Ride In Dreamland

I was going through my usual blogs today, and came across a wonderful little picture over on thelittledeers..

 

This, to me, is a dream.

I've always had that odd urge to wear a pretty flouncy dress while riding a bike. I don't know where it came from, but I've wanted to for as long as I can remember. I look back on my thoughts as a young lass thinking "well that would be quite stupid... the dress would get all caught up in the wheels!" But now I know that it can be done. You can wear pretty things while riding a bike. And not just pretty dresses, but yet another childhood dream of mine. A white dress. 

I've never had the model look. I've never had the model purse either. But someday (besides my wedding...) I want to own a pretty flowy-white fairy dress.  I've forever been on the lookout for one. And of course, my favorite clothing distributor, Modcloth, has not failed me...

 

  

 

It doesn't help that I found this dreamy ensemble today over on Pandora

Wouldn't that be wonderful?!

It is hard for me to admit that I want a bike. It's suddenly become the cool and hipster thing to do. But as a 20 year old with no license or car and no financial purse to have one in the near future, a bike sounds wonderfully freeing. I've always been dependent on others, I've never gone to get groceries by myself. All my errands have been with someone else, how could they not be?

Now, I do get a bit scared at the thought of going out on my own on a bike, where there are no metal doors to protect me from the outside world. But with proper teachings, I feel that it could be done!

And think about it. Pretty bike.....

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And it doesn't even have to be pretty! ( I can make up for that on my own... *cough*) All I ask for is a brown wicker basket on the front to carry books, art supplies, and findings in.

This may become a necessity in the future, depending on my living quarters and if I am to stay on campus or not. The other scary part is that I haven't ridden a bike since I was about 9, and still had my awesome Queen Amidala Star Wars helmet......

What?! it went with my water gun.

-Brenna Kathleen

I Fell Asleep And Missed The Circus...

It's Sunday!  The roommates and I usually get a bit dressed up to go to church, and after we took a bunch of cute pictures around our dorm.

Click the "proceed" to check out the pics!


As you should know by now if you're a follower of this blog, is that I am NOT in any way a model. There are actually very few pictures on here compared to all the ones we took.

I wanted to go for a bit of a circus-y look with this one, it would have worked better if I had my mini top hat and tulle underskirt with me at school.

 

  

A detail shot.  Joj always loves to borrow this necklace, so it's not surprising that she wanted a shot of it :]

  

We took pics in the elevator. What you can't see is Kenny around the corner pressing the button to make the door stay open

This is probably my favorite picture from the whole shoot!! We're the perfect trio for Charlie's Angels

Have a great rest of the weekend! I'm off to do some homework, drawing, and don't forget the weekly Sunday Starbucks run!

-Brenna Kathleen.

P.S. The title is a true story. The one and only time I ever went to the circus as a child, I fell asleep during the intro, and missed the whole thing. I was really sad when I found out. Maybe I'll have a chance to go again someday...

Outfits!! Yay for fashion!

As you know, I've made a change to my style recently. I've posted lots of pictures of inspiration, but I have yet to post what has come of my amazing trips to thrift stores and online purchases....


Last semester seems like ages ago! I hadn't even figured out my look yet, but I did wear this little number. A snazy vest from Macy's, Harry Potter glasses, a velvet bow clip from my childhood, and my Kingdom Keyblade necklace from the Kingdom Hearts video game.

 

 

This was the first real super cute outfit I wore this semester. The skirt was a recent purchase from H&M, the shoes are from a thrift store, and the bag was some awesome random thing my grandma had in her closet!

 

( I know, the skirt looks awkwardly hiked up in the back. bleh)

 

Next was my super cute Valentines outfit! I was super excited to wear this dress. I got it at Ross, and the shoes are my dream shoes I found online on QVC!!!

 

Keep in mind that I'm a horrible model, so all my pictures look super awkward.

I'm super proud of my bow! I was always a stickler for "princess bows" when I was little. My Dad was the only person who I trusted to tie one for me.

Me and one of my lovely roommates, Kendall. I love that she's all "yeah, I'm sexy..." and I'm like "Look! I have a gun!"     oh... and *** follow the stars to the bottom!!

Yesterday I was a nerd's dream! I wore my Super Mario tee, a blue cardi with ruffles, Lego hair clip and ring (made by moi), my usual purple high-top Cons ( not to mention the yoda socks I wore under them), and smelled like a wonderful library full of books.

 

And I couldn't resist taking the pic wiht my beloved Darth Mug, and my trusty Mac.

 

And today I finally wore the most beautiful sweater I have ever had the gift of wearing! It was given to my by a wonderful friend of mine in a huge present made up of clothes/shoes she no longer wore. Now, she is a very tiny woman, and I'm a not so tiny woman. So it was a bit snug around the uhm... *ahem* upper rib-cage area.... So I thought I would never be able to wear it. Well, today I pulled it out and my roommates then informed me that I could wear it with the top buttons un-done and with a tee under!!!

 

  

(This is pretty much how all my pictures turn out... again, I'm a very awkward model)

(detail of the beautiful applique and my unicorn necklace from modcloth that Jojo gave me for my birthday!) 

  

I'm always trying to find an outfit I can wear my awesome fur collar-thing with. The roommies say it's a total no-go. But I like it!

Then we just had fun with Jojie's photo skills and my bowler hat :]

                                              again.. **** follow to the bottom! :D ( or just remember this and read      when you finish...)

  

Next, we had fun with color-select on the camera

 I like to call this one "Failed Attempt at Camouflage"

That's it from me today! Sorry for the overload of pictures!! I hope y'all enjoyed them!!

-Brenna Kathleen

P.S. As I've been taking these pictures and putting a post together. My wonderful roommate, Jojo, has been my patient photographer, and is also posting her own fabulous fashion escapades! Go check her out here. She's a very talented writer and is a kick butt Lois-Lane-snappy-dresser

**** I couldn't help but add that these two pictures make me feel like Mrs. Peel and John Steed from The Avengers!! I've been trying to explain the show to Kenny and Jojo, but they just don't understand awesome British television the same way I do :]

Real Snow White

I’ve been meaning to write about something like this for a while. I want to let all my miscellaneous readers know that along with all the other personalities I have listed at the top of my page I’m also a daughter of Christ, and I believe that Jesus came to this world to atone for our sins.

Now, you may wish to stop reading this entry right now, or you may decide that I’m not worth reading anymore at all. That’s fine with me.But if you’re willing to hear what I have to say today (I’m not going to write a sermon, or write some tear-jerking witness statement), I would appreciate it.

Every morning I spent time with God. I wake up, hit the snooze a couple times, when I know that I have to get ready, I roll over and I grab my journal and my little devotion book that was my grandma’s when she was a teenager. . .

A couple days ago, while I was having my morning God time, it entered my mind the saying that I am a Princess of the King. It’s a saying that goes around in most Christian circles, because what girl doesn’t want to be known as a princess!

As all you smarty-pants have probably deduced, I am a big fan of Snow White. I was thinking about the characteristics that I want to develop as a follower of Christ, and I started connecting it to the characteristics of Snow White.

She was a loving princess. Even when she was under the oppression of her evil stepmother, Snow White kept her spirits up and was a hard worker. She never lost her loving side; she never became harsh and calloused.

When the 7 dwarves took her in, she was a willing and happy worker. She never complained about taking care of 7 men, feeding them, cleaning. She was truly thankful for the protection they were able to offer her.

Just like us, she fell into temptation (she even did it three times in the original story!). But every time she was saved, forgiven, and kept safe under the care of her protectors. The final time in her story, her true savior came and rescued her from death. He brought her back to life with his love, and he took her to his eternal kingdom nestled atop the shimmery-golden clouds.

And her name! Snow White. When I pray for forgiveness, I ask God to make my heart as clean as snow, to wash all the bad ickies away.

It’s a really exciting thing for me to be able to connect one of my top favorite literary characters with traits that I wish to develop, and traits that are also the same as the God whom I long on being more like.

To all who read through that ramble, I truly thank you. I know it probably didn’t make sense at parts. I’m not the best at making my thoughts clear with words. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to ask me and I’ll do my best to clear anything up for you!

I pray that you all be blessed and have a wonderful day!
-Brenna Kathleen

Happy Valleytines!!

I posted a new song here, in part of my Valentine's celebration.

note: I pre-recorded the video a couple days ago, and tried to make a new one today, because I love my V-day outfit. In the end, I gave up because this one was still better. I'll upload a few outfit pics on here soon, I just have to get them from my roommate's camera first.

Happy Valentines Day!
-Brenna Kathleen

Sometimes Inspiration Is Just A Turn Of The Head Away...

I can't wait for when I move out of a dorm and get to decorate my very own home. But for now, I know that this is where I'm meant to be, and college isn't going to last forever.

But that doesn't stop me from thinking about my future home. And sometimes I stumble upon inspiration right here in my cramped little dorm room...

 

as I was studying the other day I saw these colored pencils all together and I thought, that's it. These are the colors I want in my home. Along with buttercup yellow in my kitchen :]

I know this is a weird picture. And it shows off my super messy bed (that I'm usually sitting on as I post, like right now), but today I looked at it with three of my obscene amount of cardigans and the color of it with the bright sunshine coming through just gave me such a fresh release. Even with the little space, and no ability to change it up as much as my artistic soul longs to do, it's still  my room and my bed. And I love it. 

Besides, who wouldn't love having a beautiful roommate like this to cheer you up everyday?

Happy Valentines tomorrow! I have a new song I'll be posting in honor of the holiday.

-Brenna Kathleen

doppelgänger

With all the doppelgänger pictures floating around on facebook, I wanted to know who I looked like.
I visited Myheritage.com to see. They gave me Emma Watson and Audrey Hepburn. Well, I was flattered, but didn't believe it that much. (except when it gave me a picture of a 12 year old Hermione Granger, that, I admit looked like me)

But a friend told me that I looked like the singer, Sia. I looked her up and found this amazing music video!




Sia | Soon We'll Be Found from Concord Music Group on Vimeo.

Just You And Me

I have another cover on youtube, you can view it here

It's the second day of my first week back at school, so I won't be posting much until I work out my schedule.

Have a great day!