clothing haul! [11-17-12]

So last night I got paid for babysitting and decided its time to go shopping! I stopped at Ann Taylor Loft and Fox's, and got great deals! I got an adorable burgundy sweater and polka dot tights from Ann Taylor for $48 and a black sequin maxi skirt and pastel purple button down shirt for $60!!! Totally worth the splurge :) here are some pics of my purchases!

A love of Chagall [11-16-12]

Last month, my French club at school went on a field trip to an art museum featuring the famous Marc Chagall. His works were so incredibly fabulous and I've never been so inspired. We went on a guided tour and they showed us beautiful paintings by him. He is one of my favorite artists! Her are some of his works:

Strong Island & Catching up [11-15-12]

Sorry for the -lack- of posts this week. Returning from school after a two week "break" is a hassle. Tomorrow I have music theory, english, bio and global exams. So I've been very busy and managed to squeeze in a post today.

I can rapidly feel the temperature dropping and coming closer to my favorite time of year, early winter. (The reason I specify early is because by Feb. I start getting sick of pants and coats and want to go back to dresses) Thanksgiving is next week, and my family is going to the city to see the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and eat in a restaurant, because my family is going to my cousin's house in California and we wanted to save the money for a trip to France in the spring. I really love the city and hope to go to school or live there someday. My parents and sister hate it because of how busy it is, but i adore it.

Anyways, teachers really have to chill out. I understand the 2-week break was an inconvenience, but they are making it seem like its the apocalypse. "WE HAVE TO CRAM IN EVERYTHING AND STRESS YOU ALL OUT EVEN MORE!" And the worst part is when teacher are like "the week before holiday break, I scheduled a movie marathon, but due to Hurricane Sandy, that is no more." Why tell us? It only puts a damper on the already dampered day.

So yeah. I've been super crammed after only 3 days of school, so my apologies to anyone (if anyone actually reads this besides my beautiful friends from www.rookiemag.com)

heres a photo of my BFF Sandy who crushed my neighbor's car:

Photograph hanger? Obsessed. [11-11-12]

So, I decided to make my own photograph hanger using my moms white sewing thread, a bunch o' clothespins, and my favorite photos from www.rookiemag.com! After a whole load of browsing the Internet for "hang-worthy" pics, and cutting out each photo to make sure each was the same or relatively close in size, I was very pleased with the end result! Here's a picture:

iPhone photography. [11-11-12]

Most of these are no filter.

I See The Sea [11-10-12]

All photos taken by me using a Nikon d3100. No editing used.

DIY- magazine flower headband! [11-10-12]

YOU WILL NEED:
A head band
An old magazine or newspaper
Scizzors
Tape


Step one:
Find a picture or page of a magazine you like, and cut a large circle (it doesn't have to be a perfect circle by all means).

Step two:
Find another picture you like and cut a slightly smaller circle than the last one.

Step three:
Repeat step two three more times, each time getting smaller.

Step four:
Make tape circles and stack each magazine clipping on top of each other to make a "bullseye" like thing.

Step five:
Tape the bullseye to the headband, on the side or wherever you want it.

Book of the week: "Lovely, Dark, And Deep" [11-10-12]

When I saw this book in Barnes & Noble last week, I was immediately attracted to it, because of the beautiful cover, and the title (A quote from a Robert Frost poem, "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening")

I began reading Lovely, Dark and Deep the afternoon I purchased it, and was hooked. This artistically captivating novel by Amy McNamara is about a 18 year old girl who is held back by her horrid past. Wren Wells, formally known as Mamie, lives with her father (an artist) in Maine. She went to live with him after the death of her boyfriend, and has not been the same since. When she meets Cal, a boy who almost hits her in his car while she was biking who has MS, she begins to see thing from a new perspective.

This book was found in the "Young Adult" section, but the themes and emotions make it a wonderful read for even adults.(I'd say ages 14+.)

C'est qui? C'est moi! [11-10-12]

November in a Nutshell (Playlist!) [11-10-12]

November in a Nutshell 

Quirky music for the late-autumn soul

Against The Grain- City & Colour

Don't Care About Anything- Alex Winston

The High Road- Broken Bells

Up With The Birds- Coldplay 

Money- The Drums

Pine Moon- Feist

Hurricane Drunk (live)- Florence + The Machine

Eyes Wide Open- Gotye

Bloom- Gypsy & The Cat

Went Away- The Maccabees 

Spotlight (Oh Nostalgia)- Patrick Stump 

une petite introduction [11-10-12]

Someone once said, "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!" 

But sometimes, it's really hard to do that. 

Sometimes, the circumstances make it impossible to "make lemonade", for who knows? Maybe you ran out of sugar making chocolate chip cookies last night. 

I'm Liv, an A-Team loser. 

I'm 15, a sophomore in high school, and one of the kids that most people consider "weird". Well, not really. I just consider myself weird because I don't really fit in with anyone. Not even the people I am technically "grouped with".

I'm a teachers pet (people laugh at me for saying "Have a good evening!" after my afternoon classes), a band geek (I've played french horn since 4th grade and am obsessed with marching band.), a theater geek (half my iPod is show tunes), a girl with a love for fashion, and an inspiring photographer.

When you think of "fashion" in my school, you probably think of the popular crowd of rich girls who wear abercrombie cardigans, designer jeans and Ugg boots. But, I acquire my own sense of fashion. It involves thrift store finds, sale-rack anthropologie pieces, and a whole load of vintage.

... its a bit of an obsession.

For me, the outfit sets the mood of the day.

So yeah. This has been a really tiny introduction on me. Maybe as you keep reading, and keep posted with this blog, you'll find out even more of the things that make me "me".

I have decided to start blogging because I have been inspired by some of the amazing blogs I have encountered. (ie. "Style Rookie", "The Inglenook", etc.) I really love blogs, I have started MANY but have never kept up with them. Hopefully, this one is it. 

I want to post things that you will enjoy. DIYs, beauty tips, trends, cool photography, artsy shtuff, playlists that I think you'll enjoy... and my day to day life. Because no one ever wrote "Life for Dummies".