Long time no see! I generally am posting over on my Instagram, ManicPop nowadays, but please be advised that my Etsy account under ManicPop has been compromised and Etsy will not let me recover it. That being said, had some thoughts on Sunday about how I came to be a fashion-girl -- making, sewing, designing and sketching. I don't have a blog really otherwise, so this seemed like a good spot to post it. Enjoy! It's taken me decades to figure out where my interest in fashion suddenly “sprung up”. But it wasn't sudden at all. It's always been running in the background, so quietly I somehow never took note. Drinking my coffee this morning, I opted to pull out a book from my orange bookcase instead of starting at the insanity on my phone that is the internet these days. Yesterday I was away from it for most of the day and was really enjoying being a little more present in my own life. I have recently re-acquired a book called “Barbie: Her Life and Times” by Bi...