My NeWeSt CrEaTiOn...

My district was holding a competition for fashion students all over the county.

My fashion class was challenged to enter one of the categories

 and to produce a product.

I took on the challenge.

I entered the competition under the category of

Create something new out of recycled materials.

I wanted to do something unique, something bold, something...

retro.

I thought for days about what I wanted to create and one day came across some floppy disks and binder rings...

(light bulb moment!)

FLOPPY DISKS and BINDER RINGS!

soon I had created a dress which focused on these two recycled materials.

Although this is not the original dress

( I ruined the original before I could show anyone...)

I love it and hope you will as well!

The Future Ahead...

“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
― Marilyn Monroe

Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together."

Getting rejected from BYU was very difficult for me... I honestly thought I had hit a dead end.

But as the weeks passed I started to ask myself something...

Did I really want to go to BYU or was it just to please my parents?

It dawned on me that I may of never wanted to attend BYU.
BYU had many alluring memories which had made me delusional.

BYU also would of provided me with what I wanted...
Peace, safety, and closure from challenges which I did not want to face.
On March 29, 2012 I was approached with some unexpected glorious news. I had been accepted into FIT, my dream school since freshmen year.

FIT stands for Fashion Institute of Technology.

It is ranked number one in the US for fashion,
and is one of the top five fashion schools in the world...

 I realized that although it may be tough there was only one university that could give me my dream job and that university was FIT.

 Marilyn Monroe was right...
My dream to attend BYU may have fell apart 

but I was greeted with something greater.

My sister always plays the violin really late... like midnight late...its starting to get on my nerves, bad...
When she plays the violin at night all I hear is...

                        SCREEEEEEEECH

SCREEEEEEEEEECH

SCREEEEEEEEEECH

My father and I have made her a music room and guess where it is...

THE GARAGE! 

The boy who I will never forget...

During the finale of my high school years in Utah I somehow had befriended a young man named Tyler Weenig on Facebook. I had never actually talked to him face to face before but I had met him through an acquaintance at one of my volleyball games.

My first thought when I met him...

WOW... He's CUTE!

One day I decided to take a chance and talk to him on Facebook.

Best decision of my life.

We talked briefly before we exchanged numbers.

We have connected ever since.

This young man has become someone I rely on constantly. Without him I don't know where I would be or how I would be surviving my life here in VA.

He always knows what to say when I am feeling distressed and he knows how to make me laugh.

Out of the hundreds I have met Tyler is the most caring, honest, humorous, and good looking person I know.

As well Tyler is multi-talented...

He is musically talented-- plays the piano, guitar, and sings.

He is also a fantastic athlete-- plays rugby (HOT right)?!

Plus to add a cherry to the multi flavored ice cream he is very intelligent.

If there is anyone in this world that is close to perfect it would be Tyler.

Ty I am so grateful that you are always there for me.
I hope some day I will be given a chance to repay you for everything.
You are a great friend.

You are my best friend.

<3 you always,

Margaret

P.S. Here are some pictures of Tyler but I am warning you if you are looking for a best friend you better look somewhere else! He is mine! :D

The Future...

I had my future all planned out although I never really told a soul. I knew what college I wanted to go to... what I wanted to study... where I wanted to marry... and how many children I wanted.

Two days ago that plan changed abruptly.

I got denied from my dream school, BYU. My nightmare had become a reality. At that moment only one word can describe what I was feeling...

DEVASTATION

For two days all I did was mope around and cry while eating all the carbohydrates I could find (day two I ordered two boxes of pizza and a bag of bread sticks)!

I put myself down constantly stating that I was an idiot for not getting in and that I was stupid that I thought I could get back my old life in Utah. I was angry with the world and with my father in heaven...

I felt that I had wasted years of my life preparing myself for this amazing school that was supposed to lead me to the future I had dreamed about constantly. I had wasted the last two years of high school in a state which I loathed. I had begged my parents to send me back to the place that brought me happiness but they insisted that this would help my future immensely. I had worked hard by being officers of clubs, seminary vice president, sterling scholar of marketing, working two jobs, interning at Nordstrom, district choir soloist, etc. but all I got was a big fat denied on my application.

 I honestly believed that I had the worst luck in the world…

This morning I woke up and threw my hands above my head and yelled,

“Oh well!”

I had realized that this one little thing was not going to end of my life. I had so much to be grateful for! I had been accepted to 3/4 schools that I had heard back from, I had a family, a house, a religion, and well, I was still breathing. 

I started to realize how selfish I was being.

This challenge was not given to me to end my life. It was given to push it forward. Although I cannot say I am satisfied with the answer I was given I know this answer was given to me for a reason. Maybe I was never supposed to go to BYU. Maybe I was supposed to go in a year as a transfer student. Honestly only two people know and neither of them are me!

Happiness sometimes arrives in mysterious ways...

But it is always given.

 Let me just say that no matter where life takes me I will be happy!

English Village...

This summer I was able to go to Korea to teach English at English Village. These are just a few pictures taken in Korea...
ENJOY!

youngest student I had... she was 5!

Japanese child...

Two boys who were just a year younger... awk! -though I was 20  :D ...

Tall Koreans!?

two japs one korean...

Japanese Students...

this counts cause its a korean fruit...

new life= new blog

Since high school is about to make its final curtain call I decided that I needed a fresh start. This is my official new blog and I am excited start it.

My cousin Soho and I this summer in South Korea...