Missie Sue: Archive

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Dec 10th

Endings and Beginnings

After almost two years using this blog as a journal, scrapbook, and mental catch-all, I’ve decided I want to make a few changes. There have been a lot of personal shifts in my life lately, so that this blog’s original purpose (an honest, uncensored venting space) is no longer as necessary. Also, over time I have started to take a more pointed interest in art, design, and aesthetics,...

Dec 4th

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Nov 23rd

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Nov 21st

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Christmas Shopping Series: Small Treasures

Every holiday, I tend to pick a theme around which to buy gifts, wrap presents, decorate the house, etc. One of my favorite gift themes is buying lots of small, exquisitely-made objects to wrap like little gems for friends and family. There’s something so needlessly luxurious about tiny precious things. Here are a few of the petite treasures I have my eye on this holiday season. Pyrrha...

Nov 20th

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Nov 19th

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Nov 17th

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Style Inspiration Series: Dita Von Teese

“The truth is that I am a very ordinary blonde girl from Michigan.” “The one time I hired a stylist, they picked up a pair of my 1940’s shoes and said, ‘These would look really cute with jeans.’ I immediately said, ‘You’re out of here.’” Dita Von Teese is an icon to me because… She owns her sexuality. She shamelessly performs...

Nov 17th

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Nov 16th

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Nov 16th

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SO Glad I'm Not the Only One Who Does This... →

Nov 15th

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Nov 15th

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Nov 15th

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Nov 13th

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Nov 13th

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Nov 12th

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Nov 12th

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Nov 11th

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Getting Over The Special Snowflake Illusion

Sometimes, my baby sister has surprisingly good sense for a fourteen-year-old. A few nights ago, I was visiting my parents, luxuriating in the comforts of free food, and enjoying the loud affections of younger siblings. Lydia and I had closeted ourselves in her room, and I was whining, er, relating my frustrations about having what I perceive to be very stereotypical, young, female interests....

Nov 10th

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