Pinning, Posting, Blogging, Writing

so we meet again

This is officially my 48th post. Can you believe it? Apparently, WordPress was super excited to greet me as well. Go figure.

It’s been almost 4 months of blogging! I really enjoy it, but I wish I could get more free time to do the things I want to do with this blog. But time escapes me everyday. I hope to write on a more consistent basis and hopefully do some new interactive things in the upcoming months. I really want to have my own etsy account and sell some of the cool things I find at thrift stores or stuff that I make (if anyone would actually buy them!). Actually that was one of my new year’s resolutions – to start and sell ONE thing on etsy in 2011. I hope I make it. Haha.

I wish I can do all of the cool things my sister does in her blog. She’s so creative, and her blog has really been growing! I wish I was as motivated as she is. Or one of my other good friends, Tracy. She does this cool 30-for-30 where she posts 30 different outfits for a whole month! I’ve always been jealous of her style.

But with all of this working and stuff, I rarely find the time to make/blog/sell/shop for things anymore! Don’t you wish there were more hours in a day? So this week, I’ll try to post more. That’s my goal. So far, I’ve been pretty good (one everyday this week, minus Sunday…ha). Hopefully, I can keep up!

I want to offer some of my favorite photography pictures for today’s post. These have inspired me to live better, feel prettier, be nicer, and hope further. I found these on Pinterest: my favorite online inspiration board site. It’s highly addictive. If you’ve been on there before, check it out. You’ll love it.

This photographer:

This awesome splatter paint engagement shoot by grosgrainfabulous :

Sideways art from jonaspeterson:

These pictures make me happy. There’s something about lighting, angles, and composition that make every picture better. I’ll always appreciate great photography. Take a look at my favorite photography blogs:

Jose Villa

WideopenAperature

icaImages

Christian Cruz photography

Mr and Mrs Globe Trot

I’m currently on the hunt for some new awesome blogs! If you have any cool ones, share! I love to look and explore new ideas.

That’s all for now!

Graduation Party Decorations

Yesterday, Katrina had a party to celebrate her graduation from UCI. She’s an amazing photographer. Check out her website here. Katrina and her boyfriend Jeremy, are an amazing photographing duo. If you ever need pictures for Prom, dances, weddings, or other special events, they’re awesome! They’re also some of my closest friends. We’ve served in ministry together for almost 8 years!

Anyways, I helped her for her graduation party. I basically got a few decorations for the dessert table, and I used some of the cake stands and vintage plates I found at various thrift and antique stores. She got all of the candy and food, I just arranged and put it together. Doesn’t it look great?!

I bought and covered vintage books I found at the thrift store and they ended up looking great!

We used them for the centerpieces as well:

We went a little bunting crazy. Haha.

It was such a fun night! I love you, Katrina. Thank you for all that you do. You’re amazing and work so hard for St. Paul and give 100% all of the time. I’ve always admired you – you’re one of my best friends! Happy graduation!