VTM [november]
2011 mini edition
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our mission. vision. intention. V i r t u o u s T e e n , is a Christian fashion magazine that inspires girls to be themselves, while having Godly morals and standards. VTM was created to encourage the rising generation of girls that they are truly beautiful inside and out. Our readers will learn about living censored: a life that contrasts the societal norms of complacency and conformity. The staff at VirtuousTeen is consistently evolving to give our readers relevant and progressive insight into the world of fashion, music and faith.
just be you.
[virtue]
through us, and He ultimately knows our purpose. Ephesians 4 talks about there being many gifts. Don’t let your gift go to waste because it doesn’t seem spiritual. God has a plan.
fashion
VTM: How do you feel about being
a Christian pursuing a fashion career?
Eli: Actually, the same way I would feel
if I were pursuing a “call to ministry in the church.” It’s about finding passion, and following your gifts and God given talent. Psalm 37:4 says to delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart, and that is where I started. We have to trust that God knows us best. He knows what our dreams are because He gave them to us. As long as we walk with Him our desires line up with His will, and we are free to follow them, in fact we must follow them even if it seems absurd. I know that something I have struggled with is feeling as if not working directly for the church is somehow wrong or unChristian. I think many who are not called to an obvious ministry position may feel this way. But if God is in us He is working
VTM:
gave
you
Why this
do you think god eye for fashion?
Eli: I know the fashion world is secular
the world has a skewed perspective of beauty. But God made it, and created us with eyes to see it, ears to hear it, hands to touch it, noses to smell it and mouths to taste it. Beauty gives life and light to sadness and darkness. Isn’t that what Beauty and the Beast was about? What I know is that I have been given great gift to make things with my hands that I see in my head. I have the ability to bring two-dimensional sketches into threedimensional creations. So currently that desire has led me into the fashion world.
Elianna 20years fashion designer
Denim blouse- $18
Eli sells her clothes at a store called i heart ipanema in Kalamzoo, MI.
passion
[COUNTINUED...]
So I gather information, learn technique, and hone my skills so that I am ready for wherever God places me. This is why I stay in pursuit of the God who gives us the desires of our heart--and then fulfills them through us if we are diligent to follow t h e m ! xoxo,
Eli
Make a necklace like this; FIRST -
simply buy a pair of sewing scissors at your local fabric store. SECOND - hang them from a necklace chain you have lYING around. THIRD MAKE IT YOUR OWN . FOURTH - ROCK IT.
Sweater- Target $15 Fur hooded vest: by Elianna Jeans- Guess Scissors- joanns $7
international
I studied abroad in f r a n c e
Iheart Tipi Cardigan- 69.80 Light Purple- 12.89 Leggings- 12.89 Royal Blue Recycled T-shirt Scarf24.00 (locally made) Camo Brown Scarf- 29.00
SCARF IT UP // HOW
Purple Kiss Scarf- Gap 18$ Colorful- Target 12.00 Green & Blue- Marshalls 17$ Gray cardigan - Macy’s 120.00 Gray shirt- American Eagle- 2for 15
W TO WEAR
WE ALL WANT RELATIONSHIP. IF I CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN GIRL , OUR HEARTS DESIRE IS TO NOT ONLY REMAIN PURE BUT GUARD OUR HEART IN THE PROCESS. GUARDING YOUR HEART IS SOMEWHAT OF A MYSTERY TO ACCOMPLISH. THERE ARE NO SET OF STEPS TO DO SO. WE AS GIRLS SOMETIMES WE EVEN GIVE OUR HEARTS AWAY TO THE THOUGHT OF A RELATIONSHIP. YOUR MAN WILL COME. A VERY WISE MAN BY THE NAME OF LARRY BREY ONCE SAID. “RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN TORWARDS THE GOD GIVEN CALL ON YOUR LIFE, THEN ONE DAY, LOOK TO YOUR LEFT AND TO YOUR RIGHT AND MOST LIKLEY HE WILL BE ONE OF THE FEW RUNNING AT THE SAME SPEED YOU HAVE BEEN SPRINTING AT THIS WHOLE TIME.
IN
THE
WAITING...RUN.
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