Exciting News and also, I'm Back!

Dress from ModCloth
Photos Courtesy of Joshua Nagy at Alter Frame Productions

What's that? Who is that? Is that me at the 2012 Portfolio Show? Is that me graduating from college? Why yes it is!

That's right. My hiatus paid off. Four years of hell and hard work, and I have a Bachelor's degree of Graphic Design to show for it. It has been one hell of a ride but it's over. I can finally begin a new chapter of my life.

That is me and my dad! After the Portfolio Show, my parents took me to my favorite restaurant, The Wine Shoppe. It was a wonderful day and night. Aside from the gift of graduating and my parents coming to see me, my friend Julia gave me something very special. One of my best friends, Landon Hill, passed away last Thanksgiving. Though I have pulled through the tragedy, I think about him every single day. He had been writing an autobiography before his death, and Julia gave me a copy of the parts that she had saved from his emails. His cheeky, clever words will be coveted by me forever :)

Now, onwards to the next part! My hiatus is over and I will be blogging and returning to my Etsy shop. As of now I only have two items to list, because my life was hectic up until a day ago. However, I will be posting these two items in my shop today!This 1980's button down red polka dot dress reminds me of a grown up Minnie Mouse, and I love it! It's super comfortable too, and somehow slipped through the 80s shoulder pad trend.

More 1980s!I love this oversized blouse. It has an eyelet print, but is not real eyelet unfortunately. Very comfortable and casual (also no shoulder pads!)
So these will be in the shop today! Coming up, more adventures in learning to sew and maybe some other things!

This is killing me

I hate this hiatus. It is absolutely killing me. This is one of my biggest passions, and my degree is something I just kind of want to get out of the way. Having to put my love on the back burner for my "security" is terrible.
I'm going to try and update as much as I can. I miss this so much.

A Short Hiatus

Hello everyone,

As you may have noticed (those of you who read this blog), I have not been updating at all. I honestly don't even have the patience to write this post, as my computer is part of the problem. I am in my last quarter at college, so my time is spent working on my portfolio. I barely have time to blink. I don't have a working car at the moment, my computer refuses to listen to anything I need to do, and the overall frustration is incredibly overwhelming.

My only goal is to graduate and start a new life. I'm quite sick of the one I'm living now and I'm ready to start a new one. My shop will still be up but I will most likely stop blogging and adding to it for a while. I can't blog much anyway because my computer has about a thirty second delay on anything I type, which is, as you can imagine, incredibly frustrating and is making me quite homicidal.

Expect my return in a few months. Until then, wish me luck on finishing the phase of my life that has been inhibiting me from reaching any potential I may have.

Hello!

Well, as some of you probably know, college life can be pretty difficult sometimes. Between maintaining a comfortable living situation, getting to class and back, and trying not to die of starvation, sometimes things fall to the backburner. And then they send a repo man to take your internet away.

Not that my existence is solely based on the internet, but obviously my Etsy and blogging life is. Updates are going to be more sporadic because of this, and because my laptop is failing. It takes me forever to do anything, especially when it comes to typing. When I type a sentence there is a couple second delay. It is very aggravating and also worrisome, since I have to wait another three months to get a new one, and my graphic design degree is based around computers.

I am in Pickens, SC right now at my parents house, eating, drinking, swimming, shooting guns, and relaxing before I begin the last phase of my college life. I'm going to cut this short because I am very irritated at my computer right now.

Pensivity and the Future and Such

I have been thinking about my future. I have one more week until I embark on my last three months of college. I believe my last day will be September 14. Weird. Its just the last four years of my life are going to be over...

I feel like on one hand, I am achieving a serious goal. On the other, I feel like I haven't amounted to anything I wanted to amount to. I have accomplished a lot, that's true, but if ten year old me saw twenty-two year old me, I feel like she'd be disappointed. So, in the next three months, I want to at least make it easier for myself. In this time I am trying to purge my life of things I don't need (which is a lot) through yard sales and ebay and, of course, Etsy. I want to "start over" in a sense.

The majority of my clothes I don't wear. I don't wear barely any jewelry. My shoes vacillate between two pairs. I have piles and piles of books I haven't touched in years. Drawers full of who knows what. Why do I have these things? Exactly. Lets get rid of 'em and start over, shall we?

Maybe this is some form of early life crisis. I'm only twenty-two but I feel fifty two. I just really wanted to be in a different place by now, and by that I mean REALLY good at something, making a niche for myself, and making my family and friends proud. Instead I'm kind of a jack of all trades: wildly mediocre at a lot of things. I work hard for things, yes, and it takes a lot to make me give up. But still, it seems I have yet to find what is truly my "thing". I want so badly for this vintage and fashion game to be it, but I am terrified of failure. I feel like I have attempted so many things in my life: music, painting, novels, paranormal investigation, acting, tarot, etc. They have all failed and it is starting to get to me.

People tell me, “You just gotta keep going!” “You can’t give up!” “Push through!” and I never do give up. Usually things just get pulverized. I know that I am young but I’m about to go out into the “real world” all by myself, and I’m a bit scared.

Does anyone have any advice or relatable stories?

Raffaldini and Skipping Stones

I have lived in Charlotte (this time around) for about four or five years now, and I absolutely hate it. Every morning, no matter how good things are going, the fact that I live in this state gnaws at me.

Yesterday, my opinion was changed. One of my very best friends took me to Raffaldini Vinyards in Elkin, NC. Embarrassing as it is, I actually cried over how devastatingly beautiful it was. Instead of polluted city air, all I could smell was soil, grape leaves, and sweet air.



The drive up was gorgeous.







And...vinyards! Raffaldini Vinyards is near the Yadkin River and the Blue Ridge Mountains.



Isn't that the most beautiful building ever?





This is the veranda. After a wine tasting, we got a bottle of Sangiovese and hung out here.















So...all hatred for this state has disappeared.

After the vinyard, we went to Stone Mountain and I learned how to skip stones! I can now cross that off my bucket list. It was a great day.



I hope everyone has days like this during their summer! Stay tuned for shop updates very soon!

 

Summer

Whew! I finally finished all my finals. Now I just need to present them and I am off for summer vacation! Woot!

I decided to make a Polyvore set for the things I'm really interested in getting into this summer. Mainly I'm into jean shorts and white/cream flowy tops.



Yup. That pretty much sums it up.

I went to Goodwill today after I printed my thesis and found some pretty things.

I wish I had more to say but my life has been finals, finals, and more finals. I hope to update soon with much more!