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Fashioning a Summer [wardrobe]
Putting a pause on historical costuming! It’s getting sad to see all that hard work hanging up in a closet until I can find a weird event to wear them to. For now, I’ve moved on to regular clothes! I’ve stayed away from regular fashion design for years because it’s…
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Costuming in Quarantine
By week two of quarantine, my niche interests started to emerge. It’s easy to obsess over things when you have a lot of free time and boundless creative energy. Since I’m not doing alterations work while small businesses are shut down, I’ve had some free time to actually sew for…
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Some Words About Finding Direction
It’s been a weird couple months. To say the least. This is probably a prime time for me to write and post on here a lot, but I’ve either wanted to shut my brain off and just watch TV, or I’ve been really busy making masks for hospitals and friends…
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When Branded Feminism Yells the Loudest
On this International Women’s Day, I’m tired. Of course, I could never be as tired as women who routinely face workplace discrimination, lack of financial autonomy, sexual harassment and abuse, or racial discrimination on top of being a woman. I do recognize that the tiredness I feel is different, and…
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Best Books I Read in 2019
Here are the best books I read in 2019 (and why you should read the m too)
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Three Years!
This blog is almost THREE years old! As a person who’s usually much more of a dreamer than a doer, I’m pretty proud of that. This little passion project was born out of my confusion and overwhelming sense of needing to “say something” after the knife attack at Ohio State…
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How to Make Your Thrift Store Finds Fit You
Go ahead, buy that grandma skirt from your local thrift store and make it into a trendy, unique piece to brag about and be proud of.
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Three Days in NYC
As a post-Peace Corps treat to myself and as a birthday weekend for my uncle Thaddeus and aunt Bethany, I tagged along with my family to the Lower East Side where Thaddeus currently lives. We squeezed into a hotel room in midtown on a Thursday night last weekend and had…
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Twenty-Three
Today is my 23rd!! This is the first birthday of my life when I’m not in school. That feels rather odd. I’ve always thought September birthdays are the best because it’s just on the cusp of fall and I had the first birthday of the school year out of my…
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Portland Travel Guide
My family recently took a Pacific Northwest trip to Seattle and Portland, one we’ve wanted to take for years but finally did this year since it’s our “last family vacation” before I move around the world for a while. Although my family may or may not have been annoyed at…
