Apple Pickin' It Up

It is quite true that I have lived in New York state for most of my life and have never gone apple picking. I mean, I have tried to climb apple trees and pick off the little tiny crab apples, but not big ole edible, pie making kinds of apples.

Last year was the first year I actually went apple picking, you know...at a farm.

Its was blast. We went again this year:

The place that we go to is this orchard that totally becomes some kind of apple-y amusement park with a cafe and a barn full of wasps and treats and dreams.

...And wooden boards with apples and pumpkins and buses painted on them. We sometimes have a sick kind of humor. Hopefully no children were watching us.

Trish is preggers! And is the most stylish lady evar.

I look impossibly short next to her, it was totally the angle. But a giant I am not. You can hardly tell she is pregnant, and she wondered alot whether people eyeing her thought she had a 'soup belly'. I forget her exact, brilliant words. Perhaps it was beer belly.

Time for the traditional Apple Ball, and then Apple Bowling.

So i was wearing this necklace that has a tiny magnifying lens and in this picture I am studying the apple with it. I had to caption this because I know myself I had no idea what was happening in the photo until someone reminded me.

The arm warmers were made for me by my talented friend Ren who lives out in LA.

Such a great day this was....soooo perfect.

We totally drank enough cider and ate enough warm cider donuts to kill a yak. Or a small kitten.

Catch Up

I totally keep forgetting to share this, but I dyed my hair. I haven't dyed it in a few years-I was curious to see what my natural color was. But now I feel as though it is ashy and mousy. I didn't want a huge change, but something...subtle. Her Mousyness.

Ah yes, by all means eat the box.

I forgot how smelly and messy it is. At first I was like, "This smells kinda good.....aaaaaaaargh!! It burns my eyes, the smell!"

Its kinda nice to see the different dyes they have now. They have this cool thing where you can dye your hair to add tones of coolness or warmth-I would need to find something that combats the red that my hair has and comes out like crazy whenever I dye my hair.

I finally went with something with 'natural' in the name...I didn't want something crazy blond or dark.

Finally the end result...subtle, except in the sunshine. Outside and certain kinds of indoor light its mad obvious that I dyed it. Warmer, blonder, redder.

I made a quiche for the first time! Its not as hard as you would think...it just seems like it cuz you have to make a crust. As you can see, I made one side have extra cheese on top. The rest of it just had mushrooms, cheese, eggs and thyme from our windowbox herbs!

I definitely recommend trying a quiche for dinner because its quick, you can put whatever you want in it-mushrooms, leeks, potatoes, meat, veggies....

Retro Hair Girl

I don't know what is going on with my hair but its fabulous today. I did a side swoop and my hair was on board. It was all like, "Yeahh lets DO this I'm awesome hair!"Peter pan collar and puffy sleeves? Um yes please. Except I don't know how I feel about sweaters with short sleeves....isnt the point of a sweater to keep you warm? My arms are susceptible to cold, you know. I need a full body sweater.

I don't know whats up with me, but I have been sleeping a lot lately. Is it the weather? Am I just working too moshe? I feel like I have been doing a lot, but at the same time, I know I have been wasting a lot of my free time...
I want to be...healthier. I want to drink more water, exercise (I work at a gym for crying out loud!), and create more art! Speaking of art...check out my etsy! I've finally put up new necklaces! Still need to put up a couple more....maybe if I sell some first, hahaha. I haven't been advertising or chatrooming up my store lately...bad me!!

I love illustrating...especially vintage-y type things that are on my t shirt, for instance. I used to feel really self conscious about thin t shirts...but there is something delicious about them on your skin. Somehow pretty warm for being like tissue....

I'm wearing a necklace as a bracelet, and the whole outfit is so matchy...sigh.

There's a reason why I do that, I think. A psychological reason. I think too many people used to tell me that I never matched...am I trying to please those people??

Outfit deets:

shoes: thrifted

pants: h&m

top: target

sweater: thrifted

necklace: gap

ring: finded

Dragonfly Girl

Sorry about the not blogging thing. Things have been sort of chaotic for me. I am working often, and I had to make a tough decision to withdraw from a class.

But by dropping that class, it means dropping out on a dream.

It has to be this way but it is the best thing for me right now. You know that kind of decision.

But by giving up that one dream, I have made a decision to carry on with a different dream that is my passion. Not like the reliable, dependable dream I gave up on, but the Ultimate Dream. Its like giving up law school to become an artist. Very different. One is more steady than the other, but if art is your love....

Its just tough...what if you love something, but no one has told you you're great at it? Its super risky to try to make a living by it....

Besides work, there is still lots of stuff going on. A close friend and another friend are preggers and will have their babies within a week of each other. It really makes you think-well, it makes me think-about families. I've never really thought about having one-I feel like I'm super young and not ready-but now I am thinking about babies and marriage, just in general. What does it all mean?? Etc etc. I think I will plan my friend's baby shower, though. An opportunity to bake and make place cards and invitations and games with a theme, HECK YES.

Thank goodness for my goodwill, I find everything there. I've always wanted those sailor type pants, with the six button closure on the front. I found these pants at Goodwill, and while I don't think the style suits short curvy ladies like me, I can't help but love these and feel stylish in them.

I have been finding really great finds at Charlotte Russe. I remember when the store was kinda ghetto fab and the quality was horrifying. Now I have been finding really great tops like this one here with long sleeves and a kind of cowl neck. I even found some pants there that are the kind that I would design myself.

The necklace here came from CR also. I have just been pleasantly surprised by the company. The quality is still kinda iffy sometimes. But the design is much much much better.

And i just love the amber of the necklace paired with pearls and with a gray color.

I found the ring on the right at CR too. I just love the depth of it because of the gold fleck layers, and i love that the ring is tough plastic and I don't feel like I'm gonna nick it on anything.

can't go wrong with striped pants.

Check out this stylish beeyotch.

I pinned a hair pin to my hat-it helps my hat to stay on my head, always a good thing.

Outfit deets:

shoes: daffy's

pants: thrifted

top: charlotte russe

vest: thrifted

necklace: cr

hat: uo

pin: h&m

Herringbone and Lace

It has been raining non-stop for days in NYC. I think its because of the hurricanes and stuff from down south. Plus its been cooler and so that means that I am pretty useless and lazy. I don't function very well in the cold.

I love all these items together. Its totally the romantic neutral luxurious vibe that I am trying to express this fall. However, tights are not so great for this kind of weather.

Its so hard to concentrate. Maybe I shouldn't be watching anime while I blog. Its fruits basket, which I saw years ago-an oldie but goodie.

I made this pin from this neat kind of clay that air dries in a day. Then i painted it, varnished it and glued a pin backing to it. I want to make more! A BIGGER pin. I was thinking maybe I would sell them on etsy.

I made a llama pin for my friend...I can't wait to see a picture of her wearing it-she lives in LA.

This top is so crazy beautiful. I think it came from H&M. And seriously, I wear this vest nearly everyday.

outfit details:

top: thrifted

vest: thrifted

shorts: daffy's

tights: h&m...?

shoes: daffy's

pin: handmade

Kiss the Rain

So....not too many detail pictures for this outfit for some reason. I also miss the layout I used to do where I would lay out the clothes and take a picture of them-a model I am not. I like to let the clothes speak for themselves.

I remember these shoes, I was with Patricia at Target and I was walking around in them, fascinated by the simple beautiful design and the springiness of the cork soles. I was like, 'should I get them?' And she was like, "You don't need them."

Long story short, I visited my mom some weeks later and they were on sale at Target....so yeah. That happened.

So this top is craaazy. I found it at the thrift store and its basically a tank top with this long piece of fabric attached at the bottom and that has these two holes in the fabric for your...head? Arms? Usually if I can't understand a garment I don't bother trying it on, why invite the frustration? But this design was more exciting, like, how many different ways can I wear it?

So I think I am a wee bit obsessed with fur. Fake, real.....is it because I can't have a cat? And I just got this fox tail from Etsy, when I opened the box I think I petted it for 10 minutes straight.

I think I may be withdrawing from a class, and its very upsetting to me. It was the first step of a plan of mine...and the fact that it might not be working out is....simultaneously saddening and...exciting. I am still in a fog...I haven't taken any action yet and now I just feel sort of depressed about it. I think I will take this day to be depressed and maybe draw a bit, do something to make me feel better and think about it more.

Tornado Watch

So I am skipping class right now. Its one of those classes where the auditorium is huge, there are about 300 people in the class and the notes are all posted on Black Board anyway.

Plus, there is a tornado watch in nyc so maybe its dangerous to go outside. Oh wait I have to go outside anyway. Grrr. Don't want to do itttttttt.

Want to watch movies and eat popcorn.

I hope to become the Queen of Layering someday. This belt cinched like this makes my chest look huge. Awesome.

Nothing in this outfit matches and its fabulous. Salmon shoes, a black and white tweedy skirt, a floral halter top, a brown vest and yellow cardigan.

Isn't this chest in the background great? My Aunt gave it to me.

My sewing machine is broken. I had my friend Patricia look at it...so its not that I'm doing something wrong. It IS pretty old, my Aunt gave it to me.

I used Patricia's sewing machine and it was sooooo fast.

I am considering actually buying a machine. I would totally use it like crazy.

And not just to hem my pants.

Outfit details:

cardigan, gift

vest, thrifted

top, anthropologie (from the two seconds when i worked there T_T)

belt, anthro

skirt, don't remember

shoes, f21 (my first pair of sky high heels)