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shirtdress - H&M
jeans - American Eagle |
When thinking of a pose to draw, I remembered laughing really hard earlier in the day. Then I had to think a bit harder to remember why I'd laughed. It was because a
certain hilarious four-year-old was telling me about when his older brother had put a box of styrofoam packing peanuts above a door that his sister or mom later walked through. And how this brother had also once put a cup of water above a door his sister later walked through (apparently it missed her, but got water everywhere else). And then the kid had the great idea that he would put the box of packing peanuts he was currently playing with... behind a door. Because he couldn't put it on top of the door, of course, it's up so high! He dashed off and I started cracking up because it was so absurd; a couple minutes later he was back and trying to persuade me that I should go through that door. Kids are so weird. (the rest of the story goes: I opened the door. I saw that there was a box of packing peanuts behind it. The end.)
And we're back to layers for warmth! (what, is it spring now? really??) I worked forever on that far hand. It was being stubborn.
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| skirt - Old Navy |
A boring drawing of an uninspired Monday outfit...
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dress and blouse - Bodyline
shoes - RuffHewn |
Someone told me it was the first day of spring, so I wore a springy-flowery dress and earrings that remind me things will be growing again soon! But then someone else said they thought the first day of spring was the next day, so... Eh. I never did look it up so I don't know who was right, but I'm all for spring as early as possible!
Somehow I always find myself wearing these assorted leaf earrings together. Maybe because they're all (except the silver flower) missing their pairs, so I think of them as a set.
The brown socks remind me of tree bark, and the shoes have a sort of mossy-green colour and texture, so when I wear them together I feel like a great tree rising from the earth! Well, a great, small tree...
Hummmm. I think I spent this Saturday at my parents', doing laundry. I also went shopping at an Indian grocery store in town with my mum (so many things! and I want to try them all!!! also they had the cheapest cilantro ever, like 50¢ a bunch!!) and to an art/craft store so I could finally get a new sketchbook. Oh yeah, I never continued that story! Okay, so I had that one page spread left in my old sketchbook, and it got me through Sunday the 13th (only because I crammed three drawings onto one page, rather than my usual two per) and then I was out of pages and out of ideas. So... I took little pictoral-notes of what I wore for the next week+, and I'm just now filling in the pages in my new sketchbook (I've got two more drawings to finish). But after that I've been keeping up with drawing every day again! So maybe I'll actually be able to post outfits soon within a day or two of wearing them! Wow!!!!!
My new sketchbook (I actually got two of them) is pretty neat—it has a white canvas cover so it can be drawn or painted on. But! Canvas texture seems to be exceptionally good at picking up fuzzies and cat fur (of which my house has an abundance), so it's a little annoying. I might reupholster it with some cute fabric like I did my last sketchbook (which would be fine, since I didn't buy the sketchbook
just for the canvas cover. it was also by far the cheapest sketchbook in that size). If I do, I'll have to show it off to y'all!!
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| blouse - J Jill |
It's a two-for-one day! I agreed to help out with a dinner at church the youth group was hosting, and part-way through the day (after I'd already put on the pink outfit) I got a message saying, "Dress nice! You might be serving." Darn it (I'd kind of expected it, but still...). So I had to figure out what qualified as "nice" and also "waitress-appropriate." As it turned out, I spent most of the night in the kitchen anyway, but oh well. I had a really really fun time though, chopping up vegetables and chatting with the others who came to help!
Okay, I really
was disappointed no one else saw this outfit. I had to eat my St Patrick's Day garlicky-yummy mashed potatoes all alone :( (they were delicious. and I had leftovers that were delicious for days to come!) St Patrick's Day is another one of those holidays that I have always always loved because I get to dress up for it. And green is such a lovely colour, in all its tints and shades! I snuck in a bit of orange with the layered tights... that won't get me beat up, will it?
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skirt - Old Navy
socks - SockDreams |
Oh, look at you, lys, with your fancy fashion model(?) pose and your haphazard "I don't even care what I wear because not a single other person will see me all day" outfit. (I mean, I do care a little because I know I'll have to draw the outfit and post it here for all YOU to see... but I tell you, sometimes it's a little discouraging that I work from home and don't get to show off some of my more fantastic outfits. Most of the time
I can't even see my outfit, because I'm wrapped up in a blanket to stay warm...)
Anyway. For a randomly thrown-together outfit, it does manage to have a couple matching colours...
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| shirt - Blue Asphalt/Wet Seal |
A friend of mine came over on this day, and we made lunch together. Black bean croquettes (sorta), kale chips and corn flatbread—all vegetably and so delicious!! It was nice to chat over a meal with a friend.
Okay, and for the rest of today's update, have some new-old drawings! Two more with the
butterfly shirt (because I finally got around to taking a good look at it and colouring it in Photoshop) and two
super-
lazy (actually, I was just reallyreally busy with multiple project deadlines) outfits from the hot days of August. Enjoy!
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| dress - Forever21 |
This is the outfit I came up with for White Day (the Japanese follow up to Valentine's Day). Now I'm thinking it's not particularly white, but you know how I am—I need to have colour and pattern and all that good stuff. I like this sundress, but at some point I need to get around to shortening up the shoulder straps.
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sweater - Sweater Project (Younkers)
pants - Old Navy
shoes - Vigoss |
Wearing red for Japan. One of my friends was shocked to see me wearing pants, eh heh. It's true I don't wear them often (particularly on Sundays when I see her)... These dress pants are really, super comfortable though. They're really soft, and flowy...
On the other hand (following up from the last post), obsessing isn't healthy either, so it is good that I had a busy Saturday full of plans with friends to drag me away from my computer. I went to a housewarming fondue party (chocolate-dipped carrots are not too bad) and then to a dinner with a random group of people from my church (random because the groups were formed by picking names from a hat), and both were good and encouraging and pleasant. I made a strawberry pie for the dinner's dessert and it was very tasty (if I may say so). But it might have contributed to the cold I was just then coming down with... (tsk, tsk)
On this Friday, I woke up and got to work like any other morning... until I heard the news about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The rest of the day, I was not very productive (from a work-perspective), spending my time instead checking up on all the news I could find and praying for everyone affected. Even now, a little over two weeks later, part of me is constantly thinking about the people in Japan doing their best to get through this disaster. It's hard, being so far away and reading the news and wishing there were more I could do to help... (like, take a plane over
right now and help with rebuilding/cleaning. not exactly the most practical, but...)
On this day I set out to deliberately wear a rainbow. The rainbow is great—it's so perfect, so satisfying to see all the colours lined up in their proper order. I used to take my crayon boxes with 64, 120, or however many different colours, and line them all up from reds to yellows and greens and all the way to purple (plus browns, greys and black/white at the end). I chose heart-shaped earrings for this outfit, thinking of the promise that the first rainbow signified :D
