truly.scrumptious

With Friends like these, who needs enemies?

2009-11-09T14:38:00.000-08:00

HEEY guys!

I just finished up this illustration last night for my last art assignment. It's a couple weeks late but my art teachers are pretty air-headed so I'm hoping that they might not notice...

I took inspiration from Chanel Iman from the last issue of Lula. I think she's sooo cute and I just found out that shes half korean-which i think is just super cool.

ttyl

love

-alice

There's your Trouble

2009-10-19T15:14:00.001-07:00

Heey Gals

I'm been sorta missing in action for the past three months. I really have no excuse for my lack of posting except for the fact that I was in China for a month and that grade 12 is pretty stressful. I know-these are horrible excuses. I can't promise diligent posting but I'm going to try my best. Instead of making this so much a fashion blog, I think I'm going to put more posts about my art instead. These photos are from a photoshoot my friend Julia and I did for our school's fashion show. It may look nice and warm in the pictures but in reality it was FREEZING cold. I was definatly hopping around the yard inbetween pictures to warm up.

Have an awesome week!

-ALICE

Strolling the Streets

2009-07-20T17:30:00.001-07:00

Seeing all of these celebs biking around has really inspired me to do some biking of my own.

Hopefully you girlies are all enjoying the sunshine!

-ALICE

Splash of Color

2009-07-14T13:10:00.000-07:00

Heyy girlies,

I've been painting some more lately and I have been experimenting with different styles of painting. I usually stick to a pretty realistic style but the other day, it suddenly occured to me: why not try something totally different?! That is how this painting was created and I hope you guys like it!

Alice

Sailor girl.

2009-07-05T13:06:00.000-07:00

Wearing: shoes-Guess, short-Aritzia, shirt-AA, bow-Young Janes

So I have finally made an outfit post after about a million years.

My sailor shorts are one of my favorite purchases of all time. I wear them all the time and they pretty much go with everything. I'm pretty exhausted for a day of running errands so I'm going to head off and go tanning...maybe... or I'll just settle for watching some re-runs of Gilmore girls.

They never get old.

Have a greaat day!

LOVE

Alice

Gemma Ward

2009-07-04T14:34:00.000-07:00

I painted this picture of Gemma Ward the other day and I really liked how it turned out. I'm still not sure how to scan in my pictures so I'm resorting to taking pictures of them on my camera; this picture doesn't quite do the painting justice but it's the best I have. I tried using thick layers of paint instead of my usual blended style. I think that I've posted more art posts than outfit posts lately...but I promise to make an outfit post soon!

LOVE,

Alice

Work In Progress

2009-06-30T16:45:00.000-07:00

I just started this sketch today and I'm not quite finished yet. I usually don't end up finishing artwork so I thought that I might as well post it today instead of never.

Love,

Alice

100% Cotton

2009-06-28T20:09:00.000-07:00

I've noticed that my wardrobe is severely lacking in summer clothing. I have piles and piles of jeans, sweaters and just generally winter-esque clothing but absolutly nothing summer-y. I "googled" some inspiration for my summer wardrobe and came across Kirsten Dunst. I really like her care-free style. It's summer and I am definatly not in the mood to put in too much effort. As a solution, I have decided to stock up on sheer white cotton t-shirts and tons of cut-off denim shorts because let's be serious, a girl can't own enough pairs of cut-offs. I'd also like to find some nice cotton frocks...hopefully...we'll see how that one works out in Ottawa. (I don't really have too much selection here.)

Yours Truly

Alice

Cut

2009-06-21T19:51:00.000-07:00

I've been feeling pretty angsty lately. Maybe it's my lack of motivation or just boredom, but regardless, I have decided that the solution to this will be a haircut. I've always wanted to dye my hair blonde but my friends have threatened to disown me from any up-coming hangouts if I went through with it...then i realized that it wasn't such a great idea. I've decided that I'm going to get it cut like little J from gossip girl. I still like my bangs and i think that the change of length will be enough to get me out of this rut. I haven't totally made up my mind yet but if you guys have any better suggestions, please let me know!

Enjoy the sunshine!

Yours truly,

Alice

Once upon a Time

2009-06-13T07:23:00.000-07:00

...there was a girl who lived in a dream. She believed the best in everything and everyone. Everything was sweet, lovely and just-so. It was perfect.

These are the photos for my photography project at school. My idea was based on the idea of dreams and in a sense a fantasy world. I still don't know which one I should hand in as my final so if you lovelies have any opinions, please leave a comment!

LOVE,

ALICE

Spin me Around

2009-06-05T16:15:00.000-07:00

Thank god! Only one more painful day of studying for my SATS and then they're over! Hopefully if all goes well, I can burn my practise book the size of a large dictionary and never have to look at it again. I don't think I've gotten a good sleep in about a week. So pumped to go out and not feel bad about enjoying myself. Sorry about the lack of outfit posts, I've been looking not my best lately with all this stress and last minute piles of homework.

Sketchbooking

2009-05-28T16:29:00.000-07:00

I've been really focusing on my sketchbook these days. I don't really know why, I just feel really inspired lately and want to get out of my comfort zone a little. I don't usually like painting because paint just kind of gets everywhere. It always seems like it's where you don't want it and not where you want it. I fugured that if I practise a lot, I'm bound to get better...or at least that's what I hope.

A bientot,

Alice

Je t'aime

2009-05-21T14:49:00.000-07:00

It is absolutely amazing outside. I decided to go all out with my florals. I even made myself a little daisy headband to celebrate the sunshine we've been getting lately. Unfortunatly my mood has been dampened by the thought of studying for the SATS that I have to take in less then a month. There are way too many distractions and I just can't seem to find the time to really study. Oh well, I guess I'll just wing it.

LOVE

-ALICE

Pink Ponies

2009-05-20T17:56:00.000-07:00

Tank: TNA, Skirt: AA, Pumps: BCBG, Scarf: Thrifted.

As promised, I have made a new post within 2 days! That is a big achievement for me, I might just go and treat myself with a little present...AA mesh dress? I've been wanting it for a while now but I'm desperately trying to find an occasion to where it to.

Hope all of you lovelies are enjoying the beautiful weather lately!

Yours Truly,

-Alice

Floral Baby

2009-05-18T15:42:00.000-07:00

Firstly, I would like to apoligize for my lack of posting for the the past two months. Yes, I am a slacker. From now on, I will try and post everyday or at least every 2 days. I have finally found a new job so I can actually afford new clothing. Today, I blew my first paycheck on a pair of amazing BCBG nude heels. I've been looking around for a pair of plain pumps for a while now and I have finally found them! These photos don't really do the heels justice but hopefully I'll be posting a better picture of these babies soon.

Hope ya'll had a great long weekend!

Yours truly,

-ALICE

Icon

2009-03-21T08:23:00.000-07:00

Just recently model/designer, Erin Wasson has caught my eye. She is the perfect definition of grunge but with a bit of california-cool. Her signature cutoff shorts are on the top of my list for spring! For Spring '09, Wasson is launching a womenswear collection - Erin Wasson x RVCA - in collaboration with surf and skate lifestyle brand RVCA. So i'm definatly excited to check that out!

Have a Fabulous weekend!

XOXO

-Alice

Snow Queen

2009-03-20T17:32:00.000-07:00

So my week has been peaceful and relaxing which just so happen to be two of my favorite words. I picked up the lastest issue of UK Vogue and was once again amazed by how much better it is then the American version. In particular, the editorial: Snow Queen, caught my eye. The photos were so enchanting and mesmerizing. They seemed to take you to an entirely different universe. It's not even the clothing that I notice, it's more the set and cool color scheme. My two favorites are probably the one above and the one below. I have no clue why....but I absolutly love it!

Well I hope all you guys had a great March Break!

XOXO

-Alice

When I'm up, I can't get Down

2009-03-10T19:14:00.000-07:00

I am so unbelievably pumped for March Break. There are only four more days to go and then I'm FREE to do whatever I want. This week, so far, I've been in such an amazing mood. It's not even that good things have been happening, everything just seems so much brighter. Maybe I'm just giddy from too much excitment about March Break. I've decided that this break, I'm going to do something productive with my life...maybe some volenteering, job searching, soul searching (haha), boy searching etc. Tonight, I've started my streak of "productive-ness" by altering a skirt and dress that I recently bought from Value Village. I hemmed the blue pencil skirt and I definatly think I'm going to wear it tomorow. It's definatly bright enough to fit my mood! As for the darker blue flouncy skirt, I cut the entire dress part of it off and shortened the skirt. It kinda reminds me of the miu miu skirts from last spring and the pattern of the skirt brings me back to the fall Luella collection. I'm not a very good sew-er but I thought I did a pretty good job with these 2 items. I also started a drawing that is part of a series that I'm going to complete over March Break as well. It was inspired from a photo of me and my friend, Siobhan. It's such a quirky picture, I couldn't let it pass by. I think I'm going to illustrate it with guache and markers. Hopefully you guys are just as excited for March Break and if not, I hope at least, my ranting has gotten you a little bit pumped!!

Yours Truly,

Alice

Blushing Red

2009-03-05T16:47:00.000-08:00

I think i dreamt about these babies last night. There were millions of pairs of Christian Louboutin shoes falling from this sky, they grew on trees, and sprouted as wild flowers in fields. If only that actually happened... These are possible the most amazing shoes I have ever seen and I want them sooo badly...Unfortunatly they're just a "little" bit out of my budget...
Maybe if i dream really hard tonight, they'll appear under my pillow. I'm crossing my fingers!

LOVE,
Alice

The girl in the striped tights.

2009-03-01T08:31:00.000-08:00

It's one of those lazy dazy sundays. Plans for the day: absolutly nothing. Highlight of the day: lounging around in a tank that says: This is what a feminist looks like. This is a very misleading shirt considering the fact that I am the furthest thing from a feminist. Anyways, these photos are a couple weeks old from my friend Julia's house. We spent hours picking out what I was going to wear to a semi-formal and finally deciding on a gold skirt and american apparel dress. My favorite part of the outfit is definatly the tights. The pictures don't even capture half of their amazing-ness. So...I'm going to get back to my un-eventful sunday with a marathon of Gilmore Girls...perhaps?

Yours truly,

Alice

P.S:

wearing: american apparel dress, Asos skirt(curtosy of Julia), Club Monaco tights, BCBG booties.

brighter then sunshine

2009-02-28T16:02:00.000-08:00

Yesterday night, I attended my school's annual Oscars. I know...pretty lame but for a 17 year old, that's as good as it's going to get. I was really excited to wear my friend's sister's beautiful BCBG dress. Everything about it was gorgeous...the purple lining, the color, the silkiness... Unfortunatly i have to return it but oh well, at least I had that one night of glory. I decided to wear the purple shoes which was pretty risky considering my usual black attire. I've also decided that I'm going to spice up my wardrobe with some color, after all, spring is on it's way!

Hope you guys are enjoying the weekend! (I know I am :))

Alice

XOXO

S.U.R.P.R.I.S.E

2009-02-17T16:53:00.000-08:00

wearing: grey dress-made myself, belt-zara

I've decided for the 10th billionth tome to finally back on track with this blog. This long weekend was amazing and it's time to get with it...or so I say now.(check with me about that in a couple days. :) )Last thursday, my friends threw me the best surprise birthday one could ever ask for. I was totally shocked especially because my birthday was a week and a half ago. I promise that I will never be a bitch to them again. I actually wanted to cry because I haven't celebrated my birthday in... god knows how many years! They took me to Mambo and everything was perfect. I only got a couple of pictures but I thought I'd share them with you!

XOXO

-alice

Flashback

2009-02-07T15:36:00.000-08:00

The weekend has been pretty uneventful. Although, the good news is that the public transit is back! My social life has been at a horrible halt for the past 2 months and it is finally resuming! My mom just got home from her trip to Beijing and brought me back 2 issues of Vogue China. I can't read the articles but the photos are pretty great. I decided to find some previous editorials from Vogue China and discovered a couple dozen that I really liked. I'm only going to post a couple, but ENJOY!

Alice

Let me introduce you to my Double J's

2009-02-03T17:57:00.000-08:00

Jesse

Julia
SO tomorow is my birthday! I'm not so much of a birthday girl, but I am turning 17 so I think that's a pretty big deal. Now getting to the point of this post... I wanted to dedicate a post to my two best friends at school; or more commonly known as the Double J's. (haha. no, not really, I just made that up right now.) I love them to death and sitting on the window sill everyday at lunch overlooking the losers in our hallway with them is something that I will never forget. Big Liz and her Halloween costume is something else that, unfortunatly, I will never forget either. Jesse and Julia, you guys are so cute and I'll see you guys tomorow at school! Oh! and check our their blogs!

Jesse- www.tesbelle.blogspot.com.

Julia- www.ohh-darling.blogspot.com

LOVE,

Alice

I've Got the Chills Up My Spine.

2009-02-02T13:42:00.000-08:00

Today was a fresh start for me...well only kind of. It was the first day of semester two which usually I am not too keen about. New classes, new teachers and new people. In my opinion, that's a little too much change for one measly day. Today, however was not as bad as I had anticipated. Perhaps a bit of a pessimist...but my classes really weren't all that horrific. I was however extremely dissapointed with my english class. Previous years, I had amazing teachers but this year, let's just say that my teacher is less then pleasant. Cooky? Yes. Intelligent? not so much. Now on a entirely different note, I looked outside my window this morning and realized: WOW! We have a lot of snow! The mounds of snow are taller then me! But that's not hard to beat. I am after all only 5'1 on good days. Because of the chilly weather, I wore my new leather gloves that my lovely friend Julia bought me for Christmas. I know it's a little late from Christmas presents but it's partially my fault being my slacker-ish self, I still have not gotten her presents yet!! Hope y'all had a great day and hopefully less chilly then mine!

Yours Truly,

Alice

P.S: Wearing: French Connection- Coat, Club Monaco- gloves, Vintage boots that I found on Julia's meticulously orgazined shoes shelf, Roots-beanie, Thrifted scarf.

POP culture

2009-01-30T14:55:00.000-08:00

"...and made her king of all wild things. "And now," cried Jane, "let the wild rumpus start!" (quote from one of one favorite childhood stories: Where the Wild Things are.) This picture book inspired my project for my art class in which we had to recreate a story in the form of a pop up book. Although this may not seem like a hard task, it was extremely time consuming. I worked on it for a full...i'm going to guess 80 hours in all and I am still not completely finished! This book was inspired by many editorials from various fashion magazines. I protrayed the main character of "Jane" as the model Sasha Pivarova. The "wild things" are random models also taken from my favorite editorials. Hopefully all this work and lack of social life will pay off on my soon-to-be coming report card. I've got my fingers crossed!

PEACE

-Alice

Frustrations.

2009-01-07T17:58:00.000-08:00

So this is basically my sentiments right now towards my biology summative. Not exactly the most pleasant facial expression although it does get my point across. When are we ever going to have to know all the organs of a dissected fetal pig or the DNA of a squashed banana? I feel horrible for neglecting this blog for the past week. I've been so busy with summatives, art projects etc. Once this Monday is over, my life will be so much better. I made a promise to myself that tomorow, no matter what, I will put up an outfit post. I still haven't posted any of new clothing I bought from Montreal!

TTLY

-Alice

Boyish matters

2008-12-28T11:17:00.001-08:00

wearing: shoes-le chateau, jeans-mavi boy jeans, shirt-aritzia, hat-roots.

Wearing mostly my brand new purchases from Boxing Day. I was sooo excited when I found these boy jeans that actually fit. I had spent months looking for the perfect pair with the perfect amount of saggyness in the butt. It was so un-called for that I found these at Warrens. (a store that carries mainly very hanus clothing.) I'm hoping that I'll be able to hit up another day of great sales but because of the bus strike....i doubt it. Good news! I'm headed off to Montreal tomorow! Definatly very, very pumped.

Happy shopping!

Ciao,

-Alice

Inspired

2008-12-25T16:49:00.000-08:00

Spent most of my christmas testing out my new love as well as touching up my illustration for my latest art project. I aws very inspired by Igor+Andre blog. I love his style of illustration, I couldn't help but to try it out! Although mine are no where to comparable to his, I gave it a shot.

Yours truly,

-Alice

A very MERRY christmas indeed.

2008-12-25T08:48:00.001-08:00

floral scarf-vintage, shirt-AA, pleather skirt- AA, finge heels-le chateau

The camera that I've been craving for has finally appeared under my christmas tree! Thank you Santa! Although not the Nikon D60 that I dreamed about, it is a very nice camera. I am thoroughly satisfied. I can finally actually put up posts on my very ignored blog. The shoes were a christmas present to myself for being such a good girl this year. I found them a couple days before christmas at le chateau. I do admit that I occasionally did put in the snide remark at those who bought shoes from that store but I fell in love with these fringe heels.

Hope you all have a great christmas!

Cheers,

-Alice

Where.The.Wild.Things.Are

2008-12-01T06:57:00.000-08:00

So my painting is finally up and about. There you see it: three months of my life. For clarification, this was a school project. I'm in the visual arts program and for our assignment, we had to create a 3 panel painting that protrayed experimental tactics. What inspired me for this painting was actually a quote by Coco Chanel: Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening. If you can't tell in the pictures, there are animals coming out from the clothing. (Ex: minks morphing out of the fur jacket) I think that a lot of the time, people should look beyond the actual materialistic aspect of clothing. There is so much more that goes into the garment then most people will see. Two of my panels were inspired by Marc by Marc Jacob's ads and as for the third, inspired by Lula magazine.
As for what I'm wearing today: shorts-Aritzia, Shirt-American Eagle, Shoes-Dolce Vita.

Enjoy!

Changes

2008-11-21T14:48:00.001-08:00

So basically i cut my hair. I'm pretty proud of myself because im usually an extremely indecisive person, cutting my hair by myself on impulse was a big step. My old hair was so utterly mundane. Nothing to it...just straight and side parted. BORING. I actually enjoy my hair quite a bit but don't think i'm going do anything too drastic for a while.

The.Perfect.Checkered.Crush

2008-11-18T16:51:00.000-08:00

Shirt-aritzia, Skirt-Club Monaco, Shoes-Sam Edelman

Feeling completely inspired by the Marc by Marc Jacobs (he is a genius) Fall collection; over the weekend I bought the must adorable high waisted checkered skirt from Club monaco. Do you believe in love at first sight? Because I do now. It has pockets! and anybody who knows me knows that I do adore pockets. I don't usually have a lot of color in my pallet but this skirt really does brighten up my day. The best part about this particular purchase is that it was on sale for 99$. Although that may not sound like that great of a deal, for Club Monaco, it is!

P.S: sorry about the quality of the pictures. Need to get my own camera SOON! ( and Siobhan, thank you soo much for lending me yours) If anyone has any suggestions as to where I could get a good camera for a decent price? PLEASE tell me.

Welcome to my Wonderland.

2008-11-10T16:52:00.001-08:00

One of my favorite photoshoots by Annie Leboivitz. She really does inspire me, her photographs are so beautifully taken but they're not quite your typical fashion spread, there's something beneath the photograph. I did think that it was quite appropriate because after all, my name is Alice. I do have to admit, I didn't quite like the Disney version of Alice in Wonderland but then again, I'm not quite a fan of Disney. Although I do find that there just something quirky and twisted about Alice in Wonderland that intrigues me. Well....Lewis Carol was on drugs when writing the novel.

marry me?

2008-11-06T06:50:00.000-08:00

I am in awe over these 2 gorgeous pairs of shoes. The black pair are made from pony hair but unfortunately way out of my budget and as for the beige pair, I do believe they are more expensive(around 1000$) I've decided to save up at least that much so that I can afford at least one of these shoes. I'm not even joking but I would marry these shoes if I could.

Wildflower.

2008-11-05T15:36:00.000-08:00

blazer: club Monaco, jeans: Jacob, shirt-Forever21

In a weird mood today; a little reckless even persay...whimsy? Unfortuatly school and work seem to be all I do these days. Jeeze. Planning on pulling an all-nighter tonight to work on my 3-panel painting. Ugh. I guess that means tons of instant coffee. Once my paintings finished, i promise that i will dedicate a post to it. After all, I have spent the last 3 months of my life working on it.

Frolicking Fringe.

2008-11-05T06:08:00.001-08:00

Dress: Victoire, Shoes:Guess, Sunglasses: Milk.

Perhaps one of my most prized possessions; an AA dress with fringe sewn on the front, found from a boutique called Victoire. It's pretty funky isn't it? I love twirling about and seeing the fringe fly around me. Got up at 6: 30 this morning to go around my school taking pictures with a dear friend, Julia. Lucky us, the weather was great. (for Ottawa at least)

Crown of Love

2008-11-03T16:46:00.000-08:00

Thought I'd share a bit of my halloween with everyone. After many days of thought and debate, i finally decided on a costume. Although not too original, I did think it was quite pretty. The French connection dress i wore was found collecting dust at the back of my closet. I love the band of gold sequins and it's goddess like style. Plucked the vine from my mother's awful plants and voila: a greek god is born.

androgynous chic

2008-10-30T07:07:00.001-07:00

blue oxford-vintage, leggings-aritzia, skirt-aa, boots-vintage

Snow...how depressing; after all it is only october. What better way is there to perk up the day than my feel good oxford button down. It seems like these days it's all about the androgynous look. Girls in boy's clothing. What makes me feel even better is that my oxford was only 4$ while, they sell practically the same shirt at AA for 50$. I say, what a deal. Cheap and chic.
The drafty winds call for a nice relaxing snooze in front of my fire place and what would that be without a nice hot cup of hot chocolate?

hello my love.

2008-10-29T19:25:00.001-07:00

My new or so to speak not so new... obsession; my dolce vita heels found at a cute little boutique, Victoire in the market. The chunky heal, a twist on maryjanes and the big blue strap;i think they're pretty spiffy. Love, meet the bloggers, bloggers meet my love.