Shy in Strapless

This picture says, "I'm nervous to post these pictures because I don't wear strapless dresses that often."

I usually stay away from strapless dresses because I don't think I can pull them off.  Maybe it's because I'm pale, maybe something else. I am going to let you be the judge of it. Be honest!

Earrings: c/o August Wrinkle

Necklace & Dress: gifts

Shoes: Payless

The lighting in my backyard is quite difficult. We have a huge tree and it sprinkles the light around, so sometimes my head will be overexposed, sometimes it will be my arm, etc. (in case you were wondering why it looks like my hair is two different colors)

Has it been hot where you guys are? Because it's been a scorcher around here. Today is actually quite mild. I'm loving every second. I don't really mind heat, but when it's humid I mind, very much. I'm not exactly fond of frizzy hair (I already have enough of that to worry about) and the thick air and always feeling like you have a coat of something on your skin.

Right now I'm sipping some free tea samples I got via Klout. I didn't exactly read the label, so I've been trying to figure out what flavor tea this is. I think it mostly tastes like pineapple but I keep getting hints of peach and tea. In any case it tastes very good.

Love, love

-Kate

Back into Mixed-Media monday!

Goodness me, I've been so busy of late I haven't done a mixed media post in several Mondays!

Happy Memorial Day! I got up bright and early to go shoot a memorial day parade with the lady I'm interning with. It was so much fun! 

Anyways, I was experimenting with some ric rac that I got from Pugly Pixel and tried to make something with a quote that I stumbled upon the other day. Hope you like it! I should've done something more patriotic, seeing as how it's Memorial Day, but oh well. 

Hope you are all having a wonderful holiday!

Love, love

-Kate

JoTotes Love

I'm pretty much in love with my new camera bag from JoTotes. I'm so excited I just wanted to share some it with all of you. I won a camera bag of my choice from JoTotes via Elsie Larson's blog and I am so so happy with the one that I picked out.

It came in the mail in a box that made me smile.

Inside it was wrapped in a cute blue bag.

And I pretty much can't even describe how much I love it

Sometime soon I'll do a "What's in my bag" type of post and show you the inside of it, and what I carry when I'm shooting. =] For now, this little update will have to do.

In other news, I got my computer back and it is fixed! So I put Photoshop back on my computer, I'm building back up my collection of fonts, and adding actions, and my mom just gave me Lightroom as my final birthday present....about a month later. haha and I'm off to play with it! 

Oh yes, happy Friday! 

Love, love

-Kate

Rock Ring DIY

I've always been a fan of rocks. Gemstones, geodes, fool's gold, all things rock. My brother and I used to have a fort in our backyard where we would put our rock collections and study all the books on rocks we could find. We were sure we were going to have careers involving our knowledge of such subjects. Then as the years went on, we discovered other interests. I still love rocks and stones and still have my collection from when I was younger. 

All that to introduce my fun little ring that I made this morning!

I got this stone when I was I took a metal working class several years ago. I figured it was too pretty to be sitting in my collection, and I wanted a way to show it off more!

Look at how vibrant the colors are? I love how it looks when the light hits it just right.

I used 3 different types of pliers for this; a flat nose, a round nose, and a diagonal cutter.

Then I wrapped an 18gauge silver wire around it.

On the back I used my round nose pliers to make a loop to connect the one end of the wire to the other. Then I used the flat nose to flatten out the loop.

Then I used the one side of the wire to make a ring for my finger to fit through and then wrapped the extra wire around it to secure it.

You might not be able to tell from the photos, but it is raining...again. We had such a lovely sunny weekend, what happened! Oh well. 

Love, love

-Kate

Barefoot Weekend

I absolutely love shoes. I looove them. But any opportunity I get to be barefoot, I take it. Even in the winter! I don't know why, I just love it. Other than running errands and such, I've been barefoot all weekend and it's been quite wonderful.

Now I'm headed into my second week of my internship. I'm realizing more and more that I'm not a little girl anymore and I've only got this next year before I graduate to learn as much as I can before I'm tossed into the real world like every other adult. It still surprises me that I'm 21 already. Today I even found a few white hairs. I'm hoping they will just look like blond highlights.

Anyways hope everyone has a great week!

Love, love

-Kate

Job Hunting and 5" Heels

After doing the math, I discovered I could fit a tiny part time job in between my internship hours, so I think I'm going to try to find something. Doesn't hurt to try right? So this afternoon or tonight I'm going to put a few applications out there and see what happens. I need to make a little income this summer so I can splurge a bit here and there. :)

Still learning how to walk properly in these heels. :)

Top: Charlotte Russe

Belt: Forever 21

Shoes: c/o Love Shopping Miami

Necklace: gift

By the way, it's Friday! I made pizza dough last night and it's rising right now so I can make pizza tonight. Yay! What are your weekend plans?

Love, love

-Kate

The Early Bird Catches the Sunrise

So last night I got this crazy idea that I should go watch the sun rise above the ocean in the morning. At 4am I woke up and immediately realized that I should have planned to see the sunrise earlier, and not at midnight so that I would've gotten more sleep. Anyways, I drove down to the coast where my cousins live and we went to this scenic place next to a gorgeous hotel and we waited for the sun. 

At first we were confused where it was because it was so cloudy out, but eventually the bright glowing orange ball in the sky gave it away. It remained fairly cloudy (and extremely chilly I might add) but it was still a very pretty Sunrise. :)

This was my favorite shot.

Love, love

-Kate