Hi, I'm Hannah! I decided that it's a known fact that most bloggers will revisit their first post and cringe at the embarrassment of their younger selves and their lack of blogging knowledge and experience, but you've gotta start somewhere! So I plan to make this introduction as cringe-free as possible (and also waffle-free but that's another target all together!).
I also noticed that bloggers tend to kick-start their blogs with 50 facts about themselves, I considered doing this and then decided against it based on the fact that I'm simply not interesting enough for that, so instead I shall divide 50 by 10 and attempt to inform you of the 5 best facts about me, hopefully giving you a sneak preview into what's to come on this blog (like reading the blurb of a book), so here goes:
- The Basics - I'm fifteen and I live in Ashford (sometimes appropriately nicknamed "Trashford"), and unfortunately, always have done. Ashford is in the county of Kent and the country of England (I had to add that just in case). It's fair to say its not the prettiest of towns and one day I hope to move to somewhere slightly more scenic and ideally by the sea, however for now it will do.
Here I present to you a cheerful selfie of me from April, wearing my favourite dress, but more on denim and the Eiffel Tower to come on my blog. - The Fashion Industry - Filled with excitement and new trends constantly being made, fashion fascinates me and always has done. I long for a career in fashion and textiles, preferably as a journalist (editor of Vogue would be nice) so I thought I would get a head start and create a magazine style blog to get a feel for the industry and what people enjoy reading about. My blog name represents my style, this is because many different eras, people, and places have helped influence me, like the individual squares of a patchwork quilt coming together to produce one unique piece (with also an element of sarcasm and guilty pleasures too, also shown in my blog title). I won't say anything else about my style as I will leave that to other posts.
- Music - Much like every other teenager on the planet, music is a huge part of my life. My wardrobe and iTunes are extremely similar actually: varied, questionable that the same person owns everything there, and both mostly revolving around the 1980s. So here we go with my top 3 bands: Arctic Monkeys, The Smiths, Oasis. I saw Arctic Monkeys live on the 23rd of May this year with my Dad and it was without a doubt the best day of 2014 (so far), and it pains me to know that I wont be able to experience my other two favourite bands live - yet another disadvantage to being born in the wrong decade, I'm just too late!
- Literature - English is my all time favourite subject, and I hope to take English Literature for A level next year. I love to indulge myself in the beauty of words on a page and I have to admit that sometimes I will be that person in the class that takes the meaning of poems way too far, but its yet another one of my passions, hence why I have started this blog - to express myself and love of all things fashion through letters and punctuation, my favourite! I must also confess that I was among the thousands who sobbed endlessly at the beautiful film "The Fault in Our Stars" (don't panic; I read the book first).
- Haribos - For my final fact I thought I should do something a little more fun. So, Haribos are my favourite snacks, I like the hearts because they make me feel loved. If you didn't get that then check out this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9scm3NCIH_E . Anyway, I've figured there's not much else I can say about Haribos so I'm going to be sneaky and add another one in here: Tumblr. I love the community feel of it and how we're all roughly the same age and so all have the same views on things (and also the same sense of humour) its the number one home of fandoms and I'm almost 100% sure that all of my funny stories/jokes will start off with "I saw this post on Tumblr..." So if you want, have a nose around my Tumblr blog here: http://thirteen-balloons.tumblr.com/.
So there we go, Fashion, Music, Literature, Food and the Internet, the basics of my life in 5 points. Not all my posts will be this boring but hopefully you have now got to know me a little better. My next post will be about my style icons and influences (God knows when I will post it; I'm going into year 11 this September so my GCSEs are right around the corner, but I promise to do it asap!)
:)thanks for reading(:
