3.11.12

reflecting

School seriously takes so much out of you, but that isn't always a bad thing. It forces you to create something, and that's really what I need. It pushes you out there and gives you a deadline, gives you structure, pulls you thin and then just when you feel like you've been stretched too far, you're done, you've created something wonderful. Sometimes you don't even know where it came from, or what made you think of it.

I'm feeling grateful for the great creators, the ones that have mastered it all. They treat the art of fashion as a hybrid mix of meticulous sculpture, scrupulous fabric choices, and such technical perfection one could cry.
Enjoy this video of brilliant masterminds creating one of the most iconic pieces of our century.



Happy November everybody!
Bitty xox

16.9.12

Clementine Poppywater

As I've mentioned before, we are currently studying and making jackets and school right now. I have been so inspired scouring the web searching for beautiful and inspiring collars, pockets and details and developing my target customer. Clementine Poppywater is the name of my "client" and here is a mood board developed by what tastes I think she would have:




I think I would like Clementine Poppywater, what do you guys think?

BitTTY bitz Xox

14.9.12

Dress Smart!


First week of school is over (I surviiived!!) and I'm getting more and more excited about schooltime clothes that I don't really wear when I'm not at school. I absolutely love this owl dress and I have wanted a solid pair of hunters for years! 




1. Owl Be Loving You (($109.99) Modcloth
2.Elbow Patch Schoolboy Blazer in Houndstooth (($268)) JCrew
3.Coloured Denim (($19)) Joefresh
4.Lean & Mean Pant (($116)) Obey
5.Morning Glow Open Knit Sweater Ruche ((46.99$)) 
Ruche
6. Authentic Lo Pro TC (($50)) Vans
7.Ecote Suede Loafer 
(($39.00)) UrbanOutfitters  

8.Original Tall Gloss Hunters (($139)) Hunter


What clothes have you excited for the new school year?
-Bittybitzz XOX

12.9.12

The dress totally fit!

And boy was it beautiful!! I'm still buzzing from all the happy highs.
There is just something about weddings: everybody is so happy and talking about love, there is good music and good friends. It really gives you the warm fuzzies.
Now that I'm done that dress, I can go back to being a slave to school. We're doing jackets right now. I never knew how many types of pockets and collars there were. One thing that's good about school? Browsing style.com is considered homework. 8)

What are you guys browsing?
-Bitty <3 

4.9.12

The time has come..


Hey guys! I'm happy to present the first of a 4 part series on cool school swag that I'm currently coveting ..I mean, if we have to go back, we can at least make the transition pleasurable, right? ;) 

There is just something so magical about the proper accessory.. the power they hold to transform entire outfits.. *ahhhhhh* 
4.Legacy Leather iPad Clutch (($178@Coach))
5.Ribbed Modal Over the Knee Socks(($15.00@AmericanApparel))


What accessories have you drooling at your desk while simultaneously ignoring your homework?

XOX-Bittybittzzzzzzz .. :)

back to school!

Au revoir summer. You were sweet and blissful and I learned so much from you. We grew and transformed together, and I am left with bittersweet anticipation for a new year of experience and learning about something that I love so much.

 Cheers to a new school year and get your smart girl disguises on because it's gonna be a long ride.
XO- Bitz <3

PS: I have some good things planned for this month ;)

24.7.12

factory mode: enabled


Well it's coming down to it and I have entered full factory mode. With less than a week before I leave for Thailand, I have all the pieces of the dress cut and ready to go!


Today was a boring and stressful day, first doing millions of stitch tests on the slippery silk satin and then trying to find a trick to stop the thin slick liner silk from getting sucked in the bobbin hole of my machine. I eventually remembered a trick I read on the good ol' internets a few months ago that said to put a piece of tissue paper under the elusive fabric while stitching and just rip it off afterwards. Thank you internets!


Only one week left and I feel like I still have so much to do! On the dress, and to prepare for the three weeks I'm about to spend in South East Asia. So much excitement!

Hope you're having a wonderful day!
-Bittybitsss xxooxx

20.7.12

Tune of the Week

This song is a whopping 25 minutes long, and I love every second of it. Like 5 songs in one, it takes you on a journey of loving and learning, figuring out who you are and where you're going. I've listened to it easily 100 times and I still enjoy every second. Sufjan is a musical saint, creating masterpieces comprised of gritty guitar solos layered over classical instruments and synthesized blips and bloops. He is a gifted wordsmith, each of his songs lyrical poems speaking of all things from spiritual encounters to serial murderers and every detail in between. I hope you can enjoy this beauty. It's totally worth the time. 


ARTIST: SUFJAN STEVENS



ALBUM: THE AGE OF ADZ





TUNE: IMPOSSIBLE SOUL

Impossible Soul by Sufjan Stevens on Grooveshark 
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(1)
Oh, woman, tell me what you want
And I'll calm down without bleeding out
With a broken heart that you stabbed for an hour
Woman, I was freaking out because I want you to know
My beloved, you are the lover of my impossible soul


Woman, too, promise me you'll stay and put off all your woes
I was wigging out, too much worry
I could not get you at all
And you said what you want, you would laugh it off
But I know you won't go, not for it at last
Must you write it off for the impossible soul?
And I was in a dream, I was gone away without you, but not too slow
Lest I put it off, for I put it right for the impossible soul


And all I couldn't sing, I would say it all, my life, to you
If I could get you at all
Don't be a wreck, trying to be something that I wasn't at all


Seems I got it wrong, I was chasing after something that was gone
To the black of night, now I know it's not what I wanted at all
And you said something like, "All you want is all the world for yourself"
But all I want is the perfect love
Though I know it's small, I want love for us all


And all I couldn't sing, I would say it all, my life, to you
If I could get you at all
Trying to be something that I wasn't at all


(2)
[Shara Worden]
Do you want to be afraid?
Do you want to be afraid?
For life in the cage where courage's mate runs deep in the wake
For the scariest things are not half as enslaved


Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
Do you want to be alone?
Do you want to be alone?
For life isn't stained of righteousness pain
The seed and the hail, all impossible flights for an interesting light


Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
Do you want to love me more?
Do you want to love me more?
For love is the breath
If water and wave is cursed by the same thing that nurtured its shame
Is it worth all the work?


Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
Have you failed to feel delight? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
Have you failed to feel delight? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
Instead of the life, lived tired and lost, have you left it at last
Where it floundered its death with the language of ghosts


Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
Do you want to be afraid? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
Do you want to be afraid? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
For life in the cage where where courage's mate runs deep in the wake
For the scariest things are not half as enslaved


Don't be distracted, don't be distracted


No . . . don't be distracted


(3)
Stupid man in the window, I couldn't be at rest
All my delight, all that mattered, I couldn't be at rest
From what I liked, from what I gathered, I couldn't be at rest
Stupid man in the window, I couldn't be at rest


And don't be shy in the window
Come down and give your best
Oh, delight in the window I couldn't be at rest
Stupid man in the window, I couldn't be at rest
From what I liked, from what I gathered, I couldn't give my best


Oh, I know it wasn't safe, it wasn't safe to breathe at all
Oh, I know it wasn't safe, it wasn't safe to breathe at all
Oh, I know it wasn't safe, it wasn't safe to breathe at all
Oh, I know it wasn't safe, it wasn't safe to speak at all


(4)
Hold on, Suf
Hold on, Suf
Hold on, Sufjan


1, 2 3, 4!


It's a long life, better pinch yourself,
Put your face together, better get it right
It's a long life, better hit yourself
Put your face together, better stand up straight
It's a long life, only one last chance
Couldn't get much better, do you wanna dance?
It's a long life, better pinch yourself
Get your face together, better stand up straight


Boy, we can do much more together
(Better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right)
Boy, we can do much more together
(Better give love, give love, give love, give love)
Boy, we can do much more together,
(better get it right, get it right get it right, get it right)
Boy, we can do much more together it's not so impossible
It's not so impossible


It's a long life, better pinch yourself
Get your face together, better roll along
It's a long life, better pinch yourself
Put your face together, better stand up straight
It's a long life only one last chance
Couldn't get much better, do you wanna dance?
It's a good life, better pinch yourself
Is it impossible? Is it impossible?
Boy, we can do much more together
(Better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right)
Boy, we can do much more together
(Better get a life, get a life, get a life, get a life)
Boy, we can do much more together
(Better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right)
Boy we can do much more together, it's not so impossible
It's not so impossible


It's a long life, better pinch yourself
Put your face together, better get it right
It's a long life, better hit yourself
Put your face together, better stand up straight
In the wrong life, everything is chance
Does it register? Do you wanna dance?
In the right life, it's a miracle
Possibility, do you wanna dance?


Boy, we can do much more together
(Better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right)
Boy, we can do much more together
(Better get a life, get a life, get a life, get a life)
Boy, we can do much more together
(Better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right)
Boy, we can do much more together
It's not so impossible


Do you want to dance?


Boy, we can do much more together
It's not so impossible


(5)
I never meant to cause you pain
My burden is the weight of a feather
I never meant to lead you on
I only meant to please me, however


And then you tell me, boy, we can do much more
Boy, we can do much more
Boy, we can do much more together
Boy, we can do much more together


I'm nothing but a selfish man
I'm nothing but a privileged peddler
And did you think I'd stay the night?
And did you think I'd love you forever?
And then you tell me, boy, we can do much more


I got to tell you, girl, I want nothing less
Girl, I want nothing less
Girl, I want nothing less than pleasure
Girl, I want nothing less than pleasure


I got to tell you, boy, we made such a mess
Boy, we made such a mess
Boy, we made such a mess together
Boy, we made such a mess together
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Have a great weekend!!
-bittyyyyyz

16.7.12

The Shower

Maid of honourly duties called, and a bridal shower was planned. It was definite crunch time due to lack of time from my construction job (which I am all finished now!!) by day and wedding dress creation by night. But I pulled myself together and mustered all the inspiration I could get from around the interwebs and in the end, I feel like it was a success (thank goodness)..

 We snacked and sipped tea. We played some games and laughed together. We blessed the bride to be by showering her with gifts and memories to carry with her into her new life as a loving and beautiful wife. 




Although it is a lot of hard work, it is definitely an honour and I am so privileged to be given this responsibility. Now back to that dress...

-bits xxoo



12.7.12

Tune of The Week!


I posted this, and then erased it by accident.. and was so frustrated that I did nothing about it.
So here it is again.

I feel compelled to share this beautiful and fresh duo with you. Siblings is a quirky acoustic-folk duo specializing in harmonies... for now. A brother and sister project, you can feel the connection through their beautiful sound, their voices bouncing off of each other perfectly, leaving us with a sweet taste in our mouths yearning for more.

As a new artist, it is exciting to see where they will go with their refreshing poetic lyrics and tasteful harmonies.

ARTIST: SIBLINGS


TUNE: KNEELING



Check them out over on their facebook page or at bandcamp.

Enjoy!
-Bitty <3

9.7.12

The dress of the century!


Okay, maybe not of the century, but this dress is turning out rather beautifully. The toile, or muslin version of the dress is about finished and I am getting soo stoked to delve into the silk satin and chiffon *swwooooon*. There have been many adventures already, (like boning, which is easier than you think!) and I am so incredibly grateful to have been given this opportunity!



Happy sewing! Also, if you have any tips or know of any sites that help with sewing wedding gowns, etc, feel free to share :)
Thanks for reading! -Bittttybitz

17.6.12

Life goes and goes and goes

Life is just happening right before my eyes and I'm having a hard time keeping up, especially on here. I've began working construction by day (yes I am the only girl and yes it is hard, but somehow satisfying) and creating a wedding dress by night (which is almost harder, although I've recently acquired the skills to draft on the computer.. which is absolutely amazing). I'm also working on invitations for the wedding. It just keeps happening.
I'll try to make a better effort to post.

On a side note, I'm getting really excited to go to Thailand and Europe this summer.... seriously, I try not to think about it because it's so hard to keep my excitement contained.

But alas, I have to go to sleep now... construction workers wake up at 5:30 and it's absolutely crazy.



See you all soon!
                    -ittywittykittybits

31.5.12

A WEDDING!

So excited to announce that my bestest friend is engaged!! It happened last week and I have been keeping my mouth shut so that she could tell people before I plastered it all over the internet (aren't I thoughtful :P). I'm ever so excited for her to embark on such a beautiful journey, and I will be there along side to help wherever I am needed. I am so incredibly grateful to have a friend like her, and even more grateful that she could find such an amazing partner for life! Congratulations Cady and DJ! I love you both so much and this is going to be somuchfun!!!

What does this mean for you? Expect countless DIY wedding crafts and constant updates on her dress... which she has ASKED ME TO MAKE! yes. You heard correctly. shit's 'bout to get real. I am shaking in excitement just thinking about it :D

Some etsy wedding porn? don't mind if I do:



1.Here Comes the Bride Morgan Hill Designs
2.High/Low Hem Peppermint Pretty
3. Beautiful Beaded Bodice Vintage Opulence
4.Short Lace Overlay Ting Bridal

Going on a thrifting spree today.. I'll keep you posted.
Enjoy!

--Bitty <3 

30.5.12

Tune of the Week

Artist: Ben Howard


Album: Every Kingdom

Tune: Old Pine


Lyrics:

Hot sand on toes, cold sand in sleeping bags, 
I've come to know that memories
Were the best things you ever had
The summer shone beat down on bony backs
So far from home where the ocean stood 
Down dust and pine cone tracks

We slept like dogs down by the fire side
Awoke to the fog where all around us 
The bloom of summertime

We stood
Steady as the stars in the woods
So happy-hearted
And the warmth rang true inside these bones
As the old pine fell we sang
Just to bless the morning.

Hot sand on toes, cold sand in sleeping bags, 
I've come to know the friends around you
Are all you'll always have
Smoke in my lungs, or the echoed stone 
Careless and young, free as the birds that fly
With weightless souls now.

We stood
Steady as the stars in the woods
So happy-hearted
And the warmth rang true inside these bones
We stood
Steady as the stars in the woods
So happy-hearted
And the warmth rang true inside these bones
As the old pine fell we sang
Just to bless the morning.

We grow, grow, steady as the morning
We grow, grow, older still
We grow, grow, happy as a new dawn
We grow, grow, older still
We grow, grow, steady as the flowers
We grow, grow, older still
We grow, grow, happy as a new dawn
We grow, grow, older still

Why?

It's the lyrical imagery that gets me with this one, making it so perfect for warm summer days and cool summer nights ("hot sand in toes, cold sand in sleeping bags") I can't wait to listen to this song playing along side a cool and calm summer night roasting marshmallows in the middle of the woods with a few good friends. This one is definitely a keeper. He also does a cover of Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen.. which is interesting and worth checking out.

Thanks for reading! Enjoy -Bittybitzzzz <3 


29.5.12

Here's to 4 More!


Thank you so much babe, for four years of complete and utter blissfulness. Four years ago you swept me off my feet and haven't touched back down since. Thank you for silently putting up with my ridiculous rants and speaking the honest truth when I need to hear it. But most of all, thank you for loving me unconditionally. You have been an amazing inspiration in my life and I look forward to where our lives will take us. You're the best babe! <3 <3 <3
((2008-2012))

24.5.12

anticipation

So many exciting things to tell you, but I can't yet. Just know I'm excited... and it has to do with love (not mine, but still exciting.. dontcha just love love?!) <3 <3 

Also, E and I are making a doll together, more details to come!

Tune of the Week

Last weeks tune of the week got ignored as I was too busy enjoying Valtari hour, when Sigur Ros streamed their new album to be released May 28 (the day before Regina annnd the day that marks four years with the most amazing boy in the world-- the music Gods must really be looking out for me!!) for one hour at seven o'clock around the world. It was both breathtaking and fantastic, but I'll have to wait for it to be released to share it with you. They are also currently hosting a video competition on their website, the valtari mystery film experiment where 12 filmmakers were given the same budget and the task of creating a video for what came to mind whilst listening to the album. It's really interesting and inspiring and I definitely recommend checking it out! http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/

On to this week.... I really do create a summer soundtrack you know, I even put it on disk. My best friend and I have a tradition of creating summer CDs for each other and so it stays on my mind for the rest of the year. As you know from my last post, I spent the past weekend sleeping in a tent. We were in the middle of nowhere, deep in the forest of Canada and so you can imagine how beautiful the stars were. As we stared up into the beautiful night sky, I couldn't help but think of this amazing beauty and how perfect it will be on the summer disk! (even if it is over a year old now.. :p)

Artist: Fleet Foxes


Album: Helplessness Blues

Tune:

Lyrics: 

Why in the night sky are the lights hung?
Why is the earth moving 'round the sun?
Floating in the vacuum with no purpose, not a one
Why in the night sky are the lights hung?

Why is life made only for to end?
Why do I do all this waiting then?
Why this frightened part of me that's fated to pretend?
Why is life made only for to end?

In the city only for a while
Here to face the fortune in the bile
I heard you on the radio, I couldn't help but smile
In the city only for a while

Why in the night sky are the lights hung?
Why is the earth moving 'round the sun?
Floating in the vacuum with no purpose, not one
Why in the night sky are the lights hung?

Enjoy <3 - Bittybitxs

22.5.12

Roadtrippin'

Road trippin' with my two favorite allies, fully loaded we got snacks and supplies, it's time to leave this town...

We grew mosstaches
And smiled big
Found this drawn on the rubble of an old bridge
Decided it was self pic worthy
There were scary bubbling cliffs

And scary dry cliffs
The coolest antique store ever
Complete with pure canadian honey, cow skulls and old sewing machines
And Russian hats!
We went for a wedding and I was the sound girl
They had such a beautiful ceremony, my man was a groomsmen (far right)
We even slept in a tent!


Such a good May Long Weekend!!

What did you get up to this weekend?
XoXo-Bittybitttttsss

17.5.12

I'll Miss You

 Thank you Palio for all the good times. I remember the first day we got you, I was seven and you were so tiny, the runt of the litter. We originally got you to sell, but fell in love at first sight. You were there for me when the Spice Girls broke up, I remember crying into your fur while you jumped around trying to lick my arms off. Then we moved into town and you came with, your back yard dominion shrinking from 6 acres to 1, but you never complained.. you still loved life and all that came with it. One time you tried to jump on a female dog down the road, you accidentally scratched her and caused mom to pay an $800 medical fee and we had to give you away for a while. It was one of the saddest moments ever, watching you drive away in the back of our friends truck back to the country. But you weren't gone forever, you came back and we were better friends than ever. I took you for a walk one time in platform shoes and you saw a little dog up the road that you wanted to say hi to, so you ran up the road, dragging me along behind. I never knew you were so strong haha.
Then I entered high school and things got crazy. We moved again, this time with an even smaller back yard, but you didn't care, and took to sleeping in my bed every night. Those were some of the best days of my life.. even if my bed did have fleas in it sometimes :|. I went to Hawaii for a week on vacation and when I returned you were the happiest I've ever seen you, you wouldn't leave me alone for weeks! You were always following us around, wanting us to pet you, and wanting to lick every square inch of our arms. When things were tough with boys and friends, I always had you Pal, you never judged me or dissed me. Thanks for everything buddy, I don't think I could have done it without you.

I'll never forget you <3 

15.5.12

globetrotter

As I've mentioned before, I'm going to Thailand this summer to visit and help out some of my favorite kids. What I haven't mentioned is that afterwords we are heading over to Malaga, Spain to go to one of my best friends weddings! I thought I couldn't be more excited, until I started booking the flight from Bangkok to Malaga. As it is such a long distance, almost all the flights have layovers and some for long enough to jump out and take a looky-look! Certain layover cities have been catching my eye, namely Moscow and Helsinki. I'm now researching both to find out which is cooler. Finland has good posters, but Russia has matryoshka dolls!

On another note, have you seen Paloma Picasso's collection for Tiffany's? She's the youngest daughter to the famous Pablo Picasso, who I also just learned was born in Malaga. I hear they have two Picasso originals in the art gallery a city over from me, I must check that out. Weird how you can learn something new and then it constantly pops up in your life, I guess you just notice it more. 


Anybody been to either or both of these cities, got any advice?
Thanks for reading, xo Bittybitsss.

sow awesome!

We have been working on a garden. And not just any garden... a vegetable garden. All the seeds are 100% organic and we aren't using any types of pesticides or insecticides. 


We started some of the seeds inside and made seedlings before planting them outside (as seen here with the snap peas and lettuce in the little cardboard planters to be transplanted). We are learning a lot and it is both a very humbling and a very exciting experience. 


Did I mention I had E helping me out? I love this girl. She has recently adopted a likeness to assuming this position when posing for a camera. I brought her to class at the end of the semester to model my children's clothes for my final presentation, and she was just eating up the attention with this pose.

She's just so darn cute. And one of the best little artists ever. I applied some of her custom art onto the pocket of the a-line dress I made.. now it's hanging in the display window at my university. That means she has her art displayed in a university! At four! Go E!


We still have a few things to transplant, including the hilly vegetables like pumpkin and squash... but it's exciting to actually start seeing things in the ground! I'll be sure to keep you posted.

Hope you're all having a good week! Go outside to see what's growing where you live.. plants are amazing!


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