10 Years

    It all began with a little shop called ModCloth and their Customer Gallery.  I loved opening each box and then styling my newly acquired treasures to snap a pic and post in the gallery with a review.  Eventually I wanted a more permanent way to hold on to my fashion creations and so the blog was born.  It was 10 years ago this December that I published my first blog post.  All I had was an empty bedroom for which I tried to create some kind of paper backdrops to make look more interesting.  But, there was so much white space to fill, I eventually gave up and just began digitally overlaying backgrounds.  

    Looking back I see the all mistakes in my PhotoShop work.  Never the less I still love those outfits even if they are long since out of style and I still have a little skip in my heartbeat when I remember how excited I was to begin this hobby.  It gave me something that was all mine, that I looked forward to and enjoyed and caused me to get outside my fashion comfort zone as I began (in my early 30s of all times) to finally learn to style my hair and makeup as well as putting together an outfit.  I'm not a genius at it even now, but I do still love it just as much 10 years later as I did on day one.  

    Microsoft informed me that these particular photos were taken in November/December of 2014 and I'm not entirely sure that all of them made it on the blog, so I thought I'd share this little collection of nostalgia as a bit of a blog-iversary celebration.  This has been such a wonderful undertaking, and thank you, dear reader for 10 great years.