I just wanted to pop in to say Happy Mother’s Day!! Living far apart from my Mom certainly makes holidays like today a little difficult, and I always feel guilty that I can’t be there to celebrate! I can’t wait to visit home and go on little adventures around town again – which is what we were doing in this picture!
We made the dress I’m wearing (or.. I helped a little and she *made* the dress) over a period of visits and finished it the last time I was there. It was so fun to work on a little project together! Any and all creative ability I have comes from her. She made most of my clothes growing up and most importantly (of course) – my Halloween costumes! I never *EVER* wore a store bought Halloween costume (because that is shameful, y’all! .. I’m kidding. Kind of.) and I won too many costume contests to count. This kind of stuff is a big deal in small towns, people! I learned how to shop the sale wracks and never pay full price for anything- but always look like I did! A very valuable life lesson for a personal style blogger, right?! ;] My Mom taught me to work hard, be compassionate, to always go after what I want in life, and to never settle. Everything I have today is because of what she taught me. I had a lot of chances to take the easier, simpler road and to listen to what other people thought or wanted. But that’s never been me! I’m so thankful she taught me to follow my heart! I love you, Momma!
Happy Mother’s Day to all of you sweet ladies out there celebrating today! This is the first Mother’s Day where I’ve felt a little twinge of heart achey-ness that I don’t have my own little one yet! Lawdy lawd, poor Nate. He has been hearing all about my baby fever. Though it’s not all me – I will totally call him out on texting me to tell me a cute baby girl name a few days ago! We still have lots of things we want to do, money to save, etc etc. I’m just trying not to be a crazy person about it. ;] (But seriously, there are pregnant ladies and cute babies
everywhere I turn.) For now I will just remind myself that I am a fur Mom to two cute bunnies…
Thursday, May 9, 2013
(all photos are the property of Maiedae)
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GUYS, guess where I will be on June 1st?!
The Maiedae Mixer –
an annual fancy networking event for bloggers and creatives in the Southeast region. Jenny and
Savannah of Maiedae are the two lovely ladies behind this event and from the looks of the gorgeous location, raffle items, and cupcakes (yes, there will be cupcakes!) it looks like they have completely outdone themselves! Have I convinced you to join us for a night of getting fancy and hanging out with like-minded ladies yet? Did I mention there will be a flower crown buffet? You’ll definitely want to pop over to the
event website to check out the rest of the fun details and grab your ticket before they’re all sold out!
I’m positively giddy about having the opportunity to go to my very first blogger event. I casually mentioned the idea of going to my husband when I first heard about it, but I didn’t think it would really be feasible to travel almost 6 hours away to Rome, Georgia for it. Nate sweetly reminded me that we travel for his marathons, so why wouldn’t we travel for something important to me? He is usually the planner and I tend to like it that way. I’m a go with the flow kinda gal and I’d rather go along with someone else’s plans than try to create my own. I can have fun doing just about anything and I often worry that other people aren’t enjoying themselves when I make the plans! Silly, right? Nate is teaching me to recognize this trait and to realize that if it’s important to me then it’s important to him. We’re going to have a great mini trip and he already has some plans for the few hours I will be at the mixer! Sometimes you just need to go do something because it’s fun!
So, is it time that you did something for you? Maybe a girly weekend out of town is just what you need! I hope to see you there. =)
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