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Since the spring I’ve been trying to stretch- with my creativity, with my confidence, and with every inch of me that I can muster. When I turned twenty five something clicked in me, and I knew in my bones that I wanted to make this year one of giant growth. I wanted to keep waking up day after day, feeling like I’m closer to the girl I want to be. A big part of that for me is attitude and confidence. I’ve been working on it over the past year, but it hasn’t come as easily as I wanted it to.
For the past six months I’ve been working on a little challenge I made up called Six Months + Six Dresses. Because I’m an unreformed jeans and t-shirt kind of girl, this summer I’ve been making a big effort to try and have more dresses in my closet and to try and get more comfortable with having more “fashion blogger” style pictures taken.
It’s weird, I’m fine with face pictures, but fully body pictures? Suddenly all I can think about is how I have no where to put my hands! And then I make awkward faces and it’s all over. I’m an enthusiastically bad model, and end up posing as a T-Rex most of the time someone goes to take my picture.
It’s dress sharing time again- and I can’t believe I only have two months left! Is the summer that far along already? Maybe this winter I’ll have to do Six Months + Six Parkas… though, somehow the appeal just isn’t the same.
Dress number four isn’t just thrifted, it’s also a walk on the wild side for me. I’m not much of a prints person, I tend to stick to layers of light solid colours instead, but just for fun I tried stepping out of my comfort zone a little.
June’s dress is a little late, but it’s definitely my favourite so far. It’s so lightweight and comfortable that it was perfect for the summer street festivals between Canada Day & the long weekend. Even in the crushing heat!
I bought it at H&M in Seattle for about $35. Being at the half way point of my mini-fashion blogging challenge is exciting and I definitely feel like I have more than my usual jeans & t-shirts to draw on when I’m going out. I’ve bought the first three dresses new, so from here on out I’ll be finding them at thrift shops – now that I’m more comfortable buying dresses in general, I’m graduating to vintage.
It’s that time again! Finding a dress this month wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be- while April was amazing, since then the prairies have become extremely cool, cloudy and rainy. I went thrifting four times to no avail! I think everyone was too cold to be pulling out their summer clothes….but when they do I will be there!
{bought new for $55}
So here’s the thing: Sometimes I’m not very good at being a girl.
I’m good at a lot of the parts of it, but looking well pulled together and cute in the way I dress isn’t really something I do on a regular basis. I’m kind of relentlessly awkward. It’s a good kind of awkward – a Hel Looks, vaguely boyish, confident kind of awkward that I’m really comfortable in, but this summer I want to have a more in my closet than skinny jeans, cardigans and t-shirts to draw on every day.
I'm Kyla- a twenty something web designer & full time creative business owner, friendly introvert, thrifting addict & vegetarian foodie. I live in a tiny house with my husband Jesse and very small (very bad!) dogs, and am passionate about handmade, living simply, organization and making my time stretch so I can fill it with all the projects I have whirling around my mind.
This is my personal blog where I share stories from my life, lessons I'm learning through living with GAD, being self employed, results from my kitchen, and inspiration that makes me swoon.
