Metalic Madness

Call me "so two seasons ago" but I recently re-discovered an old skirt while spring cleaning, and remembered a spread from Teen Vogue's March 2009 issue. Since I had a long weekend I decided to recreate it my way.

Louis Vuitton Spring Ready to Wear 2009 Collection

Teen Vogue's inspiration.

Teen Vogue March 2009

Inspiration taken from LV Spring 2009

And finally my way.





Bluenotes black t-shirt, necklace, purse and skirt all vintage.
Black sandals bought in Europe.

Up and coming fashion posts : Black and white vintage kimono with dark skinnies

Easter Weekend

My Easter holiday was good. Not to mention the AMAZING weather we've been having. Unfortunately that lucky streak ends today, its raining and it gives off a very blah feeling. Not the type of rain that makes you feel like putting on your rainboots and jumping in puddles singing "Singing in the Rain" à la Gene Kelly.



Therefore, I took the advantage of the amazing weather and played shutterbug for the day.

This one is one of my personal favorites.

Accidental shot, it was supposed to be focused on the bud closest, but turned out good anyway.

Hope you've all had a great weekend.

Bright Lights

As promised, I am now posting fashion bits and pieces, stuff I would never wear to school, stuff I do wear (outfits that are respectively cute) and recent finds that I don't know what to incorporate with.


So, here is what I wore waaayy back in November, and I finally have the time to post it :)

Vintage LBD, pink satin ribbon, Betsey Johnson hot pink tights

Same as the other but with a vintage necklace and no ribbon

Hope you've enjoyed my first fashion post!

This made me laugh, so if anyone stumbles upon this, I hope you laughed. Because I know I did.







I haven't written in a while, but I will defenetly will be posting more often.

Book Review

Title: Gravity Journal

Author: Gail Sidonie Sobat

Publisher: Geat Plains Publications 2008

Awards/Nominations: White Pine Awards; Official Selection

Summary: 16 year-old Anise suffers from anorexia. Being hospitalized for the third time, she turns to her journal. Her journal-the place where she can make scathing ovservations about her family, other people, the world and life in general. Will Anise decide whether to live or die?

Comments: VERY intriguing book! Lately I've been reading about troubled girls that write in their journals. Most have been enjoyable but this book stuck out at me. I'ts full of angst & bitterness, but at times there is a lighter side of Anise. The whole time while I was reading I couldn't get over the fact that Anise thought she was fat. At the begining , she weighed a feeble 44kg ( around 88-90 lbs) at 5'9!!! I found this frightening that a girl just like Anise could be suffering this atrocious disease.

Rating: 5/5 stars, perfect for anyone who needs a bit of a downer or a touch of reality.

Genre: fictional journal/ real life

Tree Planting

Day 3
Our group was at Rattrai Marsh by Lake Ontario preventing erosion. Which is basically when water from a water shed gains water (rain) it travels at a greater speed, which makes the sides of the river cave in. Therefore the rain water scrapes away at the sides of the stream or river exposing tree roots ect. At the marsh unfortunately, the erosion was getting so bad that the tree roots started to stick our of the river banks. Instead of using some man made material we used good old natural resources. Using bungles of twigs & sticks. We filled in the caves and then boarded them up with logs of old trees. We also destroyed some invasive reeds!
All in a good, planet-saving day.

Day 4
Just a normal tree planting day. Our guide/ CYC leader, Michelle said that by the end of the 5 day week we'll probably end up planting around 300 trees! Yeah us!

Day 5
The final day of this experience was the cherry on top of the sundae. Electrofishing is when an electrical current is put into a body of water with fish in it. The electrical current doesn't harm the fish, it just shocks their bladders (it helps with their buoyancy), which makes them float up to the surface of the water. Now you must catch the fish and put them in a bucket of water. The purpose of this is to see what kind of fish there are in this specific body of water. One fish in particular tells you if its a clean body of water. If you ever find a fish called a Rainbow Darter. (Look at picture) It's very sensitive to pollution. Therefore you know if the water is polluted or not. Thankfully, we found a handful of Rainbow Darters. Not to mention that yours truly caught a few. Then the fish (not only Rainbow Darters, but others as well) are sorted, weighed and measured and put back into the water. Keep in mind; you may not see the fish I have mentioned in this entry. Therefore do not get upset when you cannot find these types of fish. You may live on another continent! And to end the day, we visited the bad-lands near Terra Cotta ( Bad-lands; are hills of gravel and dry clay where trees used to stand. But when deforesting the trees it was either done too fast or the soil underneath was not up to such circumstances. Therefore; the land turned into hills.) Overall this experience was fantastic and I have learned so much. I cannot wait until next year!

Plant a Tree, Save the Earth

So earlier on , I said I would blog about my tree-planting experiences. Here we go.

DAY ONE...

was basically orientation. We played some games. Found way points with hand-held GPS' and were threatend by the boys that we would get tackled in capture the flag. Because we volunteered to use the darn GPS. While they had to find invasive plants. Bums. Otherwise the first day was pretty fun. :)

We got goodie bags :)) that included; Garden information booklets, flower seeds; black eyed Susan and purple cone flower. Water efficient appliances booklet, water efficient shower-head, re-usable water bottle, 2 energy efficient light bulbs, rain measure, ruler made of six polystyrene cups, a pencil made from a pair of jeans (very cool) and a re-usable tote bag.

DAY TWO...

we planted trees. YEAYYY. Of course the boys (seriously, they are most definitely NOT men) whined about planting trees. They are just here to get their community service done. Losers. Some of the trees I planted today were; Eastern White Cedar, American Elder, American Sycamore/ Buttonwood. As well as some Pines and Conifers.

Where may you ask am I planting trees? well today we were just 10 km away from Orangeville, Ontario. Yesterday I was in Terra Cotta. At a conservation reserve.

The organization that put this together is called CVC ( Credit Valley Conservation ) but especially for us teens, they made CYC ( Conservation Youth Corps) so its just students planting trees, not some old, creepy geezers.

STAY TUNED FOR MORE TREE PLANTING, TIPS, AND WHAT IS A WATERSHED.