Weekend in London.

So saturday morning Sarah and I took off to London to explore our futures. First stop was Fanshawe college. Words cannot say how excited I am for this fashion design program. We had a 1 hour information session, I got to meet with my teachers and see what the program was really about. It seems like the teachers are devoted to the students, and I think the best part of everything is that we get a few months each school year to have a Co-op placement, that is paid for! and you get a certificate at the end of the programs with 1 years experience.

Some of the projects the teacher was describing was really awesome, they do this fundraiser for breast cancer where all of the students design a bra, and they have a gathering and auction off the bras and all of the money goes to cancer. But I think the greatest part yet was the courses start from the basics, one of the things my soon to be teacher said was "imagine, coming into the program and knowning nothing about sewing, pattern making, anything, and creating these beautiful gowns that are entere in the Toronto Fashion Week, or even Project Runway! (which one of Fasnshawe's former fashion design student was on!)

Here is a picture of one of my class rooms! Just sewing machines! :)

On second note! Apartment searching is coming along, we saw some aweful places, and we saw some really awesome places, but the pricing might not be right for us. I have applied to a few more today, and they seem more promising, we may go down to London again this weekend to finish our apartment viewings, maybe we will find our perfect place!! Anyways, if you have been house hunting recently, let's here your stories, good or bad!

peace.love.shoes.

Lodon Progress

This has been a crazy week! Sarah and I are venturing to London this weekend because Fanshawe is having their open house, so we figured we mise well set up appointments for apartment viewings while were at it. We have 5 apartment viewings between 2pm and 5pm on Saturday, then Sunday we have 3 more! thank god, all of he houses on Saturday are close. I seriously have no idea what I am doing when it comes to these things. I've never rented an apartment before, I've never lived on my own before, and my parents aren't even helping. So thankfull I have my wonderful Sarah Smith by my side, and my loving boyfriend Phil with me, I'm hoping with the 3 of us together, we are able to make a good enough decision when it comes to life changing things.

On a side note, at the open house, I am meeting with my Fashion coordinators for the program, I'm not sure what all will entail, BUT I'm assuming we will be going over what is to be expected of my new career path. I'm so excited!!! we also have mutual friends that live in London already, so we will be meeting up with them for dinner and drinks at the Mandarin! I must say, I have never eaten there before but I look on there website today, OMG food looks so amazing, it's a gorgeous Chinese buffet! so pumped for that, and I would kill for a long island ice tea, but I will indulge in 2 days- I will wait.

Last week Sarah and I got together, planning out everything we would need for our new place, I never realized but you need A LOT when you move out. I have been saving a few things here and there since I was little, but I will definitely need a lot more.. so HELLO Value Village!! there's nothing like a good Vintage buy, or DIY would work as well, I just don't have the time right now. Here are some things on Etsy I was looking at:

 hand painted vintage desk

 set of 4 flower mugs

 perching owl light switch cover

 glass bottle vase garland

Well my blog loves, I'm off to Mandi's to sew, have a goodnight!!!

peace.love.shoes.

A new place...

So I had mentioned earlier that I had applied for school and got into Fanshawe for Fashion Design, well the months are going by fast and I am going to have to make life changing decisions soon. I need to find a job and a new place to live, to start my new life. Non-the-less freaking out over if I am making the right choice or not, I wish I could just see into the future to see how different my life would be if I took this path. A lot of people think I can't do it, they think I'm making a huge mistake and can't make it on my own right now, my mother being one of them. My confidence is getting lower and lower as the moving date comes close, being shot down all the time on my future choices are extremely hard. But maybe if I did have every one's support this would be a lot easier, I am already making a life altering decision, and to be told it's a bad one is really bringing me down. All I need right now is support. I suppose this will just have to give me the initiative to work really hard, and prove them all wrong, but doing it in spite of the is for all the wrong reasons. I'm doing it for myself, no one else.

xoxo Liv

Schools and things

The past couple of weeks have been a string continuous life planning. Something everyone will go through in life from deciding what they want to be when they are little, to what they will actually will be when they grow up. The main thing people think about as they grow up, is what school should I go to? and most importantly what courses should I let my life lead. Well after countless hours of soul searching, I had come to conclusion of making my dreams come true. I applied to Fanshawe college for Fashion design. After the application process they told me I needed to submit a portfolio, so I have been working like mad the past few weeks to meet the deadline. So I have spent countless hours, rummaging through clothes, reading Vogue, and browsing the web for inspiration. I found mine, have you found yours?