Princess in Black

I ordered this dress originally for my year 12 graduation, but it arrived the day after, which was shattering. I am in love with it though, and I'm planning on wearing it for my 18th birthday party in a month. It is so beautiful, and fits perfectly, and I feel like an absolute princess, especially when I sit down.

It's part of the ASOS Curve range, which is basically what my entire wardrobe is made of, but it is my biggest splurge on a piece of clothing to date, at $100. I also paid for express which was utterly pointless considering it was late anyway.

I also got my first fake tan, and I am really happy with it. It just makes me more confident to show my arms if I know that they aren't blotchy and white, and I'll definitely be having another in the future.

I'll post photos of my graduation + outfit later, even though I just repeated this dress, but I looked a heck of a lot better.

A little something to make me sweeter

This is the video I made of the aforementioned wedding. I have never been so proud of a project, and all of my friends just looked so beautiful. I may just already be feeling excessively nostalgic, but I know that in the future this is going to be cherished by me, and I'm already picturing a hilarious revival at Georgia or Lachy's future wedding.

As stressful as the whole thing was, I still love weddings and the amount of personality you can interject into them, whether through invitation, decoration, clothing or location. Weddings shouldn't be boring and stuffy, they should be full of love and smiles and fun between friends and family and everyone coming together.

It's 5714 x the world you know

In exactly sixty-nine days I am moving to the RMIT village in the middle of Melbourne, a city with a population of over 4 million.

I currently live in a town of just over 700 people, most of whom I know by name or by sight.

I am scared and excited and nauseous and hysterically happy about the fact that my life is about to change so dramatically, finally about to kick off.

I'm going from living within 100 metres of my Grandparents and Mother, to being three hours from them, and I can already tell that the independence will potentially go to my head.

First I have to attempt to survive the end of year 12, however, and get the 95.2 ATAR I need for my course, which I basically will not get.

But, positive thinking!

Oh mother

(image from Trixis)

Some people seem to be born mothers, full of love and warmth that just radiates to everyone they are near.

Today I was reminded of this when the office lady at school walked me to the sick-bay, tucked me into the bed and then checked in on me constantly to make sure I was okay.

Since becoming 'almost an adult', this doting has been completely missing from my life, and the amount I long for it kind of demonstrates the fact that we never truly grow up or stop needing our parents, we just need to be held and loved sometimes.

Apparently I'm also a motherly person, although not to children, but my friends and family. I 

sometimes feel like I'm the fearsome-yet-cuddly Molly Weasley, and I'm okay with that.

Everything borrowed

I've been spending a fair slab of my time lately attempting to revise everything I need to know for my looming VCD exam, as well as all my other exams. I'm slightly more confident knowing that I have done quite well on my folio's, one of which involved the above photos from a mock wedding I organised starring my beautiful friends. I am really proud of all of us, and my teacher has submitted my work into the Melbourne Top Designs, so fingers crossed that by some miracle I get chosen.

I've worked quite hard all year and it's a little disconcerting that I only have four days left of highschool, that everything has boiled down to this. 

Que Sera Sera though.

Lace for Indian

Last night I went to my darling friend Phoebe's birthday dinner at an Indian restaurant. 

I nabbed myself this gorgeous assymetrical dress I'd been eyeing off for a while and it went perfectly with my custom made heels from Vietnam!

I'm in a bit of pain, because my ankle strapping for netball caused a severe reaction which is visible in the photos- my days are a blur of awful painful shoes, cortisone cream and allergy pills. At the moment I'm just trying to keep a clear vision of the future and hope things start looking up soon!

What I wore:

Dress: Asos by River Island, size 16.

Earrings and flower ring: Glassons

Shoes and belt: Custom made

Nail polish: OPI

I'm adoring daylight savings here in Australia! It means that Summer is finally on its way, even if I played netball in the rain tonight.
Are you looking forward to a lovely hot Summer?

What if Sleeping Beauty never woke?

(Snow White: yasahime, Cinderella: liga-marta, Sleeping Beauty: kmye-chan)

I spend a lot of my free time reading fanfiction or imagining alternate endings to stories that already exist. I am of the firm belief that if a story touches you then you should be able to interpret your own version and personalise it. Technically Disney recreated the original dark stories of their Princesses into the flowingly dressed happy-ever-afters it is so common for us to see today, and many people aren't even aware that these animators didn't create the story, but manipulated it into what they preferred. This is exactly what amazing artists do, whether referring to the original gothic tones, creating a backstory for the character, or exploring the realistic consequences of events for characters.


Another fairytale project that caught my eye are Claire Hummel's reinterpretations of Disney Princesses in historically accurate clothing. Belle particularly has an entirely new wardrobe, her fitted flowing yellow gown transformed into a fitted bodice and wide skirt. A nice look for fashion as well as art.

Snap it!

I am renowned for being utterly awful at snapping people with tea-towels, I seem to just fling and flail them towards people causing minimal pain, or, in my finest moments, managing to hit myself.

I need an easy and pretty visual guide to help me along, and Melbourne designer Allira Tee has created just that.

Introductions:

My name is Jasmin and I am a passionate person.

I don't tend to do things half heartedly, and I have strong opinions and beliefs.

I am a political person who believes in equal rights for all, and who can't tolerate or comprehend people who find nothing wrong with discriminating against others, although I have encountered plenty in my life.

I am seventeen years old and about to make one of the biggest changes of my life thus far, moving to Melbourne at the beginning of next year to (hopefully) undertake a Bachelor of Professional Communications at RMIT. 

I adore books, poetry, plays, movies, art and music, things that make me think and can hold my attention, or touch me emotionally, and I sometimes write songs and sing, accompanying myself with mediocre ukulele or guitar.

This is just a little bit of what makes me me.