Could have died today. . .

Soooo . . . I almost burned the house down today. I woke up did the dishes from yesterday, then I wanted to make some eggs. I put a pan on the stove and turned the stove to number 3. I then put some olive oil on the pan.

While the pan was getting heated I decided turn on the computer & checkout my Youtube inbox. While little did I know this would eventaully lead to me getting distracted by random videos and forgetting the stove was even on.

The next thing I KNOW THE FIRE ALARM WAS GOING OFF. My attention quickly went from the computer to the kitchen. There was smoke everywhere. I rushed to turn off the stove, and pick up the pan to put it in the sink. Thank God there was no fire, otherwise I would have had to use the baking soda to put it out - oh wait, we're out of baking soda! Whatta Morning!

SCHOOL IS FINALLY OUT!! (Heres my summer plans for youtube)

             So its June 19th, 2012 and now I can offically say that "SCHOOLS OUT!!" However, I can't exactly say its out for the summer since I need to do summer school. Yuck. I'm in grade 12 but in order for me to offically graduate I needed one more 30 level course, thus I'm taking Art 30.

       BESIDES summer school though I plan to do some sewing, and making more Youtube vee logs! Yeah!I'm totally excited! I'm also planning to finish up my last vip challenge video before july. If you don't know what a "vip challenge" vid is, here let me explain. Lets cut to the chase and say the its basiclly challenging yourself to go outside and talk to a camera in public. Trust me,  when I first stated this its was a lot harder then it seems. However now I'm on my nineth vip video and I am beginning to find my confidence of vlogging in front of people.

       Baby steps, baby step; its all it take. Well, I guess u can add some guts to that pile to. To put in a bigger perspective think about this: you see people use their cell-phones up to their ears much more often then u see people with cameras up to their faces. When I started vlog in public I got shy because I could see eveyone was looking at me and utimalty judging me. Especially the older people they looked at me like I was a crazy person on the street. Horever now I don't get shy as much. Well, maybe for the first few seconds but it all goes away after I "get into it." Its actually pretty funny to me now. When I vlog in public. I get the feeling that sometimes people star at me to try and figure out who I am. ..like if I'm a famous vlogger on youtube. Ha! That always makes me feel better. I try to forget about the people and think about vlogging.

Anyways, in august I might be volunteering for "hertiage days" and then in september I'll be GOING TO COLLEGE! YAY i'm soo excited but nervous. I'll be living on my own for the first time. Shiet this is a big step for me. I'll let you guys updated on how it goes:)

Want to match the words with a face? HERE"S A LINK TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL>
http://www.youtube.com/user/TornAPartPaperHeart?feature=mhee

You will also find my vip challenge videos:) ENJOY! And subscribe if you have a youtube channel yourself.

My take on the Edmonton version of the reality TV show, "Jersey Shore"

I like to read the metro news every morning on my bus ride to school. Today, though was different. I opened the newspaper to the second page and read an interesting heading that stated: Reality TV Show Holds Casting Call.
At first I got all excited because the thought of that fact that there would be a TV show in EDMONTON (out of all the better places in beautiful Alberta) that's amazing. I'm pretty sure most TV productions would go with along Calgary rather than Edmonton, but not this one. Edmonton is where I was born and raised. It's my home. 
However, my heart immediately dropped when I read further and discovered what this particular TV would base it's content upon.

To summarize quickly in my own words; This article by written Laurie Callusen basically discussed how there is going to be a casting call for an Edmonton version of Jersey Shore, for the "Northsiders".

Yuck, I feel like I'm about to gag. Who even watches that show; Jersey Shore? Like seriously, I have seen it once and immediately thought it was a waste of my life. I'm just not a fan of the shows that star those dramatic attention seekers.

And don't get me wrong, I do support Canadian productions, but the content of drinking, partying, sex, yelling at someone for no apparent reason,  & stupid plain teenage drama, like COME ON, Edmonton is waaaay better than that. I feel like this show is going to portray a bad image for Edmonton. It is bad enough that we're known as the killing capital of Alberta, with the label of "Deadmonton."

Another reason why I'm not  necessary on the boat with this idea, is because its something that's already been there, & ppl have done that. Why can't Canadian Media come up with something fresh, original and unique? A lot of the Canadian versions of shows that I see on TV these days are just Canadian versions of the American ones. Like wtf? Its seems as though we are more of the follower, monkey-see-monkey-do type, rather then being a leader and coming on with our own new ideas. For example take a look at American idol, Canada got a version of that after the Americans made a hit out of it. I could say the same for ____ Got Talent, or even the soon-to-air Canadian version of The Bachelor.

Thus I feel as though this is a bad idea overall. Please leave a comment and let me know what you guys think; yay or nay?

I might even make a YouTube video on this. I'll post the link here once I'm done.

HERE IS THE LINK TO THE YOUTUBE VIDEO YOU HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFGmgfhb8DA

A trip to Elk Island National Park

Last weekend I took a trip with the family to the land of bisions, also known as Alberta's Elk Island National Park. It was nice because we haven't gone to that park all together since we were little kids. And now a new generation is starting since we brought my new baby nephew along with us.

We got to hear a symphony of underwater frogs and see a heard of truly amazingly beautiful heard of bisions. Heres the best shot I got:

ALSO IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE WHOLE TRIP I UESD THE VIDEO FOOTAGE AS MY "VLOGGING IN PUBLIC VIDEO #7" ON YOUTUBE.

HERES THE LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsYTMExT9mw&feature=endscreen&NR=1&list=UUvOc5DQM0bGAKfeMM6F1TmAurl

BALLBUSTER Fashion Sketch for Hot Summer 2012

               So its the long weekend of May and here is my latest sketch for summer 2012. I tried to portray the outfits with a modern-classic theme.  

With the one on the left I created a magnificent piece, inspired by a  princess dress. I used a sweet-heart neck line at the top of the dress but I also put an edgy twist into it. I wanted the vertical lines to make an illusion of a thin, tall elegant woman. But ultimately this is a look that could be pulled off with any body shape. This would be perfect for a fancy evening, wedding or ball.

With the ready-to-wear piece on the right I wanted something that was casual, yet fancy. The vertical lines serve the same purpose as the first one. My choice of colour was strictly inspired by the colours that I am blessed to see when I take a look outside in the summer. The pink flowers, yellow pollen, and the fresh soil played a huge part in the overall visual.

Hope you all liked the start to this wonderful collection. If you want to know more about it leave your questions and comments below OR check out my YouTube video on this drawing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xwR9tz3CT4URL

Long weekend+Fashion Book+Reconstructing old jeans.PLUS my take on Avengers

Schools out and now it is the start of the 4day long weekend! Boo-yahhh! The only down side is that it looks like its going to be a rainy one. But other than that I'm excited to get a bit of a break from school. I hate waking up in the mornings. I'm sooo sleeping in this weekend!:-)

I might be going on a road trip to visit my bro but if not I'm planning to do some sewing and try to finish reading the book; How to Set Up and Run a Fashion Label - Toby Meadows . I'm so into it. A couple nights ago I caught myself reading it till 1:30 in the morning. I haven't done that since junior high when I actually loved to read girly novels.

Last weekend I finished sewing a cool project for myself. I noticed I had  a lot of ripped up, worn-down jeans sitting in my closet and collecting dust bunnies. I was thinking of giving these jeans to Goodwill, but then I had a flashback that reminded me of the time I made a skirt from my favorite jeans (that were ripped at the crouch as a result from me attempting to do the splits). This shot out numerous star ideas from my head. I decided to reuse/recycle these jeans into a top, and make a YouTube video of me doing it. In the end though since I had a lot of jeans to work with I was able to make a whole mini dress out of it. It looks so awesome! If you guys want to check it out here's a link to the YouTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RRtYseHzU8&list=UUvOc5DQM0bGAKfeMM6F1TmA&index=0&feature=plcp

Yesterday I saw The Avengers . TBH: I didn't enjoy that movie all that much. I know everyone said it was sooo good but to me it kinda sucked. I know people that would have rated it 9/10 but I would rate it more like 5.8/10. I don't know what sucked more the plot of the story or the gay video animated graphics that they had edited with. I think its because I'm just not a fan of video games; they are such a WASTE of time and money. Personally I plain out despise them.
The only two things I did like were; the hot guys and the funny jokes. Ha! They just got some good jokes, especially from Mr.Robert Downey, Jr. What a funny man!

Any-who I also plan to make a youtube video to update my vlogging.
p.s. i' putting my (vip) "vlogging in public videos" on hold for now.
Peace out & God-bless you!

Sweet Verbena: Making Your Own Pattern: a tutorial

Sweet Verbena: Making Your Own Pattern: a tutorial: Patterns aren't cheap . Seriously, I was browsing through through the look books at Hobby Lobby the other day and some of them were  as muc...