Outfit: Red Bermuda

Tee-Shirt: Maiden Voyage Clothing c/o Modcloth| Skirt/tights: Target


Boots: Steve Madden





Have an outtake with my cat: 

First real outfit post! Forgive the out of focus awkward shots. I have no space in my home, and am learning to use a new camera. If you know about any tutorials for how to take nice fashion photos, send em my way! I'm sure it's a definite learning process. I'll start traveling around my neighborhood looking for some good places to take some shots. I have a temporary cheap tripod though, so I'm kind of scared to take it too far as it's super flimsy. I tripped on it today and already bent one of the legs. Luckily it still works!

I actually just received this t-shirt in the mail hours before taking these shots, but I couldn't wait to wear it! Maiden Voyage has such delightful, comfortable tees. This is my second one by them, and probably not my last. I wanted a new shirt for my trip to Portland next month, and this felt just right!

In conclusion, have some more pictures of my cat, Mr. Card!




He'll probably be a regular on this blog, so get used to his irritated glares and disinterested stares into the distance. After all, what kind of blogger would I be without posting excessive shots of my pet?

30 before 30

So, if you checked out my about page (or know me otherwise), you'll know I turn 30 in September of this year. 30 is a big number for a lot of people, myself included. I think it's considered the first step into "old" territory. I've heard 30 is the new 25, but maybe it always was and I was just too young to really realize that. Who knows?! I just hope it's true!

 I'm a late bloomer, though. I didn't really start coming into who I was until I was about 23 years old and started learning a lot more about myself. And I haven't really felt self-actualized until within the past couple of years. So there is still a lot on my plate as far as wanting to accomplish before the scary age of 30! Rather than make new years resolutions this year, I made a list of 30 things, large and small, to accomplish over the next nine months that I hope will help make me feel more at peace with the big THREE-OH. I've put it under a read more, because a 30 point list is rather long, especially with descriptions. Whenever I achieve any of these points I will make a post about it!

Outfit: Sick Day

So here I am, with a set date to launch this blog, and BAM, I'm hit with a cold. What's new though? I get sick often because my immune system is a hot mess. I had wanted to have some actual photos by now for posting, but being sick really takes the fun out of posing in cute outfits, so I decided to draw what I wore instead.

The only thing that might be noteworthy about the outfit would be the leggings that I got from H&M last season. But it was still fun to draw and do something somewhat productive while I'm resting in bed. Luckily my cold didn't upset my plans too much, but hopefully I'll be able to get out of the house tomorrow for the first time in a few days!

Introductions

Hello! My name is Jessie, and welcome to my blog! I've been wanting to make a blog for almost five years now. I've tried a few times in the past, but they didn't work out for various reasons. But now I'm feeling more determined to successfully post and document my life.

In the past couple of years I've really grown and stepped out of my shell and realized I haven't really documented much of anything at all. I'm more comfortable and self-actualized than I have been in years, and I have no real record of how I got to this point in my life! I thought it was a real shame.

I could have started this blog earlier. I put it off again and again. "No one will care." "No one will want to read that." "I don't know what I'm doing." "I'm not good enough at this/that." I was finally led to the realization that I care, and I will want to come back and read this at some point, and see the progress I've made. Maybe I will never know what I'm doing, but I have to do it anyway, otherwise I'll never figure anything out! And I'll never be good enough at anything, but I view that as a positive thing now. Not being good enough means I'm still able to improve upon myself and my work and push my boundaries! The best part of being a creator is seeing your improvement. But to reach a point where I feel "good enough" is to reach a point where there is no more progression.

So I've created this space to showcase bits of my art portfolio, and to showcase a bit of myself as well. I wanted a space to document all the leaps and bounds I take every day, even if they're itty bitty little ones. You'll find illustrations, fashion, comics (usually autobiographical in nature) and general lifestyle posts. I have some big plans for this blog, so stay tuned!