recent developments.

last week, i received an email from the school i recently applied to, my first choice fashion design school. and they accepted me!! i have been accepted into the bachelor program at the International Fashion Academy of Paris. i am overjoyed, completely and totally. there are still a lot of kinks to be smoothed out, a lot of work to be done, and my return to paris is still unsure. but the hard part is over, the only thing that stands in my way is money! and though that is a very big obstacle, the fact that i have even come this far is heartening. at the beginning of the year, i returned to america, armed only with a plan. i was going to learn how to sew extensively to the point of making a portfolio and use that portfolio to apply to a school. and in two months, i accomplished that. i increased my sewing skills a hundredfold, i created a portfolio, and i got accepted. no matter what happens now, i know i can do this. and that knowledge is an amazing comfort.


it is still hard for me to believe how great my life is, and how truly blessed i am. i am a smart, talented, and strong woman who is capable of so many things. and even better, on top of those base characteristics, i have been given so many opportunities, an unbelievable amount of opportunities. more so than the average person, and i am aware, and grateful, of that fact. i am not a religious person, instead, i thank my family, the sacrifices they have made and continue to make, and the decisions they made for me during my childhood.


now i still have to find a job. desperately, i need a job. but i wrote my resume today and will begin to send them out as soon as they are finalized. and i have designed nine pieces for the first collection in my store! i hope to have them up and for sale by april, just in time for spring and summer. but here is a sneak peek of a shirt prototype i have already made!

and i recently found a great site, burdastyle.com. its like ravelry, but for sewing!!