I had a good time scrolling down the archives reliving the past year. I joined IFB in April and fell down the fashion blogger rabbit hole with glee. I do this for the joy of it -- I "should" be concentrating on my art work, but it isn't half as compelling. Who knows? Maybe the fashion blogger portraits (see last link) will become my next art exhibition.
I have enjoyed becoming part of the fashion blogger community and learning the merits of Twitter (@annembray), Tumbler, Instagram (annembray) et al. AND making everyone's acquaintance. You are a great community!
Here are my favorite SpyGirl posts from 2011.
SpyGirl started as a fake journal project in April 2010. I wanted to start sketching my outfits and came upon the SpyGirl template by accident (or fate). This journal spread is my favorite for 2011 because it jogs my memory about a design concept I'd like to put into production and sell.
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| Favorite SpyGirl Sketch: 4-22 happy Earth Day |
My favorite outfit post is about what I wore for a Nada Surf gig I attended with my boyfriend. We had backstage passes and everything!
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| Favorite outfit post: In 10 Minutes: 6-5 |
"Style Reports" are my street style photos. This Williamsburg post was the result of planting myself at Pies - n - Thighs for hours, waiting for my boyfriend to arrive from an LAX flight into Newark (flight issues). A fashionable start to a most excellent vacation with him.
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| Favorite Style Report (street style): Summer in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY |
I'm calling posts about museum visits and other cultural activities "Style Guides" I was killing time in Portland and stumbled upon this wonderful exhibition. Took copious notes and photos.
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| Favorite Style Guide: Portland - Laurie Herrick at the Museum of Contemporary Craft |
I'm especially proud of my Hair Care post for the Friend Friday group, hosted by Katy at ModlyChic. If you had told me three years ago that I would have short hair today, I wouldn't have believed you.
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| Favorite FBFF (friend friday) post: Hair Care - the long and the short of it |
The second IFB Project was to write a haiku. I chose my red coat that I designed in 1987.
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| Favorite IFB Project: haiku to my red coat |
For one of my day jobs, I teach digital design. I make all my own handouts in lieu of a text book. Thanks to Kimi @ allthefussandmore I learned how to turn off the oh-so-annoying Blogger Captcha. I then made her instructions visual. This is one of my most popular posts.
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| Best (and only) tech tip: How to Turn off Captcha in Blogger |
Here is a taste of a series to come in 2012 -- "Fashion Icons"
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| Post that I'm most excited about: amb on 7-21 |
Before this recap project came up, I was already starting to use Chris Guillebeau's (author of The Art of Non-Conformity) process to evaluate my year. I recommend that you check out his Annual Review post here. He gives some great suggestions.
To a better and brighter 2012!
