About Me

Welcome to Fashion Travel Dreams, a blog about fashion, travel, and making your dreams a reality.

My name is Christina. By day, I'm a flight attendant. By night, I'm a blogger, cosplayer, fashion designer, martial artist, wife, mom to three nerdlings, and a dreamer. I'm also a pet mom to one dog, two cats, and two Guinea pigs.

I grew up in Red Wing, Minnesota. Went to college at Minnesota State University, Mankato where I graduated with a degree in biology (concentrated in zoology) and minored in geography and creative writing. After college, my husband and I moved to South Korea, where we taught English as a second language to engineers and VPs at Samsung. Then we moved to Japan, first to Miyagi Prefecture then Yamaguchi Prefecture, where we taught English to all ages, from 1st year Kindergarteners to retired adults. Then I got pregnant with my first child and moved back home.

Three kids later, I started working at a fabric store as a sewing instructor. Then I was a cashier, then a part-time manager, then the assistant store manager. A full time job with paid time off allowed me to travel and cosplay like I never had before. 4th of July at my in-laws at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. Christmas and New Year's on the islands of Hawaii and Maui. A long overdue visit to my bestie in Japan (whom I hadn't seen in 15 years). A martial arts study tour in South Korea. And numerous sci fi, anime, and gaming conventions with my husband and kids.

Everything was perfect. Life was wonderful. Then I lost my job.

While my career is different, my heart is the same. Except now I get to work above the clouds.