A few months later...

A few months later, and here I am, reading over my last entry. Unfortunately I'm not that great at keeping resolutions and my idea to blog every week about my experience in school didn't go over too well. I'm actually really bummed about it, but the semester turned out to be so busy that the only free time that I had was usually spent on sleeping or trying to maintain a semblance of a relationship with hubby and our friends (I think they still remember my name...I hope). And in the time that I was not writing, I was super busy keeping up with homework and acquiring new skills! And yes, I still love, love, love my hw, there was just a lot, lot, lot of it!

Since I spend so much time working, I decided to post some of my work here on this blog, especially my final projects. I really like how they came out and I'm very proud of myself for all the work that went in them, and the results that came out! I'm still in the process of making all the files blog-friendly (converting the files from PSD to JPEG), so in the meanwhile, here are some pics that my husband took of my final Drawing and Color Theory projects, and of me working :)

Drawing, inspired by Ballet Russes Romeo & Juliet sets, created by Max Ernst and Joan Miro:
Color Theory, inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe's Series I paintings and the color orange:
Me at work :)

So here it is, a glimpse into what I have accomplished this semester. More to come soon :)

week 1

So. I survived the first week. It wasn't too bad actually. I took 8 classes, spent the week running around trying to get supplies, started on a tremendous pile of homework that I think will only keep on growing as the semester goes on, and I keep getting more and more excited every day. I LOVE my homework! How crazy does that sound?! Have you ever heard anybody saying that? That they actually love their homework? Well, here it is, the first time ever - I love my homework, I really do. But let me explain why - I am learning about colors, how we perceive them and the meanings that colors hold for us. I am learning how to draw fashion figures, how to start mood boards and swatch collections that will later serve to inspire my designs. I am designing and drawing my own logo (awesome!), I am learning how to sew, and am analyzing designers, their lines and stores. Did I mention that this is AWESOME! And I have to say, and this will sound cheesy, but I feel like the creative side of me is starting to come out again. Playing with pencils and markers and colors for a week without sitting at a computer unless you want to will kind of do it to anyone I think, but it's pretty exciting, and I'm psyched to see it happening.

I think that's all I have to say so far. Maybe I'll post later, but for now, I think I'm going to go study!!

It's been a while...

It's been a long, long time since my last post, over two years in fact. I didn't mean to stay away for so long, but one thing led to another, and two long years of internet silence resulted. Many things happened. I traveled to Serbia, Montenegro, UK, Morocco, Amsterdam, Jamaica, Florida, California and Nevada. I moved twice, shopped way too much, and wore some amazing outfits. I continued working and then decided that I had enough of it. Most importantly, I got engaged and got married. That was and still is an amazing time, and maybe I'll talk about it some more another time. But right now, I want to talk about my job, deciding that I am not happy with it, and doing something about it!

Sounds pretty boring, right, blogging about work? But it explains how I got to where I am now. I was unhappy, unsatisfied and quite honestly downright miserable. And after many attempts to change my situation while staying in the same career, without any positive results, I decided to change everything. I applied to the AAS program in Fashion Studies at Parsons. And I was accepted.

And now here it is,schooltime. After months and days and hours of waiting and waiting and eagerly counting down the moments until classes would start, here it is, that amazing wonderful moment when the process towards everything I have wanted and dreamed of will begin. I will now not only be eating, living, breathing and talking about fashion, I will also be making it, hopefully. Pretty cool, huh?

So what's the point of yet another long rant on seemingly nothing relevant? Well, I decided that I want to blog about my experience at Parsons, and share with you, the world, everything that I will experience and go through during my time there. Hopefully I'll be able to keep up with this and post at least once a week.

Wish me luck!