Anyone can join! For example I'll have a hat and someone has to write how they would wear the hat, and I'll choose who to send it to. It'll be super cool and I'll do a post on the winner and the pictures they take with that item. Anyone besides me can contribute items to this game but they must email me first with their info and then send the item to me so I can send it to the winner. You will be credited do not worry. So who's in?!?!?!?! Tell me if you all like the idea and we can all start ASAP!

I hope you enjoyed the pictures but DO THE CONTEST PLEASE!
i promise it will be super funn
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A Trip Down Memory Lane

Hi everyone! I'm sorry I' ve been bad on posting but when we went on vacation my dad forgot to bring the camera picture down loader. Anyway I hope everyone had a great holiday! I went to visit my grandparents and cousins in Massachusetts from England and we had a great Christmas! Below is what I was wearing on Christmas day. I really like the entire 50's look I was going for. I had just seen The Notebook (great movie I recommend it) and I really liked all of the outfits Racheal McAdams was wearing. I also got inspired by some old pictures of my grandmother and her mother. They were very fashionable, and I see where I got that from!

I recieved the wallet and scarf from my grandmother for christmas and the dress is from an Urban Outfitters sale.

The framed picture above is my grandmother when she was younger and the book below is a book I had my family fill out (a scrapbook type memory book so it can be passed down in my family to fill out) and there is a picture of her from when she got married! One of the men is my grandfather and the other is his twin i think.
Well that's enough of my history. I'll make sure to post soon since I'm back!
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p.s. I got some of the presents from my wishlist so I need to do another post on those soon :)

Winter Wonderland

It's the first snow storm of the year! We got around 14 inches of snow and it's a miracle. It hardly ever snows around here and when it does it's only about an inch or two. These pictures were taken early in the morning when it was a light snow. I decided to go over to the barn where my friend Courtney takes care of a horse. She and her friend Julia have been riding for years and I wanted all of us to be in some pictures for my blog. Julia and Courtney are the cute ones in the reindeer antlers. Hope you enjoy!

Happy Holidays everyone!
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Project Overload

Sorry i have been so bad on posting lately!
I have been super busy with school work and the Thanksgiving holidays that I've had no time to rest! Plus managing another blog is a lot of other work too! Anyway this past weekend I went to NYC with my family and some friends and we went into some really fun design stores and I got some AMAZING material! The material store was this messy run down place but i mean HEY it was cheap! I got some great vinyl for making bags and really cool dark purple silk. I've also been busy making Christmas pressies for all of my cousins so below are some of the things I've made so far! Hope you like them =]

These are the new lables I've made for my design brand. I'll post some of the headbands I've been making too!

This above is the vinyl from NYC. It's not done yet I still need to do the sewing (its only pinned) and I need to add handles and SEQUINS! The inspiration is from Betsy Johnson

The rest above are some of the designs I've drawn recently. I'm planning to make the last dress above. That's why I bought the silk in NY. I'll make sure to post soon and keep you up to date with my millions of projects!
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Darling it's all about the Lashes

Hey everyone!
This weekend I decided to try out my Twiggy inspiration look! For those of you who do not know who Twiggy is, she is a 1960's model. Give me your feed back to how you think it is! And make sure to check out my other blog for some of the other shoots I did this weekend!!
www.material-evidence.blogspot.com
Enjoy!

Below are some pictures of the famous Twiggy herself

I just wish I had eyes like her and I could have my pictures taken by Richard Avedon. Oh the day dreams!
Anyway hope you enjoyed!
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sneak peek

hello everyone!
I'm here to advertise my new blog again that I'm sharing with my neighbor Sofi! I'm so sorry I've been bad on posting. It's harder managing two blogs than you think! Especially with all of the pictures, I'm trying not to be to repetitive.
Anyway here is a sneak peek at some of our recent shoots that we will be posting soon! make sure to check out www.material-evidence.blogspot.com and dont feel shy to follow us! =]
This is a preview to the Alice and Wonderland shoot so make sure to check it out on Material Evidence!

Hope you enjoyed!
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Expirimental shooting

Hey everyone
I was just playing around with the shutter speed on my camera with lights a few days ago and thought it would be cool to post! Here are some of the pictures! I hope you enjoy. I would also like to say that my friend Sofia and I made a new blog for when the both of us do shoots. It's called material evidence and I think you all should check it out! http://www.material-evidence.blogspot.com

Hope you liked it! Make sure to check out Sofia and my new shared blog!
We will both still be posting on our separate ones too, no worries!
http://www.material-evidence.blogspot.com
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Small Surprises

Just getting back to date! I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while but I went see an art exhibit and guess what I saw? THE HAMBURGER DRESS LADY! One of my posts during the summer was about this women who crochets tons of things and I was writing about how I wanted this hamburger dress she made. I was basically cracking up when I saw this and told the women I had made a post about her, she found it really cool that I was so into what she was making. Her are some pictures I took while I was there.

I love how on the edges of the pie she changed the yarn color to make it look crisp on the edges.

My favorite besides the dress. I want this all in my room!

I hope to one day wear this dress...wish me luck!

Awards!
I've been very bad about posting these and apologize for the delay. I'm so happy I got these and would like to thank Under Lock and Key and also Style bird for them.

Lot's of love award



i would like to give both of these to:
1. Zany Style
2. Mostly Lists
3. Style Bird
4.If you live on the moon what do you shoot for?
5.Clothes Cameras and Coffee
6. Happy Happy
7. Sea of Shoes
8. Vintage Dear

have a lovely day everyone! Thanks for all my blogger friends!
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Top Hats and Fish Nets

Just this previous weekend, after dance class, I took my other friend Sofia out to take some pictures for my photography class at school. Since my mom was out with the digital I decided I would take a test with using a film camera. Let's just say its not all to easy. Most of the pictures didn't turn out, but that's okay, I've learned now to really appreciate people who take pictures with film for a living. It must be a masterful talent. The picture of my dance instructors I thought came out really well! I wanted to make a long exposure so they would blur in the time of 4 seconds. If you have a camera at home (any camera which can be set up with timing) try to make long exposures. It's super cool especially with light or glow sticks. Have an amazing halloween! I know I'm planning to. Some more fashion shoots are coming so I'll make sure to post the pictures!



Enjoy!
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Halloween Spectacular!

Happy Halloween everyone! I saw these cute pictures online and I knew I had to post them! It still does not feel like fall and I'm still having a hard time accepting that school has started! Oh well...I'm going to post some costume ideas soon that I have come up with, and some more fashion shots. I'm so super excited for trick or treating =]

I hope the candy in here isn't all gooey from the pumpkin!
I would definitely have a CLEAN container in there.

I love this set up! Wouldn't it be great to have a full out halloween party like Martha Stewart?

I hope you liked the pictures! Get ready for halloween!
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Just another Fall Day

What an extremely fall day it is! I was going to go out to a near by farm for these but didn't have time. I'll make sure to one of my next ones there. The jacket is ralph lauren and the belt was a thrift shop find, and as for the fur at the top, that was found in the back of my mothers closet. The skirt I made, and same with the feather headband. I'm selling the headbands so I'll make sure to do a post about all of the different feathers incase I have potential buyers. Tell me if you want one!

Hope you enjoyed!
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