Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Mint ting-a-ling (an outfit post)

I tried to take pictures of this outfit I wore last Sunday... and I'm having a ton of trouble with my camera and using the self-timer feature.  It won't focus, no matter what I do!  So most of these pictures are super blurry (though I sort of like a couple of them that way).  I want to get them crystal clear, but how?  I'll have to write some other bloggers and see.  I tried to re-take some tonight, but had similar issues.  The dress is too adorable to not post though, so here are the best of the bunch (such as they are):

Outfit details:
Ice cream sandwich dress: I'm Your Present
Brown bolero: can't remember
Necklace: Forever 21 (at least 2 years ago)
Seafoam shoes: B.A.I.T. footwear

This poor necklace has been sitting on my jewelry tree for 2+ years and this is the first time I've worn it!



I'm obsessed with these shoes.

I'm super annoyed with how blurry these are!  Until I figure it out, I'll have to enlist friends to help me.  If you want to volunteer to take tedious photos of me, let me know.  :)



Tuesday, February 19, 2013

A camera, a blog layout and my first outfit post!

I'm back up in Rochester, and I've managed to cross a couple of things off my list!  Firstly, my lovely boyfriend Steven has allowed me to borrow his nice camera (along with his dad's tripod) for me to start taking photos.  Obviously, I need to learn how to use it, since I'm used to my regular Canon digital camera... but I'm excited to learn that, and more importantly, I'm excited that I'll now be able to take outfit photos (aka my main motivation for wanting to start a blog in the first place)!

I had been making do with a free blog template layout, but I just made a very small investment in a new one designed by a favorite blogger of mine, Kate Gabrielle of scathingly brilliant.  I love anything with scalloped edges and mint green, and the pink goes perfectly with my first (albeit small) outfit post.

I was able to visit Steven for a few days for Valentine's Day, which was very nice, especially since we weren't able to spend it together last year.  The only downside (other than finding fraudulent activity on my bank account -- caught just in time, thank goodness) was that I came down with a horrible head cold almost as soon as I arrived!  Lucky for me, Steven is a wonderful caretaker!  :)  One of the only times I ventured out of the house was to go out for our Valentine's Day dinner.  We went to a restaurant called Half Moon, which is owned by the same company as some of our other favorite restaurants in Montauk and in the Westchester area.  Now we have eaten at all of their restaurants!  I didn't take any pictures while there, but Steven snapped a few of my dress before we left, and I did take one with my iPhone of our menu for the evening.

I have since realized this pose needs work.






I have never felt more like Carrie Bradshaw in my whole life.


Outfit details
Dress: ASOS
Cardigan: ModCloth
Shoes: TJ Maxx
Necklace: Swarovski (Valentine's gift from Steven, 2 years ago)

Everything was delicious.  I had the arugula salad and surf & turf.  The dessert was to die for!



I'm happy to have the day off tomorrow, though I've had a lot of days off lately.  I'm going to work on figuring out this camera, and finish my other blog post draft, among other things.  I also have a couple of unexpected acting projects on the horizon, so I'm feeling like I hit a reset button and am shaking off the frustration I was feeling about my current situation.  I have to let myself feel the way I do, even if it's super negative and depressed, until it runs its course.  I'm relieved to be get back to being the positive, motivated person I enjoy being!

Saturday, February 2, 2013

I wonder if I'm doing this right (or, My Very First Post)

I am the kind of person who has always been very concerned with doing things right, and doing them right the first time.  I'd say I'm a perfectionist.  In fact, I'm editing and rewriting this as I type.  This tendency can prove problematic for a lot of people, I suppose, though I think it can be even more difficult when you're in a creative field, like I am.  So much of what I do involves being judged by others on a daily basis, and because I general have high standards, I have always been quick to judge myself (often before anyone else can).

There's also an interesting dichotomy in what I do: namely, there is a constant tug of war between a desperate need to obtain control and the reality that there isn't a whole lot you can control in this industry, no matter where you are.  I think the key to surviving thriving in this business is being as prepared as you can be and taking control of what you can... and happily letting go of what you can't.  I think finding the joy in this heart-breaking, wonderful, absolutely ridiculous field -- and in my life that is (somewhat) separate from it -- is what will sustain me.

Of course, I may think about this differently in a year from now.

I've been wanting to start my own blog for a while, after spending hours poring over dozens of other blogs I admire so greatly.  Sometimes I'm not so sure I'll have anything incredibly remarkable to say (or if anyone will actually read it!) but I love writing and miss doing it on a regular basis.  I have a million creative ideas whizzing around my head and, despite being in such a creative field, I feel like I don't have much of an outlet for them at the moment, or am able to give them a voice.  Plus, I have a closet full of great pieces that are rarely seen by anyone, and because I've been so inspired by the bloggers I follow (who all have such amazing senses of style), I feel like there's no better place to showcase them than here.

In other words, I think I can always use more joy in my life.  So I hope that's what this blog will be.


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