frills and furbelows

2011-11-09T13:23:00.000-07:00

I will no longer be posting here. Thanks for following me this far!

I'm starting a different project over at Lillian Rachel :)

Inspiration

2011-11-03T09:03:00.000-06:00

Some new pictures, quotes, and pretty things I've put on my walls lately. It's a lovely inspiration.
It's like an in-person tumblr.
♥♥♥

Lillian

Life.

2011-11-02T18:30:00.000-06:00

The pretty-ness going on outside.

I took all the guts from the Halloween pumpkins and roasted the seeds. They were delicious.

I put some of my Halloween candy in this cool jar, and it's sitting on my desk. It's a lovely "centerpiece" if you will, but it's a terrible temptation. I should probably move it. *munch* Soon.

These past few weeks have been hectic and emotional, and I'm just trying to embrace the small, everyday things. God is great.

{lillian}

Winter, already?

2011-11-02T17:48:00.000-06:00

This was last Tuesday. We had a lovely crisp fall day, in which we raked leaves and created leaf-men for Halloween props, jumped in leaf piles and (for Emily) hid in the paper leaf bags. It was a lovely day. We scoffed at the weather report saying we'd get ten inches of snow, but we should have known better. This is Colorado.

This was the sky the next morning. The world had indeed been blanketed in a whole lot of heavy, wet snow, and it wasn't finished yet.

The eerie first-day-of-snow morning stillness beckoned to me, and I went outside, trying to capture some of the beauty of the snow, but as always with nature shots, I failed miserably. But the time was not wasted, I really enjoyed my early morning stomp in the snow.

The branches were so laden with heavy snow, and we heard many reports of power-outages in the next couple of days, but we were more fortunate. I'm glad we still had our heat. But several hours of forced no-computer/lights time is really nice every once in a while, and I am quite fond of power outages, most of the time.

As I said before, the snow was quite wet, and made for terrific snow-men later on.

And now, I'm off to ballet.

♥♥♥

{lillian}

Some old pictures...

2011-10-05T15:45:00.000-06:00

Oh bright blue summer sky... I took a picture because I wanted to remember you fondly in the coming fall days... but instead you've stayed. I do not like that.

I had forgotten about a bunch of pictures, obviously. So here they are.

{lillian}

Flea Market: Part 2

2011-10-05T15:33:00.000-06:00

Jewelry pictures and such from the flea market I went to a couple months ago. I keep forgetting to post all these pictures.

{lillian}

Hey look...

2011-10-04T21:07:00.000-06:00

Check out Dressing Room Door!

Music Monday

2011-10-03T17:45:00.000-06:00

I and Love and You- The Avett Brothers

What if- Coldplay

Lovefool (the cardigans) - Morning Benders

In the Aeroplane over the sea- Morning Benders

Falling Slowly- Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

Battery Kinzie- Fleet Foxes

Young Folk- Peter Bjorn and John

Atlas Hands- Benjamin Francis Leftwich

Welcome Home- Radical Face

Inevitable- anberlin

{love}

{lillian}

Music Monday

2011-09-26T15:48:00.001-06:00

Francis- Coeur de Pirate

Shape of my Heart- Noah and the Whale

Behind the Sea- Panic at the Disco

Cosmic Love- Florence and the Machine

Little Lion Man- Mumford and Sons

OAH- Alexander Rybak

Holocene- Bon Iver

Mykonos- Fleet Foxes

Something in the Water- Brooke Fraser

Somewhere only we know- Keane

10 songs that have been inspiring me.

What are your favorite songs right now?

{lillian}

A Crisper Morning

2011-09-14T13:23:00.000-06:00

Hello!

Here is an Outfit post for you all! It is finally becoming a bit chillier, and I rejoice in the fact that I can now begins to layer and wear more patterns and long skirts and tights and such. Along with the exciting crisp-ness comes a whole new wave of inspiration, and so I will soon be posting pictures of my bedroom walls which are once again exciting-ly covered with new pictures and quotes.

Additionally, I have just joined the ranks of the Lovely Ladies over at The Dressing Room Door, and so I would like to encourage you to head over there, comment on the lovely posts, and marvel at how similar this post is to the post I just posted over there. ;)

I will need to figure out exactly which posts I post where. We will see, children.

I wore this to my one day of "outside" co-op school, and just added the heels when I went to a casual-ish gallery opening for my father.

{Outfit Details: Top-hand-me-down, skirt-ARC, handmade, Shoes-Payless, Scarf-Target}

{Makeup Details: Covergirl lasblastfusion mascara in black, Covergirl intense shadow blast-brown[I love this stuff!]}

{Band-aid on Knee: I fell and scraped my knee while at the park. Don't judge.}

Photo Creds: my little brother. :)

I got this skirt at ARC Thrift store, and it's homemade!

I really liked the bright color and pattern, but the cut wasn't too flattering, so I pinned it up in the front like that, creating a "mullet-dress". Just kidding that's a horrible thing to be compared to.

Though you cannot see it very well, there are little veins of yellow and red in the skirt, and I thought this green best complimented it. I had a darker, Kelly green scarf on earlier in the morning when it was chilly, and you can see it there in the second picture on my purse. It added a bit more balance to the outfit, being darker.

And the shoes. I love these shoes. I wear them with everything that requires a heel. Pretty much. They're a great color and shape that hasn't really gone in or out of style, so it's pretty easy to add to any and every outfit.

So there you go!

Happy Fall-ing ;)

{love}

{lillian}

Tumblr Style

2011-09-13T13:23:00.000-06:00

Hallo Dear friends.

My name is Lillian. I suffer from sporadic-posting-syndrome. SPS for short. It's like SPF, but totally not. Today I bring you: Frills and Furbelows: Tumblr Style.

I have been a lover of tumblr for quite a while now, and recently have been obsessively reblogging. Like an obsessive reblogger. So, if you get tired of my sporadic posting, visit me at tumblr, for there I reblog all that catches my eye, and I really enjoy the flow of inspiration.

I have a page up thur >>> Called "Inspiration" and it has a stream of the things I reblog. I think it works. But feel free to visit me. I'd love to see you.

{love}
{lillian}

p.s. I have many many pictures piling up on my desktop, but I do not have the time as of yet to post them. I'm sorry.

"Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known."

2011-09-12T10:44:00.001-06:00

Here is a bit of happiness for you:

“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." Christopher Robin to Pooh

“Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?”

“Never forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.”

“It's snowing still," said Eeyore gloomily. "So it is." "And freezing." "Is it?" "Yes," said Eeyore. "However," he said, brightening up a little, "we haven't had an earthquake lately.”

“"When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?"

"What's for breakfast?" said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?"

"I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet.

Pooh nodded thoughtfully.

"It's the same thing," he said.”

“My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.”

“We can't all, and some just don't. That's all there is to it.”

“He respects Owl, because you can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right.”

“What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.”

“One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.”

“If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.”

“When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.”

"We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet.

Even longer,' Pooh answered."

"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard."

"Some people care too much. I think it's called love."

"Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart."

"I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time."

"Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known."

"Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering."

"I do remember, and then when I try to remember, I forget."

"It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it."

"If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever."

"When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen."

"How do you spell 'love'?" - Piglet

"You don't spell it...you feel it." - Pooh"

"People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day."

"Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon."

“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.”

-A.A. Milne

I love Winnie the Pooh.

{love}

{lillian}

In the Streets: Part 1

2011-09-05T12:06:00.001-06:00

Several weeks ago (I'm terrible) my mother, sisters and I went to a vintage outdoor flea market in downtown boulder. They blocked off a couple streets and many vendors set up their tents of wares. There were a few new things, some re-purposed (like the above picture) and then a lot of vintage.

I especially love the vintage. Like this old player piano roll of music.

I love this beautiful blue china. Someday I'll have some of my own.

I cute kid waiting for her mother. I'm not a stalker.

Just thought I'd share the pictures I'd taken. There's not much to say. I just love vintage things. And outdoor flea markets.

I'll be posting the many more pictures I took soon. This was just the housewares/furniture part.

{love}
{lillian}

BLT, plain and simple.

2011-09-04T16:55:00.000-06:00

Omnomming messily, whilst reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for the gazillionth time.

Good times.

{lillian}

The ABC's

2011-09-04T11:34:00.000-06:00

Age: 16 years, 7 months

Bright colors: YES.

Chore you hate: Washing Dishes

Dogs: Her name is Sydney.

Essential start of your day: Reading my bible.

Favorite Color: Purple. Always and forever, apparently. I've liked other colors, but I always come back to purple ;)

Gold or silver: Both. :)

Height: Five foot.. two?

Instruments I play (or have played): I use to play Piano, but stopped when my teacher moved away and I started taking more than four classes of ballet a week. I would like to start playing again. I just started a guitar class, about which I'm very excited.

Job Title: Student, Comic relief, Ballet teacher, and coffee shop barista hopeful.

Kids: I love them.

Live: yes.

An afternoon well spent with some lovely children.

Mom's Name: Lisa

Nickname: Lilly, Lillie, Silly Lilly, Lil

Overnight hospital stays: When my youngest sister was born I stayed in the hospital with my mom. I pulled two chairs together and put a pillow on them, and woke up on the floor. I was 8. :)

Pet Peeve: I can't sit at the end of a row of chairs. Kinda freaks me out. Also, getting minimally splashed with water when I'm supposed to be dry. Hence my tendency to not use an umbrella if I'm already partially wet. ;) I don't mind being soaked, just not lightly splashed. Makes sense right? No? oh. ok.

Quote from a movie: "Rapunzel: I've been looking out of a window for eighteen years, dreaming about what it might feel like when those lights rise in the sky. What if it's not everything I dreamed it would be? Flynn Rider: It will be. Rapunzel: And what if it is? What do I do then? Flynn Rider: Well,that's the good part I guess. You get to go find a new dream." ---Tangled

Right or left handed: Right. Wish I was ambidextrous though.

Siblings: Jack, Camille and Emily.

Emily, referring to the Disney movie, drew her own beauty and the beast.

Time you wake up: 7ish for school, 10ish if I'm super tired, but more like 8ish naturally

Underwear: Quite, quite.

Vegetables you dislike: I'm pretty sure I like them all?

A neat earring I've been wearing. I only have one though, so a stud on the other ear is in it's place.

What makes you run late: Getting dressed is sometimes quite an ordeal, apparently. But I can't just go out in an outfit I don't like! I usually have it planned out in my head, so it's not that bad ;)

X-rays you've had done: I'm pretty sure just at the dentist.

Yummy food you make: Well, I love cooking and baking A WHOLE LOT. And it usually turns out pretty good, If I do say so myself. Chocolate cake, this new pulled pork recipe I found, fried chicken, chicken veggie pasta, lemon poppy seed cake, beef noodle stir fry, AH I LOVE FOOD.

Bored the other day, I was trying to take pictures of myself and ended up with mostly un-focused pictures, or ones in which half my face was cut out, or I was scowling, however I kind of liked this one.

Zoo animal: Elephant. I love dem.

{lillian}

Formspring Clothing Question

2011-09-03T21:30:00.000-06:00

Hello all!

I recently recieved a style-related question in my formspring, and though it is not the first, it dawned on me that it is actually possible that one of my readers asked this question, since I have that handy dandy ask box down there on the side. Anyway, here's the question, and the answer as it is on formspring. If you have any further questions, I would absolutely love to answer them, just ask away in the comments, by formspring, or e-mail!

"Oh. This is tough. I feel like I have a pretty large amount of clothing for a teenager, but I might be wrong. It's most certainly NOT that I have a large amount of money to spend on clothing, I don't think I've ever spent more than twenty dollars on a single thing, and I would much rather be averaging around five dollars. My closet is filled to bursting with hanging clothing, but I don't use a dresser, I have a couple belts, many vintage hand-me-down scarves, no jeans, and a bunch of jewelry. But it's not like I've spent a gazillion dollars on my wardrobe. I almost always buy things on sale, go to thrift stores, and vintage stores, and even the slightly creepy ARC or goodwill, and have a lot of hand-me-down clothing and jewelry. For pictures of a mostly complete and organized closet, I have some on my blog here but it's a bit old.

I've been very blessed with crazy hand-me-downs and space to store them until I actually want to wear them. So if you get a hand-me down that is a little weird, that you're not sure you like, keep it, and maybe in a couple months you'll find that you love it and maybe it's on trend too!

Getting a bit more off topic here, but I just want to say that the amount of clothing or belts or accessories you have doesn't matter. It's the amount of creativity that you apply to wearing those items differently each time. Don't buy another tee shirt, if you already have fifteen, buy a colorful sweater, or a thermal shirt. Don't buy another pair of jeans because they're so comfy, buy some patterned harem pants, or some linen trousers. BE creative in the clothing you do have, and even if you have a small "collection" you can always wear them in new ways because there are so many more ways to wear a patterned shirt than a plain and simple tee. I'm not saying don't buy the tee, just don't buy fifteen of the same thing. agh. I'm getting way off track here. I'm just trying to emphasis that the amount doesn't matter, just the creativity you apply to getting dressed. Hope this helped!"

Thanks whoever asked this! I really enjoyed answering. Feel free to alert me to any more questions you have!

{love}

{lillian}

The Set Director with the feather boa in the film room

2011-09-03T19:20:00.000-06:00

The other day my friend's Youth Group had a Murder Mystery Party. Old Hollywood Style! And she invited me, or rather I invited myself, and we had a lot of fun getting dressed up for it. I wasn't completely happy with my outfit/makeup/hair, but still, it was fun. I love this dress that use to be my grandmother's. It seemed to fit so perfectly for this type of thing. And the jewelry is mostly vintage costume jewelry.

For hair, I had just gone swimming, and let my hair dry in a towel, so it wasn't at it's best, so I just pinned back my bangs with a rhinestone clippy.

For makeup of course, I just wanted to go dramatic, and went with a black cat-eye, and a red lip, but in this picture, my red lip wore off, it was after dinner. oops.

Close-up for the cat-eye. My method for cat-eye is like most, I'm sure. I start in the inside corner with liquid liner and line to the center, then the outside corner to the middle. Then I make a point where I want my wing to end, and line it down to the corner of my eye. Then I sort of fill in the triangle there, from point, to corner, to farther in towards the middle of the eye to have a gradual angle, not a super sharp one. I hope that made some sense. If anyone would like, I could do a how-to post, I have a lot of practice with cat-eyes.

Though my face looks a little silly with the somewhat fish-eye angle here, this is one of the only close ups I got.

I love dressing up, and especially coming up with a costume and character for these types of things (I love Halloween!). So it was an enjoyable night. And in case you didn't understand the title, my team of detectives won, we figured out the murderer, and won Starbucks cards to prove it.

Modcloth

2011-08-30T19:15:00.001-06:00

Well. Like I said in my guest post, I've been preparing my back-to-school shopping list, and that process included perusing modcloth. Which was actually a pretty bad idea because now I wish I had a large handful of cash to spend on these things. So lets pretend for a short amount of time that I have a lot of money: here are the things I'd spend it on.

How awesome is this bag? Perfect for school stuff.

Pretty. I'd layer with gold and other fun stuff.

Basically perfect in every way. It's a cross body adjustable bag, it's got a pattern, it's purple, it's "structured" the way I'd like it. *sigh*

Cute pattern, unique shape.

Nice color, cool cut-outs.

Classically beautiful.

Quirky.

Red. Pleather?

How awesome are these?

Need some fun but classic tights like these.

*sigh* All these awesome things would belong perfectly in my closet, don't you agree?

What's on your *highly unrealistic* Shopping list this fall?

{love}
{lillian}

Guest Posting

2011-08-30T10:21:00.000-06:00

Hello all!

Today I'm guest posting for the lovely ladies of Dressing Room Door. They have an awesome Style and Beauty Blog, which I wold like to encourage you to visit. Because it's awesome. So head on over there and you can see what I wrote on....

"I am here to share with you today my clothing buying strategy, and also a (small) portion of my back-to-school- shopping list...."

{-} by lilliant featuring a wool cardigan

So Check it out!

{love}

{lillian}

Stir fry, Soccer, and Frogs

2011-08-16T13:28:00.000-06:00

{for some reason I thought this looked really cool...}

Ate delicious stir fry, went to my brother's soccer practice with my little sisters, and photographed Emily and the frog she caught. Life is good.
<3

Fair Day

2011-08-16T13:00:00.000-06:00

Today* I...

{Went to the fair}

{Documented the fried twinkies sign}

{Took pictures of brightly colored food stands}

{Gazed upon the brightly lit rides}

{And ate a funnel cake, ** the ultimate fried fair food.}

~Lillian

*Ok, several days ago.

**ate a funnel cake with my two sisters and mother's help

Finally: An Outfit

2011-08-13T12:34:00.010-06:00

Hello all! I've missed outfit posts, and cooler weather. But I have been getting dressed, and liking my outfits, I guess I just haven't bothered to take pictures? So, if that bothers you, I am sorry.
I've been wearing these shorts with pretty much everything, which is cool because they are brightly colored, and comfy, and I think red goes with everything. Red is probably my favorite color to wear. That and green. But since I've worn these shorts with pretty much every top in my closet, there's not much variety, which is probably the other reason I haven't posted much. But, it's ok! It's just summer.

{Outfit Details: Top-Maxx, Floral Top-Marshals, Shorts-thrifted, NEcklace-thrifted, bracelets- homemade and gifted}

Blank Stare...

Have an amazing Saturday!

~Lillian

P.S One thing I noticed about the stylish women in Europe, was that they knew how to dress effortlessly for summer. They really had it down. I almost wanted to take notes. I know that's what everyone says about European women, but it's so true! I really really regret forgetting to go back to H&M after exchanging my money. I had these perfect "boyfriend" light wash jean shorts, a chambray shirt, that was also perfect, and this light weight white embroidered peasant top. AGH. I wish I'd gone back. But I totally forgot, and then we couldn't go back anymore. I might just order them, because we don't have an H&M here.

BTW: I've wrote a verse on my hand to see whenever I glance down, which is nice. This is the verse: "Oh the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God. How unsearchable his judgments, his paths beyond tracing out." Romans 11:33 I've nearly memorized it, because I keep reading it throughout the day.

A Few Pieces of information, and a picture a day

2011-08-12T21:01:00.000-06:00

For the past week or so I've been taking pictures everyday, just documenting everyday things, taking pictures of things I like, and taking pictures for posts on this blog. I thought I'd do a random sort of post about myself. Because it's fun?

This is not my hand. This is my brother's hand. And the braided bracelets he got from a couple girls in Hungary, that he still hasn't taken off.

Anyway, I love oreos + peanut butter, which is what he is eating here. It makes me think of the Parent Trap, childhood, and that fun handshake thing. It tastes yummy.

Origami fortune tellers. I make them all the time, even though I rarely ever use them. I'll make them out of whatever's handy, even gum wrappers, just because I need something to do with my hands, rather than fidget. This one I made while talking to my mom about school classes and the like for next year, and it's "Hungarian" themed, because I wrote several of the words of phrases in Hungarian that we learned from our trip, rather than understandable answers. Stuff like Igen (yes), Nam (I'm pretty sure this is no) Szeretem au pizzat ( I KNOW this is spelled wrong, but please bear with me, it should mean "i love pizza" but Hungarian is the 3rd hardest language to learn OK?!)

A bowl of blueberries for breakfast. Nom.

While I do not consider this a terrific picture at all, I thought it looked beautiful while looking down my street, so I decided to capture it. Isn't God great?

Glowing orange Gatorade makes for an interesting reflection.

Children's books are my favorite things. These here are The Lonely Doll, A Child's book of verses, Dragon Feathers, and a french book with no words that's just this cute illustrated book of a mouse finding paint supplies and coloring, then leaving before the girl comes back. It's really cute. Another of my favorites, that brings back fond childhood memories is A City in Winter.

I have been wearing one fancy earring on my left ear.

And nothing, or a simple stud on my right ear. I like this, because it has a funny off-balance feel to it.

The pretty moon.

My nightstand. Tabletalk, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, which I haven't started yet, my ipod, which I recently downloaded more songs to, one of my favorite pens, Sherlock Holmes, and TeenVogue.

Which reminds me, I haven't gotten my September Issue of Vogue, which makes me really nervous, because I'm not sure when my subscription expires, and how terrible would it be if I missed the September issue?! Plus, a bunch of my other magazine's have expired. But it's ok, I'll still get them. I just thought of it just now, and "OH NO! I need new pictures for my wall!!"

So I need to remind myself to figure out those things.

What do you have on your nightstand?

~Lillian

P.S. I knowww I haven't posted outfits lately, and I'm sorry, but while I assure you, I have been getting dressed, I just haven't felt inspired at all. I feel like the things I've been wearing, anybody would wear, so I just don't feel like sharing. But I will, I promise, and the moment it's cool enough to start layering again, I will be a joyous person, and hopefully my schoolwork will not consume all my blogging time.

Until then!

Random Rant.

2011-08-12T15:14:00.000-06:00

I hate those forwarded e-mails and copied statuses on facebook that say

"all believers need to put this on their wall. The bible says, if you deny Me in front of your peers, I will deny you in front of My Father. This is a simple test. If you are not afraid to show it, repost it. I proudly did"

I mean, they probably start out sincere. Saying "I proudly proclaim God to be my Savior" is a good thing. But the problem is forcing other people to say it I guess, and then it becomes I game, not a proclamation of devotion. Wouldn't it be better if people just said they love Jesus of their own accord? Instead of only remembering God when their peers tell them to pass something along?

"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands" Psalm 19:1

The problem with these things, is that if this status is the only indication that I am a Christian, then I am already denying him by Omission. God should be in all areas of my life, and be apparent even when these types of status' aren't passed along. So I don't pass these along, simply because I hate these types of status' what with the stupid peer pressure to proclaim this status, rather than what we should be doing, and proclaiming God throughout everything we do, and not feel quilted into posting these because we never post anything else that would make it seem like we are Christians.

Now maybe I'm being a hypocrite, because I usually just post things about how hungry I am, but I hope that my friends know that I am a christian, by the way I act, not by the amount of statuses I've re-posted with silly bible-quoting because of peer pressure. I hope that, and I know I've failed many times, but I hope that through Christ I can become a light to those around me, to proclaim his gospel beyond the petty peer pressure forewords that show up every now and then.

That was the problem with my blogging previously, I think. Or at least one of the problems. I wasn't including God in the things I posted about, because I didn't think He related to whatever clothing I was wearing that day, but I was mistaken. I wasn't proudly proclaiming God's awesomeness in each possible way I could. Instead I was compartmentalizing, and leaving God in His own little box, not including Him in the rest of my life. I'm working on that now. And starting out my day with reading the bible(just finishing Romans), so as to get my mind on track at the start of each day. And if I forget, or feel like I don't have time in the mornings, I know I'm missing something as the day goes on. Life is so much richer when it's got God in every bit, and I'm enjoying learning more about Him.

So friends, rather than forwarding, and copy and pasting those types of statuses just conduct yourself in a way that glorifies God. Proclaim his glory at every opportunity. And if you want to pass on those forwards, fine. But don't let that be the only indication of your Christianity. Let your devotion to God show.

Bloggers Wardrobe: A blogger community + clothing

2011-08-06T10:40:00.000-06:00

*BW has asked me to write briefly why I should join*

*CLICKHERE*

My blog speaks to a wider range than your normal fashion blog, bringing silliness as well as fashion to the table.

~Lillian

P.S. Oops, they said only 30 words, but I just need to say, the above statement is so narcissistic and silly, I cannot help but laugh. I would like to join Bloggers Wardrobe because it looks interesting, annnd I may get free stuff. That being said, please click on the above links. Thanks people. Love you lots.

Guacamole

2011-08-04T10:27:00.001-06:00

As I was making the "frillsandfurbelows yada yada yada" header the other day, I realized that I couldn't really write "food" in the description if I didn't actually have food posts on the blog. I guess I just thought that since I love food so much, and take lots of pictures of it (that don't make it to the blog) that somehow, magically that "food" description would make sense or make me post about food. I guess it worked.

So. Guacamole.

I love guacamole, but sometimes, I think I like the process of making guacamole even more. It's a lot of fun to me, and I love all the colors. So while making guacamole last night, I decided to document appropriately and make some sort of recipe, how-to type thing.

Obviously you have to have some avocado. Optional add-ins are tomato, red onion, cilantro, lime juice, lemon juice, and I'm sure many other things, but this is what I usually start with. Spice wise, I use lots of garlic, salt, pepper, and cumin.

Halve the avocados, take out the pit, and scoop out the innards.

Chop it up in a bowl and add as much cilantro as you want. I hardly ever measure, but I'd say this is a loose 1/4 cup of chopped cilantro.

If you have a garden, or a nice neighbor with a garden, grab a handful of deliciously sweet grape tomatoes.

If not, a couple roma tomatoes work nicely, because they're not as juicy. But really, whatever kind you want will work.

You will also need a little green baby tomato, just for a fun surprise. Kidding.

Cut the baby tomatoes in half if you like "chunky" guac, or in quarters, or eighths, if you want smoother guac. Whatever floats your boat.

Cut a lime in half and squeeze all the nommy juice into the bowl. Lemon juice works just as well for keep it from turning brown, and flavor-wise, I like both.

Add in your spices. Stir. Eat.
And in case "whatever you like" isn't clear enough, here is the approximate recipe.

{Guacamole}
3 avocados
1 large tomato, or about a cup of cherry tomatoes, cubed/halved
4 cloves of garlic, pressed
3T. juice- lemon or lime.
1T cumin, or less
s+p
1/3 of a red onion
1/3 c. chopped cilantro
1 c. grilled corn- adds nice substance and summery flavor
Chips- for serving.

Half, pit and scoop out the meat of the avocados. Mash it up with a fork, or cut with a knife. Add in the spices and juice and stir thoroughly. Add whatever veggies you want, and stir to combine. Eat all the nommy goodness up.

Tada!

I feel a little silly, pretending to be an expert here, but that's fine.

Happy Thursday!

Lillian

Bits of Life

2011-08-01T22:29:00.000-06:00

{Smoothies}
I've got to say, smoothies are one of my favorite ways to start the day. They're yummy. And fruity. And good for you. I put orange juice, frozen raspberries, blueberries, peaches, pineapple, grapes, and protein powder. It's quite tasty.

{Facebook: not just for the kids}
My mom recently joined facebook to keep in touch with the kids from the Eger English camp we were a part of for our mission trip. I love that she's keeping in touch with them, and learning more about the computer... but I think it's definitely my job to tease her. ;)

{Friendship Bracelets}
I led the afternoon craft one of the days at the English camp in Hungary, and we made friendship bracelets. It was really fun, and I keep making them. Please note though, that of the above bracelets, only the far left one was made by me, and the others were bought at a garage sale, and a gift. But they looked so cool and complicated, I've been trying to figure out how to make them. Stay tuned, folks!

{Rain}
It rained the other day, and Emily realized that her bike was outside, so she had to run outside in the pouring rain to retrieve it.

It was crazy. I think this is her "oh-my-goodness-its-raining-so-hard" face... or maybe she's really mad at me...

Checking with big sister Camille on their game plan for retrieving the bikes.

I love rain.

{Scripture}
So... I've been confused and a bit discouraged lately about my Christianity. I've been questioning nearly everything I've been brought up believing, and then not thoroughly searching scripture for the answers, or even talking to people who have the answers. I had been expecting some great epiphany, rather than searching for the answers in the word of God. I started reading Romans though, and while reading I felt so much better, I felt peaceful, and things started to make sense.
So while in Hungary, and basically the past month or so, I haven't been talking about, or sharing Jesus on a deep level with anyone, because I didn't feel adequate, or feel like I knew enough to share or even just talk about Jesus.
Then, sometimes I would feel really close to God, or feel really at peace and know that Jesus was my savior, and then feel stupid the next second, because I had been questioning it all just a minute before. And then I would feel hypocritical. So I didn't talk much about Jesus.
I talked to my mom though. She's pretty much amazing. And we looked at Scripture. And we talked some more. And decided to keep searching, because we don't have all the answers. But I know I'm a christian. I'm a sinful person, and Jesus Christ saved me from my sin, so that I can be with Him forever. I love him, and have great joy from the hope of being with him forever. I want to know all the answers. And I want to read my bible and talk to smart people to figure it out. I shouldn't just wait on a miracle or some epiphany or bolt of lightening to hit me and for me to suddenly have all the answers. It'll take some work.
So I guess the point is that I've been confused, but that doesn't mean I've stopped loving God, or that God has stopped loving me. I have finally started actually looking for answers. God's love is great. And I have joy, knowing that God loves me.

~Lillian

P.S. Oreos and peanut butter together are pretty much amazing.
P.P.S So is delicious guacamole with fresh cherry tomatoes from our tomato-only-dismally-small-garden

Fashion and Modesty

2011-07-30T09:42:00.002-06:00

Now those words, when combined, I admit, would usually turn me away from reading a blog post, which I admit, is quite silly. Especially since I would like to think that I am a bit fashionable, and with the help of my ever-watchful mother, modest. Many times I have seen girls walking down the street barely clothed at all, thinking that her tank top and ripped denim underpants are sufficient clothing. But I have also seen girls who go to the other extreme, and swath themselves in layer upon layer of long, covering clothing. In my opinion, neither one of those extremes is a good choice. On one hand we have immodest, and on the other, blegh.

I am very blessed with a terrific mother who cares very much about my appearance and calls me on it when an outfit I have put on is not quite modest enough. Not only that, but she'll tell me if I need to put on a cami, or put leggings under that skirt. Sometimes I just want to wear that tank top, and some jean shorts (though not those ones), I mean, come on, it is summer, and very hot. But I know that's not an excuse, and so does my mom. Don't get me wrong, I know "the rules" but it's so much easier to keep those rules when you have a loving, careful mother to remind you of them.

{Outfit Details: Top-my moms, Skirt-forever21, Sandals-Kohls, Necklaces- thrift, forever21, bracelets-homemade, gift, garage sale}

So, those "rules" maybe you've heard them, maybe you don't know what I'm talking about, maybe you have your own version written up on your closet door. Whatever the case, here are a couple that come to mind when thinking of "modesty rules"

1. No cleavage. This one is a hard "rule" for, I'm sure, a lot of girls, me included. For me, I just don't like how some shirts look when they're all the way up to your throat. Even if it's not that high of a neck-line, it can still be unflattering. But there's a remedy for that. Don't buy that shirt, don't wear it. Find alternatives. One alternative is to wear a cami. But what use is that cami if it is not actually covering? Also, when paired with a very deep-cut v-neck shirt, it's not actually covering, but accentuating. One of my favorite tops is a loose, grey and black polka dotted top, which I've shown in blog posts here.

2. Steer away from tight clothing. Don't get "tight" confused with "well-fitting". There are ways to wear flattering, modest clothing. Tight usually doesn't fit into that category.

3. No shorts/skirts shorter than the length of your fingertips. This one obviously is a bit hard, we all have different lengths of fingertips, and legs, and torsos. So how do we know? Mid-thigh is a good rule. If something is too short, don't buy it, don't wear it, or at least wear some cute shorts or leggings underneath.

But with all these rules, you can still be immodest. Maybe not so much in dress, but certianly in actions. But first we must think: What is modesty, and why must we be modest? Modesty is covering yourself appropriately, right? But it is also a mindset. Girls, you know when you are showing off your body, and when you are not. It might be tempting to show off your body, attention is nice, right? But don't do it. Your body is a temple for God, don't treat it like filth. God wants your best, and you should too. Whenever you dress scantily, or immodestly you are creating stumbling blocks for guys around you. It's the truth. Maybe you like that attention, maybe you just wish you could dress however you want, and not have to bother with guys, but really we do have to bother. We are beautiful, God made us this way, but he also made attraction between men and women, and it is our job to not create stumbling blocks.

So to be modest, not only dress modestly, but act modestly. Do not strut about or act seductively, that's not what God wants. My favorite verse, Phil 4:8-9 is applicable here I think... "Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you." We have to dwell upon the pure, lovely, right, admirable things, that bring glory to God. Because that is our purpose, right? We are here, to bring Glory to God. So whatever you do, whatever you wear, make sure it is for the purpose of bringing glory to God.

As I was looking up my verse on bible gateway, so as to not miss-quote it since my bible is not in this room, and I am ~~a lazy bum~~ focused- (whew run-ons) - I saw the verse of the day, which I think is also applicable. It is Matthew 5:14-16 "You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." When you (and me!) act or dress immodestly, chances are, people are not going to see our glorious father in heaven, chances are they are going to be more distracted by our appearance and actions. So girls, let's not be like that. Let us always bring glory to God in our actions and dress, ok

Now, for the fashion part, it is possible to be modest and fashionable. Most of the time. Part of fashion is showing off your body, and so that part- not so much. But all this means is that you have to have your own personal style, and your own sense of fashion, as I said in my trends post a while back, you can wear those trends, and fashionable things, but make them yours. Don't wear the fashion for the sake of wearing fashion. And don't swath yourself in many layers of blagh fabric. That's not pretty at all. You can still be pretty.

<3 Lillian

P.S. I love these colors together. :)

New Haircut

2011-07-12T00:12:00.000-06:00

Hello everybody, Today i...

{Got my hair cut}
I've been wanting to get it cut super short for a long time, but decided to do it for real. I really like it, even though it's taking some getting use to.

{Went shopping for last minute things for our trip}
I had to get some flip-flops, a better travel purse, and prizes for the kids in my group for the English camp I'll be helping teach.

{Packed}
I had previously planned out most of my outfits, and sketched them out so I have a plan of them, but only today did I put it all in my suitcase.

{Finished making my skirt}
This morning I quickly finished up this skirt that I'm wearing, it was a very easy pattern, and I just love the pattern and swooshyness of the fabric. I think I'm going to make another one, out of the same fabric, but with navy with small white polka dots. I think I'd like that.

I've been super busy with preparations for the trip, and other things in life, and so I unfortunately do not have any posts lined up. Oops. I'll be back in two weeks though, with many, many pictures, and stories.

Please pray for our safe travel, the ability to share God's awesomness effectivly, and open hearts!

I'll be in England on wednesday, and Budapest, and Eger (hungary), for the rest of my two-weeks stay, just so you all know.

See you in two weeks!

~Lillian

2011-07-10T10:43:00.000-06:00

So we played Life yesterday. And it made me think of Emilyann and Carlotta's blog post on their Bucket Lists. and I liked that idea, so I thought I'd share with you some of my thoughts on the matter.

My Bucket List...

{Take Martial Arts}
Tae Kwon Do, Karate, whatever, but I want to take enough classes to be able to defend myself. Looks like fun too.

{Learn to speak french fluently}
I've taken three years, but I would like to actually go to France, and really learn the language. My original goal was learn it well enough o be able to teach my kids... maybe I should revise that to 'learn well enough to be able to communicate some'.

{fall in love, get married, have several kids}
So yes, I have all these great ideas that I'd love to do someday, be a fashion designer, have my own magazine, yadda yadda yadda, but I want to fall in love. Be a mom. Homeschool my kids.

{Design and make my own clothing}
that being said, I still love clothing. Maybe I won't be some crazy fashion designer, maybe I'll simply design something for a boutique. Or just for myself. But this is definitely on my bucket list.

{Go to New Saint Andrews, a classical christian liberal arts college}
No matter what I "do" in life, this is a great education, and I've finally realized it. I can't wait till I can go. And I'm already nervous that I won't get in.

{Share my testimony}
Sure, I've shared my faith, often tripping over my words and jumbling things. I want to fully understand. And be able to clearly share God's awesomness.

{Plan a wedding}
I love planning. And I love weddings.

{Work at a bakery}
Nomnomnom. Yummy and pretty and awesome.

Just a couple things I wrote down after seeing those posts.

What's on your list?

~Lillian

A little bit of Summer

2011-07-09T22:38:00.000-06:00

Leftover fireworks are perfect for blowing up lego guys, and Jack loves blowing up lego guys, apparently. He was a little too eager though, and used electrical tape, which didn't work so well...

... So the lego pieces were not sufficiently blown to bits. He did drop one of the firecrackers in a beer bottle, thinking it would blow up, but not really thinking that it would blow up... it did. Don't worry.. he's fine. The beer bottle however...

Today i... Went to a fun, free, summer festival thingymabob we go to every year called Rhythm on the River. There's music, and bungee jumping, and businesses everywhere trying to give you free chapstick, sunscreen, or the occasional chance to win an ipad. It's a nice thing to go to, and we had fun, even though we were rained out.

For the longest time, my littlest sister, Emily would say it more like "Withem on de Wivew"... annnd she still does sometimes. So cute.

Free face Painting.

And rain.

I loved how the raindrops dropping off of the edge of the tents looked, and the sound and smell of it all. I really love rain.

For some reason I really like this picture. There was a rainbow after the rain, and as we were taking the bus back to the parking lot, and I was trying to get pictures of it, there was this area with metal gates, and ladders, and rustiness, and whatever that teal tank is. I've always liked "ugly" things, like junk yards, and rusty buildings. There's something awfully lovely about them, and I plan on taking some 'artsy' pictures of the rusty old mill near my house soon.

After the rained-out festival, which was fun, we went to a nice pizza place where they have checkered tablecloths, and board games at each table.

We played Life.

Hungry puppy.

Smudged Puppy.

This was a joke, y'all, Camille was winning at Life ;)

Just a nice Summer day with my family before Jack, my mom, and I head off to Hungary for our missions trip. {did I mention this? no? oops}

I will be going to Eger, Hungary on Tuesday for two weeks to teach English to teenagers there. I'm very excited! While we've planned some things, for instance, there will be an American idol karaoke night, baking, skits, photography challenges, this week-long camp for the teenagers is a very open fun time for the teenagers there to learn English. While it is a missions trip, we will not officially be teaching the gospel, but we will have an optional time for them to hear our testimonies, and they will be invited to the church we are working with at the end of the week.

I've always wanted to go to sleep-away camp, I just never really expected it to be in Hungary. So I am very excited for it.

One thing that I got to thinking about while planning for this trip was my testimony. I have been raised in a reformed christian home, and had really great christian friends growing up, and then a couple years ago I decided I didn't want to be homeschooled anymore, I wanted to go to the IB public school nearby. I mean, I wasn't a rebellious child, I just thought I knew what I wanted, and what I wanted wasn't really that great of a thing. Fortunately for me, I have amazing parents who knew what was best for me, and they decided that what was best for me was to take some classes online with Veritas Press, a classical christian school. At first I didn't really like it, but I quickly warmed up to my amazing omnibus {history, literature, and theology} and science classes.
I started to really learn about God. And what he's done for me. And learn how Christiantiy can be proven to be the "real deal" not just some blind faith. I loved that I could easily see that the bible is backed up by history. That creation can be proven by science. I loved learning all the reasons. And I still don't fully understand. I love God, and I'm am so glad that I'm His. He's always there for me, and He knows what's best for me. I can talk to Him. He died for my sins. And then he rose again. Jesus didn't just die, he conquored death so that I could live. So that I could be with Him forever. He took away my sins, so that I could be with Him. Sometimes I feel like I'm just following God, and I don't always believe everything I know. But I know He's "real" I know that this isn't just some silly religious thing some guy made up. But it's not always easy. Needless to say, while I love learning about God, my theology is still rocky, and I don't understand even a fraction of God's awesomness. But I'm learning. Anyway. I'm writing myself into a little tiny space of confusion. But it's really what I'm thinking. I've got this joy in Jesus Christ, that I'm begining to really learn about. And I love it. So That's what I'm thinking. Usually a testimony should have a nice tidy ending of Christ's joy, and while I have joy in Jesus Christ, I don't understand it all, and that's the truth. But God loves me, even though I don't "get it" all the time. I don't have to be perfect. That's impossible. God loves me. I don't have to understand it all. But I'm constantly thirsting for him. And He's given me some really amazing friends who love God and can help me to understand Him.

So that's my thoughts on the matter. As I was writing this, I was thinking that it was awfully confusing, and maybe I just shouldn't write it at all, but I think it's important that I don't just leave out Jesus when I don't have it tidily packaged. So I have decided to leave Jesus in. ;) Because I don't have to understand it all.

Tell me what you think?

~Lillian

Christmas in July

2011-07-05T12:34:00.007-06:00

You know that phrase "Christmas in july"? Well we get "snow" in July. It snows down cotton from our very fluffy tree in our backyard all day, covering everything in a fluffy, white allergic-reaction-making fuzz. Fun, right?

In other news, my dad is an amazing lanscape artist, and his second one-man show is in Vail tonight. If you are in the Colorado area, come on up to Vail International Gallery, and see me! And buy a painting.

Additionally, What do you think of the new header? I was trying out something different, and wanted to have letters cut out of a picture, and I kind of liked it, but I don't know the official way to do that so it's not my messy photoshop way. Any ideas? I like how calivintage did hers, but I would want a different font. Does the "messyness" bug you? Thoughts? Ideas? Comments?

~Lillian

P.S. This is scheduled to post at 12:34 my time, which is a "special moment" in my house. I send love in your direction. :)

P.P.S I am still working on the "series" I'm doing, I havn't forgotten!

On my toes.

2011-07-05T09:00:00.002-06:00

I am a dancer.

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I love the art of it.

The hard work it takes.

via

I love the stories you can tell.

I love performing on stage. With the lights in yours eyes and the music in your ears.

There is a certain magic to it that I love.

via

Aren't these photos neat? It's called the Ballerina Project, click on the links to see more. I'm going to be doing a photo shoot like this sometime with some girls from dance. I think we'll have street clothing, probably dresses or skirts, and pointe shoes on. Go to the park and take some pictures in the street. on the swings. You know, just be silly. But it's still an art form. I love it.

Red, White, and Blue

2011-07-05T01:27:00.000-06:00

The fourth of July is a pretty special day for America, isn't it? We celebrate our Independence with food, fireworks, and red, white & blue clothing. Maybe some baseball, Frisbee, apple cobbler or crisp. All in all, it's a day of relaxing and celebrating our unique freedom. And what a great freedom that is.

Yesterday though, our pastor preached on our freedom through Christ. Our great freedom to live by God's laws. One illustration he used was that of a glider. It has been made specifically to glide through the air. It should not be put in water, that is an obvious restriction that makes the glider able to obtain it's potential, right? Just like a fish is free to swim, but it cannot get out of the water. In the same way, God has saved us from our sin, and gives us rules to live by, not to restrict us, but to help us obtain our full potential. I really liked that illustration, and the thought of our unrestricted freedom, through God's laws, makes it so great, doesn't it? I thought so.

More freedom to celebrate.

Near our church is a beautiful, sweet smelling rose garden that we visited today. Some of the roses were even specifically designed to smell like lemons!

Red, white, and blue.

We three. I love my sisters. Emily is an amazing little girl. She is an crazy runner, ballet dancer, dramatic, expressive little person, and I am so thankful for her. Camille, is getting to be so old. I still think of her as eight, but instead she is nearing twelve. I don't understand that. She is an amazing dancer, so silly, a peacemaker, and such a kind girl. I love them.

Red, white, and blue is always first priority when getting dressed on this particular day in our family, especially for us girls. Sometimes we take it more literally, sometimes not so much, but it's always fun to see the different ways to get dressed in the certain colors we just HAVE to wear. "The girls" changed outfits several times this morning, fetching different ribbons and dresses, and trying to find just the right combinations of colors to makes their outfits perfect, even coordinating their nails (red with stripes on one hand and blue with red stars on the other) with their outfits. I was so proud of them.

{Outfit details: Sweater-forever21, Jeans-also F21, Shoes-Kohls}
Also, I can't smile.

I, however, put on the first pair of jean shorts I've had in over four years, I think, and this sweater, and called it good. Easy, comfy, and easy... and comfy.

The makings of a really delicious salad.

Shrimp Avocado salad. Dad-approved, Mom-approved, even Youngest-slightly-picky-eater-approved. I'd say it was a hit. We took this salad, to our friends house where we had dinner, laughter, and fireworks.

Our dear friends the Fisks, are amazing hosts, and are always throwing parties and get-togethers. We have food, and bible-study, and firecrackers, and birthday parties, and baptisms together, and our families always have an amazing time with each other. They're pretty awesome.

Their new pergola.

An amazing straight-out-of-the-magazine set-up for parties in their backyard{They're landscapers, so you too can have this amazingness}. I am so jealous.

Wooden chairs, linen tablecloths, succulents, a pond/creek/waterfall (no picture), amazing flowers, a hidden patio under their weeping willow, a big yard space for running around. I mean. Come on. Their backyard is amazing.

Bee-uuti-ful Hannah.

Coca-cola with mint. Actually pretty tasty.

Fresh mint, courtesy of the Fisk's garden.

Watching the boys light snakes. Not the living creature, but those growing firework things.

Explaining something exciting.

Bubbah (Stephen) liked being in front of the camera.

Especially to show off his new hat.

"Hey wait, take a picture!"

Sparklers are very exciting.

We finished up our own fireworks, and then went to watch the big ones out on the roofs of our cars. A very nice SPARKLY way to end the day. I love sparkly things.

Happy fourth of July everyone! Enjoy the amazing freedoms we have.

~Lillian~

Personal Style: Part 1- Know this, that, and then some more stuff. e

2011-06-30T22:27:00.001-06:00

Hello dear people!

I have long been brooding over an exciting post idea. I will have to be a know-it-all, and somewhat narcissistic, but I hope you will stick with me, and possibly learn something of interest. So here's my idea: I am going to tell you in three blog posts all about my personal style, and how to dress for fun, and mixing prints, and some other fun stuff. So here goes, ok?

First off, I'm going to go all know-it-all like all of those extremely silly personal style books, and tell you what you should do, and know in order to properly dress yourself. Sounds fun, right? Well, maybe.

{Know what looks good on you}

Make sure you know what kinds of clothing look good on you. Not everyone can wear high-waisted shorts, and not everyone looks good in blue.

Most people can wear most colors. My skin is a bit olive-y and I can wear nearly any colors, but yellow doesn't look so great on me.

Here are the four general skin tones, and colors that go well with them.

"Winter": your skin has blue or pink undertones, and is usually pale white, yellowish-olive, or dark. Colors that go well are white, black, navy, bright pink. Steer away from beige and nude and pastels aren't that great.

"Summer": like winter, has blue or pink undertones, but skin is more pale and pink. Pastels, and neutrals, lavender, plum, and baby blue look nice, while orange, and black, not so much.

"Autumn": golden undertones. Colors that go nicely are orange, caramel, browns, greens. Avoid blues.

"Spring": Have golden undertones and are usually creamy white or peach. Wear golden colors, golden yellow, peach, and avoid dark, dull colors.

Ok, now that is a pretty general idea, and you don't always have to go by the "rules" of course, but those general guidelines are sometimes helpful if you're not quite sure if something will look good on you or not.

{Know what you like}

I am constantly adding to my wall here, clippings of clothing and ideas that I like

Another important part is that you know what you like.

I know I like floral. And mixing prints. And bright colors. And I don't like skinny jeans or Uggs. (although I'm sure Uggs are comfy)

Know what you like to wear, but also know what styles of clothing you like on other people, so that you can translate it into your own clothing. For instance, maybe you don't want to go head-to-toe neon, but maybe some bright shoes, and a colorful watch would be right up your alley.

{Know what you have}

If you know what you like, the next step is to dress in the outfits and style that you like. But, say, you previously only wore jeans and t-shirts, but are now trying our skirts and more girly clothing? What if you had a skirt that might be perfect, but you had packed it away when you didn't like it? This is why knowing what you have is important. If you already have an item of clothing, then you don't need to go buy it. So know what you have in your closet or packed away somewhere, and maybe, just maybe, you'll like it better going and buying something new.

A big part of knowing what you have is simply organizing your clothing and accessories so that you can see them, and nothing gets shoved in some far off drawer, never to be seen, or worn again. Especially if that item happens to be very amazing and highly desirable. Don't you love it when you find a long lost something-or-other? But wouldn't it have been better if you had never lost it in the first place? I think yes.

Now, I love my Jewelry, and since it's bright and colorful, and I don't want to hide it away in a box, I have hung it on my wall, and set it out on my table. Like so.

Lotsa Jewelry

Maybe it's a little much, all out there, but I am a very visual, tactile person when it comes to getting dressed, and I need to see and try on everything so as to decided which shirt of necklace or socks I like best.

I keep my bracelets in this shallow box, which oddly is a cigar box. I have a bunch of cigar boxes from the store, not from cigars I've smoked ;) they're actually pretty awesome boxes.

This works well for me, but if you'd rather keep it somewhere else, go for it. Whatever floats your boat.

This is my closet, and if you noticed that it was color-coded, you get a gold star. And yes, it is intentional. My little sister came in when I was taking a picture and gasped "It's a rainbow!" Yes, Camille, it is.

I have bottoms on the left, and tops and dresses on the right. I color code because I'm a little silly, but sometimes it does help if I know I want a green top with what I'm wearing, I know where to look. But just so you know, it is hardly EVER as tidy as this. I often have it all off of the hangers and on my shelf that is in front of the closet, because I am always mixing and matching and trying on different combinations, and then don't hang them back up. I'm lazy like that. But doesn't it look nice all

rainbow-y?

Well, there is my little bit of Style tips for the day, and I'll be blogging soon about the more exciting parts, with color, and pattern mixing. I'm excited. I LOVE mixing patterns. And I may as well share my thoughts, right?

{Trend for the day}

Trendiness for the day: lime green, orange, AND the ring finger-different-color trends. I likey.

Of course, if you have any questions, I would be happy to answer them!

~Lillian

A reason for rejoicing

2011-06-27T13:23:00.001-06:00

This past year I made some really terrific friends through my online classes at Veritas Press Online Scholars Academy (which by the way is an amazing school). I met these people, just through chatting, and skype, and talking in class, but our friendships were real. You know that part in Tangled where Rapunzel is talking about her dream of seeing the lights? And how she was scared that it wouldn't be all that she dreampt of, and she was also scared that it would be? That's exactly how I felt. It was certainly a long anticipated occasion, that End of the year Gathering.

But. On June 1st, 2011, I met them. I met all these terrific people and my dreams, however cheesy it may sound, came true. And the eotyg, and all those friends were all that I imagined and more, and I thank God for them every day.

So my dearest friends, thank-you! And I miss you so much.

Here are some of my favorite pictures from the EOTYG.

Olivia, myself

Lauren, Elizabeth, Myself

Me, Josie, Elizabeth

Outfit post? Maybe? I didn't bother taking pictures of my outfits, I was too busy talking.

Olivia, Caroline, Lauren, Emilyann, Annie

Elizabeth's boots. :)

Annie, me.

Josie, Emilyann, Olivia

Emilyann, Me.

<3<3<3

I love you all muchly.

Lillian

Surreal

2011-05-23T22:07:00.000-06:00

A couple days ago I met in person a dear friend of mine, whom I've known through my online school for two years, for the first time. It was so much fun, and I cannot wait to see her again! She is an amazing photographer, and we had fun taking pictures of each other and she posted some of them (though not the ones I took of her ;) the other day. Click HERE to read more and see the fun pictures.

Love you annie!

~Lillian

Random, if we're being honest

2011-05-17T09:12:00.001-06:00

In these last few days before summer, I have this feeling of almost-freedom, makes me really want to be free from school, but at the same time I have to stay at my desk and study, so that I can pass those gruesome final exams. Not that they are all that terrible, I just always freak out about them, and become a grouchy troll. My family does not really appreciate that.

Anyway, here are some polyvore sets I've done lately, and some random facts and tidbits of my life.
The thing I like about polyvore is that I can make up many crazy outfits that I would definitely wear, but just don't have in my closet. And then I can think of how to make outfits like them from my own clothing. It's like going shopping with 'play money'. Please tell me you use to do that.

Orange you glad by LillianT featuring beaded jewelry

1. I love fairy tales. Always have. My favorite is Beauty and the Beast, and I've read nearly every version out there. Disney movies are pretty good, but Anderson and the Grimm brothers are better. They have some pretty crazy stories, that are much darker than your average Disney happily-ever-after, and I love them.

Jam by LillianT featuring a green skirt

2. I love picnics. I love packing the food. And sitting on a blanket in the grass. Hopefully there's an awesome rushing river nearby to wade through and many trees with gently drooping boughs for climbing. I was an avid tree climber as a child, and I still love climbing. I just don't want to climb the tree in my dress thank-you-very-much.

Sweetness by LillianT featuring pink gloves

3. I am a very quick reader, which I'm trying to break myself of because oddly enough, I don't remember all that I read. And I don't like that. But that's not the only reason I re-read my favorite books. Like all the Anne of (green gables) books, Harry Potter, Once upon a time (fairy tales), and so many others. I love to read. I love the stories, and the way the words weave together. I love how you get to know the characters and can get lost in the book. Right now I am reading Camilla, by L'engle, I think. I just started it last night, and I love it. She is a great writer.

Olle Cowlneck by LillianT featuring skinny fit jeans

4. When I was at the library the other day ( I love the library, so many books and stories) I saw a series of books by L'Engle, I think it was called meet the Austins, and the first book had a 'historical fiction' sticker on it's spine, and the third or fourth one had a 'science fiction' sticker. Only L'engle could do that. haha.

Tangled Daintyness by LillianT featuring pink tops

5. I love carnations.

Cannot wait for Summer by LillianT featuring wedge sandal shoes

Have a lovely day!

~Lillian

All of my titles will have SPRING in them, because I love it

2011-05-16T16:02:00.000-06:00

Now I know this is probably the very worst way to start a blog post, when one has the condition I have, but I have been in a blogging rut lately. I feel like everything I write sounds silly, or doesn't make sense or is completely boring. But I keep posting(ok not very often, but still), because I happen to love this time of year, and am having a great time finding new outfits for summer, taking pictures, and even cleaning my room just because of the spring-y-ness of it all, and I feel like I should share with you all. But sometimes it doesn't sound so great. But. I will share. If it kills all of my readers, I WILL share my experiences and feelings and joys. They say practice makes perfect, let's hope that is true.

This past weekend was a very exciting conclusion to yet another year of crazy dance-life. I've been a dancer since I was three, and greatly enjoy ballet and modern. But despite my love for it, I have this weird longing for free time, which all my friends who want to be dancers, assure me is not normal. I however do not want to be a dancer when I grow up, and while I am a very competitive person, I am only dancing because I love it. I am very ready for a summer (mostly) free of ballet and (hopefully) free of school (although I am not quite finished with math... stupid procrastination).

I look forward to those carefree days where maybe nothing gets done, maybe you get everything done, but it doesn't matter, you can breathe easy either way.
I am looking forward to laying in the sun with a good book.
I am looking forward to making daisy chains and going exploring by the river.
I am looking forward to wearing a dress, no shoes, and running around in the grass.
... to splashing in the pool.
... to sleeping in whenever I want.
... to seeing my best friends on this earth for the first time.
... to spending more time with my best friends whom I have met and love.
... to eating Popsicles everyday.
... to more baseball games.
... to camp outs.
... to lemonade stands.

I made some really yummy chocolate cake with a new recipe from Pioneer woman the other day. I just love that woman's blog and recipes and her voice. As you may have noticed, I've been more interested in photography lately, and with these photos I was really enjoying the delicate quality of the flowers and egg shells, and the soft light.

I am always on the lookout for more patterned bottoms, simply because that way I can fit more patterns into one outfit than with a "normal" pair of pants. I got these just the other day at target and I really like them. The pattern is pretty much amazing, but the fit isn't so great. I might cut them into shorts... cannot decide.

It is always so hard for me to find inspiration for getting dressed in the warmer times of the year, because for the rest of the year, I rely on layers, pattern mixing and lots of jewelry, but in the summer I don't want to be "bogged" down by layers and jewelry and I still want to be modest. So during these months, while this outfit is not a great example, I try to find simpler pieces with cleaner lines so as to balance out the fact that I'm not wearing seventeen items of clothing. How does your wardrobe and style morph from season to season?

The lovely cake with delicious fudge-y frosting. Try this one at home, folks, you won't regret it. Unless you are trying to diet. In which case, you should try to stay away from this cake, because it happens to taste just as nice for breakfast as it does for dessert.

~Lillian

Baseball is my favorite.

2011-05-10T13:06:00.000-06:00

It really is. I've always loved baseball, playing it, watching it, well I guess that's about all. I have some fond memories of hitting around a softball with a foam bat in our backyard with my dad when I was younger, and I still love it. My loving baseball also probably has to do with the fact that baseball comes at this time of year. The sun shines. The birds sing. Little breezes flit around. Trees bloom. Flowers grow. You get the idea. I just love this time of year, baseball, and everything that comes with it.

Sunday was my little brother's first baseball practice, and our whole family went along. I was actually a little surprised that we were the only family that was there, as I equate Mother's day with Family Day. But apparently not everyone does. Or at least not everyone loves baseball practice.

I was swinging on our swing.

The cutie patootie in red on the left there be my bro-bro.

um. Cool? Yeah, right.

They never warn me when they're clicking away.

Another cutie.

Jus' watchin' b-ball.

Yay. Jumbled bracelets. I love stacking them up. Ironically, this is one of the trends I spoke of in my last post. Here, I have a couple handmade, some mardi-gras, friendship lanyard, glass, rhinestone, and those cool rolled paper ones from Africa.

Loving the spring-y summer-y weather. What is your favorite thing about spring? (Hey, that rhymes)

~Lillian

Summer Trends giggle

2011-05-07T18:24:00.000-06:00

Hello all, I do realize that I have been terribly absent, don't worry.
For a school project I had to create a piece on "summer trends" and decided to use Polyvore to do it. Whenever I say "trends" I giggle a little bit, because I intentionally do not follow trends. However, when I like something I see, I intentionally wear it, I'm just always trying to be different.

When I look for clothing and get dressed, I am always influenced by the things around me, and of course that includes the many trends that our culture insists are the latest and greatest. I, for one, tend to try to be aware, but not necessarily follow them, simply because I enjoy being different. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with following trends, I admire those who can pull off many of the trends out there, I just have to giggle a little bit when I am the one promoting them. And while there are many trends that can be terribly tacky (*cough* tacky leopard print, super tight fake leather leggings, feathers in your hair just to be like everyone else *cough*) and just plain wrong, there are some trends that are quite nice.

But the thing for me is that you have to make those trends yours, or you are simply going with the flow, and that is what makes them tacky and gross. There is certainly a fine line between trendy and tacky, so really what I'm trying to say here is: Be your own person, don't wear something or do something just because everyone else is doing it. If you like those feathers in your hair, or those crazy patterned pants, or that pair of cat-eye sunglasses go for it, but don't do it halfway or tentatively, you've got to own it. Because really, confidence in what you're wearing is quite something. Even if that is your favorite pair of sweats and a ratty old tee. Be yourself.

Ok, silly unique rant over. I'm just sick of clones. Girls who think they have to wear or do something to fit in. Girls shouldn't have to feel like that. Ok. On to my "summer trends". *giggle*

Color Blocking by LillianT featuring metal bangles

Color blocking- fairly simple pieces, crazy colors.

Stripes & Floral by LillianT featuring a statement necklace

Stripes & Floral- while you don't have to wear them together, I will be, I love pattern mixing. Sweet and pretty.

Maxi Skirts & cross-body bags by LillianT featuring high heel shoes

High-Waisted, Pleats & Feathers by LillianT featuring raffia handbags

Maxi-Skirts and Cross-body bags- I love the easy modesty and swooshy-ness of long skirts. And since they are trendy *giggle* right now, I have been taking full advantage of the many cute ones availiable in stores. Cross-body bags are pretty amazing as well, small enough for the essentials and easy to carry around, and now they come in so many awesome colors, patterns, and styles. *happy dance*

Friendship Bracelets, Ethnic Jewelry & Bright Lipcolor by LillianT featuring blue bracelets
And last, but not least, Friendship bracelets, Ethnic Jewelry, and Bright Lipcolor- Now we've all got to have some friendship bracelets gathering dust in some childhood box somewhere, right? Now is the time to dig those out and rock 'em. Stacking them up and mixing with wood and ethinic-type bangles, alongside delicate rhinestones look awesomely mix-and-match. And then, of course, bright lipcolor. Corals, oranges, and barbie pink, are some of the cool new shades, that I happen to love.

Now, it may seem like I'm all for trendy-ness, but really I just happen to really love the trends I've shared with you. So there. Now go out and buy them because you like them, or buy them because they're trendy, whatever you like. But have fun. Ha. I am such a great motivational speaker.

Now, what're your favorite trends, and how will YOU be rockin' them?

~Lillian

Oh happy day

2011-04-13T22:29:00.000-06:00

'dorable little sister.

The necklaces are a silver heart and a gold airplane.

{Outfit Details: Top-max, Skirt-forever21, Cardigan-forever21, Thigh highs-target, Shoes-walmart, Necklaces-vintage}

I love my red shoes. I basically wear them everyday. Red shoes (with sparkles!) make everything better.

Currently Listening To

2011-04-12T15:16:00.001-06:00

Here are some of my favorite songs that I have been listening to a lot lately.

Rolling in the deep- Adele:

You belong to me- Jason Wade :

What about Everything- Carbon Leaf

Mr. Pitiful- Matt Costa

Squealing Pigs- Admiral Fallow

Walking the Dog- fun.

What're you listening to?

I have a crazy amount of photos that take a crazy amount of time to edit and choose, so hopefull I will be posting those soon.

~Lillian

Spring break

2011-04-08T21:03:00.000-06:00

For spring break my family and I escaped to the mountains for a few days, which was a very nice and much needed rest. While we were there I took a bunch of pictures, and these are a couple that turned out nicely.

Interesting nail dude.

Funny but creepy holografic children/zombie pictures that one of my siblings set up on the counter during a snowstorm and subsequent blackout.

Mmm. Food.

What you do not see in this picture, are the two stuck snowmobiles to the right of this picture. That was a fun day.

Goodnight!

Lillian

No Pictures, so you may as well leave

2011-04-05T12:18:00.000-06:00

As you may or may not have noticed, my blog has been having serious bouts of aesthetic insanity (or something) lately, and trust me, I'm behind ALL OF IT. I have been trying to redesign my blog so that I think it looks awesome, but the fact that I know absolutely nothing about HML or HTLM or whatever it is, the fact that I am completely OCD about such things, and also the fact that I have been on vacation have greatly contributed to the fact that I have posted nothing or had an acceptable-looking-to-me blog for a couple weeks now. True dat.
Thanks for sticking with me. Or checking in to make sure I haven't died. Or whatever the reason it is that you are reading this right now.

I love you all!

Lillian

Easter Socks

2011-03-26T11:13:00.000-06:00

Messing with photoshop again, and enjoying my easter socks.

Have a happy Saturday!

~Lillian~

Spring came... and then left again

2011-03-26T09:42:00.000-06:00

The other day I stayed home from school on account of my being unwell, and since it was a very beautiful, spring-like day, with new puddles to splash in I decided to commandeer my father's camera and stroll around the neighborhood. It was quite refreshing. And while you all may be aghast at my amateur photography skills, you can be quite sure that I will do this again. Enjoy!

Rain boots, perfectly acceptable for stomping in puddles.

Heh. Heh. Dirty window.

Elle, ginger chocolate... and math.

~Lillian

Things that have been consumed

2011-03-17T12:47:00.002-06:00

Some friends and I decorated cupcakes the other day.

Butternut Squash Soup

Roasted Butternut Squash

Some delicious carrot cake with cranberries and almonds (next time I'll use walnuts though).

I couldn't resist eating a piece... even before I frosted it. It was yummmy.

~Lillian

I'm going to go take a nap now.

2011-03-16T12:20:00.000-06:00

I was inducted into the National Honor Society last night, which I am told is quite a big deal. I am honored to be in it though, don't get me wrong. Anyway, the induction was "semi-formal". And that is all I have to say at this moment. I am suffering from an unpleasant head cold/weariness, and last night I had a fever while accepting my certificate and rubber ducky (in-DUCK-tion, get it, people?). Don't worry I have been washing my hands a lot.
And so, without further adieu...

~Lillian

Some Sketches

2011-03-03T16:00:00.002-07:00

Just some quick sketches I've done in the past couple months in my new Fashionary that I absolutely love. The Fashionary makes sketching so much faster, because it already has the fashion croquis in a lightly colored dotted line, so that I don't have to draw it out myself. Normally I would draw out the croquis in pencil, draw the clothing and then outline the body in pen and erase the pencil lines, which takes much longer. It also has a very nice and smooth paper quality. For these pictures I used Blick double ended markers and a pigma micron 005 pen.

At this point, I have not created any of my own designs, but I certianly will. Right now life is very busy.

These are all my original ideas and designs, please do not take them without my consent. If they are in any way similar to any existing designs, it is purely coinsidental.

Do you like this type of post? Would you like to see more of my designs?

Have a great day!

~Lillian

I make messes

2011-03-01T22:19:00.002-07:00

Pacman cookie.

I was reading a food blog the other day (I love food blogs) and I came across a homemade oreo recipe, and immediately became obsessed with the idea of making oreos, or oreo-like cookies. And let me tell you, these are definitely worth it! They were lovely chewy chocolaty cookies with a delicious amount of thick, creamy frosting, and while I initially decided to leave them open-faced, they taste just as good sandwiched or frozen. They were also very easy to make, and very easy to clean up after (love that). I make lots of messes while baking and cooking. One of those things I'll have to work on. At some point.

I found the amazing recipe here. But I did adjust it a teensy bit. I used half a cup less sugar (it does suggest this), and added a couple tablespoons of milk to the crumbly dough to help it stick together better. For the frosting I did a 1/4 cup more butter, and bit less shortening. I normally would not suggest using any shortening at all in frosting, because it seems to add an unpleasantly lingering, sticky and un-flavorful taste to it, at least to my taste buds, but in this case, using the little bit of shortening actually did enhance the frosting. Also, I had butter flavored shortening on hand (ew?) so that is what I used.

YUM.

Ok. So. I had my hair up like this while baking because my hair was annoying me thismuch and so I used the only hair tie within reach to get them out of my way. I had to focus on the frosting, people. But, I kinda didn't really think of it when taking pictures, and then I had run out of time. My little sister who is eight years old (*sniff* she's getting so big) took these pictures for me. EDIT: I deleted those pictures. Another Side Note- My hair kind of reminds me of those Dr. Suess characters.

Eh? Eh? Sneetches, folks, have hair like mine. Such copycats... or rather snitches. I make myself laugh at least.

If these pictures don't look like I smiled, posed, or edited them at all it is because I did not smile, pose, or edit at all. I don't plan on changing. Deal with it. Hopefully my occasionally terrifical outfits (ha!), and witty (double ha!) comments will keep you coming back to this here blog. EDIT: and no, this shouldn't make any sense because I deleted the pictures that would make them make (some) sense.

{Outfit Details: Top-I honestly do not remember, Skirt- Stolen from my mother, Scarf- Metropolitan Museum Store, Socks- Target, Shoes- Walmart, Scarf- gift}

I tried to take a close up picture by myself. Right. Will not be doing that again.

Go make those cookies. Even if you fail, you will still win, because there is chocolate and frosting.

<3 Lillian <3

Excuses Excuses Excuses, Or: I have no time

2011-02-18T20:05:00.001-07:00

Hello People. First off, I don't blame you if you do not read this post at all. Feel free to simply skip down to the end or even close this page right away.
I have this plight. This plight is that I have no time. I have found that there are probably Four Main Reasons for this.
1-I am a dedicated highschooler who doesn't want to fail in school or at life
2-I dance more than 17 hours a week
3-I like to sleep
4-I tend to read, draw, bake or hang out with my family or friends in my (ha!) spare time instead of sit at the computer for a few more hours.

I actually think these are pretty good reasons come to think of it. But I think I need to make another list, simply because I need to explain why my posts are occasional bland, tasteless, boring, uninteresting ect, ect, ect.
1-My free time tends to be (like now, when I've started [not finished, mind you]) at night, minutes before the bed time my wise parents have set for me, and so I am usually tired or hyper, which isn't very conducive to good blog posts.

2-I'm lazy.

3-I'm going to go to bed now.

Ok then, it is now the next night.

Since I got all of that ^ out of my system I will now introduce you to my valentine's day school/ dinner with family outfit.
Because I love you all so much.

Hey look! Am I fancy or what?! See how it looks like a heart? That is how clever I get on this here blog, so enjoy. It also kind of makes me feel carsick after a while. So just look really fast to see how genius I am, and then scroll down so you don't have to look at it again. Just in case. See? I love you all SO much.

Cool car huh? Too bad it's not mine, I like that color. Kind of matches my dress.

Be mine?

{Outfit Details: Dress-Target, Sweater-Charlotte Russe, Two tops-Max, Tulle-Homemade gift from friend, Tights-Hue, Shoes-Walmart, Necklace-Vintage, Ear cuff-Art teacher, Earrings-Mom's}

There is a story behind the tulle. A teacher at my school jokingly asked me where the tulle was when I was wearing about four different patterns and a few different textures of fabric a few days ago, so in her honor, I decided to wear tulle.

In art class we are creating some cool stuff with old earrings and buttons and the like, but I decided this little cutie needed a home, on my ear. So I bring you: Harold the ear cuff. Or something like that.

Goodnight now.

For reals.

XOXO

Lillian

All I need are checks... or maybe some paisley

2011-02-12T09:48:00.000-07:00

{Outfit Details: Top-Marshals, Dress-Vintage, Tights-Marshals, Sweater-Thrift, Necklaces-thrift,gift, Belt-Vintage, Shoes-Thrift}

See that? See what? Well, I just wanted to point out that my hair is finally long enough to french braid, which is a certain milestone that has made me very happy.

I just got the 'top' two necklaces on a recent and very adventurous trip to ARC, and have really liked them. They're a bit tribal-y and there is an elephant on one of them, which I like a lot.

I also got these shoes which have a very cute little chunk of a heel.

I have noticed that nighttime is not the best time for the creative/funny/writing juices to be flowing through my brain here, and so, without further adieu, anecdotes, awesomeness, or alliteration:

Goodnight.

~Lillian

P.S. I will however be posting this at a different time, so please if you must be confused about something in this post, do not be confused about why I am wishing you a good night in the morning, I am simply very tired, and writing this post for another time. So choose something else to be confused about.

L.R.T

A story about a little girl who is still little

2011-02-11T21:27:00.000-07:00

Well, I have now turned 16. I think I will refrain from trying to say anything wise, because things like that often backfire. I will, however say that I use to think that 16 was nearly grown-up, but now that I am, I certainly do not feel nearly grown-up. I have decided that childhood is a very pleasant thing, and will not try to grow up any faster than I need to.

Since my birthday was a weekday, I still had some school work, but my family and I had a very nice afternoon in which we read Swiss Family Robinson, had a whole table-full of tapas from my favorite Mediterranean restaurant, went to the library to get Anne of Green Gables (the movie) and ending up taking outfit pictures as well, opened presents, and had some delicious chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. All in all, it was a very satisfying day. This here picture above is of the dessert tray that was at the restaurant, and for some reason it refuses to be normally aligned, so I am going to be lazy and leave it alone. Sorry.

A very weirdly colored photo of dessert.

My lovely mother made my (delicious) cake, and I had fun decorating it with my new cake tips and colorings. Of course, this is just one of first tries, but I will continue decorating with fervor, no matter the results.

{Outfit Details: Top-Max, Cardigan-Vintage, Skirt-Forever 21, Tights-Marshals, Socks-?, Shoes-Steve Madden, Necklaces-Forever21, Pin-Vintage, Earrings-Homemade}

My birthday outfit. In case you were wondering, the book I am 'reading' is Ginger and Pickles, by Beatrix Potter.

Heaven in a jar.

This lovely breakfast of crepes with nuetella and berries, was actually for my father's birthday, which is the day after mine. I did not get pictures of my breakfast (pancakes and strawberries) because I had to take my online class right afterwards, and so was in a bit of a hurry.

Process Particular?

2011-01-16T10:00:00.002-07:00

I don't know about you, but I enjoy the process of getting dressed a lot. I love the way changes, subtle or drastic, make an outfit. I started with this sweater, wanted some color, added the button up, going with the anchor pattern, added a vintage scarf, then the pins, and originally I was wearing a skirt and a lace-y slip, but it didn't work so I changed to these pants, added socks and shoes. This outfit was put together in a bit of a scattered way, I added and changed bits of it all morning before school.

Usually I start with an idea in my head, which came from the sweater. I just put the things on, and adjusted until I felt like it was a good combination. What is your process for getting dressed?

{Outfit Post: Sweater-Forever21, Button-up-j.Jill, Pants-Charolotte Russe, Shoes-Walmart, Pins-Vintage, Necklace-Vintage, Scarf-Vintage, Socks-?, Bracelet-Taxco Vintage}

Just a slightly creepy witch lady offering you an apple. Like the color(s) on my nails?

~Lillian

Sparkling Plaid

2011-01-15T09:44:00.000-07:00

{Outfit Details: Top-Max, Cardigan-Target, Jacket-Charlotte Russe, Skirt-Charolotte Russe, Leggins-Old Navy, Boots-Target, Patterned Scarf-Vintage, Pink Scarf-gift, Belt-my brother's (not any more!), bracelet-homemade gift, form my little sister.}

I really enjoy Food

2011-01-04T19:33:00.000-07:00

Hello dear readers,
One thing you must know about me before I say anything else, is that I love food. I love making food, eating food, looking at pictures of food, especially when they are beautiful, and taste good. Which is why I wanted to "feature" i am baker and mention foodgawker as well.
i am baker is written by a wonderful woman Amanda, who bakes the most wonderful and beautiful looking stuff, and I just love reading her blog, as she is quite witty. She makes terrifically artsy stuff...

And this...

And this.

All in all, I read her blog all the time.

I also look at Foodgawker a bit, which just i pretty pictures of food. Very Entertaining when you are trying to ignore your math homework.

That is all.

~Lillian

P.S. I wrote that whole post in an English accent if you can believe it, so feel free to go back and read it in an English accent if you are so inclined.

I'm dreaming...

2010-12-22T10:07:00.006-07:00

Of a Whiiite Christmas. But It hasn't snowed. At all. Notice here, I am picking out our Christmas tree, but there is no snow on the ground, and I didn't even need a coat. It isn't so much that it isn't cold enough, because it is getting quite chilly, but there isn't enough wetness to freeze and fall from the clouds. This makes me very sad because when I lived back east, and we visited my grandparents in upstate NY for Christmas, there was always lots and lots of snow. Anyway, I'm sure you don't read this blog for a weather report, so I am going to start explaining why I wore my shorts inside out. Feel free to look at the picture again if you didn't notice. A lot of people didn't notice at school until my brother's friend walked over to me at lunchtime and loudly announced "You have your shorts on inside out!" "Yeah, yeah I know, that was on purpose" *odd looks from the people around me*.
Ok, so when I told people that a little polish girl influenced my outfit, I got some more odd looks. So I will try to explain with the least amount of awkwardness I can. A few days ago I ran out of library books that I had gotten for my own reading, so I looked through the stack of library books my sisters got and picked up The Hundred Dresses. This book is very cute and shows how bullying can affect people but it also is about a little girl who says she has a hundred dresses and sixty pairs of shoes, when she come to school everyday in the same old drab dress. See, what I like especially is that this little girl has a hundred pictures of dresses that she drew. So she's a little designer polish girl, of course we connected. Despite the fact that I am not impoverished, polish, or bullied. Anyway, I was thinking, and cutting pictures out of National geographic, and I thought "hey I want to make a "poor polish girl" outfit. Please don't ask me how this made sense in my head. As I am typing this out I am thinking "wow, you sound insane, not to mention culturally stupid" Anyway, I thought poor polish girl=inside out shorts. Don't ask. So I got out of bed (this happens a lot, I wish I could just turn off my brain, but I often wake myself up because of stuff I'm thinking about) and started trying clothes on. I knew I wanted my shorts to be on inside out because I liked the roughness of the seams and the flappy pockets, and obviously I needed leggings because of the coldness outside, and I wanted more patterns in greys and neutrals for the "impoverished" color feel, and then I wanted a bundled up scarf around my neck, but I couldn't help myself, so it ended up being a colorful nice one.

See? Flappy rough pocket look cool, right?

Mismatched socks.

Why are you smelling the tree and look at the camera at the same time Lillian?

{Outfit Details: Top-Forever21, Jean Jacket-hand me down, shorts-thrift, leggings-Old Navy, Socks-they came from somewhere, Shoes- Walmart, Necklace-Vintage, Scarf-I think it came from the Metropolitan Museum store?}

This is the tree we ended up getting, and I named him Ferdinand.

I am just going to stop talking now. Hopefully I can gather my brains together an give some intelligent talk later on.

~Lillian

Hopefully all that tape will stay sticky...

2010-12-20T16:22:00.009-07:00

I recently repainted my room and today I *gasp* cleaned up my room so I decided to take advantage of the cleanliness and take a couple pictures of my walls that I have covered with pictures. I usually rotate my pictures every once in a while and since I just put most of these up today I plan on being very inspired by them.

I forgot to take a separate photo of it, but isn't my Saturday Evening Post cover pretty (far left)? I found it in a thrift store in Chicago. It is from April 14th, 1917!

Pictures- National Geographic, and I don't remember where the model in the yellow dress came from, sorry. I think it would be Harper's Bazaar, or Instyle.

Pictures from top: W, National geographic

This girl has been on my wall for a while, and partially inspired my outfit from my next post. Sorry but since I know that I will be busy tomorrow, I am doubling up posts today, this normally annoys me, but I have no choice here.

Pictures: National Geographic

Pictures: Teen Vogue, Brides

Pictures: National Geographic, model/clothing: Teen Vogue

National Geographic

National Geographic, W

This is one of my favorite groups because (in the proper lighting) it is a somewhat eerie color wheel. We have the yellow on the right then the children in blue, and the last one has a red glow to it (and green).

In my drama class right now we are making set concepts for different plays, and I am doing Pygmalion. One thing that I have learned from making a collage of color conveying different emotions was that patterns, color, and texture of your clothes as well as in set deisgn really convey different moods. And I've been thinking about this a lot lately when I get dressed and design clothing.

Our beautiful Christmas tree, that I named Ferdinand. We can barely see him under all the ornaments, but we love him dearly.

~Lillian

Weeks ago...

2010-12-20T16:07:00.003-07:00

Although this could have been from yesterday, because the temperatures and weather and all that are still not like they should be. We have no snow, and it is about 50 degrees here. Sometimes it gets colder... but still no snow. This makes me very sad. I wish it would snow. I sure hope we have snow for Christmas. Christmas without snow is like... cake without icing.

Any way... this outfit post is from a few weeks ago...

{Outfit Details: Floral Top-Marshals, Cardigan-Target, Tunic as skirt-Marshals, Tights-Hue, Shoes-Marshals, Necklace-pins and ribbon- vintage/DIY, Necklace as bracelet-Thrift/Vintage}

There isn't anything else I can think of to say right now except that I "did-it-myself" with the necklace I'm wearing which is really just a couple cool old pins on a piece of ribbon I tied around my neck.

~Lillian

Annnd Finally...

2010-12-16T12:04:00.005-07:00

In my defense, I have been very busy. Super busy. In fact, I really shouldn't be typing this right now, I should wait until next Monday, or at least Saturday. But no, I feel guilty. So here I am. Providing you with a somewhat comical excuse for a post. And hopefully I will at some point get to the explaining of what on earth went into this picture of me in what happens to be... my Halloween costume. Yes. That's right my Halloween costume. Anyway, take a look at that picture there.

{Outfit Details: Bow-selfmade, Pearls-vintage, cardigan-hand-me-down, sheer vest-like-lingerie thing-vintage, skirt-hand-me-downs, tights-marshals, socks-target, shoes-walmart}

So. For my costume, as I said in a previous post, I wanted to be Audrey Hepburn, and then I wanted to be Lydia Deets, then I wanted to be a doll. Well, I finally settled on doll because I thought I could be most creative with that. For instance, being Audrey would be like getting a perfect coloring page and then coloring inside the lines because anythign more or less would ruin it, and being a doll would be like getting a somewhat odd coloring page, and coloring outside the lines to make it awesome. And in a way I was right, because I certainly had a lot of fun thinking up the doll things, but I think that I could have gone much farther with it, and I might try being a doll again some year.

Mainly what I was thinking of when getting together this outfit/costume was a somewhat creepy doll. You know, like a mixture of sweet porcelain doll and that creepy doll who kills the father in that one episode of the Twilight Zone. Hence, the weird pose, that did not quite work.

I knew I wanted lots of pink, sheer layers, the drawn on eyelashes, the doll-lips, and the big bow in my hair. So I simply gathered all the pink, sheer, ruffled clothing I had as well as all the pink, ruffled, sheer clothing from my (sister's) dress up box. Then I put a couple pieces on and just kept rearranging different layers until I was satisfied. But I do wish I had on white tights instead of grey. But no matter, it was dark out, and I'm sure the only person who actually noticed my outfit, besides my family and my two friends who went Trick-or-treating (of course) with me, was that old couple up the street, whose names I don't know, but are really very sweet, and whom I only see them on Halloween.

Anyway, I am very nearly done with the schoolwork that needs to be done before Christmas Break, so hopefully I will soon get up the picture I recently took of my outfit and our very adorable Christmas tree.

~Lillian

Yes, I'm one of those people...

2010-12-03T12:00:00.003-07:00

~Beautiful picture courtesy of The Cupcake Blog~

Hello all, I would like to call it to your attention that this blog is now 1 year old, as of Dec. 3rd, 2010. Have some cake with sprinkles.

And if by any chance I publish this scheduled (Do you here me blogger?I said scheduled... not post-it-now) post, and it posts right away... I apologize. But don't worry. You can still have your cake.

*Make a Wish*

~Lillian

No, I have not died.

2010-11-29T14:37:00.004-07:00

Hello there. Long time no... blog. I have been very busy with all those things that make a person busy, namely school, ballet, sleeping, school, eating, ballet, and occasionally being grounded from computer stuff because of not doing the appropriate schoolwork. oops.

So this post is basically a "Pointless Post" to let you know that I have not, in fact, died, or forgotten that I do have a blog. And here is a pretty picture that I would like to share with you, because otherwise this post would be picture-less. And if there wasn't a picture... it would be even more pointless for me to type, let alone for you, my dear reader, to um, read.

Found here, because I am too lazy to get the pictures I've taken from the awesome book I just got from the library.

I like this picture and ones like it because they are so "pretty". Everyone acknowledges that these things are pretty amazing even when this one here looks a little bit like vomit with sparkles.

I've been very into the idea of making ugly things pretty, and when I get my act together I will share some pictures of things I've been noticing. For instance there have been many devastating fires near where I live (don't worry, not too near), as well as an old warehouse being partially burned down, and as odd as it might seem, I find these things very beautiful and inspiring.

And now I need to stop adding to this "pointless post".

~Lillian

A Creative Title will eventually come to mind...

2010-10-19T15:49:00.003-06:00

...or not.

I have been busy with taking in Fall. Much in love with it right now.

I usually don't like pink and black together, it just seems like you are trying to hard to do the "girly punk" thing that was a trend. It really repulsed me. But I came up with this outfit, and at the risk of sounding like a hypocrite. I really liked it. So there.

I know that is a kind of weird picture, but I wanted to include it because I really like this color of nail polish. It is a dirty rose pink/red. Really pretty color.

{Outfit Details: Top-Forever21, Cardigan-Marshals, Skirt-Marshals?, Tights-Target, Shoes-Vintage, Socks-my drawer, Necklace- $1 Store?, "Bracelet"-my ribbon drawer, other bracelet-borrowed from my little sister}

Yes, I have a Whole Drawer devoted to ribbon.

~Lillian~

Halloween inspiration

2010-10-19T14:59:00.002-06:00

I have to say that I do not really like how malicious Halloween has become, but my love for dressing up and candy is pretty great. So it is with great pleasure that I plan my costume every year. This year I was thinking of going as Holly Golightly, then I watched the movie Beetlegeuse (which was terrific), and I think I have finally settled on a Doll. I will have curled hair and pink cheeks, and many, many layers of pink ruffles. I am really liking this idea.

Anyone care to share what they will be doing?

{First picture, Second picture, Third Picture}

~Lillian~

First Signs of Fall

2010-10-19T13:49:00.003-06:00

I love fall more that any other season. I just can't think of anything that is better than the things that come with fall: crisp air, rain, apple cider, all the best holidays, and a bunch of other stuff.

What are your favorite seasons and the things that make them your favorite?

{Outfit Details: Top-thrift, Pants-Marshals?, Shoes-Payless, Beret-Target, Gloves-Target, Necklace-Forever21, Bracelet-Vintage}

~Lillian~

Yumminess is Appreciated

2010-10-14T13:12:00.003-06:00

One thing you should know about me is that I Love Food. Not eating, but Good Food. So I will probably share some pictures of food, or recipes, and that kind of thing, when I feel like it. This here is a delicious spinach, strawberry, and poppyseed dressing salad. It is very tasty.

Sorry the picture quality isn't great. I really wanted to eat my salad, not take pictures of it. Yum.

~Lillian~

Black Lace and the Brother's Grimm

2010-10-02T09:35:00.004-06:00

I think this outfit is a bit dark for me, but I do like it. It has a certain delicacy to it that balances all the dark. But in a way, this outfit matches what I've been reading, which is why I used it as a prop: Grimm's Fairy Tales. I have always really liked their stories, no matter the morbidness of most of them. I also like taking pictures with a prop, it seems to pull everything together nicely.

This week I painted my nails pink (TEN:perfectly pink and Sally Hansen: Rockstar Pink) and sparkly, and have liked them. It kinda of reminds me of barbie, and I always love sparkly things, but pink, is not really my favorite color.

The jewelry is great costume jewelry that was Rita's (her story here), then my grandma's, then my mom's, and it's still my mom's I just use these pieces all the time.

I have always liked the silhouette of trees against a sunset, it just seems so beautiful to me.

{Outfit Details: Top-Marshals, Lace Top-Forever 21, Shorts-Forever 21, Tights-American Apparel, Shoes-Target, Jewelry-Vintage}

~Lillian~

Your pearls are in a knot.

2010-09-28T12:22:00.004-06:00

I just got my hair cut this week. I really like it but I think my hair looks better a little bit longer. Well. I thought of this outfit a couple days before I wore it, while I was doing math, and I have a little sketch in my notebook of it. It took me a couple days to find the crops I am wearing, though, I hadn't seen them in a while. But the point is that I kept thinking of this outfit until I finally found the crops, and wore it. I was happy with the results. The umbrella is my little sister's, I think it was a prop for her preschool dance recital a couple years ago. I just thought it worked nicely so I included it in my photos. I was in a hurry however, and so did not get any detail shots.

So, for lack of detail shots I will let you know that I am weary a grey cami with a rose pink lace tank over. It is belted at the waist with a braided black belt. And I am weary many pearls.

{Outfit Details: Lace top-Marshals, Fly-away-Marshals, Belt-my brother's, Crops-Vintage, Shoes-Walmart, Pearls-Vintage Assortment,}

~Lillian~

frills and furbelows

Inspiration

Life.

Winter, already?

Some old pictures...

Flea Market: Part 2

Hey look...

Music Monday

Music Monday

A Crisper Morning

Tumblr Style

"Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known."

In the Streets: Part 1

BLT, plain and simple.

The ABC's

Formspring Clothing Question

The Set Director with the feather boa in the film room

Modcloth

Guest Posting

Stir fry, Soccer, and Frogs

Fair Day

Finally: An Outfit

A Few Pieces of information, and a picture a day

Random Rant.

Bloggers Wardrobe: A blogger community + clothing

Guacamole

Bits of Life

Fashion and Modesty

New Haircut

A little bit of Summer

Christmas in July

On my toes.

Red, White, and Blue

Personal Style: Part 1- Know this, that, and then some more stuff. e

A reason for rejoicing

Surreal

Random, if we're being honest

All of my titles will have SPRING in them, because I love it

Baseball is my favorite.

Summer Trends *giggle*

Oh happy day

Currently Listening To

Spring break

No Pictures, so you may as well leave

Easter Socks

Spring came... and then left again

Things that have been consumed

I'm going to go take a nap now.

Some Sketches

I make messes

Excuses Excuses Excuses, Or: I have no time

All I need are checks... or maybe some paisley

A story about a little girl who is still little

Process Particular?

Sparkling Plaid

I really enjoy Food

I'm dreaming...

Hopefully all that tape will stay sticky...

Weeks ago...

Annnd Finally...

Yes, I'm one of those people...

No, I have not died.

A Creative Title will eventually come to mind...

Halloween inspiration

First Signs of Fall

Yumminess is Appreciated

Black Lace and the Brother's Grimm

Your pearls are in a knot.

Summer Trends giggle