Saturday, May 12, 2012

Batonga 30 Day Dress Challenge: Day Twelve



the dress: as shirt // skirt: thrifted // shoes: thrifted // earrings: noble town vintage

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I could see for miles, miles, miles







Today has been spent driving people from one place to another, listening to classical music, eating cereal on the road, and taking many photos on film.

A question was posed yesterday about how often I wash my dress and how I decided to use this one. I replied in the comments, but I thought I would answer again in a post. I'm washing it about once a week, as long as I don't sweat in it, haha. But I also try not to wear it all day. I usually take it off as soon as I get home from school/church/running errands or whatever so that I can wear it more between washes.

As for choosing the dress? It was sort of an impulse decision. My friend gave me the dress and when I decided to do the 30 day challenge that was the first dress I saw hanging in my closet. And so far it's been an awesome choice because even though it's floral, it's acting much like a neutral color so I can wear it with a lot of stuff. It's definitely good for stretching what prints and colors go together and I love that.

The trick in mixing florals (and I'm no expert, but this is what I hold to be true) is that generally it's easy to mix dark florals (like my dress) with light florals (like my skirt). Again, the dark florals serve as a neutral color so it works.

When deciding what to pair it with today, I almost didn't wear the skirt. I thought, "Man, it's cold outside and I'm going to be in and out of the car a lot, I don't want to be freezing." But then I thought, "When in the world has weather gotten in the way of what I wanted to wear?" It reminds me of the cold winter days when I couldn't stand outside for more than five minutes without my fingers going numb, with the snow blowing in my face and my feet getting soaking wet, but I still did it nearly every day to get a good photo. And now I'm being a wimp in this forty degree weather. But still, it's a lot colder now than it was this time last year ... when will Alaska realize that it's summer?

Well I am off for a date, so I'll leave you with my plea to help girls in Africa. But seriously, if everyone who reads this blog donates just five dollars, we will have raised over $300. It's really not that much per person, and you're helping to change the life of a girl.

So donate to the Batonga foundation today to support education for girls in Africa.

Have an awesome day everyone!




Friday, May 11, 2012

Batonga 30 Day Dress Challenge: Day Eleven




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TODAY WAS OUR LAST DAY OF HIGH SCHOOL.

We did the senior run down the hallways, slamming lockers and shooting people with silly string and water guns. It was amazing.

It still hasn't hit me yet that I'm done with high school. I don't think it will even hit me when I walk across that stage and am handed a piece of paper that I worked for twelve years to receive. It will probably hit me when I get on the airplane to go to college, but that's not for a few months.

For now, it's summer! I'm working on getting a list of summer goals together so that I'm not entirely bored for four months. What are your summer plans?

Also be sure to donate to the Batonga Foundation, which gives girls in Africa a full education so they can live better lives. Any amount helps!








Thursday, May 10, 2012

you can stand me at the gates of hell but I won't back down




day 131


Finally! A creative-ish photo! This marks my second to last day of high school. I'm excited and sad and cannot wait for the future. Heck, every moment is the future.

photo dump


I'm doing a 365 project, where I take one photo a day for an entire year, and while I have in fact stayed true to that, I have about a week's worth of photos to upload. Things have been pretty busy with school and the 30 day dress challenge that by the time it came around to 365 photos, I didn't have any energy left. Usually I post them here, and I'm getting back in the swing of doing that.

Today's photo will be posted a little bit later. Until then, here are photos from the past week.



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may 9

This day held senior chapel and the drama awards.



day 129
may 8

This was our senior prank day. I'll have a big post about this after graduation. But it was seriously the most exciting and exhausting day I've had in a long time.



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may 7

Random photo of me because I didn't really feel like doing anything remotely creative.



day 127
may 6

Another random photo of my face. It's funny because when I first edited this, I really liked the crazy colors, but now I'm not quite sure I like it.



day 126
may 5

I went to my friend's wedding shower and this little boy loved munching on the candy bars ... still in their wrappers.



day 125
may 6

My dad texted me, saying that I should take this photo. He was in the room next to mine and could have easily yelled.



Whew! Finally updated. Sorry for the major photo dump. And again, tonight's photo will be up in a bit. So thank you all so much for your support, you don't even know how much it means to me. You are the best!