Month: January 2025

This isn’t a color I’ve worn before, and I totally love it!! Blue-green tones make me think of mermaids, and when I think of mermaids, I feel like anything is possible – and magical! 🧜‍♀️

I also added a fashion crest to the other shoulder of this letterman sweater I DIY-ed, and now it feels complete! 🩵 The crest was a cool find on Temu.

This might just be one of my new favorite colors! 🩵💚 It was definitely my favorite outfit this week!

I hope you all had a lovely week – and have a great weekend ahead! ☕️

I know, I know – spring is nowhere in sight, but I have no problem creating new necklaces for my Etsy shop that make the blah winter days more colorful!

Spring days with warmer weather and blooming flowers and fluttering butterflies is what I had in mind when creating my new Spring Dreaming collection!

I’m really happy with how they turned out, and I love the color combinations I put together!

My sister and I browsed through Target yesterday and I was joyous to find some hair clips in the little girls department. The purple ones I’m sporting in the last outfit (the outfit I’m wearing today) are from the brand Cat & Jack! 💜

It was awesome to see all of the Valentine’s Day stuff out – I’m stoked to start wearing some Valentine’s-inspired accessories in the month of February. 💘 But for now, here are my three favorite recent looks!

And there you have it!! Who else is ready for the month of February? 💘 January has been a nice month overall; I’m feeling productive career-wise, happy with my pace of reading through Skull and Keys, and feeling creative fashion-wise! It’s nice to just feel good.

Lately, I’ve been really into customizing things I already own, and two of those things are: 1) my Sailor Moon purse and 2) a sweater I added a patch to! ❤️ Not only does it give the item a new feel, but it also is a nice feeling that I sort of “made it my own” in a way!

I added this red heart party favor ring as a centerpiece on my purse: I cut off the back of the ring so it would glue down flat. Then, I sewed on an “S” patch to my sweater:

So yeah, I love this look!! 💙💙 The bows with the chunky platforms, letterman sweater, sparkly ring I made and Sailor Moon purse is the eclectic look I always aim for!

I hope you’re having a lovely January! ❄️

I began 2025 by starting a new book that swept me away within the pages to the coastal city of New Haven, Connecticut, shrouded in mystery and history. 💖

From the moment I began reading Skulls and Keys: The Hidden History of Yale’s Secret Societies, I’ve been hooked!

It’s a long read – 696 pages – but it’s such a page turner that I’m getting through it a little quicker than I anticipated. Plus, I’m in no hurry to finish it because it’s such a great book to get lost in, so I’m taking my sweet time!

David Alan Richards dives deep into the history of secret societies at Yale that started centuries ago: how they began and what their original intentions were (not at all what I imagined either; they were formed by college men to get away from the overbearing shadow of strict faculty and rules of the time!). There’s so much I didn’t know about and I’m eager to see how it unfolds into modern times (the chapter I’m currently in is in the 1800’s). 👀

It’s not a tell-all book or anything like that; the author focuses on the history of how these societies came to be and doesn’t give out any secrets other than what’s already publicly known. Which I like, because maintaining the mystery is what makes it all so fascinating! 🧐

Creatively, I let my current read influence my outfit of the day recently! I love this skull shirt so much, and I put it over a shirt I DIY-ed myself! Sewing a dark red bow in the front and a red “S” patch on the sleeve, it felt like a vintage collegiate look mixed with an edgy yet twee vibe. 💕

Personally, I love to mix fashion elements from different styles and blend it into a look that feels authentically me! I think this look especially conveys that, and I look forward to putting together future looks that involve a little DIY on my part. (P.S.: I also made the lace bow I’m wearing in the back of my hair out of leftover fabric scraps from my sewing drawer!)

Do you get fashion inspiration from unexpected places or things? Since I love learning about history and fashion history, it all intertwines into my style, it seems! 😉