formspring

I am technologically challenged, I admit it.
I have a formspring, but right now it seems to not be working....so I'm listing another way of getting to get to it in case you want to ask questions for me to answer tomorrow in my "fact tuesday" post. :)

So here ya go kiddos...ask away by going to this site:
http://www.formspring.me/kellz0505

or you can just leave comments in the comment section of this post. :)

easy peasy, right??
--kels

5 loves on monday

Did ya miss this post last week?? Sorry...time got away from me, since I actually had a weekend...well I had one day of weekend (Memorial day). But I'm back with a list of things I looooove and make me swoon. ...I won't hold you in suspense any longer. :)

1. stamps! i've loved them since i was little, but these are a little more grown up and AWESOME!

found here

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2. this etsy shop

the cutest stuff right???



3. this diy project (okay, i love all their posts, this blog is just the cuuuuutest!)

found here


4. these slippers. totally rad! one of each please?!?!?

found here
hmmm... and they're in my size!! :)

found here

5. my best guy pal's blog. they always make me laugh and if you haven't checked his blog out yet......well, what are you waiting for?!?!?!?

find him here

**have a happy monday loves!**

-kel

just messing around

The end of the weekend has kind of just hit me and I realized I haven't gotten as much done as I'd hoped.... I also realized that there were a bunch of photos on my camera that I've been meaning to edit and upload to share, but haven't.
So many people have been posting beautiful and creative photos on their blogs and flickr and I decided that I needed to take time to journal/scrap again. I felt inspired and I desperately needed to get back into it.
Here are some pages I messed around with. I'm not sure how I feel about them, but it was just nice creating something all mine and seeing where the wind blew me.




this last page is actually the intro into my journal and was made by my dad. its my initials, kns. i figured it was pretty interesting and i wanted something that reminded me of him and his artistic creativity to be a part of my journal.

i also realized that i hadn't upload pictures of the yard sale! shame on me, its only been what, 3 weeks? but it went REALLY well. i was impressed with the youth for showing up early and helping :) here are some quick photos i snapped before it got busy.




have a fabulous rest of your weekend loves!
catch you tomorrow! :)
love,
kel

fun questions

Katie tagged me to do this survey and after reading her questions and answers, I just HAD to :)

1. Where do you see yourself five years from now?
I have no idea! And that kind of excites me. I hope that I'm a teacher and in love with that career choice. I also hope that I'm happy with myself and content with life.

2. What is your favorite food in the world?

My family jokes about it but we looooove food. We plan future meals before we've finished out current one. However, I am in love with bread--any kind, french, Italian, bagels, biscuits, i could live off of it! ...or pizza yumyum

3. If you have any pets what are their names?
I have 2 dogs, but they live with my mom. The oldest dog I got for my 9th birthday. It was the best surprise ever she's the cutest and her name is Coco. The other dog is a doxie and is Au'bre. I picked her out and just fell in love with her at first sight. When I moved away to college my mom had to keep them and with my crazy lifestyle she still has them. I get to dog sit sometimes though :)


4. What is your dream job?
I have a ton. I want to own my own cute shop with my mom, be a teacher, be a photographer, write!

5. Have you been in love?
Yes twice. Both completely different life changing experiences.

6. What do you do to protect the earth?
Not enough. This is something I really should work on.

7. Ten people you would invite to a dinner party in a forest with great music?
Just 10?? I'm inviting everyone. :)

Wanna come??

8. Tell me something nice you did for someone recently...I like Katie's answer: I am going to leave this one blank. I think it makes something less nice if you tell everyone about it. However I will say that the nicest thing I've done for myself recently is to take time for me and me things (like reading, catching up on dvds, and sleep :) )

**** Bonnie's random questions*****
1. What is one thing you do that is childlike?
A lot of things. I looove to color in coloring books though. And when I babysit my sister's kids I like to watch Barney with my youngest niece.

2. What is one of the most embarrassing moments of your life?
Just one? Probably that time I got really drunk and spent the whole night puking... I wasn't at my house and my face hurt for a week because I feel asleep with my face on the toilet. Pretty huh?The next morning I had to call in late to work so that I could first drive home and wash the puke out of my hair. My mom still laughs at my silliness in this. ......I can't believe I just wrote this up here though...ek

3. If you could take an all expenses paid trip anywhere in the world, where would it be?
Everywhere! There are so many places I want to see!

4. What is your favorite thing to do to relax?
Get into my pjs or sweats and watch a movie with my best friends, Ben and Jerry.

5. What is the most spontaneous thing you have ever done? Did you regret it?
I'm not too sure on this, I typically plan things out a lot (both a good and bad trait). But I try to not see anything in my life as a regret, it brought me to my current position in life and I can't be too upset about that! :)

6. What is your favorite genre of music?
I really like all types of music, but my favorites (yup plural) would be oldies or indie.

7. What is your favorite movie of all time?

I lovelovelove movies, so I have a huge list of favorites. Top 5: Jumpin Jack Flash, Pretty in Pink, The Holiday, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and Sex and the City (but not the new one)

8. If you had a chance to meet anyone dead or alive who would it be?
So many..... I would love to have met Albert Einstein, Gandhi, Mother Theresa, and Louis Armstrong. Alive.... hmmmmm thats a tough one.... how about all my blog pals?? and maybe some celebrity hotties like Jim Sturgess and of course, Paul McCartney!!

Ok, YOUR TURN!!! link me to your post so I can read your comments! can't wait to read em all!!!

have a beautiful weekend loves!
-kelz

movie night

Tonight I'm planning a movie night...for me! And maybe 1 or 2 other people, but I'm looking forward to a quiet night in watching a movie. It's the first actual weekend I've gotten in 3 weeks!!!

Zombieland was recommended to me by Rikki Cupcake a while ago and it finally came in the mail yesterday! Can't wait. :)


Thank yall for all the movie recommendations I've added a TON to my netflix and am excited to get to them all. :)

What movie(s) are yall looking forward to watching???

love,
kel

inspiration thursday (with Katie from punk projects)

So this week I'm excited to share Katie from punk projects here on my blog! She's the cutest!!! I only wish I was half as cool as her when I was her age...or heck, even now!!! Her blog and creations inspire me constantly and I'm even more thrilled to be signed up for her summer class, Camp Indie (more details in this post!!).

Thanks Katie, for taking the time to answer these questions!!


Your name: Katie :)

Where can we find you?
You can find me posting about my recent crafts, tutorials, and inspiration at my blog: http://www.punkprojects.blogspot.com/ and my flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46450643@N06/

Tell us a little bit about you!
I love crafting, Though I don't really have one specific craft I stick too, I love all kinds of crafting & drawing. I also love outdoors sports like cycling, camping, hiking, etc.

Favorite craft or hobby?
My favorite craft at the moment would be upcycling & recycling crafts.

Favorite hobby: drawing.

What's next for you?
Well, Right now I am one of the teachers for Camp Indie, My new online Craft Class, which starts in June, I'm really excited for this.

5 things that make you happy!
Watching old star trek episodes, Traveling, Blog hopping, Unsweet tea, and when my craft projects turn out exactly like I want them! :)

Where do you find inspiration?
Craft Blogs. A couple of my favorites are Abeautifulmess , OnePrettyThing , and Craft Gossip. I also love looking through craft/inspiration books.

How do you get and stay motivated??
My blog really helps me stay motivated.

If stranded on an island and you can bring one person and one thing with you, what would it be?

Scuba Diving equitment and my lovely sister Taylor. :)

Give us 1 random or funny or interesting fact/tidbit about YOU!!!
I've been told I have weird hobbies. Like watching star trek, Finding tupperware in the middle of the woods using government satellites(Geo Caching) and I can ride a Unicycle.

Don't forget to go sign up for her summer online class, Camp Indie (which you can do via her blog)!!! It's going to be tons of fun...I can't wait! :)

love,

kel

Wednesday Wishes

Typically my wishes on here have been cute stuff I would love to own or things I need to get done. It's a place where I can share my desires and goals, gain insight from yall, and then hear other's lists as well. This is probably one of my favorite features and I'm SOOOOO glad Courtney came up with it!

Today though, as I was driving into work I decided that today's post needs a spin on it.... in spending time with my youth group I've realized that I spend too much of my time being too realistic and simple. One thing that I love about this group of high schoolers is that they still dream...sometimes outlandish dreams and I love that! Then I start to think, why have I stopped dreaming like that? Why is it that I deem crazy far out dreams as impossible and therefore forgetable??? I hate the idea that as we get older we stop allowing ourselves the right to dream of crazy and all out amazing things. So in honor of being a kid at heart who still wishes on the first star and secretly hopes that the moon is made of cheese....here are my Willy Wonka type of dreams....because nothing is impossible and nothing is too silly.



My Willy Wonka type dreams:

1. own a cute shop with my mom.

our store would have antiques (her love), cute dresses (like these betsy johnson dresses, but cheaper--affordable), cute little accessories (for your hair, your self, your home, and fun little gifts), other clothing (totally affordable), photos (taken by local artists, and hell since it's my dream world, some by me too!), and food (something simple but wonderful, cupcakes maybe? cookies maybe?)!!


I'd also get to have as many tattoos as I wanted, since it's my own shop and I make the rules!


It would also be a cute little shop located in the heart of a bustling sweet little city.....DC perhaps?

photo found here

or maybe London?
or NYC?
or somewhere near the beach???

2. own a place by the beach.
money is no object in my dream world (apparently).
i feel like i never get to the beach, even though i only live 15 minutes away...but if i had a beach house, i'd be there all the time and i'd have fun parties for my friends...



3.travel the world.
austria? australia? italy? west coast of the US? greece? mexico for my bday (cinco de mayo, a/k/a may 5th) Yes please!



4. be a roller derby girl


i want to do this sooooo badly, time is what stands against me though. well that and not having bought skates yet, so who knows if im actually any good...but in my perfect little world, i rock it! :)



5. take and endless amount of history classes
i looove history and i've had some awesome history professors at UNF. if i could take more and not have to worry about prices i would be all over that!




6. be a writer
i want to write books. a little bit carrie bradshaw, a little bit donald miller (weird combo i know). i just want to write it all!




What are your crazy outlandish dreams?????
Don't forget to check out Liz's, Katie's and Courtney's wednesday wishes!!! :)

lovelove,
kelz

*all photos found at weheartit.com unless otherwise noted*

fact tuesday (my home)

*i saw this survey on janel's blog (and some other pretty blogs as well) and thought it would be a cute idea for my fact tuesday feature! so enjoy!!

A- My AIR CONDITIONER is set on: 75 ish

B- My BEDROOM theme is: blue, black, white, and tan.... well im trying to stick to those colors only

C- The CAR in the driveway is: a grey 05 jetta v-dub!

D- My DESK looks: a bit messy. it's a small antique desk, so theres not much room on it and its contstanly cluttered (even though I rarely ever sit there!)

E- The EXACT time I wake up daily is: well, it should be 7, but it's more around 8 :( im horrible i know.

F- The FIRST thing I wash in the shower is: my hair

G- My GARAGE is filled with: everyone's stuff. it's mainly a storage area now for my stuff, my roommates stuff, and some other friends of mine also have put their stuff in it.

H- My HOME is: a condo and i love it!

I- If you peeked INSIDE my bathroom you'd see: lots of pink!

J- My favorite JUICE is: apple

K- The best part of my KITCHEN is: how open it is

L- The LAST person who visited my home was: the boy

M- The last piece of MAIL for me was: a pen pal letter!!! :)

N- My NEIGHBORS think I'm: i have no clue, i honestly know only 1 of them, we pretty much all keep to ourselves (which kinda makes me sad)

O- If you OPENED my fridge you'd see: my roommate's food, i havent been to the store in months

P- My last house PARTY was: when my former roomie moved in, almost 6 months ago

Q- A QUICK meal I like to fix is: leftovers!! yumyum

R- My favorite ROOM of the house is: tough call...but i guess my room. i lovelovelove my bed!

S- The SHAMPOO brand I use is: a bunch, i trade them out. pantene prov, tresemme, and john freida (sorry if those are spelled incorrectly, im sure they are!)

T- My largest TELEVISION is: in the living room, it's a 32 inch. i like my bfs tho at his place, it's a 50 i believe....

U- UNDER my bed you will find: tons of boxes (im a pack rat and you never know when you'll need one!), my keyboard, my cds, and anything else that i have no other space for.

V- The last time I VACUUMED was: ekkk how bad is this, i dont even remember!

W- Looking out my WINDOW I see: my porch, the sidewalk or street next to my place, and the neighbors

X- I wish I had X-TRA: rooms. i would LOVE a craft room

Y- My YARD is: shared with all my neighbors, its small but that doesn't bother me at all!

Z- ZZZZZZZ My bedtime is: too late. (12-1)

YOUR TURN!!!

my long weekend

Yay for Tuesday!!! I love when the work week starts later than usual! Especially because being off Monday meant I finally got a day off!! It was the first day in 2 weeks! I loved it! It was nice finally being able to sleep in.
All in all it was a very lovely weekend, although I have realized my not blogging during the weekend makes me kinda sad. I think I'm going to start trying to make time to blog (or at least read blogs) during my weekends so that I don't feel like I've lost touch with anyone (which is how I sometimes feel come Monday morning).

This weekend by bestie came into town!!!! It made me sooo happy to see her I could've done backflips! She came in for the lock in (I figured it would be perfect timing, since she was the youth leader at my church before I was). The kids were soooo happy to see her. It sucked having to say goodbye, but I'm so glad she was here for at least a couple days. I'm gonna miss her like heck when she leaves the country for her mission trip!!

The lock in suprisingly went pretty well.... they went to bed around 2 (thank you Lord!!!!) I seriously was worried that everyone would stay up late and try to do things to those already asleep. They didn't. It was honestly just like having a massive sleep over with my best friends. I love those guys and gals- they are all so amazing and smart and all around awesome! I thank God for their presence in my life everyday!

The rest of our lock in included some....

...and other movies and games. Plus TONS of food. *Thanks Leigh!!*

Another amazing, AMAZING part of my weekend was getting to dog sit Toast (my neighbors dog). He is the freaking best dog ever.... (well top three with mine anywho!)

*this picture of Toast and Jeff is one of my all time favorites!!!*

PS Jeff K., if you are reading this...I hope you enjoyed the youth group and I singing lady gaga and miley cyrus to you.

PPS Jeff K, we freaking miss you, get your ass up to Jax to visit already!!!!

The rest of my weekend:

-tons of reading

-rented this movie..... honestly i was hoping I'd like it...maybe i just wasnt in the british humor mood... i don't know.

the boy and i also got a chance to hang out on my lovely day off!

i did a lot of reading, cuddeling, and watching crazy tv (that he enjoys-haha)

then sushi for dinner....YUM

and red velvet (my choice) and orginal (his choice) fro yo for dessert!

then we just drove around aimlessly listening to music and getting lost, one of my favorite things to do with Dan. It's just relaxing and fun... plus the houses we ran across were AMAZING. i want one of them soo bad...

he also was kind enough to watch the bachelorette with me :) which sadly got cut short for us when my building's fire alarm went off.... we evacuated and waited for the fire trucks.....and no exaggeration..... 6 showed up in our community (which is relatively small) and another 3 passed by trying to get in..... crazy! then they couldnt figure out which unit had the shut off panel, causing the alarm to continue going off for over 30 minutes. i got to meet more of my neighbors though which was pretty awesome!! :)

How was YOUR weekend????

Also, I'd like to wish Jamie a happy, happy birthday today!!

Hope it's going perfectly!!! (Go wish her a happy birthday and enter her giveaway before she picks the winner tonight!)

lovelove,

kel