(I carry it in my heart)

day 152

I carry your heart with me (I carry it in
my heart) I am never without it (anywhere
I go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
I fear
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet ) I want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart

I carry your heart (I carry it in my heart)

-- e.e. cummings









Dearest Matt,
I love you so much. You constantly inspire me to be a better person and to live my life to the fullest. I'm so glad I had the honor to meet you and I wouldn't trade our adventure for anything. I love you and I love us. Thank you for everything you do for me. I truly am blessed to know someone as great as you and I hope many people will be able to see how awesome you are. You're an awesome friend. I love you so so much.
Love, your girl.

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!

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!