Blinding Light

My heart beat is rapidly speeding up at a very unhealthy rate...

my feet are turning green with envy...

I WANT THEM.

Karl Lagerfield is a genius and these confirm it. Late at night, when taking out the trash, I'd no longer have to fear the darkness. If I was ever stuck in a tunnel I would live. A car would never accidentally run me over. I wouldn't lose my mind in a whale's stomach due to light deprivation. All the safety threats that I'd no longer have to endure...if only these shoes were mine. But they aren't. God, I am so painfully aware that these glorious shoes are absolutely 100% not mine, nor will they ever BE mine. Forget diamonds! All I need is a pair of sparkly light bulb shoes. WELL GREAT! YOU'VE HAD YOUR LITTLE JOKE! HAPPY NOW?! I can tell you're mocking me. I hope there's a power outage. I hope you break! I hope your light bulb burns out and then explodes! LEAVE ME ALONE!

xoxo Val

Same Old Same Old

Okay, so I found these old pictures from Moneray this summer and felt compelled to put them up. I know that I used this exact same cardigan in my last post, but you're just going to have to deal with it.

Bonjour!
I feel guilty for not posting in over a week! Shame on me, I know. I had a very looong weekend thanks to a Speech and Debate tournament. It's terrifying when you go up against debaters that are more like robots then people. Some teams think that the only way to win is to be emotionless. They're arguments lose passion and begin to rely solely on logistics. Thank god my team has more then enough personality. I didn't actually win anything but I'm proud of the girls on my team that did. Post tournament, I took a 4 hour nap and was still too tired to do a post. I'm out of excuses. Oh so I've taken quite a liking to really tacky Christmas decorations, you know, the giant rainbow coloured string of lights that is supposed to border every inch of your roof? My mother and I are bored of elegant Christmases and can't help but admire those brave people who just let loose with ornaments. That will be us one day. On the Christmas note, my Grammy's flying in from England on Sunday! She's leaving Buffy, her vampire dog, at home for my cat's sake. It's going to be just me and her next next weekend because my mum is taking my stepdad to Las Vegas for his 40th. I guess I'll have to carpool to Winter Formal because she can't drive in the US. I'll try to post soon!

xoxo Val

P.S. Dance in the rain if you get a chance!

Tumbleweeds Actually Exist

I'm wearing an American Rag vintage dress and some random cardigan I found at wasteland. I think these people forgot their boat in the middle of the desert.

Sunshine! :D

I was surrounded by Lion King-worthy rock formations.

Bonjour!
I just woke up after a lovely long cat nap! A long Thanksgiving break leaves lots of time for napping. It also leaves some time for me to go and visit my Dad out in the desert. We hunted through thrift stores but found absolutely nothing! I wasn't expecting such lonely stores to have been picked through so thoroughly. After our failed attempt at thrift shopping, we took a joy ride down this weird bumpy road littered with odd thingy-mabobbers: a boat, tires, boxes, more car parts. At one point of our expedition my dad stopped the car and let me drive. *gulp* I"m not very good at multitasking so it was definitely a little scary. I could tell my dad was trying to be calm but was actually really nervous. I turned a 3-point turn into a five point turn because I stepped the gas instead of the break. When I was little I used to steer the car as we drove through the festival of lights...I never remembered it being this difficult!

xoxo Valentine

Where Are my Toes?

This is a flower crown I made during English class when nobody was looking.

I'm wearing a plaid button up shirt underneath a Spirituali dress.

Just so you could see the full length of the skirt! I took a black belt and essentially threaded it through my old drapes.

My crown reminded of a Sleeping Beauty illustration from my childhood. I dug through my attic to find it. The title is "The Barefoot Book of Princesses," retold by Caitlin Matthews and illustrated by Olwyn Whelan.

There I was, sitting quietly in English minding my own business when the lovely Casey thrust a bouquet of flowers onto my desk and demanded I make her a crown. There just happened to be a few flowers left over so I went ahead and fashioned myself one, as well. My hair was particularly wispy that day and I looked a little bit like a fairy. When I saw my reflection in the mirror one of my favourite storybooks came to mind. The illustrations are beautifully done and Sleeping Beauty's flowers are similar to mine. I think I'll wear flower crowns more often, as I got a lot of compliments.

xoxo Valentine

Those Shoes are Too Big

My kitchen is currently under construction, and I couldn't resist a photo op.

Me, trying to fit a 5 year old kimono on top of my navy and white American Apparal dress.

Bonjour!
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and made sure to stuff their faces with pie and turkey. Luckily, I took these picture before turkey day so you can't see my food baby ^.^ Also on the holiday front, I got the most amazing early christmas present! It's a nikon D200 camera that I'll be sure to show you on christmas day. My dad never was any good at keeping presents a secret. Oh so apparently yesterday was "Black Friday." I love clothes and all, but waking up at 5 am to wait in a line is a bit excessive, hence the reason I have a mother. She surprised me this morning with an adorable Ann Taylor suit! I have a speech and debate tournament next weekend so I'll take a bunch of pictures of it, promise!

xoxo Valentine

Sleeping Beauty

RIP Dawl Kim

xoxo Val

Geometry and Fashion Can Absolutely Mix

The first model is wearing a floral skirt with fabric draping across the front. It's pinned together with a doily and bound up with three shiny belts. Tucked into the skirt is a cashmere cardi, a t-shirt, and a thick pearl necklace. The second model is wearing a black blazer, a bog-standard blouse, and a plain skirt layered with a sheet of lace. The lace is scattered with a bunch of rebellious pins saying something along the lines of "PISS OFF!" The last model is wearing a light blue silk kimono over a lightning bolt skirt and a navy-and-white-striped dress, cinched at the waist with a bow tie. I actually tried this one myself by stuffing my knickers with socks. The resulting skirt was similar to a mini-crini so I was quite proud.

Think military coat with two circular pillows stuffed into the tails. I was experimenting with a "raggedy anne" meets "armed forces" look.

This is definitely my favourite out of this bunch. Again, I used a blue silk kimono and then attached stuffed animals all over it. An over-sized safety pin is replacing the regular obi. The sleeves are actually connected; forming a floor-length muff.

The second model is wearing a bunch of doilies on top of bright red and crimson stripy turtle neck. Yes, those are *GASP* boobs! The third model is wearing a black jumpsuit with a rope that pulls a little teddy bear. The last model is wearing a cardi and a puffy skirt. On top of the puffy skirt are many dark, wooden slats.

Bonjour!
So you know that Gatsby essay I told you about? Well, that took me until 5am to finish. The best part is that my teacher didn't even collect it. Just thinking about it makes my sleep deprived brain ache. As you can imagine, it was a very looong day. I spent geometry class drawing to avoid the temptation of a quick cat nap. And now, I think it's time I caught some Z's.
xoxo Val