Wow, must say that I began this YLF adventure about a month after I started blogging and feel like I have grown up here. I began the journey with good instincts and creativity. I gained immediately wonderful terminolgy here like
'poison eye" and 'bookending'

I also began seeing that my mirror had been lying to me and that photos revealed that i was getting the proportion thing all wrong. I became a quick study and with guidance from here feel like that is the greatest gift I've received from YLF, embracing my petite height and learning to dress it!

I wake up every moring looking forward to Angie's posts and what wisdom she is going to impart. Her posts are always thought provoking and many times reassure me that I am on the right track or open me up to a new possibility. While some of the things are just not for me or my style, that too is itself a great education as it gives me confidence in identifying what I do want for myself. Totally invaluable!

I also realized that I am a rule breaker! I have always been a person who thinks for herself and stands firm when I know I have a point.This really shows in my insisting on wearing skirts at my knee or even slightly shorter as I saw in my proportion discovery that they worked best for my petite height, particularly when wearing flats. The photos told the story! .. Makes me want to share a story of me in kindergarten... Part of testing for motor skills required kicking a box down the hallway... Every other child just did it with no problem.. I, on the other hand thought kicking a box was a dumb thing and dug in my heels refusing to do it. This went on for three days, boy was I being stubborn!. My mother ended up bribing me with paper dolls, something I loved more than anything. Punching out the outfits, purses, shoes even jewelry and dressing those cardboard cutouts took up hours of my childhood!

I feel like there is just so much I could say about how much confidence I now have and how much I feel like I've spent this past year getting an education and am still learning things daily from this site. Everyone sharing their fashion journey's has value and teaches something and I look forward to continuing this journey here at YLF. Thank you so much Angie and Greg for creating such a supportive community and also to everyone who post their pictures and shares on this site.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week! I am off to homeschool, my youngest!

Just for fun, here is my Pinterest page that shows my journey this past year!

http://www.pinterest.com/trace.....by-tracey/