Hello strangers.

Well its more of myself that has become the stranger. My apologies for being so quiet on here. I have been crazy busy with shooting weddings, finishing up my first year as a transfer at parkside, and getting a job at bath & body. whew! its been hectic. but on top of all that i have decided to make a tumblr...yes i have crossed over. basically this blog has been a great venting space and random thoughts to be placed but it had no direction and it was hard to keep up with updates. my new home will be a daily dose of things i find inspiring to my pursuit of opening an etsy shop. I hope the few and lovely people who follow this here blog will show their support in my ventures.

thank you for all your comments and thoughtful words, i hope you like my new direction.

I may every once in a while update on here, but tumblr has sure won my heart in a day. haha.

Hearts Up

Choclatea.

Belgian chocolates and gourmet tea.... what more could a girl ask for?

They are chocolate bars from Smile Chocolatiers

(I also fell head over heels for the lovely water color illustrations for the packaging!)

happy birthday kate!

Today is the birthday of the ever lovely kate alison. I met her through Sean (my ex) and she is the best. She has such a big heart and is always giving without needing anything in return. I love her. She likes to bake cupcakes (which i will be doing with her tomorrow!) We are having a tea party for her tomorrow night and i have busy making decorations for her. my room is a disaster!! haha but totally worth it!

heres just a sneak peak. ill have pictures of the whole thing after tomorrow sometime.

once again happy birthday kate! love ya!

what a mess!! (also i can now see someone was texting me haha)

wiggly eyed flowers!! they are my favorite =]

HAPPY THURSDAY!

(thirsty thursday to be more exact *wink*)

hi helloooo

18 more days til xmas!!!! I cannot believe in just a little over 2 weeks it'll be here. I have so much more to do. So many gifts to make, so many cards to be mailed out, so many treats to bake! ahhh!

I did finish my dads coasters, made out of old 45's.

I am spending this night to finally start some sewing. I got my tunes going and my xmas glass is filled with wine and i picked up my room so i have enough room for things. whew.. what a night this will be.

xo.

I lust for both of these lockets!!!

sigh.... ♥

whew, finally

Hi hello. I finally took my sister's senior pictures. She kept putting them off till the last second and boy was i getting nervous for her. She wanted to go back to the place I took Rachel's so she kind of knew the places she wanted to go which made it go by faster because MAN was it chilly out!!

Enough of my blabbing. Presenting Katie...

Stay warm out there! =]

yes!

A whole month has passed.

WOW! What kind of blogger have I become? This is truly sad but I am hoping I have some time within the next few days to start up the posts again.

A few days ago I took some senior pictures for a lovely girl named Rachel. She is my little sister's best friend and I was honored she asked me. It has been awhile since I've done a session like this so I was a little nervous. But all in all I think the shoot went well... we had some laughs and took a lot of funny bloopers. I will be taking my sisters hopefully soon as well.

But until then... I give you Rachel.

Have a good day!!

New ink.

This is my homage to MCAD. That place has changed my life in more ways than one. It is where I lived on my own for a year. It is where I have made some truly great friendships that I will cherish till the day I die, even if we don't talk as much or see each other, they will always have a place in my heart. This is also because I have declared graphic design because Parkside does not have the option for photo and this is the next best thing... maybe better. Maybe next time I'll get RGB on my left wrist.

I just want to D△NCE!

hellooo, I have been in this weird mood where I just want to move my body and listen to really rad beatz. I think because it is getting closer to my birthday and I'll be able to go to the bars and nightclubs and dance that I am being like this..cool.
thats all I wanted to say and enjoy my playlist, its a little of what ive been listening to all day.
oh and p.s. Im in dire need of a haircut.....

eyes big love crumbs.

"i like my body when it is with your
body. It is so quite a new thing.
Muscles better and nerves more.
i like your body. i like what it does,
i like its hows. i like to feel the spine
of your body and its bones, and the trembling
-firm-smooth ness and which i will
again and again and again
kiss, i like kissing this and that of you,
i like, slowly stroking the, shocking fuzz
of your electric fur, and what-is-it comes
over parting flesh . . . . And eyes big love-crumbs,
and possibly i like the thrill
of under me you quite so new"

-E.E. Cummings

Quite possibly my favorite poem to read over and over again.

Happy Tuesday!!

so today was the day...

I figured out I was heartless.

I cant stop listening to this song!!

The embedded format for the official video was disabled but I highly recommend watching it. It is lovely and fun! Just enjoy the song with this vid.

I get neat *cuss* from old people!

Oh my cussin god! My co-worker from Hallmark just gave me this little puppy bag that will hold all my pens and things for school. It has a little pouch that says lunch money for and then a banner where I can write in my name. It fills me with delight.

waves remind us that there are reliable patterns like our breath.

This morning I'm trying to get in some much needed blog time with the newest addition to my dad's record collection of Joni Mitchell and my Beatles mug filled to the brim with delicious coffee. I cannot emphasize on the much needed.

Anyway, I have recently started my training at Target and I gotta tell ya... my position is probably one of the most ridiculous ones there. The operator has to answer calls, direct them, manage the dressing rooms, get carts ready for the "reshop party" which is just when some of the floor people come and take time to put back things that were out of place in the store the night before. I have to remember to call out breaks and give the closing announcements and do pulls, zones, and reshop at the end of the night. WHAT!? That is crazy amount of shit to remember!! I think my brain might just stop working after all this haha. Right now its not that bad because I have other people to help me but oh man...we'll see.

Alright so I have been trying to find some new artists on the web that I really like and I think I find one!!! She does a lot of illustrations and they all have some really beautiful details. I love the John Lennon ones!

Till next time..

Two jobs & school full time.

idontknowificandothis...idontknowificandothis....idontknowificandothis!!!!!

Just reviewing my upcoming weeks with my new target schedule...im getting very overwhelmed and questioning if i can really succeed with this "full plate"

School starts on the second which is stupid to do because its before labor day and its a thursday. Its a waste to have the first day of classes to be on a thursday. Plus the fact that once i get out of my last class that day i have to rush back to racine to make it to my job. ugh. Please give me the strength to make this work.

I will have gray hair before I am 25.

A quick update!!!

Today I went to my second "interview" for Target. Why the quotations, you ask? Well this wasn't an interview more like an offer. Yep thats right I got offered a position at Target, heaven as I sometimes call it when I find super cute stuff there. Half my wardrobe is from Target my favey sunglasses at the moment are from there and I always enjoy their "back to school" section out of all the other chains (ie: walmart, shopko, kmart) My go-to place! So anyway I accepted and then they tell me I have to take a drug test...24 hours after the offer. So I am thinking to myself "oh shit karen you had a lemon poppy seed cookie yesterday, I am screwed" but hopefully if i tell the people at the drug testing place of my slip up that it wont ruin my test results. Stupid delicious cookie!!!!!

So then I went to hallmark to pick up my check and chat with some of the ladies. The newest piece of gossip is that one of the girls is getting fired today! But she was asking for it. Always giving her hours away and not showing up half an hour late. Ugh, so as of today she has been terminated. Oh well more hours for the rest of us!! *smiles*

After all that I went over to Margarets house because she was going to take me to Parkside so we could find my classes. It was so nostalgic for her seeing where she use to meet her friend after psych 101 and how she met Gary her husband there and it was cute! We had a good time, lots of laughs and talks of getting so much coffee there! I am getting more and more excited to start in the fall. I just want to be a college student again!!!!!!!!!

So to recap....I have to pass drug test and then ill have 2 jobs going to school full time and trying to have a social life.. which by the way is getting way out of hand .. ha ha. Too many functions to keep track of!!!!!!!

Just the week alone I have work on monday, brewer game on tuesday, interview on wednesday, work and my friends "going away bon fire party shindig" on thursday, milwaukee with my lady jessica and my friend alex's ladies night party friday, work and my friend kevins 21st and kates second going away party at my fellas house on saturday, and work open to close on sunday.

WHEW!

goodnight.

*ps... sorry this "quick update turned more into a rant about all my happenins

bonding time.

Since my mom left she has been desperately trying to retie that bond that she had with us kids. It has been kind of hard and I am not going to lie I havent been the easiest daughter to her about the whole situation. But I did get a "talkin to" from the godmother so I have been trying to be a little nicer. So today was bonding day and my mom came over to the house and took Katie (baby sister) and I to Horsefeathers, a novelty shop in Illinois that sells a bunch of weird things and cheap gauges for people and incense and scarves and handmade paper.

Its just a neat little shop and the owner Lorenzo has three cute dogs that walk around the store!! Coco is my favey because she doesnt move from the counter and shes cute as a button!! Anyways here is what I got for 15 bucks.....drum roll....

TADA!!!

chinese mary janes! I got a pair in white and turquoise. Pretty fricken comfy too!

I am planning on wearing them tomorrow for work! I showed them to Margaret at work tonight and she was very impressed and told me I have to take her sometime soon! Ill probably be buying more pairs in the other colors. =]

flakjakt music video shot on the iphone 4.

beautiful.

pen story

A really beautiful stop motion going through the life of a man for the olympus pen camera. Shot 60,000 pictures, developed 9600 prints without any post-production. Very inspiring. =]