floral frenzy

I noticed a couple of things the day I wore this outfit.  

One:  Almost everyday I catch myself wearing things people have given to me over the years.  This is one of the perks of being open to most pieces even if they don't immediately scream my style and being petite--when people grow out of something or accidentally shrink something, they pass it my way!

Two:  I wear a TON of floral.  Ted's friend, who just met me last weekend, told him I was "the personification of a flower."  I laughed, then realized I was wearing floral on floral...

While I was taking this picture of Ted...

...Ted's friend was taking this picture of us.  Officially my favorite picture of us!

Outfit:  blouse (hand-me-down from mom)/Banana Republic, tanktop underneath (gift)/ Free People, jacket (gift)/ boutique, button from Ireland, skirt (another hand-me-down)/unknown, vintage belt from garage sale, tights (gift)/Kate Spade, shoes/Born, bow/Nordstrom, Deathly Hallows earrings/Whimsic Alley

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Having visitors.  Just this past week two of my best friends visited, and recently some family visited.

Libraries.  Being in them, looking at them, dreaming about them.  This one I found on Pinterest.  (See my Librarian For Life board.)

Tea Chai Te knowing me and Erin's zodiac signs.

Spotting cacti at Anthro.

Spring.  Snow and blooming roses.  Cool.

The Hunger Games (which I read literally right before seeing the midnight premiere).  Jennifer Lawrence,  the outlandish Capitol costumes (check out this interview with the costume designer), and wearing Claire's mom's necklace from the 70's that looks remarkably like the mockingjay pin.

Oh YEAH--THE COSTUMES FROM WICKED.  Ted and I saw the show a few weeks ago and I fell in love.  See an awesome video about the costumes here.

This sweet idea for a necklace.

Pencil shaving collar -- I must make this!

Disposable camera pictures.

i'm seeing a pattern here

Love this!  Also, it reminds me of the play that I saw tonight at my school.  For The Increased Difficulty of Concentration (translated from Czech by the professor who directed the show), the costume shop built five costumes out of the same bonkers patterned material.  It was so fun to see all of them on stage at the same time turning a particularly chaotic hallucinatory sequence.  The play itself is a farce, so of course it was completely crazy, not in chronological order, a blur of orange set and turquoise/brown/green costumes, and lots of door-slamming and calculated noise.  Overall, it was pretty hilarious and only a little confusing.

happy pi day

Marionberry pi(e) in Physics.

Apple, Strawberry & Banana, and Chocolate Pi(e) at dinner.

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Jewelry with puns on them.

Finding pieces of Arizona in unlikely places (This was a brochure about a German study abroad) and shirtless pictures of Darren Criss.

Free music festivals at school.  Although I don't listen to Gogol Bordello, they put on an awesome and insanely energetic  show.  Everyone was dancing like crazy people, including me.

Snow.

Finding a single rose blooming in the tree outside a window.

Color swatches at the hardware store.

Flower seed packets.  They remind me of when Erin and I made some into invitations for her birthday garden party a couple years ago.  I picked up four packets for an upcoming craft project that's for giggles.

Weather-sensitive albums.  Break it Yourself when it's raining and Seven Swans when it's snowing.

Declaring my major (Theatre with a Concentration in Design).  Last May I finally admitted my dream of becoming a costume designer.  Since then I have learned a lot about following dreams.

It's not that easy.

In fact, it's pretty darn difficult.  Because once you know what you want to accomplish, every little mistake you make or every little speed bump that you encounter makes you stop and wonder if you'll make it to the other side (or if you even want to).  All this comes across as blatant, utter discouragement.  Yet through the trials and tribulations of diving into the theatre world woefully unprepared, I have learned so much about things I never imagined possible knowing, and more importantly, I have learned that I never want to stop learning about this collaborative art form and the role I want to take in it.

So, I turned in my form, and next Fall it looks like I am taking three theatre classes and a science lab.  

What's making you happy lately?