Work for School!

So, I know I have been talking a lot about school recently but it has been obscenely monopolizing my time! Just to give you a look at what I have been doing....


I really dislike spending my time on this when I have sooooooooooooo much other stuff on my plate. Anyway, I took last week off of work which was nice for school. I have 2 papers 1 project/presentation, 4 homeworks and 2 exams - and I will be done for the term. I have tons of work to do over the break, but it will be work that I love and care about! Yay!

putting together slides for movie studying.

Takin an easy

The wedding website information is all finished, the bare bones will be up this coming week! I will add an accessories section and the jewelry section later but for now I am so happy! I studied all week for my midterm this Wednesday so i finally have a bit of a break which is nice because this cold thing is really getting to me. My parents are back home and it is really nice to see them. Mom brought me some muumuus back from Hawaii to alter and play around with. I will probably do that on Spring Break and show y'all some before and after pictures. But for now I am going to read for class and try to get well and take an easy... maybe make some treats.

Super sick, so exhausted so much is spinning in my head - exam on Wednesday, so sick.

Tomorrow, Tomorrow...

Tomorrow, I regesture for classes for the last time! Till grad school that is. I wonder why they won't offer any classes that will pertain to my life after college like, curation, quilting, cooking etc. actually they might have cooking classes... Oh I'm excited, anyway after thinking on tons of stuff that OSU does not offer for my elective I think I will take a few PE classes like Pilates which I have been wanting to try for awhile!
Oh yeah!

As always

As always I have too much to do but for some reason something is making me take a bit of any easy today. I got up late and made a nice breakfast and then I met Doug in Corvallis to come to my parents in Salem. They are still gone though - those lucky ducks are in Hawaii. They have been traveling quite a bit recently this is a picture of them scuba diving in Australia (I put the cheesy title on). It looks kinda werid because it was taken with an underwater camera but cute none the less. I am trying not to think about things other then school but all I can think about is cooking good food, designing new stationary and vintage clothes. Soon Spring break will be here, soon...

Valentines and School

Happy Valentine's Day (late)!
I think I did OK on my exam, Wine and Wiskers was a huge success and Everything is going beautifully! I don't have another exam for almost two weeks! Plus I have 17 weeks left till I graduate and I am only taking 11 credits next term!
There is a light at the end of this sixteen year tunnel!

This is an aloe plant that was auctioned off, it was beautiful!

My big midterm is tomorrow - Wish me Luck!

Cute Plaid Shoes

Oh my the days go so fast...
Josh loves these shoes for me. I think they are so cute. But I won't buy them, they are way to spendy especially considering that they are largely made of WHITE fabric and I live in Oregon.

But lovely none the less

The first in a series

Nice Things To Look At

Every year for Christmas my Aunt Debbie and Uncle Gerry get me the Sierra Club "Engagement Calendar" I was flipping through it today realizing just how much it brightens my to-do list. I don't know enough about the Sierra Club policies to comment on the organization as a whole but they put out one heck of a calender every year, this is my second year using it. It is really something inspiring to me. There is a book I have been wanting for quite some time now, it is big and beautiful with the most amazing illustrations of plants and animals but if I had it now it would sit in a corner waiting to be read this I can see now everyday, and I do because it would be really hard to keep track of myself without it.
Hope everyone is having a beautiful Friday!

Wedding Website Nearing Launch

The Wedding website for Corvallis, Oregon is almost finished! I am so excited, this has been my baby for so many months now, I've been stealing time away from my studies compiling contact information and photographs and writing articles. All of the information will be done Friday! The "bare bones" of the website should be up next week and in April the web designers will come to teach me how to create a new skin and add the message boards I've been wanting. It is going to be beautiful!

I will post the URL when I know it - Do you have any ideas
visitcorvallis.com/weddings
visitcorvallis.com/dreamweddings
visitcorvallis.com/bride

What do you think?

P.S The photograph above is by Jennifer Photography, the photo links to their site.

Valentines is Almost Here!

Midterm next Wednesday so I am studying early for it - starting tonight instead of waiting till the last minute. Also Wine and Whiskers (a formal benefit for the heartland humane society) is next Thursday - on Valentines! I will be volunteering trying to save kitties!

Maraianna gets famous!

One of my bestest friends in the whole wide world...

Marianna Symeonides

Is performing the first movement of Grieg's piano concerto with the Whitman Symphony Orchestra! I wish so much that I could go see her in Walla Walla! I am so excited for her!

Good Luck!

So I am not normally a big fan of Starbucks - My mother enjoys their coffee but I am more a fan of the locally owned fair trade coffee shops. But... I ran across this nifty thing today where you can create your own gift card at starbucks.com I have been looking for an interesting graduation announcement and so I tried this out - I don't know if I like it enough to use it for my announcements but I thought it was nifty either way!
By the way did you know that Starbucks was named after a Moby Dick character, I found that out several years ago and thought that was nifty ~ that is also why their logo is a mermaid.

Vera Wang

Tonight I thought I would blog about an inspiration of mine whose work gave me ideas and a creative outlet all through high school - Vera Wang.

I still cannot put into words all that inspires me about her designs but like many others I have fallen for their beauty. I cannot tell you how many times I have read her book Vera Wang on Weddings and found something new and beautiful. I use to make her wedding dresses my desktop background when I was majoring in apparel design. I had a boyfriend who was so sick of hearing about her that by the time we stopped dating people would sneak into his room to tape pictures of her designs on his wall just to drive him crazy - I didn't know it was that bad but apparently it was, he told me a few years later.

Vera once said "Conventional clothing has always looked pretty ridiculous on me" which may explain why her bridal dresses are so refreshing. Her use of color that year there was a large amount of green and some orange was a much needed addition into main stream bridal. This dress with a green velvet sash was one that I highly considered when I was engaged to be married in 2005 but I choose a choosing a Carmela Sutera gown that had a more attractive neckline

At last...

Last day of moving out t/m (we had to extend it a day because i got sick again) I will be very relieved.