Welp. I went back to blogger. dis baby pup is so cute.
Ruggles Made // Etsy
I have a hankering for it.
Lately I’ve been struggling with potential customers who want me to make them something that I’m just not inspired to make. I’ve made things in the past that satisfied the customer,...
…Which is what love will do to a person. Because the fundamental fact about all of us is that we’re alive for a while but will die before long. This fact is the real root cause of all our anger and p...
A shot taken from Uncle Jim’s video during our ceremony. I am peeing my pants waiting for the pro shots.
So, I LOVE jeans. I would wear them every day if I could (as long as it isn’t 100 freaking degrees like it was today). And I don’t know if you follow me on Twitter, but I was Tweeting har...
So, right after I bought myself a pair of eyeglasses at D/Vision (what I think is the best place to buy spectacles in the city) and spent waaay too much money on them, I began hearing about Warby Par...
July: I Choose You from Nick Campbell on Vimeo.
i hear you – i was a little nervous about post-marital depression, too, but so far it hasn’t come. i’m throwing all the energy once reserved for looking at 80 different types of bal...
I was really curious about how things would be after the wedding was all said and done. I thought that perhaps I’d be in baby-mode. (My sister is pregnant again and I like the idea of our kids ...
I’ll officially list my wedding dresses on Once Wed once I get the energy. (Still have to have them dry cleaned.) But, here they are. Better photos will come eventually. My wedding dress was th...
The wedding photo booth was so much fun and I love that people took so many shots! We now have almost 400 photos of our friends doing crazy dumb things. Thanks, friends. You guys are awesome. (I also...
I’ve been so focused on wedding stuff for the past few months, that I was really worried about how I would feel once it was all over. The day after the wedding I woke up at 8am (after three hou...
The lights are up. Things are looking lovely… … but I’m not too excited about this Saturday’s weather forecast.
For some reason my little sister always finds the cutest studio apartments. She makes me want to be young(er) and single(ish). She has a way of making a/c window units and string lighting and frame-l...
Our custom wedding buttons were featured on the Busy Beaver Buttons blog! Nick made the Illinois, heart, and Michigan button designs, and Jana Kinsman illustrated our super cute faces! (She did the d...
Polka Dot Notecards $16 from RueRenee (for thank you cards) 1953 Rand McNally maps of Illinois and Michigan $54 from AmyKristineVintage White Library Cards $3.50 from packagery Orange and Green vinta...
I have a favorite skirt. It’s pink. It’s pretty. I love it. Yesterday, I turned that skirt into a dress (ok, I just hiked it up to my chest, but still).
Backyard. Hot dogs. Dogs peeing. Vicodin. Beers. Ice Cream. Music. Buddies.
UO sparkle & fade top the melissa campana zig zap flat Gold flats! Sparkly and comfy (with a little bit of a rubber smell, but whatever). I’m wearing these with jeans, skirts, and maybe to ...
My sisters road tripped it to Michigan for a super fun weekend full of boxed wine, a bridal shower, great weather… then bad weather, and lots of family time. (Photos taken with CrossProcess & Sha...
One of the prettiest wedding shoots I’ve seen – with orange and yellow poppies & photos by The Nichols – on Style Me Pretty.
Happy Mother’s Day to the two best moms I know!
Even though it’s still cold in Chicago, it’s spring almost everywhere else. So, in honor of the warmer weather in other areas of the country, I’m going to start doing some spring cl...
Strangely, I have no cross stitch/embroidery hoops hung in my home. A couple weeks ago I decided to make a hoop that would only be for me and wouldn’t be for sale. I thought about how it would ...
It’s just another Friday. Or is it? {photo by Feather Love}
The update is coming so soon! ShakeItPhoto
“…and in that toughest, darkest moment, if we can rely on ourselves, that’s more than we will ever need to face the world.” from here
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