Animal Friendly

I have decided to expand my cruelty free life style to the things I buy. I'm already a vegetarian (I was raised that way) and now I'm going to try to find cosmetics that were not tested on animals and probably vegan ingredients (I don't know how hard that is to find) and stop buying leather. I'm planning on featuring companies that fit these guide lines and reviewing products. I have found the leaping bunny program that lists all cruelty free beauty products, so go there if you want a full list now.

Weekend Plans

I totally stole this idea from One Sheepish Girl. Mine is different because I used an overly decorative filter and I'm not as good at staging.
 I'm on spring break now so really I have many plans for the entire week, but whatever. Hopefully I will be able to blog about the interesting ones next week.

1. I'm going to the teen lit conference (in Denver) next weekend. The keynote speakers are Lauren Oliver and Jay Asher. I've read all of Asher's but I have yet to read Oliver's 4 thick books. So far I don't really like the writing style of Before I Fall but I'll finish it.
2. I really need to stop eves dropping on other kid's conversations about college. One girl I heard said she already has a list of her top 4 colleges. I just have hand outs and random lists. Colleges are still mailing me, so I'll sort through the stack this weekend.
3. I still don't have film so I want to look at Wallgreens this weekend. I admit I'm kind of scared to use this camera. I kind of abuse the fact that you can take hundreds of bad photos on digital cameras, then save one. I don't know how good I would be, not being able to see how my pictures turn out until I pay for them.
4. I think this pattern is from How to Sew Stuffed animals. You may be able to guess the shape now, but I want to surprise you when I finish.

Crazy Shorts: Insparation

Look at these shorts:

You probably think there pretty... uh... interesting, and so do I. But it seems in some subculture I've never seen, people think these are great. There are a couple of stores on Etsy, eBay, and even a "real" (self hosed) store who sell the shorts from $35 to $180. I want to try to get in this game. I think making these shorts looks like fun; I'd buy jeans from Goodwill and cut off the legs then go crazy with the hot glue/studs/bedazzler/dyes/bleach etc. I'm not sure how successful I would be, considering this again is a fringe market that already has established brands.
Said popular stores:
Kaleidoscope Eyes Vintage
Runwaydreamz
Bajues Best

Learning to Sew

My mom has an old sewing machine.It's the typical white beige from JCPenny's. Yes apparently JCPenny's use to sell sewing machines. Any way I've taken it appon my self to learn how to sew. Yes my decision is influenced by watching many re runs of project rumway this summer, but still, why not? Having a custome wardrobe would be awsome, clothes I really want and jeans that actualy fit. And making things is awsome!

PS My goal is to make a prom dress (even though I probably wont go to prom nor do I like dresses)
PPS Sorry for any spelling errors, neither of my spell checks want to work.

summer plans thus far

This Summer I will...

go outside
take lots of pictures
...um that's it so far.