best music video ever.

Lo and behold. I know know how to make these:

So I've been trying some constructions and designs this past week and now, after my own tries and a few guiding tips from my 'teacher extraordinare', know how to make these Balmain wonder-shoulder jackets & dresses. And I'm in love. Watch out, I'll be making these for myself in a near future!

<3

Best birthday ever. Best 22nd.

yesterday (my birthday) was absolutely Fabulous! I am so lucky to have the friends and family I have. They really made this birthday memorable!

The morning started with the wakeup to "Happy Birthday" and a divine chocolate cake with lit candles and a birthday wish. Gifts were opened, and truly loved. With a sugar kick I went off to school.

After school, I went to Institute to meet up with a whole bunch of people that put a birthday crown and Hawaiian plastic Lei (yes, indeed! good thing they didn't get me a coconut bra though), and we all went to dinner at TGI Friday's. We were a big party of 16 people (8 boys and 8 girls), and had a blast at Friday's till midnight. They sang, and later on the whole Friday's crew came to sing for me too It was absolutely the best time I've ever had. Even better then the goodbye dinner at Cheesecake Factory in April.

the crown they made me wear


Fridays crew singing


on the train home for the night



the end.

Last day as 21, tomorrow I'll be bringing 22 on.

Lily Allen - 22

"Til the man of her dreams comes along picks her up
and puts her over his shoulder"

The Starting Line - 21

I'm 21 and I'm already hazy
What am I gonna.. what am I gonna do?"

just some sweet songs :)

i miss figure drawing class

Oh yes, I do.

The Killers, and Sundayprepp in worldclass.

Nails are being painted in a sweet coral pink tone while varieties of Killer The Killers songs play on iTunes. Yes, at 1 am at nighttime. When else?

Peace, :]

bring it on! bring my freakin birthday on!

Ah, I just want it to be my birthday already! Come on, bring it on! Bring on the cake, singing, congratulatory texts and messeges, gifts and the love. I feel a little bit like a kid before christmas day. I'm so excited!

Bring it on! I amd so ready to turn 22!

friday chill

I Nine - Seven Days of Lonely

nostalgia and weird memories - - -

On my way home from school today, I saw a boy that I went to school with. First to seventh grade, to be more exact. Way log time ago in Bethlehem..
I vision myself, in fifth, or maybe even sixth grade, on my way to his birthday party. That was when my family had just moved in to the same neighborhood as him. I remember how I that night, with slight success, plucked my eyebrows for the first time. I also remember not doing it to well on one side, ending with a slight glitch and having to fill it out with my Moms eyebrowpen.

Hahaha,
dear heavens.. The things we remember.

- let the dam break at any hour

Oh sweet craziness' this week. Craziness like no other. Good and bad.

I got my BYUH acceptance letter, visa papers and housing application. Turns out I need to apply for a whole new visa, had to call BYUH housing to tell them that "yes, i have attended BYUH for two semesters already, so I'm eligeble for off-campus housing", email a ton of people to get my byuh-page working (and it still isn't.. frick!), school is currently rolling at 140 mph and i have this toally crazy "fabric calculation" in a 1:4 scale (including seam allowances) to do before the 25th, work every saturday - for what feels like the rest off my life - and the list can go on and on.

But I'm glad to be backa t work at the same time. My co-workers loudly expressed their happiness with me being back every Saturday to work with them. I love them!

And my birthday is coming up. on Wednesday the 23d, to be more exact, and I have no idea what to wish for really.. It's so sad. :( I just want to be celebrated, loved and cuddled with, bu friends and family. Is that so wrong? And a few gift certificates could never go wrong for a poor student.

Man.. Autumn really hit Sweden hard this week, and it is beautiful and chilly. I finally got to pull out my favorite army green trench from H&M, heeled boots and knee stockings this week. I love it. Layers. Gosh I've missed layers.

The weekend is coming up. Really fast too. Tomorrow I'll be chilling with the other YSA's at the institute centre, that will be interesting, but new people have moved up to Stockholm, which makes life so much more interesting.

Peace <3

craving:

colors "in crave": orange, pink, strawberry and white.

Love of the week.

Kelly Clarkson - Don't Let Me Stop You

photoshoot 101

We (me, my sisters and my best friend) had a really cool photoshoot last night. I'll post pictures later. This one is taken outside our house, with my cam.

shout out

Just wanted to give a shout out to Brittany, who is sick and has an ear infection. That really sucks. I used to get ear infections all the time as a kid, I know how bad it hurts.

So Brittany,
I hope you'll get better and that you're being taken care of.

Lots of love,
Jackie Lady

exercise 101

Just got back from the Gym with Emma and Sabine.

Incredibly nice! Last time I actually went to the gym was in march. Sadly enough. Well, I have gone to some kick-boxing sessions, and taken a few running trips around the neighborhood. But it was so nice to finally be able to go to the gym and give it my all, feel my back, arms and legs burn.

Who said exercise can't be effortless. I find it absolutely liberating at times.

Guess who's gonna be sore tomorrow? - Me.

xox

Ps. Say what you want, but I am so excited for the new Gossip Girl Episodes, starting September 14. I told you September is a good month! (.. my birthday month and all.)

to be

on the other side of the world.

12hr time difference.

its weird.

Sometimes I think of everyone being in he same timezone.

Maybe because everyone seems so real and on time.

a westlife moment

Sabine, my younger sister, is know in our family for being the boy-band-lover. Westlife to be more exact. But last night, when she was in town with a couple of friends, me and Emma found ourselves in the bathroom, brushing our teeth, and without no warning we started singing Westlife's "When You're Looking Like That".

We looked at each other and started laughing. Why were we having a Westlife Moment when Sabine WASN'T home??

haha

music for the heart

Green River Ordinance - On Your Own

Delta Goodrem - In This Life

SYTYCD

I just finished the finale episode of 'So You Think You Can Dance', season 5, and realized that I was crying really bad. Many of the routines performed on the finale episode touched me and made me cry. One routine especially, choreographed by Mia Michaels, called "Addiction", was performed by Kayla & Kupono.

Jaykaiy Design Fall 2009 Peices

So far, I've made a few pieces for my Fall 2009 line. All items are for sale, they're 25 dollars each.
Email me for more information or ordering.

Love


Oversized Lace top - One size (M-L)


Gray Jaykaiy Jersey Skirt, size 8


Tan Shorts with open pleats, size 8

i hate my life

I've had the worst headache all week, and this morning, on my way to school my migrane breaks out. of course. So I'm in school till 6pm, with a migrane beyond normal (if there is such a thing as normal migrane), wishing I was in a dark, chill room.

...While folding biesenpleats in 1:4 scale...

I hate my life... in other words: I hate migrane.

Top with Biesenpleats (broader type of "narrow" pleats)

September 3rd, Nat!

Happy Birthday sweetest Nathalie Wiklöf! 22-years-old ain't bad, and you really deserve to be celebrated with big pompous deeds. I'm so sorry I'm not in Hawaii to celebrate with you, but I'll make it up to you next year, ey? :)

I hope you'll avoid "sleeze bag" today, and that your gifts are way to good to be true, and the people too.

Lots of love,
Jacqueline "Smackaroo" Usterud

three wishes honey.

September, month of my birth, is finally here and I feel like I should start writing a wishlist.I'm having trouble coming up with things to wish for though. Gift cards (clothing gift cards that is) are always highly appreciated, and will be benefit since I'm not actually a real poor student.

With that said; there is one item I want. Its a necklace with glasses on it. Really cool and of "I-want-that" status.

So:
Gift cards
Necklace with glasses
Pair of Stud earrings (to go along with my studded ring)
Bag (and clutch)
A pair of short biker boots with straps crossed over the front of the foot.


Stud earrings

More to think about, add add on, too.
Love

september fresh.

I was thinking of starting September off with some hair dyeing. My slightly sun-bleached and rootshowing hair got a "facelift" and ended up a few tones darker. In the true spirit of brunettes of course. Today it looked kind of black-ish though. But it'll wash out and "calm down". Thank goodness.


Before & After

jonah. jonah the bike.

So I have this friend, who is in love with his bike, and is having it shipped over to Hawaii instead of buying a new one.

his reason for this being: "but I can't get rid of Jonah (the bike). No way."
I'm laughing so hard right now, you guys don't even know!

weekend funtimes

Oh yeah, I totally forgot to tell you! After school on Friday, I met up with Fiston to talk business ideas and ended up at 'Café 60' for 2 hours. Fiston, who is and was very excited about my business idea, wanted to talk more and took me to his 15-year-old track team training, and then gave me a ride to Hammarbyhöjden where I met Stephanie and babysat Lea 1-year-old, (Steph's older brothers baby daughter). She is incredibly cute and such a nice and calm baby.

Hans and David, my friends from Örebro, came up to play. So, I left Steph with Lea (who really was babysitting her and I kept her company, the baby was a plus :D) to get on a train home to Åkersberga (which is where I live and basically means Fieldsberg), where I met up with David and Hans and played cardgames all night. Totally crazy, we all went babanas on cardgames and started watching a movie at 3.30am and crashed after 10 minutes.

Saturday was spent with a late (very late) lunch/early dinner and then off to the movies with the boys and my sisters. We saw Quentin Tarantino's new movie "Inglorious Basterds". Powerfull, a bit morbid, and violent movie with humorous parts. At the end of the movie, people applaude. Talk about feeling. Except for Tarantino using the actors flair for language (many of the actors being born in other countries and, of course, speaks another language), Tarantino reflects Nazism and WW2 in a way that I think a lot of people would have liked to see it go down in reality. An Amazing movie to say the least, especially for me and my sisters, having Jewish ancestry.

On Sunday Hans went home to Örebro, while David slept over till Monday (Yesterda) and will be spending the rest of the week with his older brother, that lives in Stockholm City.

A great weekend, to say the least. Even though me and Emma got really sick on Sunday.

Peace

B remember this??

and you shall be sent

back to Hawaii.

yes, it is very true. This morning, I got my acceptance letter from BYU Hawaii. I woke up, reading my emails and noticed a mail with "CES Admissions have reached a decision regarding your application" and almost felt myself fainting. Not daring to open the app. site, I got ready and then had to read it. As soon as I read that I was re-admitted to BYUH I jumped on my sisters - who at that moment were deep in their beauty sleep - and told them my news. And of course, since they are the best sisters ever, they jumped up with me and cheered.

So on my way to school at 8am this morning, I listened to songs that reminded me of Hawaii, and it hit me again:
I'm readmitted and will be going back in January! I'm so happy I could die!

I have a ton of things to get done before going back; Housing, class reg, Visa and some other stuff.

Oh, I'm so excited.