Sisterhood of the Treaveling Bloggers

It always shocks me how many friends i really have made form being a blogger and i would like to deicate this post to all you amzaingly interesting people. Our celeb who will be featured is everyone's favorite Gilmore... Alexis Bledel and some qotes that spark my sick little mind fancy. Enjoy the maddness!

~ The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched ... but are felt in the heart.-Helen Keller

~ Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of those overcoming it.-Helen Keller

~ Charaectors cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through expirence of trail and suffering can the soul be strengthen, ambition, inspiration and succuss achieved.-Helen Keller

~ I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.-Helen Keller

~ Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure. -Helen Keller

~ Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness. -Helen Keller

~ Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye. -Helen Keller

~ People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.- Helen Keller

~ When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.- Helen Keller

~ Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings.-Helen Keller

~ Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.-Helen Keller

~As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.-Helen Keller

~ I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.-Helen Keller

~I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.-Helen Keller

~ It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.-Helen Keller

Enjoy this wonderful day! Kisses, Izzy

Zena Holloway Sends Her Love

Some may have no idea who Zena Holloway is because i had no idea till the fab Fashion Ivy posted about this amazing photographer. She shoots the most breath taking underwater photos i have ever seen. I really excited to share these photos and some Chinese Proverbs to go along with them. Enjoy your coffee and tea.

~ A book holds a house of gold. ~ A good fortune may forbade a bad luck, which may in turn disguise a good fortune.

~ An inch of time is an inch of gold but you can't buy that inch of time with an inch of gold.

~ On cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked.

~ A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.

~Do good, reap good: do evil, reap evil.

~ Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him fro a lifetime.

~ Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

~Better to light a candle than to cures the darkness.

~ Do not want others to know what you have done? Better not to have done it anyways.

~ A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

~If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hindered days of sorrow.

Kisses girls.~Izzy

Indirect Quotes from Micaelle Williams

Dear Lovely Ladies,
If you might have read the title you would have guessed that 2day's subject is Michaelle Williams and some quotes that i have fell in love with. Enjoy these words of wisdom and photographs from amazingly talented people...
~I have discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgement and to say in his heart of hearts, "To hell with you."-Saul Bellow ~All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this--as in other ways-- they are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo more than a painting may change its meaning according to who is looking at it.-John Berger
~To take photographs means to recognize- simultaneously and within a fraction of a second- both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that give tiselfmeaning. It is putting one's head, one's eye and one's heart on the same axis.- Henri Carter-Bresson
~For me, photographs take their power form memory and emotion. A picture tells its own story, shaped by the mood or insights of the person you are at the time you see it. It becomes layered with the past and the present.-Unknown

~One person can make all the differenve and every person should try.- JFK
~We have the power to amek this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world- or to make it the last.-JFK
~ Peace is a daily, a weeekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structers.- JFK
~ Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.- JFK
~Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.- Aristole

~A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in mintue. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.- Arthur Brisbane
~You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.-Dale Carnegie
~ It isn't kind to cultivate a friendship just so one will have an audience.-Lawana Blackwell
~ Sometimes the measure of friendship isn't your ability to not harm but your capacity to forgive the things done to you and ask forgiveness for your own mistkaes.- Randy K. Milholland
~ We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.- Thucydides

~ History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.-Sir Winston Churchill
~It's not enough that we do our best: sometimes we have to do what's required.- Sir Winston Churchill
~ Success is the ability to go from one's failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.- Sir Churchill
~ Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak, Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.-Sir Winston Churchill

Enjoy words from smart people! May their wisdom speak wonders.

Kisses~Izzy

Sorry!

Dear Lovely Ladies,
Ever just try to find what ur perfect fit is? Like those jeans or the type of books you enjoy the most. In this blog, i am trying to fit what i enjoy doing the best, so anyone reading this might think i am high or something but i am just plain trying to find that i enjoy the best. I love doing interview, and i REALLY hope to do more of them but i am slowly falling off the bandwagon. But from now on i am going to do like a selection of photos and intermix them with some quotes that i find interesting. Sorry for the people reading this who are trying to follow me but i am changing and so is my blog.
Shoot for the moon.~Izzy

Plain Jayne from Minne-So-Tah

Miss. Jayne is in my blog! Man, i was so excited when the writter of Plain Jayne let me do an interview. I am addicted to her posts. Seriously. So, her's my interview with the loviest lady of all time.

1. Why did you start blogging?

It was a dark and stormy night...no, actually it was the middle ofsummer when I was bored out of mind and decided that if Leith from"Waffles & Fashion" (also shout out to long deceased ELLEgirl forintroducing me to Leith) could start a fashion blog, then so could I!Seriously, the blogosphere is like a more achievable American Dream :)Besides blogging gave me an outlet for the writer in me, because theonly other options I had were a lame personal blog which no one read(can I blame them?) or the super emo writing club at my school.Blogging fills the void quite well- I am able to still throw mythoughts out into cyberspace and expand my personal style, not a badtrade! Thanks to every wonderful reader I have, I'm still going (andgoing and going, hopefully like the Energizer Bunny hehe ;), thanksfor putting up with me!

2. If you were made princess, name the first few things you would do.

Well my rolemodel would definitely be a combination of all my favoritereal princesses and modern day princesses. The decadence of MarieAntoinette- hey who says you're only allowed to eat cake on yourbirthday!? The wardrobe of Holly Golightly- though not the baggagethat comes with her life, well if that baggage includes George PeppardI may reconsider ;) And the vivacious reputation of Zelda Fitzgerald,without the actual madness. Once I had reached the epitome of princessI would marry my perfect man- the one who looks like James McAvoy,sounds like Jack Davenport (from Pirates of the Carribean), and hasJason Schwartmann's sense of humor- I know he's out there somewhere.Of course the castle itself would be in England- probably HamptonCourt, Henry VIII's favorite palace. There, that sounds about right :)

3. You are forced to leave your house, what would you pack in a backpack?

Oh man, I wish I could say "Obviously the 500- year- old familyhierloom." Alas, I think I'm going to be the stereotypicalmaterialistic apathetic teenager and say- my ipod, my digital camera,my laptop, and my phone (hey, they are expensive and I feel deprivedif missing one of them haha). Also some of my great grandmother'scostume jewelry, my 2 favorite pairs of shoes- pointy-toed redsnakeskin ballet falts and yellow low-heeled Topshop pumps, and myMarc Jacobs dress. Ok and let's also throw in my grandmother's photosof her family on the beach in the 1930s, they're so old and hilarious-now I don't feel so careless.

4. If you could live in one store for the rest of your life, which store would it be?

Harrods, no contest. The truth is, Harrods is simply too large andsnobby for me on a shopping basis, but it basically contains theentire universe inside: books, gourmet food, amazing clothes,luxarious beds, lavish bathrooms, and probably the Holy Grail-therefore the perfect store. It also might be quite fun to live in theMetropolitan Museum of Art like Claudia and Jamie in "The Mixed UpFiles of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler".

5. Your blog just hit it big! Name the magazine that it would be featured in?

Well as much as I adore Vogue it really is too pretentious sometimesand NYLON is awesome too, but a bit too hipster to truly represent me,so I pick Lula. True, I've only read it once, but hello! they featuredKirsten, clearly that know what's up. Also Lula really understands thequirks of the writer and reader, it would get just the right audiencefor my blog.

6. Would you rather be able to understand all languages or read minds?

Well judging by Harry Potter's experience with Occulemency I would sayall languages. Besides wouldn't it pay off in the long run to be ableto speak the cute boys language, rather than try and interpret hismuddled mind? ;)

7. Would you rather live without: coffee or reading books?

What sad and sorry soul would actually say coffee!? As much as I adoremochas and rasberry lattes, I could survive with no caffeinationperiod, but to be unable to escape the mundane of the world throughliterature- well that's true crime. Reading is sexy after all!

8. Please list your current hair style.

Hmm, ironically as much as I live and breathe fashion I've never beenone for makeup or elaborate hairstyles. Currently it is collar-bonelength, perfect for an impromptu flapper-esque bobb, with side sweptbangs, and is my natural shade of brown (which is about the same coloras Natalie Portman's hair- we actually have the same skintone too).It's low maintenance and since I have a natural wave it does coolthings without any effort! :)

9. Name 4 desingers or stores that you would trust with stocking your wardrobe.

Marc Jacobs, clearly he is Zeus on the Mount Olympus of the fashionworld. Luella for her quirkiness, I mean how can you not love thewoman who made bags and t-shirts with "NERD" plastered all over them?Proenza Schouler, a modern spin on the classics and great color,people should really not be afraid of color, it's a travesty. AndChanel, because Karl is a genius and even if he goes temporarilyinsane (Amy Winehouse as inpiration!?) at least the suits, flats, andbags are always classic.

10. Which celeb would you raid their closet and steal all their outfits?

Well, suprisingly I am not going to say Kirsten, I'd probably try andsteal her ability to put things together, but others have betterclothes. Like I adore Emma Watson's dresses and I'd probably pillageSienna Miller's street style wardrobe, she probably has atreasure-trove of unique accessories.

11. Name your top 3 blogs( the ones you have to check every day).

The Clothes Horse, because first off she is the only one who actuallyposts multiple times a day and also she has a fabulous and inspiringsense of style. Modern Marie, just the name of the blog is enough tokeep me coming back, but then it's always fun to look at her awesomeparties and we're music twins. And Ashcan Rantings, I always get akooky history lesson from her blog, plus we're both Arctic Junkies.

12.You won a backpacking trip arould the world, your first stops would be....I've always loved Europe so I'd make a stop in England again andfinally see Brighton, Ireland- maybe catch a U2 or the Frames concertand see the countryside, Scotland- they have super quaint manor housesand fantastic accents, then France where I'd soak up history in Paris,wine in Provence, and sun in Cannes, next Germany-it always looks sogorgeous!.....Mars haha just kidding

13. If you could trade lives with anyone in the world, it would be......It would be mindblowing to be JK Rowling- to have fathomed a worldlike that in the first place and then to become a global sensation,wow. On second thought, that may be a bit too intense, so then,Natalie Portman. She's gorgeous, brilliant, talented, helping others,and stylish.

14. One item that you could never live without....I hate this question, haha thought you should know. Probably a reallygood book- it's just a bunch of paper bound together, but it canprovide such relief and inspiration in seconds, and then cheese. Yes,that is totally bizarre I realize, but I'm addict (well I do loathesmelly strong goat cheeses)- pizza, fondue, cheese fries- a godsend.Yea, life without cheese is not living all haha, yep, lactoseintolerant people are missing out!

15. Name five book that you would take on a spring of the moment beach trip?

One of the Harry Potter books- dunno which one, HP3 is my favorite,but HP6 was quite fun and I still haven't processed HP7 yet, butdefinitely one of those- endless entertainment and genius. Atonementby Ian McEwan- it is absolutely brilliant and beautiful, I also wonderhow would be on a second read. The Mists of Avalon by Marion ZimmerBradley- King Arthur remixed from a female perspective- fascinatingand heartbreaking. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger-totally mindblowing and heartwrenching, I'm also curious to see howthis one would go on a second read. I also have been dying to read The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare ever since I saw the play.

A extremely big thanks to Plain Jayne! ~Izzy

Fun in a Bottle

I have finally got back to doing interviews(i just love coming up with the questions) and i got Heather from Tango Pirates & Absinthe! If you have ever read her blog, you know why i picked her. She's simply fabulous! I really enjoy seeing what fun stuff she will post next. Check her out: 1. Why did you start blogging?
Probably the best way to sum it up is how I described it in a post on Tango Pirates:
a. I found blogs very inspiring and I wanted to add my own contribution.
b. I've always loved writing. I used to write commentary for a high-school radio show in Louisville, and the joy of sharing my scathing wit over the airwaves was never really matched until I found my little niche here.
c. My friend Michael started this amazing online magazine, Rise Over Run. I cornered him at a party and told him I was writing a blog and it would be totally awesome if he gave it a little look-see and he said he'd check it out. We've been together ever since.
2. Name the first things you would do if made princess?
I hope I'd get to borrow the castle for a day, because I'd throw an awesome party! (And declare a holiday for everyone.) Then what? I'm not sure, but at least we'd be off to a good start!
3.If you could live in one store and only one store for the rest of your life, what store?
Oooh, this was a hard one. Probably Cherry Bomb, a boutique in my hometown. It's a great mix of vintage, new, and local, and they'll order whatever you want wholesale from American Apparel. If I had to pick a national chain, probably H & M. I never get to visit enough!
4. If you could trade lives with anyone in the world, who would it be?
Honestly? Probably with a small child, because that's the one time in your life when you're completely free and happy.
5. Name one(or more) celebrities that need to be put in jail.
Oh gosh. Well, obviously Britney Spears needs help, but I don't know if jail is the answer. Zac Efron, though, for looking like a complete douchebag all the time.(No offense to Zac Efron fans, of course--he really rubs me the wrong way though!)
6. Name one board game that never gets old.
Life! I find it endlessly fascinating, I guess I like the choices. And CandyLand will always remain a classic.
7. Would you rather be able to understand all languages or read minds?
Understand all languages! Reading minds might be convenient sometimes,but I don't know if I'd want to know everyone's innermost thoughts all the time--I certainly wouldn't want anyone reading my mind! But if I could understand all languages, I could go anywhere!
8. What is you most loved article of clothing?
I have so many! I love this Tara Jarmon dress I've had since high school but never get the chance to wear, and my v-neck green Sonic Youthshirt which always seems to add just the right amount of "me" to any outfit.
9. Which would you rather live without: your hair products or all your make-up?
Hair products, hands down. I don't use that many in the first place. But I won't even run to the video store without mascara on!
10. Who would you rather be Rachel Bilson or Mischa Barton?
Rachel is adorable, but Mischa seems to have a more bohemianlife/eccentric style, and I think it would be interesting to shop vintage and hang out with guys in bands all the time. At least that's my impression!
11. Name 3 designers that you would trust to make the rest of your cloths for the rest of your life.
Phillip Lim, Stella McCartney, and Marc Jacobs, of course!
12. Please listed your current hair style.
It's kind of a really disorganized bob, which is really fun to wear messy, but I'm thinking of getting a more neat and flapper-ish cut. It's kind of a natural honey brown but I also really want to dye it coppery red--or platinum blonde, I've always wanted to bleach it all the way out.
13.Which celeb would you raid their closet and steal all of their outfits?
There are so many! Kirsten Dunst, Zooey Deschanel, and Jenny Lewis are my top three though.
14.Name your top three blogs(you know the ones that you have to read everyday).
Oh man, I have to read more like 30 every day, haha! Galadarling.com is always good for a pick-me-up, though, and I have to check on my friend's blogs to see what they're thinking, and Facehunter for clothing/blogginginspiration.
15. You are treaveling to the beach, name 5 books that would be in your beach bag.
Revolutionary Road by Richard YatesLife After God by Douglas CouplandThe Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael ChabonA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smithand I always love a biography from either the Elizabethan era or thetime of Louis XIV(I'm seriously a book nerd.)

A big thank you from my end to Heather's! Enjoy!~Izz

Killer Quotes: Audrey Edition

Hey! today's a two for deal and lots of killer quotes with some Audrey Hepburn pics to keep you entertained. ~ Don't spend time beating on the wall, hoping to transform it into a door.-Coco Chanel
~Today is the tomorrow, we worried about yesterday.-Anonymous
~In the end, the end of a life only matters to friends, family and other folks you used to know; For everyone else, it's just another end.-Elsewhere
~Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.-Vernon Law

~Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.-Epicurus
~For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words on kindness; And for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.- Audrey Hepburn

~Sometimes i wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.-Katharine Hepburn
~There are certain shades of limelight that could wreck a girl's complexion.-Audrey Hepburn
~A great book should leave you with many experiences and slightly exhausted. You should have lived several lives while reading it.-William Styron