Uptown Girls + Boy

Philharmonic Orchestra + Billy Joel Tribute = these Uptown Sisters!




Special Guest Appearances by:
And...

Little Guys

So since Sunday night I have been house sitting for my Grandma and Grandpa. To keep myself occupied I decided to help out my big brother Skylar. You see, Skylar has gotten into a new hobby that consists of moving little Lord of The Rings models around in battles against other people who like to play this game....

ANYWAY! All of these little guys have to be painted. So THAT is what I have been doing.

Now I have no way of uploading photos of the work that I have done this week, but these pictures are of the work that my brother has done.

More importantly Galadriel, Lady of The Wood is in these photos.

I am very jealous of my brother getting to paint Galadriel. I would've killed for that task! However, I must say that Skylar did a pretty awesome job, despite the fact that he lacks skills in fashion sense.

You see The Lady of The Wood has impeccable taste. After all, with her powers and all those guys around her, she has to be the best looking thing on the battlefield!

Pictures of my work coming soon!!!

Call me "fairy godmother"

I agreed to attend this prestigious event (and managed to coerce my friend into being my date) before I knew exactly how prestigious it was.

My inch-thick welcome"package" arrived to my workplace via courier a couple of days ago and I finally clued in when I saw that our guest passes were actually gold maple leaf pins:



And what do you wear to such an event, you ask? Why, something to match the gold pin of course!




Most little girls dream of being a princess or getting married or something foolish like that... but not my friend. No, she dreamed of visiting this world class horse jumping stadium, and tonight her dream came true thanks to her fairy godmother...




Bibbety-bobbety-boo!

Fabulous Sisters

Sister: A person created by your parents for the sole purpose of giving you a convienient girlfriend.

-Urban Dictionary

Sister, I love you and I'm glad you know about this project now. We may not be as famous as these sisters, but we are just as fabulous!



loves,
kel.

P.S. I JUST SAW A NEW ECLIPSE TRAILER!!!

But, Ma! Everyone is wearing them!

There's something irresistible about accessorizing with a cowboy hat when everyone else is wearing one - especially at the swanky-swank event of the season...


We stuck out like two hot chicks in a crowd of old men all night!


but didn't stand a chance when there are girls in the room with these skills...







For the record:
I am not a fan of the Cowboy Hat...
but I own 2
and yes
I will wear them both this summer

Thanks for Including Me

The phone conversation went like this.

Ailen: Hey, Sister! (abundant noise in the background)
Kel: Hey! Where are you?
Ailen: Um. I'm scouting locations for outfit photos... I'm thinking of starting a blog...

Kel: (silent)
Ailen: Kel? Are you there?
Kel: I already started one for us!
Ailen: What?? When were you planning on telling me?
Kel: I was waiting for an opportune moment...
Ailen: Well... I guess that was it.

And just like that, I found out that "we" had a blog.



I found a great location that I'll likely end up using for multiple outfit photo sessions, but can I just say that this whole business of "taking photos of yourself - by yourself" sucks, and even though I took about a million photos today, only a couple of them turned out to be blog-o-sphere worthy.





Oh, Sister! I almost forgot!
Look what I have

and...

Farm Girl Fashion

So my sister and I grew up on a sheep farm in rural Alberta. Often I wonder how a couple of farm girls came to love and appreciate fashion as much as we have. As kids we would go with our mother to thrift stores and we had to discover ourselves how to find the diamonds in the rough. We both went though our bouts of loathing the VV Boutique (Value Village) but have now come to love and appreciate the lessons learned from being raised on second-hand clothing.

1. Check the clothes: An article of clothing may look spectacular but there is a reason it only costs $5.00. Make sure all the zippers work, there are no missing buttons, and no unfortunate stains.

2. Try things on: Even though the pants are in your size you will never wear them if you can't bend over.

3. Be patient: For every great find there are 10 bad ones. Take your time, and enjoy.

4. Select wisely: The clothes in thrift stores are inexpensive but the prices add up if you come away with a huge pile. Make your choices, and make the best ones.

Now I speak for the both of us when I say that you have reason to be shocked if you hear of us buying a pair of jeans over $40.00. (Actually Ailen just bought a really expensive pair of jeans and I was really shocked. But she was in an awkward position so I let that purchase slide). Shoes, on the other hand, SHOES are a different story. In the midst of the shopping we would do with our mother, she always told us that if we found a pair of shoes that we loved and that fit, we should buy them. No question. So along with our inability to justify buying expensive clothing, my sister and I have carried into our adult life the value of great shoes. No question.

Lastly I think that my sister and I growing up on a farm, in the middle of nowhere, was perhaps the best thing to have happened for our current fashion sense. We didn't buy from high end stores as a family so we had to make up our own style instead of going with the fad of the day...
And judging from these two comparative past-present photos, we always had a flare for style, and we will always be farm girls.


















Peace.
kel.