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"Skinny"

Hello! :) Today's post is going to be a little different. I know I usually make fun, fluffy posts with lots of photos and all, but today I think I'm going to do a small chat. When we did the critique circles in class, my group suggested I do something about body image/confidence. I thought this was a great idea since fashion, confidence, and the body go hand in hand! Today, I'm going to talk about the word "skinny" and a bit about finding confidence in fashion. I hope this will be something uplifting and that you will take some good away from it. First, I have grown to really dislike the word "skinny." I don't like how people use it, and I don't like what people have made "skinny" mean. Why has it become the only way we compliment others? Feel unsure about a dress you're trying? "Don't worry you look so skinny!" Feel a bit bloated one day at school? "Shut up you always look skinny" Tell ...

• Creation Inspiration •

Hello! :) Welcome BACK to another Blog Post At 1AM. Today, I am showing you guys my ~creation inspiration~ (if you couldn't tell from the title). Now what does this mean? Over the past who-knows-how-many years I have a lot of pieces I have created. As you know by now, I love doing alterations to literally anything I can find. Not just re-sizing or hemming pants, but painting on things, designing things, adding things, removing things, tearing things apart and putting them back together as something new things. So, I have decided to compile a few of the things  I have done including ones I just completed an hour ago, to those I created a few years ago when I was first learning how to use a sewing machine! In total, there are 5  things  and for each I will post what inspired me to create them! Let's begin! First, my creation: don't ask why my hands are so red, this photo gave me a hard time when I was editting First, a few bracelets!  I've never been r...