the best designer!

I love that He is a designer because we were created in His image, giving us all the freedom to be creative in our own way! Creativity is so important in my life and I know so many others, it's a way to express ourselves through art and share our minds and hearts with others.  Isn't it wonderful that the greatest most perfect designer of all things allows us to be more like Him every day by simply opening our minds and creating? I love it.

This is a photo i took last summer in upstate NY at JP's family's cabin on this beautiful lake with the most incredible sunsets!

Happy weekend, be creative! :)

Made by Me: Easter Dress!

Dress: Made by me

Cuff: F21

Heels: Target

This is the dress I made for Easter! The top and bottom are actually two separate pieces because I loved the bottom so much and wanted to wear it with other things and I like to make my garments versatile. 

My school's fashion show is coming up in May so I've been sewing like crazy to get all my pieces done. They are all finished so now I'm working on all the extra details like hair and makeup, jewelry, shoes, clutches, and all the fun stuff!  I've been working towards this show since I started the program in August and I am beyond excited for May 13th! If anyone is in the Orlando area, you are more than welcome to come! It's going to be an incredible show full of amazingly talented designers who are working hard towards their dream, and you can see it in each and every garment that will be placed on the runway. Here's a link to the fb event. I've been doing photoshoots this past week with my models in the pieces they will be wearing and I can't wait to share all the garments and pictures, but I don't want to spoil the show so I'll share some previews over the next couple weeks and post all the pictures after the show! 

Thanks to everyone for voting for the AE Live Your Life Contest! Sadly, I did not win, but I'm so glad I got chosen to be a finalist, there were so many awesome and beautiful people who participated, the winners definitely deserved it! Thanks for your support :)

American Eagle Live Your Life Contest!

Hello :) Not sure if you guys have heard of the AE Live Your Life Contest but I was selected as a finalist by the judges! There are 7 other girls in my category and the next round is voting so I would love it if you guys voted for me! You can vote once a day, I'm in the FESTIVAL category. Click the link below and hit vote!
https://live.ae.com/#/entries/840

I tried to upload my finalist video here but I couldn't figure out how to do it..haha so here's a link to the video on vimeo if you want to see it or you can watch it on the AE site.
https://vimeo.com/62051184

If I win, I get the chance to be in AE's next campaign!
Thank you guys so much!! :)

zig & zag.

 I believe this is the last of the winter posts, at least that's what I'm hoping! I love the cold weather and bringing out my winter clothes in the fall, but I'm ready to pack those away and unload my summer clothes again. The cold is fun for a little bit but after a few weeks..this Florida girl is missing her cut offs and tank tops!

Dress: Forever 21

Velvet Blazer: Gap

Boots: Urban Outfitters

Skirt underneath dress: I believe Nordstrom Rack

Tights: Target

Necklace: Mom's! 

I won't miss the cold weather, although I do love tights. If you don't believe me maybe this will help...

Yes those are all tights. I may have a slight obsession.

I've decided that I'm going to incorporate tights into my spring/summer wardrobe. Who said you could only wear tights in the fall/winter? Maybe nobody..but I'm going to wear tights year round..how could I let all these beauties go to waste for over half the year? I mean yeah, I live in FL..incase you didn't know, it gets a little toasty here. But oh well. Tights years round woohoo!
And if you're up for wearing tights year round, this is a great wait to keep them so they don't take up so much room in your drawers. Trust me, I know. My sock drawer was completely overflowing so I decided why not display the tights. Now I can see them all the time so I don't forget what I have! All you need is some pins and string. Tie a knot on both ends of the string and pin them to the wall. Hang your tights and there you have it.

so that's wassuP.

Hi! I'm the worst, I haven't posted in so long. School of course takes up half of my life. And now that we're getting closer to the fashion show in May, I've been working extra hard. Also, I was blessed with the opportunity to be the costume designer for an awesome production, Godspell! It has been a lot of hard work and time which is why I haven't been able to post as frequently, but it has been so much fun, I am so happy I got to do this! I've been wondering recently where my love for fashion and new found love for sewing would take me, I've always wanted to be a personal stylist so maybe costume design is my first step to achieving this goal, which I would be completely happy with. My job as the costume designer was to get to know the characters and then style them based on how I thought they would dress. I sketched out how I imagined each character's look and then got to go shopping to find the pieces I need to complete each character's outfit. BEST. JOB. EVER. And I even got to create two Lady Gaga inspired costumes. Two words: Glitter Everywhere. Literally, I am still finding glitter everywhere.