Thursday, May 31, 2012

30 Day Challenge Recap




day 3 // day 5 // day 7 // day 9 // day 12 // day 14 // day 17 // day 18 // day 19 // day 22 // day 26 // day 29

Here's a recap of some of my favorite outfits from this month. I really loved how this challenge pushed me to wear the dress in new, crazy ways. (Looking back, I totally should have tried to turn it into a pair of pants!) One of my favorite epiphanies was transforming it into a scarf. You can turn nearly any sleeveless dress into a scarf just by pulling the bottom of the dress through the sleeves. I'm already thinking up ways to wear my other dresses as scarves.

In other news, Anchorage was voted America's worst dressed city. For the most part, that's probably true, though I do have a little more faith in Alaskans than whoever answered this poll. It just made me laugh. In Alaska, you can have all sorts of styles in one place. When I went out to eat for my graduation dinner (day 19), my family went in jeans and sweatshirts. We saw everything from hiking clothes (aka backpack, muddy boots, haven't shaved in days type look), to fancy LBDs and red lipstick. We even saw one girl with a black and white dress with neon orange heels and neon pink and yellow earrings. So I don't think we're the worst dressed, we're just like the New York City of the west, we've got every style here!

But back to my main point. Haha sorry for that digression. This challenge has seriously been so much fun and I'm almost sad that it's over. :) I will be happy to do outfit posts on other outfits though. (I have an awesome velvet dress that's on the waiting list ... I just have to sew it so I can wear it.)

I just want to thank you all so so much again for being so supportive of this. You can continue to donate to the Batonga Foundation through the donate button on the left-hand side bar at any time. And if you just can't get enough of the 30 day challenge concept, another blogger has been inspired to do the challenge for the month of June! You can check her out here!


Wednesday, May 30, 2012

I see three hundred clouds



day 151

Today has been another lazy day. I seriously need to get out more. Or at least be more productive. Anyone doing any fun projects this summer?


Batonga 30 Day Dress Challenge: Day Thirty



the dress: as shirt // skirt/cardigan: thrifted






Wow, that will be the last time I ever type that title. This has been a crazy month raising money for the Batonga Foundation and wearing this dress every day. I have learned so much about finding new ways to wear clothes that now, I could pretty much wear anything in any way.

Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart for donating, putting the buttons on your blogs, and raising awareness for the Batonga Foundation and the girls of Africa. You can still donate today and give education and a better life to a girl, and I will continue to support the Batonga Foundation through this blog so that you can donate at any time.

Be sure to check back tomorrow for a recap of the month. I also have some super awesome things planned for June so you won't want to miss out!

Thank you again so so much.
You can read more about the Batonga Foundation here. Every little bit helps.
Thank you and have an awesome day!



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I get lost sometimes




day 150


(Just click on the photo for realzies.)

This photo seriously doesn't do the sunset justice. I had a little bit of extra time after hanging out with people all day before I had to go home, so I decided I should get something somewhat decent in for a 365 photo. So I frantically drove up the mountain, missed the most spectacular part of the sunset, and after getting lost, just took this photo. Then I got lost again trying to get home. Oh well.

Today (pretty much) marks the halfway point for the 365 project. I seriously need to get more models because I have so many ideas in my head and I never have anyone to take pictures of. :( There are a couple summer shoots that are in the works, but I wish I could take photos of other people every day. Oh well.

P.S. Just realized I ended both of those paragraphs with "Oh well." Oh well.