camp!

Headed to Charlotte today for summer camps!  I cannot wait for some great company and inspiration!  I seriously work with the most amazing group of people a person could ask for!

Get excited for some crazy pictures and awesome stories from camp!

DIY lilly coasters

Before I move to Hattiesburg in August I have been pinteresting ideas for my new apartment.  I have seen tons and tons of pictures for DIY coasters made out of Lilly Pulitzer planners, so I decided to try it.  Well the slight hoarder in me went to tear out my pages and just couldn't do it.  Planners are almost like diaries and this past year being a consultant, it sure would be a crazy diary to read! So I decided to use the next best thing...Lilly Pulitzer catalogs!  I had a Spring 2012 and Summer 2012 catalog laying around the house and found some great prints to use for my coasters.

This really was an easy project to start with!

Items needed:

• square tiles bought from Lowes
• planner/catalog pages
• scissors
• pencil
• homemade modge podge (water and Elmer's glue mixed)...much cheaper!
• felt
• paint brush
• hot glue gun
• watco butcher block 

First decide what pages you want you use and trace the tile on the paper then cut it out.

Then paint on some glue to the tile.  Lay the paper down and reapply the glue.  I painted the glue on vertically and then horizontally just so it would cover properly.

Allow time to dry and reapply glue again.

The next day I hot glued felt to the bottom of the tile compared to using cork on the bottom. 

And Let me just teach everyone a lesson that will help you immensely  throughout life.  My momma taught me this when I was a little girl and it has always stuck (pun intended) When glueing ANYTHING!...if you glue the edges you do not need to worry about the middle.  So that means you don't need to make some crazy design of glue in the middle.  Just trace the edges and you are good to go! That little rant is for you momma :)

Lastly I sealed the coasters off with the Watco Butcher Block

instagrammed it :)

If you get bored and want to try an easy DIY pinterest project...start with this one.  It will definitely boost your artistic self confidence.

Until next time...more projects ahead.

blog crushin'

Since I started my blog almost a year ago I have come across a new hobby.  I am obsessed with reading blogs!  Fashion blogs, decorating blogs, preppy blogs, and even a blog about what Princess Kate wears!  I just learned how to set them using the RSS feed and it is so much better since I don't have all of these updates sent to my email.  

I wanted to share my favorite blogs with all of you so maybe you might find a new hobby!

What Kate Wore will update you on everything Royalty.  Even down to what pair of shoes and jewelry she wears.  One of my favorite pieces of the blog is the famous hats of course!

What Kate Wore

The Preppy Princess is written from the prepatorium (love it) located in the Mid West.  It covers everything from clothes to colleges!  Great articles to read and always allows me to learn something new.

The Preppy Princess

Pink Peonies is one of my favorite fashion blogs!  She is based out of Utah and I would kill for her closet!  Pink lips, Tory Burch, and great printed pieces...so much inspiration! Not to mention that peonies have become one of my favorite flowers!

The Pink Peonies

Cupcakes and Cashmere is the most precious blog about fashion, food, make up, decorating, and a little bit of everything!  Emily does a great job of sharing with the blogasphere!  I love her style and I am always jealous of her cooking skills!

Cupcakes and Cashmere

Lastly my fav!  I just found this blog through pinterest...it is called LOVE TWENTY!  It is a blog for women in their twenties, college life, career, and everything in between.  It has multiple writers who are  primarily young college women.  I love that this blog covers what is going on in the culture of twenty something women (facebook, movies, makeup, the closing of Betsey Johnson :(, iphone apps for women)  I even quote this blog a lot!

Love Twenty

I hope you all enjoy these blogs as much as I do...I have even more that I read on a daily basis, but these will do for now!  

Tell me what you think...what blogs are you crushing on?

Hattiesburg

I am writing from the beautiful city of Hattiesburg!  I will be moving here for Graduate School in August. Let me just say that I am super excited!  This will certainly be a new adventure in my life.  These past couple of days my mom and I have been prowling for apartments....prowling? Uh yes!  This task was much more difficult than I imagined.  Let's just say we have searched them all. I even made a pro/con list over frozen yogurt today! Some things are just deal breakers you know? I think we found the "almost perfect" one....finally!  I'll be sure to post pictures once everything is decorated.  I have been searching pinterest for ideas and inspiration!  

What are your deal breakers on apartments?

5 year letter

5 years ago today I graduated from high school!  Wow!  Time sure has flown by! Last week I received a letter in the mail, from myself five years ago.  Our math teacher gave us fifty points if we wrote a letter to ourselves.  She said she would mail it to us and she kept that promise!  Of course I didn't forget about the letter.  I knew it was coming in the mail and boy was I excited the day it arrived!  It was 5 pages front and back!  I also colored and decorated the pages to match the topic I was writing about.  I mean it was total high school!  When reading the letter I laughed and cried.  It was awesome.  

I loved that the main point I made in the letter. I wanted to remind myself of the good times from high school not the crazy/painful/stressful times!  Happiness was obviously very important to me at that time!  

In the letter I wrote how I knew I'd be a Phi Mu at NSU and hopefully the Duck Festival Queen!  Well both of those goals were accomplished! woohoo!

Also I talked about how I might be traveling or working on my masters in five years....well that certainly happened!  41 universities in a year for Phi Mu and now graduate school at Southern Miss in the fall!

I might just write myself a letter and not read it for another 5 years!  What do you think? I think it is a brilliant idea!

 If you could have read a letter from yourself written five years ago what would you want it to say?

here are a few pics from the graduation party...the pictures from the graduation were all blurry! :(

I just love this pic...don't hate me Kate

of course mom went all out for the partay!!

grad party decorations!

networking

As graduations are coming and going during the month of May, the interviewing and networking portion of finding a job increases.  I was reading my google alerts this morning for "sorority" and came across this great article from the huffingtonpost.  This article really sums up recruiting 101.  I was definitely impressed with what the author had to say.  Not many people understand the valuable skills gained while being a sorority woman, but I believe after reading this some opinions might change.  Just like the theatre taught me many skills that I have applied to other areas so did being in a sorority.  Are any of you getting ready for big job interviews?  If so read this article and brush up on your networking skills.  It is alwasy best to be prepared!

hehe thought this was funny!

busy bee

Well well well....things have been a little busy since I hit the town in Bunkie! Graduations, weddings, and work.  Work?  Yes I am now working a few shifts at Dad's clinic in Marksville.  I must say I am not liking the early mornings, but if I was stuck at home every day I would be completely bored!

Mom and I have done a bit of shopping for my apartment in Hattiesburg!  I am so excited to move in August. What do you think about my bedding below? It has been 5 years since I had new bedding.  hmmm sounds like I am ready to move in and lay around in my bed! :)

I also bought a chaise lounge from Ivan Smith.  It was my first big girl purchase for the apartment.  Pawpaw came with me and we hauled it back on his trailer.  We made a short stop at Lea's in Lecompte and had pie!  If you are ever passing through Lecompte and can stop-DO IT!

Yesterday I got an email with a newsletter about my program at Southern Miss! It was filled with wonderful stories from professors, students, and great information preparing me for the fall. I think I should start a countdown!  Who's with me???

Until next time...