Past Summer Favorites

Since our summer weather isn't here yet, here are my favorite outfits from last summer! We took so many photos at the beach. It's just the perfect backdrop for summer outfits! Last year I was still in love with floral dresses, wedges, open backs, dresses that buttoned up the front and cute summery hats or headbands. I'm suspecting this summer will be the same... with some floral denim shorts, wood heels and wedges, wayfarer sunglasses, coral lipstick and messy buns!



(City Beach, A Country Road)



(Sunset on the pier, Mix it up (Never posted on blog!))


(Brucker Beach, Summer Renewal)


(Summer Marsh, Cave Spelunking)


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Past spring favorites

Since our spring weather just is not cooperating this year, I thought I would post a few favorites from last year. This time last year, all of the trees were blooming, I would ride in the car with all of the windows down, was always in flats and bare legs... it was bliss. Today is a rainy, freezing cold day just like this entire spring has been so far. Ew. So, looking through past posts makes me happy. Enjoy!



(Picnicking in a field, Lovers Lane)



(Longer Days, Spring Fever)



(Floral Grunge, Red Touch of Spring)



(Pink is Blooming, Windmill Island)


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January: Photo recap!

Here are a few photos in a little recap! I'm thinking twice a month, or every other Friday, I'll do this! I really do feel like my life is measured by the month and what it provides.. weather-wise, holiday-wise or whatever. To be honest, although I'm loving life right now, I'm so excited for January to be finishing up this weekend. This month is too long! February is such a short little month, with a super fun little holiday in the middle and the promise of spring soon ahead. I'm super excited!



It has been a huge new year's resolution for me to start tackling those little things I want to do - one of them including reading books more often. Currently, I'm half way into Emily Giffin's Heart of the Matter. It's really good so far and I'm excited to get to the end. I force myself to hop into bed at 11 pm so I can read until 11:30 pm. Ever since I put myself on this schedule, I wake up so easily in the mornings!



This week, our band, took a little field trip over to Guitar Center. I have my heart set on a Telecaster and I'm pretty sure I'm going to soon trade in my acoustic for a tele to play in our band! I really want a mint-green one, but I can't seem to find one! Brett, Jesse and I played in the DJ room for a while - so much fun!



We have had some insanely cold temperatures lately! Brett and I were driving home from a movie last Sunday night and I had never seen my car thermometer get to the negatives before! So insane!



Brett and I had a silly afternoon playing with all of the icicles that are forming around our apartment. We opened up the window and snapped this off and Brett played air guitar with it in our living room. We are also saving an icicle in our freezer right now - so fun to bring those out in summer!



Our cat, Sarge, loves to be outdoors so Brett takes him out whenever he can. Even in the snow, he loves to explore and trudge through it - it's so funny to watch. Our rooftop is buried in snow right now with the biggest icicles ever! I love these two. :)



I've been obsessed with hazelnut creme coffee at work lately. It is so good! Usually I only like coffee in the winter, but I have to load it with cream and no-calorie sweetener. I just can't do black coffee!



And to finish off... a little detail of our elevator at work. I love little historic details in a building. Grand Rapids is full of them and I love that when companies renovate - they keep the charm alive. Have a great weekend, everyone!

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January: Photo Recap!

I thought it would be fun to start taking simple photos of my every day life to share! It's fun to look back on those little details that you see on a daily basis in a certain time period in your life! I don't know how often I'll do this - weekly or a couple times a month - whenever I feel like life has changed a bit and something new is happening (which is pretty often lately!) So enjoy - a mini lifestyle photo recap of the silly, simple things that are happening!



Lots and lots of traffic on the way home. I drive 40 minutes to work and 40 minutes back home - and lately it's been a nightmare during rush hour!



Last weekend, I went to East Lansing to visit with my very good friend, Andrea from Blonde Bedhead! We had a sleepover, went shopping, grabbed lunch and sat and chatted over Biggby Coffee. Yummmm. Love that girl!



This week, I've practiced a lot with our band, Circle Maybe! These guys are like family to me. Of course, one of them is actually family - my husband, Brett! And our super great friends, Jeremy and Jesse (the blonde stallion). We went grocery shopping for essentials this week, of course. We have our first show in February (I'll give details soon!)



The view from my workplace. Snow, yuck, cold, ew. I'm so thankful for so many windows at work though - I love looking out constantly at the weather!



I've been highly entertained this week by Jeremy's cat, Buddy, aka Buddy Kitty. He plays with this cat game on Jeremy's iPad that is so funny to watch. I can sit there for such a long time giggling over this.



I bought some new polaroid picture frames from Urban Outfitters for my desk space at work! I love them. I printed out some of my favorite photos that make me super happy - carnival rides, tulips and tons of travel photos from my adventures with Brett. A constant reminder that life is amazing.


Hope you enjoyed! See you tomorrow for an outfit post and new giveaway!

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2010 Recap: Autumn

October is always a wonderful month. I absolutely love the weather, the colors and all of the fun things to do during the month. Pumpkin patches, apple picking, cider, taking trips - it's all so much fun. Autumn is always a joy. We shot a wedding at Point Betsie that was gorgeous, went to Green Acres for pumpkin picking and just enjoyed every warm autumn second.



We took a trip over to Fruit Ridge for this really cute corn maze and hay-ride place. They had the best cider donuts that I devoured. It was a fun autumn day with friends! I love corny things like this.



We also headed over to Robinette's Apple Haus - which is my favorite place to go in autumn. The best apple cider and cutest little bakery and gift shop. You can also venture off into the fields and pick apples, which is exactly what we did!



And of course, one of the best parts of October is... Halloween! Brett and I had a low-key night with some pizza and a movie. We were housesitting for his parents, so we were able to pass out candy to the trick-or-treaters! We headed out to a small party with friends and ate greasy food late night at our favorite diner.



In November, we had some wonderful weather still - so blessed this year with weather! Every year, I desperately have a need to want to rake leaves, so we headed over to Brett's parent's house so I could rake their lawn... and of course, bury Maggie in the leaves!



November was a huge month for me because I started my new career as a graphic designer! It has been the best experience ever so far and I'm so insanely grateful that I have the opportunity to work here. Everyone is amazing and the job is exactly what I always wanted.



At the end of the month, Brett and I headed out with our friends, Kait and Jer, to Chicago for the Santa Clause Parade! We went to Molly's Cupcakes and shopped around Urban Outfitters for a little bit before the parade! It was so insanely packed, but we had a great time.



Afterwards, we all headed to Ed Debevic's for dinner. I had only been there once before and it's always fun!


We celebrated Thanksgiving at work with a super yummy buffet! Everyone at work keeps warning me of the freshman 15 everyone gains when they start here... I totally believe them now! Haha!



In December, we've had quite the quiet month! We were trying to save for a house down payment, so our trips and little adventures have kind of dwindled down. We had our 4th annual Christmas party this year at our friend's house! Can't believe it has been four years we've been doing this!


And Christmas together was perfect spent with our families and our kitties!


Alright, I'm all done with my 2010 recaps! Thanks for reading everyone! I'm super excited to start posting in 2011 with new posts. Have a great NYE! Stay warm! (It's 50 degrees here... and raining. It's amazing! All of the snow and ice... GONE!) Weeeeee!

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2010 Recap: Summer

We started July out with a trip to Chicago for the day! It was the first time I was ever recognized in public by a reader, which was so awesome! We headed over to Navy Pier and spent the evening. It was Brett's first time! We also rode the ferris wheel! It was a great summer day.



This was most of our summer - just riding on our scooters all day long, all night long. We'd ride down the beach, go swimming, walk downtown, grab ice-cream everyday. I absolutely love summer living in Grand Haven - especially when our place is five minutes from the beach!



We spent a quiet Fourth of July with our good friend, Peter, and went and sat with Brett's parents for the fireworks. They always lay out blankets for us the night before and it's awesome to watch the musical fountain and fireworks together. The rest of July was spent at the beach, taking little trips down to Bear Cave and St. Joseph. I also celebrated my 24th birthday!






For our third anniversary, Brett and I planned a trip to the Upper Peninsula. We had always wanted to go! We booked the nicest hotels in the U.P. and really made a trip out of it. The first night, we went to Tahquamenon Falls. It was gorgeous and our hotel was right on Lake Superior. I absolutely adore the U.P.



The next few days were spent exploring the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. We took our time riding up there though - visited a shipwreck museum, explored a secret, hidden lighthouse and went to a bear ranch. At Pictured Rocks, we took a boat tour, saw shipwrecks, traveled to lots of waterfalls. It was an amazing trip. I loved it. Our last day was spent heading up to Marquette - eating at a yummy pizza place and seeing the black rocks. I want to go back again, soon!




September began - I took another trip to Chicago with Andrea for the Midwest Blogger Meetup. We ate at P.J. Clarke's and it was great to see everyone again and meet a few new faces. Afterwards, Andrea and I - of course - went shopping!



Then, I was off on an airplane for the first time by myself to New York City for fashion week! I was so proud of my independence! I stayed with Elizabeth from Delightfully Tacky the whole week - and it was so much fun. We had the IFB Evolving Influence conference and the next day we had the Renegade Blogger Meetup in Central Park. It was such a great way to meet so many people in a low-key, park setting with cupcakes. Such a great memory!



Fashion's Night Out was such a great night with Elizabeth. We visited the Market Publique pop-up shop, first. Afterwards, we just walked for so long just checking everything out. NYC was packed! We even spotted Anna Wintour! We ended the night with mexican food and drinks. I loved that night.



The next day, we had the Chictopia Media-Tech summit - which was fantastic this year. I had such a great time. I got to see Jasmine - and hear her speak, which was so exciting! It was great to see everyone again and to learn a lot about what we all love so much - fashion and blogging.



After the conference was just a whirlwind because I was one of the Juicy Couture/Chictopia winners for a free trip to NYC and an outfit styled by Juicy! It was so amazing to be in the basement of Juicy being able to pick out anything I wanted. Kim, Jennie and I had such a great time! The party was amazing and I just loved spending time with such great friends!



After the huge whirlwind trip, I flew home and was so excited to be in a calmer setting of Michigan. I was exhausted! Brett and I went and explored ArtPrize for a few days, which is always the best. I was really excited for autumn to begin and life was changing a lot, but it was a really big time in my life!



Next up? October, November and December! Then, 2010 will be complete... and we'll move onto 2011 and all of the great memories that will happen in the new year. So excited for tonight at midnight!

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