Summer of Love 2013!

I am once again running my most popular class, Summer of Love! I have re-photographed the entire class with better quality images and updated the private blog! You can see what past students have...

To the Coast

If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve probably already seen these phone photos I took of a little trip I took to the Oregon coast this past weekend. My parents and little brother came to town and...

More Polaroids

This is the second-to-last group of my grandmother’s polaroids (you can see more here and here) I’ll be sharing on the blog. Again, I don’t know where these are taken, though I wish I did. I really...

Favorite Free Fonts from MyFonts

Banda Regular // Cyntho Slab Regular // Henriette Black // Foro Extra Light (and rounded) // Quiroga Serif // Museo 500 MyFonts is usually my go-to place for purchasing fonts. Occasionally, certain...

Jada & South Africa

Jada, one of last month’s advertisers, has been a long-time blog friend. We started college around the same time and it’s been fun and encouraging to follow Jada along in our similar life paths....

A Trip to the Portland Art Museum

Since school got out I’ve been spending a lot of time working on freelance and other projects at home and haven’t spend much time… not at home. My roommates don’t usually come home until evening...

Kaitlyn

When I was in Idaho last month, I spent a glorious morning/afternoon with my friend, Kaitlyn. We got Dutch Bros., visited our friends‘ yard sale, thrifted, and eventually stopped at an elementary...

Free Treat Yo Self Wallpaper

2560×1440 // 1680×1050 // 1440×900 // 1280×800 // iPad // iPhone // iPhone 5 It’s the best day of the year! I will be sharing free downloadable desktop, iPad, and iPhone backgrounds every month...

Jagermeister ReDesign

For my Typography final, we were assigned an alcohol and a brand name and were to create new labeling and packaging. I was given “Old Man jagermeister” and was challenged to change the frat boy...

Advertise on IJME

Now that I’ve back to “full-time” blogging I decided to re-evaluate how I handle advertising on I Just Might Explode. I’ve always struggled with how to monetize this blog to cover the costs of...

I baked a cake.

Delicate Boudoir Photos

A few months ago my friend Beth expressed interest into doing some boudoir-ish photos and so I told her next time I was in town, I would take them! I had never done photos like this before, but was...

Idaho

I went to Idaho last week for a few days for my little brother’s high school graduation. I got back last night, but it was fun trip to my home state filled with friends, good food, and lots of...

Loil — Design Final

Today I’m sharing one of my favorite final projects that I created for my Studio Design class. I rebranded and designed the packaging for the Oil Cleansing Method. I made up a company named “Loil”...

Grandma Polaroids

Last month I shared some of my grandmother’s polaroids that I had come across when going through her studio. There are a lot of them, so here is the second batch I’m sharing. I’m not sure where...

Emerging Thoughts

So IJME’s advertiser, Emerging Thoughts, sent me this darling Dear Creatures dress last week and, YOU GUYS, so cute! It’s got a Peter Pan collars, pockets, silky fabric, and hella cute buttons....

Monster Serenade

Recently my pal Hannah started a new blog, Monster Serenade. I’ve totally fallen off the blog-reading game, but Hannah’s is one of those I still visit. Her art journaling work is so beautiful and...

Quiet Sundays

big white walls

So, it’s Friday night. I get home from work at 8:30 and we’re all sitting on Kanda’s bed talking about our day and Kanda checks Macklemore’s site. We LOVE Macklemore. We see there is a show in...

New Class! You Go Girl!

Yay, it’s finally here! My new class, You Go Girl! This class is a 20 page, PDF-only course on art journaling about identifying as a feminist. Who’s this class for? Anyone! The prompts are...

Saturdays

I used to hate Saturdays. Did you know that? Not sure why. Maybe because I was bored or because I had to work? I don’t work weekends anymore (I mean, other than for myself), so Saturdays are sort...

Classes Kara Made Sale!

I will be releasing my newest class on Thursday(!!!!), so in anticipation I’m offering a 30% off coupon to everything in the Classes Kara Made shop until then! It’s a perfect time to get Summer of...

Emerging Thoughts

IJME’s advertiser, Emerging Thoughts, is having a 20% off storewide sale for you. It’s especially for you because you get to use the code KARA for 20% off. Lauren, head mama of Emerging Thoughts is...

Polaroids By The Sea

When my grandpa gave me my grandmother’s supplies, he left me to go through her studio. While there, I came across a ziplock bag of old polaroid photos my grandma had taken. Some of them were dated...

For Hire

Need a woman-cat modeling team? Look no further. Pip and I are admittedly a little pricey, but with faces, poses, and professionalism like ours? We’re unbeatable.

Giveaway Winners

It’s been a fun giveaway month, huh? I used random.org to calculate a winner for the Indie and Chic and Sara Bergman giveaways that happened this month… And… The winner of the $30 gift certificate...

Rilo Kiley

A little bit in love with this new Rilo Kiley song. Happy weekend!

Sara Bergman Giveaway!

Happy Tuesday! I am so excited about today’s giveaway because my very favorite independent fashion designer, Sara Bergman, is giving one of her great pieces! I have this shirt and another trapeze...

Happy, happy!

Happy Easter! Hope your day is a good as Pip’s! ;)

These Women

My brilliant photographer friend Mei requested a glamour photoshoot with Stephanie, Shay, and me. She told us to bring the most gorgeous things we owned and so we spent the afternoon in Mei’s homey...