Dressember 2012

The project: Dressember 2012
The mission: Only dresses for 31 days
The rules: Repeats allowed
The collection: 34 {yes, 34} dresses
The reason: I love dresses and . . . why not?

So I have decided {very last minute, I might add} to participate in Dressember 2012. Am I crazy? Probably. I live in average -25 degrees Celsius weather. I walk a lot to my destination due to a lack of a vehicle. Am I excited and inspired? Absolutely! Those who know me know my love of dresses, and I've been itching for another A Silver Snapshot challenge {I'm all about the challenges}.

Now, I have a total of 34 dresses belonging to my name. This is an assortment of summer dresses, winter dresses, party dresses, short and long dresses, and handmade dresses. Some might say that is a lot, while others would disagree. Either way, this is the starting lot for this challenge.

I am going back to blogging every day, because I will photographing and documenting each of the 31 dress days :). However, fear not, this will not be the only content during this month. Other regular {or irregular, who knows} blog posts will either be in an additional post or combined. 

Furthermore, I'll put some of these pictures on my Instagram asilversnapshot.

Finally, here are ways to particpate . . .

1. Suggest different outfit combinations or specific dresses for certain days.

2. Donate/Lend me dresses {I'm looking at my girlfriends who are approximately the same size as me}.

3. Leave your link in the comments if you are participating in Dressember!

Yay, exciting!

See you tomorrow with the first installment.

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No. 284 - Guest Photo/Post: iisabellaanne

So, some of you might remember Bella from my blog when she was featured alongside Brother here, here, and here. However, I thought she deserved a chance to shine all by herself, and what do you know, she has a blog of her own (I knew there was a reason we are friends). Anyways, when I approached Bella to do a guest photo/post on my blog, she was more than happy to oblige. 

So, Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Bella from iisabellaanne.

Tell us a little bit about yourself.

I am nineteen years old. I have two brothers and three sisters. One brother is my twin. We're the oldest. I am currently Nannying for one 11 month old baby boy. I live in Vancouver, British Columbia. I go to West Side Church and teach Sunday School there. I love the colour red, a hot cup of tea, a good long book, cooking, and life. But I love Jesus the most of all those things!

Tell us a little bit about your blog.

My blog is about my life and its goings on. I like to share photos of the people and places I encounter in my day. And I often talk about my Spiritual walk with God. It's quite the journey.

Why did you start blogging?

It's kind of a funny story. My first Blog was actually not this one - it was to post my daily treks across my city to my old job working at Day Care. Many strange things happened: the bus driver pretended to be a pilot, it snowed inside, an old man trying to call his wife on his iPod . . .

And when I stopped doing that job everyday, I stopped have Daily Bus "LOLS", as I called it. So I started a new one! And thus iisabellaanne was born!

What is the most challenging thing about blogging?

Picking what to talk about! And then deciding how personal I want to get with the post. Sometimes I feel like the post is my journal . . .

{And now for some fun stuff . . . }

Candy or Chocolate?

Mostly depends on my mood. However, I sometimes don't feel like candy, and I ALWAYS feel like chocolate.

Black or White?

I never thought about this actually. To quote Michael Jackson, "It don't matter if you're black or white!" I like both on varying occasions. Wow. You could say I am indecisive.

Movie or TV Show?

Movie.

Favourite colour?

Red!

Favourite activity?

That's hard. Sounds weird, but I love walking. Most recent long walk was 7 km.

Favourite role model?

My mom!

Name 5 things you want to accomplish in the next year.

1. Finish all the books I own but haven't read.

2. . . . have more things I want to accomplish in this year, haha.

Any advice for aspiring bloggers?

I feel like I am still an aspiring blogger. One thing that helps me is that I have a very following. My close friends and family. They always make me feel like I am blogging interesting things! Which is encouraging.

Make sure you check out her blog sometime.

Speaking from personal experience, Bella is a real gem.

Thanks, girl, for the guest photo/post.

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No. 151 - Guest Photo

Today is really special, because I did not take the photo of the day (obviously, I'm in it). It was taken by my friend, Elizabeth (who has had a busy week becoming engaged and an auntie) during our winter hike (which you can see pictures of here). I wanted to post her photo on my blog though, because she has been such an avid supporter of my journey through this photo challenge. More often than not, she has a comment or encouragement that makes my day :) So in honour of her, here is a sample of her photography!

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