Scribblings and Reflections

DID YOU SEE HOW I MADE THE TITLE REALLY CLEVER TO GO WITH THE PHOTOS I AM POSTING? I'm so clever wow, be impressed with me. In this post: my new pictures with Kylie that I am in love with aaaaand reflections and scribblings about the past year of life. Here we go!

The past year has been a rather crazy one. I brought in the New Year with my best friends and then went back to UC Santa Cruz for my fifth quarter before taking a leave of absence to figure out where I wanted to go with my education. Leaving school was emotional and scary but I knew it would be for the best. I turned 20 in April which felt really good actually. Soon after, my favorite person in the whole world, my grandmother, passed away. Dealing with that was very painful but also very beautiful, in a way, because I realized how lucky I was to have such a wonderful person be such a huge part of my life. I miss her every day, but I really do feel her love around me as I have moved on. Right after that, I started working at a movie theater and took about 7 months at home. Coming home was very important to me, I think. I have always loved the small town that I grew up in, but returning to it after being away for a while was truly comforting. I was able to re-ground myself in the things that are important to me. In July and August I went on a Study Abroad trip to London which was just incredible and made me hungry for travel and for London in general. In November I found out that I got into a school in Southern California and will be moving there in February to finish my undergraduate studies there. I am hoping it will be a great fit for me, ALSO IT'S RIGHT BY DISNEYLAND. 
This year I have explored what art means to me in ways I hadn't considered before, and that is very exciting to me. With this has come explorations in photography and other art mediums, as well as personal style. I have considered fashion as a way to claim my femininity and my body, which I think was also a big theme of my year. With 2014, I hope to continue with these ideas and to discuss them with others as well. 
I don't really make resolutions, instead I just want to have my next year be about doing what feels right and doing some things that scare me but I know will be good for me and others. 
Happy New Year everyone!

xx
Love, Jenna 

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Christmas Sweater!

Wore my Christmas sweater and glitter shoes today. My nails remind me of candy.

I AM SO EXCITED FOR CHRISTMAS. I hope everyone has a wonderful day and please leave a comment telling me a story of your holidays, just cuz I like stories.

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Green and Gold Update

Hellooooo just a smallish update to say hey, I've been journeying around Southern California and I am comin home today. Need to get back to blogging and taking pictures!

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Swan Princess

I did a photoshoot with my brother's girlfriend, Ellie. I love the pictures, honestly. I thought I would do a shoot with giant paper cranes because I make cranes whenever I am bored haha.

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Beyonce is everything.

Beyonce just dropped a new album with 17 MUSIC VIDEOS without ANY WARNING, NO SINGLES, JUST ALL ONE BEAUTIFUL ALBUM. I am so far from okay. I love her. She is shaking up my existence.

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WINTER GOLD

This is yet another beautiful dress from CatHouse Vintage!

I loooove the color and drapey effect that gives off like perfect 80s Star Wars vibes. 

I'm a big fan the sunshine in my house on winter days so here are pictures!

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l'hiver

The snow stuck! It's been a winter wonderland here at home and I felt like dressing up for the occasion. This dress reminds me of Belle from Beauty and the Beast at wintertime. It's a vintage dress from a store I have been modeling for which has been so awesome and they have some real treasures! Check out their Etsy here at CatHouse Vintage!

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Decemberists

The Decemberists came on my iTunes today and I got so excited that their name applied. Anyways IT SNOWED TODAY and I am hoping it sticks overnight so that it will be a winter wonderland tomorrow. Like I am so excited. But for now I took some pictures with yet another of my winter coats with our personal snowflakes.

Listening to: Sons and Daughters--The Decemberists

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Peter Pan Enthusiasm

I think I am what you would call a "Peter Pan enthusiast". I just realllllllly love all things Neverland. So today I went and bought another Peter Pan book, bringing my total to three. Two of them are just pretty and good for easy reading and I also have one that is the Centennial Annotated version so it has aaaawwwwesome notes about all things Peter Pan UGH I LOVE IT. I took some pictures of them being the most beautiful books in the world:

And thennnnn I have two "spin-off" kind of books that are also rad and have the prettiest artwork:

The tattoo on my ribs is a quote from Peter Pan in Scarlet that really stuck with me and I found out the author took it from a speech by JM Barrie.

So that is just my book obsession. Don't even get me started on the Disney movie or the 2003 live action film because it gets really creepy when I start talking about how much I love 13-year-old Jeremy Sumpter.

xx

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