A Month of Travels

The past four weeks have been non-stop. It all started with my fiancé visiting and then bringing me back to Pennsylvania to send me on my way to Creation Festival in Mt. Union with my fellow media buddies. We camped out and spent the week recording and producing all the video for all of the shows on the main stage. It was an awesome experience and I was so happy to be a part of it.

Then I spent a week in Philadelphia and went to the giant block party Philly had on the fourth of July. There were probably a million or more people there at that time. It was crazy. I had a whole crowd of people boo me, saw the cutest little boy run around in a sprinkler with a superman cape on, bumped into a couple friends, saw John Mayer, and we ran 8 blocks to make the train back.

After all that excitement, I spent a week back home in Connecticut to do a week long temp assignment. My family and I woke up at 3am on a Saturday morning, and drove down to South Carolina. There we were spoiled with good food, family stories, and beach time at my grandparents' house near Charleston. 

Now I'm back home and getting into the swing of things again! I will give a long and detailed post with pictures but I still have a lot of photos to go through, so bear with me!

Love, love

-Kate

DIY Necklace

I have no idea what to call this necklace. Can anyone tell me what it would be called?

I made this little green guy yesterday. I picked up these cool beads in a bead store in the town around my college. I've been mulling around ideas for them and today I settled on an idea that I liked.

I took 18 gauge wire and strung the beads on two strands and curved them so they weren't hanging straight across. Then I wrapped the ends around two links, which I then attached to a chain.

And that's that!

Next week I will be absent from the internet. I am going to be running live video production at Creation Festival! (The Northeast location) I'm pretty excited about it. We'll get to camp backstage too. :)

Well my fiance is here and we're gonna go look at another venue today! Have a great weekend!

Love, Love

-Kate

Tiny Bows

Last week I ordered a much needed new lens for my DSLR. I knew it was either coming today or tomorrow, so I waited till I got it to post on the blog. I love it so much! I've been taking pictures with it non-stop. Well, till the battery died. ha

Today my mom, my sister, and I looked at a potential wedding venue this afternoon and then we found this cute little park near it that we stopped and took pictures at.

Dress/top: Thrifted, Sandals: Rue 21, Earrings: Forever 21

Still trying to figure out which venue is best for the wedding. There are lots of pros and cons to both of the ones I'm really interested in. I can't wait till my fiance gets here this weekend to help me make the decision. 

Love, love

-Kate

Wedding Plannin'

Time to dig in and get the big planning details out of the way! I need to book a venue and photographer soon. The wedding is in May, but if I want the places/photographer I am pining after, I should probably call dibs now.

Everything is just so darn expensive. :/

One of the ladies I babysat for while in college gave me this awesome wedding planner. I have already filled pages of it with inspiration and ideas. I love it!

I still can't believe I'm engaged. It makes me so happy, and so does he. :)

Today's checklist consists of:

• Calling venues to schedule a visit
• Planning this week's blog posts
• Start packing for next week's adventure (more details to come)

In other happy news, Jonathan comes to visit me this week! :) Can't wait to see him.

Love, Love

-Kate

DIY Felt Pouch

Well I have a diy project just like I promised! This project took a little longer than I planned, but that's because I kept taking out all my stitches because I wasn't paying attention to where I was sticking the needle. 

Anyways, I started with two pieces of felt the same size, but I cut a strip off the top piece so that the back piece could fold over it.

Then I stitched all around the sides and the top. I forget what kind of stich it is. I was just going with it because it looked cool. (Sorry.)

I sewed on the button just under the flap.

Then sewed a few loops in the flap to go around the button when I wanted to close it.

And then started sewing on funky patterns with my string.

Voila!

Love, Love

-Kate 

Blog scheduling and comfy attire

Oh hey, I'm not doing much just making myself an easy blog schedule to follow. I find that I work best if I have a schedule and can expect to need a certain type of post next. I decided on blogging at least three times a week. One being a lifestyle post, one an outfit post, and another a craft or tutorial post. Easy enough right? And if I feel inspired to do a couple more in the week, then awesome!

Now this schedule might not be permanent, and I might change it to have a blog post nearly every day, but for now, I think this is the right move for me.

So this morning I tried drying and styling my hair differently. I watched curly hair tutorials for about 2 hours this morning and the end result was barely different. I want to wear my hair curly more, but it just gets so frizzy I give up and straighten it. I'd like to not have to straighten it all the time because it just takes too long.

Dress: H&M, Shoes: Overstock.com, Leggings: Target, Glasses: Ray-Ban, Necklace: Rustic Gem Jewelry

Love, Love

-Kate

Lazy Mornings

Sometimes getting out of bed is hard. Especially when you don't really have anywhere you need to be. And sometimes, staying in bed on your computer is more productive than getting up and wandering around. I had a productive morning in the comfort of my warm bed (it was a bit chilly out this morning), I had som chai and cereal, and enjoyed myself.

I am trying to get better at snapping photos of what I am working on and wearing, etc. and I am doing better! Someday I will be a pro, huh? 

I can't show what I was working on quite yet, but soon. :)

Love, love

-Kate