Finding Style Again

In high school I used to save my babysitting money for clothes- using layaway or waiting until I had enough to shop at stores like American Eagle and Benetton. However, by the time I went off to college, I lost my sense of style and settled into jeans. And more jeans. And sweats. My Catchit! t-shirt in the photo above became a pillow along with my screen printing from a junior high art class.

Around 2007, I started to wake up, bored with the way I looked and then in 2011 a visit to a friend who- like me- had been a skirt girl yet she was still a skirt girl- reminded me that I had lost something along the away. And so I returned to skirts and dresses.

And a sense of style.

I got bored wearing jeans all the time. While I work at home, I still venture out to the store or various places to run errands, but I like to dress nice because I feel better when I dress better. I'm not a make up, girl, nor do I spend much time on my hair but having a fun dress or skirt to wear is my focus.

Starting Michelle L. is a reflection of that. Many times I'm looking for something in particular and I can't find it (seem like certain items always stop appearing after I start looking for them). Or maybe I want something in a certain color. I finally realized this year that it was time to stop looking for these items and concentrate on making them myself.

After spending years looking online at ideas, now I'm taking those ideas and turning them into something– a way for me to share my style with others.