Philadelphia

Hello everyone!

Today my family and I took an excursion out to the big bad city! We went to see the Pompeii exhibit at the Franklin Institute. Also, we visited my big cousin Sarah at her school, and lets just say thet I'm a little jealous. Just a little. Or a lot. Whatever.

The view from her dorm room is insane.

Jacket: thrifted, shirt and skirt: Forever 21, boots: Target, bag: old, can't remember where I got it (sorry!)

A huge thank you goes to my Mom and to Sarah for helping me with the pictures! It was so much fun running around looking for places to take them. I wish I could do more travel posts like this, but I take what I can get.

~Lizzie Rose~

Song of the Day: Happy by Pharrell Williams
You can't not be happy when you hear this song. Go ahead and try.

Saying Goodbye to Wintery Colors

Hello everyone! 

I know it's been a while, school has been crazy busy since the classes changed. Also, I've been exercising every day for nearly two months, a "lifestyle change" that I'm planning on writing about in the near future.

I've been wanting to try blogging about fashion for a looong time now, and I finally got up the courage to do my first OOTD post! I realized after the sun had gone down and I had changed out of my clothes that I forgot to take a full shot of the entire outfit... So I kind of botched my first fashion post, but hopefully I'll get better as time goes on. Also, please excuse the stupid timestamps if there are any left. I think I cropped them all out, but Picasa was being particularly contrary today.

Since today is April first (!!!) it's getting a little too warm to be wearing such warm colors. Today at school, nearly every girl was wearing a dress or a skirt! I guess I missed the memo. But I'm in love with this sweater, and I needed to say goodbye before I break out the pastels and lace. 

Sweater: Pacsun, Leggings: Target, Bracelets: were a gift, Necklace: Old Navy, Boots: Target

Hope you enjoyed my first fashion post! I'm definitely going to be posting more like this! Also, I have a DIY in the works and a lifestyle post about my new "Lifestyle Change" as I'm calling it. Will post soon!

~Lizzie Rose~

Song of the Day: Little Me by Little Mix
I looove this song! I'm obsessed! It's been on repeat for about a week now.

Valentine's day.

Hallo everyone.

It kinda sucked.

Okay, maybe it didn't suck, because I did get chocolate. And chocolate fixes everything.

But it wasn't a fantabulous marvelous day... mostly because almost the whole day was dedicated to working on math and french homework. Echh. And I don't wanna be that bitter single lady, but it kinda sucks to be alone on Valentine's. However, I did watch the Olympics with my family and have a sort of spa night, so that was fun. Even if I did get face mask in my hair.

And I found a stinkbug in my bed.

But that's not the point.

What I'm trying to say, is that it's okay to be single on Valentine's day because really, today is a celebration of any kind of  love. Celebrate with the people you love the most, whether it be your significant other, your family, or your very best friends. Spend today with the people who mean the most to you and tell them how much they mean to you, you can't go wrong :)

Nite nite! Lizzie Rose

Song of the Day: Summertime Sadness by Lana del Ray
Because I would take some summer time sadness over this deep freeze we've been living in lately any day.

Train of thought

Hallo everyone! 

I hope that you are all well. I have yet another snow day today, and I don't know wether I'm happy or upset by this, because my school ran out of makeup days two snow days ago. So now it's chipping away at my summer, one day at a time. This is not acceptable! The summer is mine, mine, mine!! 

Winter just needs to calm itself down, and stop dumping snow on our parade. 

Spring just needs to get here already.

So anyway, all this free time has given me lots and lots of internets and thinking time (dangerous combonation, I know) about how the internet gives us power. Take this blog for example, anyone can read this, and whatever I put on here could have a good or bad affect on someone. Anyone can be an inspiration, wether through twitter, tumblr, blogger, Instagram, YouTube, whatever medium you use. These platforms allow us to put our stamp on the world, to express our opinions, and that's a tremendous thing. It blows my mind whenever I think about it!

Okay, I'm done now. Can you tell I have way too much time on my hands?

Stay warm. I'll be huddled under covers watching Frasier!

Lizzie Rose

Song of the Day: Team by Lorde

Happy Anniversary

Hello, everyone!

I hope you are all keeping warm in this ungodly cold, here's to snuggly blankets and peppermint tea! Thats where I have been living since Monday. It was so cold yesterday, even the schools closed down!

Actually, yesterday's weather was a tribute of sorts to my Mom and Dad, who celebrated their 18th anniversary. They were married in the thick of the famous blizzard of January 1996. My parents awoke to over 3 feet of snow on their wedding day, but that didn't stop them! They got married that afternoon, chauffeured to the church in my Uncles Jeep. They celebrated their wedding with the rest of my family that was snowed the rest of the night, and for the next few days until the roads finally reopened and everyone could return home. It was a wedding to remember, and something my family still reminisces about 18 years later. Happy anniversary, you are order number 1! (Hope my parents read this because they are really the only ones who understand that)

Lizzie Rose

Song of the Day: Tennis Court by Lorde
I'm obsessed with Lorde's album, Pure Heroine! It has been on repeat on my iPod this past week.

Birthdays, Writing and Chasing Dreams

Hello again,

I think it may be a week since I've posted? It has been a crazy one. As I'm sure it has been for everyone else. I'm sure I'm not the only one, but it's still not excuse. Sorry about that... but I hope that everyone had a fantastic Christmas! I did. I think that my favorite part about the holiday season is how it forces people to pause their fast and furious schedules and spend time with family. I love love love that, because you get to capture precious moments, even if they are few and far between. Kind of gives you something to hold on to during the year, doesn't it?

I also just realised, I think today might actually be this blog's 2nd birthday! Yay! (Insert "Happy Birthday" song here) for the most part, I have been a really sucky blogger, but im hoping to change that in the coming year. So happy 2nd birthday, Petals and Velvet! Lets start this year out fresh, a clean slate.

So remember when I said that this blog was going to be a little bit of everything? I wasn't kidding. Today's topic is writing. The past few days, I've been aching to write, but I wasn't sure how... or what I would write for that matter. As I may have mentioned before, I have been suffering from writers block for a while, and (fiction wise) it has been weavering a little. A couple ideas have popped into my head over the past couple of days. To start out, I think I'll write a short story. Then, I'm going to dedicate myself to outlines and plans for my existing and budding stories. Baby steps.

But one thing that I've been pondering these past few days, or if I'm honest, the past few years, is thatchasing your dreams is no cakewalk. It's gutsy, it's courageous, and most of all, it's brave. I know I want to be a writer, I've known that for a long time. If I want to dedicate my life to writing, and live out the dream I've had since I was 3, I will not be easy. It will be a rough ride, but it will be worth it, because it's for something I love. And that is something worth walking the tightrope for. We just have to be willing to sacrifice for it. The same goes for any passion,  whether it's painting, the piano, physics, or true love, it's all worth it. When you find the thing that makes you smile, makes you feel like you belong in this messed up world of ours, it's worth the risk. Don't let it go.

Good night all. Thank you for listening/reading.

~Lizzie Rose~

Song of the Day: More like group of the day, but im obsessed with The Lumineers right now, they are just amazing! Please go listen if you haven't heard anything by them other than "Ho Hey". Pretty please?

What I'm reading: A Room With a View by E.M. Forster
I love this book! I'm a lover of the classics, and this book is so entertaining. All of the characters almost dance around eachother in some sort of etiquette tango, and everyone is afraid of stepping on each other's toes. At least that's what I think so far. When I finish, maybe I will write a post about what I thought.

Cellular withdrawal

Hello again!

So last night, after publishing my last post, I realized that I didn't have my phone on me. So I tore the house apart looking for it, looking under my bed, in the couch, in the car, until finally I resorted to looking outside in the yard and the road. I found my poor phone lying at the side of the road, the screen side down. The screen was cracked so badly pieces of the glass were coming off. Broken beyond repair. So today, I was going through some major cellular withdrawal today, using an old Blackberry that we still had activated until my new phone comes in the mail (hopefully) tomorrow. Which is pretty pathetic, when I think about it. I can't go one day without my phone? It really made me think. How much have I been depending on my phone? In between every class, and during every free moment, I whip out my phone and check Twitter and Instagram and my text messages... It's almost become a sort of safety net, my constant connection to the universe. But i guess that's everyone, right?

Today went really well, a 2 hour day always makes the day better! I hope that everyone else's day was good, too! Sleep well.

~Lizzie Rose~