Dress to Impress

I don't know about you, but for me the best days of the week always happen to be when I look/dress cute. It sounds vain but it's so true that when you feel physically good about yourself you are {usually} in a better mood than when you just feel like you look blah. It's so important to take care of yourself, be healthy, and have CONFIDENCE! Here are a few great finds that I totally wish I had for work (since that is where I spend most of my time).....

To die for. Get it here. I will NEVER be purchasing this due to the outrageous price, but a girl can dream (or look for something similar for much less).

Pink blazer. Nude scarf. Great heels. Casual Friday for sure!

 

 Top half for work with some white pants. Bottom half for play;)

Love everything about this. Looks so comfy!

 Cute!

 Thick belt over the cardigan & shirt. Love the ruffle neck shirt & necklace too!

Freaking cute!

And then some days I'll just wanna be really girly and wear a dress like this.

Good news for me! My birthday is coming up {1.31.90} and I asked my husband for a shopping spreeeeee! I never love spending money on myself unless I have a good excuse {ie: it's my birthday and I want some new clothes K?!} Maybe I'll find some similar outfits! Wish me luck;) 

And don't forget, clothes are cute but a girls best accessory is her SMILE! -K

He asked....she said yes.

As a photographer and a newlywed I'd have to say my favorite photos to take right now are engagement photos. They just make me so happy! I am a hopeless romantic and love to see my clients as happy as they are right after they get engaged. It's a feeling that is still familiar to me even though I haven't been engaged for 6 months (happy 6 months to my husband tomorrow!!). I can't even describe the excitement that a girl feels after they've been asked by the love of their life to spend the rest of her life with him, it's the best feeling in the world (aside from having a child I'm guessing!), here are a few of my favorite photos!

These are also the easiest clients to shoot, their happiness is just insane! - K

My life be like oooo awwww

Truth be told I "started" writing a book the year after I graduated high school. And by "started" I mean I wrote down some notes on a piece of paper and lost the paper, of course. I did get very excited about it though! I researched, brainstormed, and even had some meetings with a published author to get some advice, but somewhere down the line I got side-tracked. I like to blame it on the fact that I was a full time college student who also had 2 full time jobs and 1 part time job and a boyfriend who was graduating from the Academy, but let's not make excuses now. :) My goal before I have children (4 yrs from now) is to write a book about my very fascinating {cough, cough} life.

Wish me luck!!! - K

DIY Shabby Chic Earring Frame

I have a slight obsessions with earrings. I don't usually like to wear the same pair in one week so I have quite the variety, and until recently I just kept them in the bags they came in, on my nightstand, or on my bathroom counter where I take them off. That system was working for me for a while but then I started losing one of each pair and that is unacceptable, so I constructed this cute little earring frame to keep them together and also to add some cuteness to my {yet to be} designed bedroom.

{Supplies}

• Picture frame (any size)
• Lace
• Hot glue gun
• Paint
• Sand paper

First I painted my frame (which I got from a thrift store for MAYBE $1). After the paint was dry and sanded it to give it the shabby look.  Then I just hot glued the lace (which I also got from a thrift store, but you can also get some from Michael's) to the back of the frame. So easy and you can make any color you want! Also makes for a great gift! - K

Mommy's Baked Apples!

This year my husband and I set out to start our own holiday tradition, as it was our first Christmas as husband and wife! We asked both of our families to our new home for desert after doing dinner and opening Pajamas at each of our parent's houses. What a coincidence that our families have the same tradition of  opening pj's on Christmas Eve... of course our kids grow up doing this! Anyways, the moral of this story is that my mom made some bomb.com baked apples!

So easy, so delicious, and good for you...after all....they are apples:) Thanks Mom! You're pretty! -K

 

2012 Resolution reminder!

Of course I'm going to make New Year's Resolutions! I love the feeling of a fresh start and what better time to make promises to improve yourself than the start of the new year?? After thinking of what I want to accomplish this year I had to come up with a way to remind myself so that I can KEEP my goals! That always proves the most difficult part of this whole thing huh?! Well I decided to keep my resolutions in a Ball jar, because I think they're cute and I have tons left over from my wedding.

I wrote down all my goals for 2012 and cut them into strips. I'll share a few of my favorites with you so you can keep me accountable!

I will be picturing Britney Spears in this video every time I don't feel like working out.

Dance class? Photography class? Psychology class?

We opted to buy the house, but now I want a honeymoon!

This would be nice.

I also put some blank ones so I can add more throughout the year!

Now I just have to find a place to put this where I will see it DAILY! I'm thinking my craft area! Happy New Year! What are your new year's resolutions?? -K

Two thousand eleven was Heaven.

I think it's definitely accurate for me to say that 2011 was the most memorable and definable year in my whole 21 (almost 22) years of life. When I think about all the has happened to me in the last 365 days it is somewhat overwhelming but gives me the most amazing feeling and sense of accomplishment. This is what the past year has looked like for me.....

I turned 21!

We bought a house!!!

We became fur parents!

I married my best friend!

I got my first tattoo!

My photography business took off!

And I became 100% happy in my professional life!

Although it has been the most amazing year of my life it definitely didn't come without some downs as well, but the positive has by far outweighed the negative. I can only hope that 2012 is as good to me as 2011 was! -K