Minted

I just recently discovered a website that I am absolutely in love with. I'm fairly positive I'm the last person to have stumbled across it as it seems that most of my friends already knew about it! This wonderful company called, Minted, is a community of independent designers who create wedding invitations, prints, decor, and so much more. I have a few friends getting married in the next few months, so I've sent them to the wedding invitation page, and it really couldn't be any cuter!

The designers have such a good idea for detail which I love. You can find bright bold colors as well as beautiful drawings and designs.

I'm such a sucker for bright colors that I could spent hours and hours on their website. Not only do they have an eye for amazing wedding invitations, but they also have beautiful quotes to hang on the walls of your home. I have my eye on a few pieces that I'm hoping to snatch up in the next few months. I'm pretty sure this one was meant to hang in my office space:

If you haven't checked out their site yet, I suggest you hurry up and do so because you are missing out!

5 Things to be Happy About

1. I'm in the process of moving, so it seems like pink has exploded all over the place in my life. At the moment, all of my belongings are currently being stored in my dining room as I work on downsizing as well as re-doing my studio/office.

2. Mini sundaes from chick-fila are my jam! And yes, I eat way too much ice cream. I'm working on cutting back!

3. Kate cut my hair earlier this week. It was so fun to see her in her element, catch up, and be silly.

4. The end result was great! She called it a "lob" aka a long bob. I've been so happy with it and love how it feels in a low pony. We couldn't stop giggling when we took this picture, mainly because I couldn't figure out where to look.

5. This is my absolutely favorite quote. It hangs in my office and I say it to myself every single morning.

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5 Things to be Happy About

I typically post this post on my blog on Fridays but I've been in the process of moving so that just didn't happen!

1. There is nothing I love more than wearing pink and these cowgirls boots are my favorite to say the least.

2. Can I let you in on a little secret? I eat way way too much ice cream. I'm thinking about going cold turkey and stopping altogether. My new home is nowhere near an ice cream shop so I'm crossing my fingers that it will help with self control.

3. I had a bunch of orders with my necklace promo and was able to get them out the door the other day. I have a love/hate relationship with shipping. Its one of my favorite parts of the job because I can put on a few good movies and get cracking on them. However, I have had some serious bad luck with the postal services these days!

4. I found these adorable cat earphones in the Target dollar section so I snagged a pair for my friends Kate and Lauren.

5. One of my favorite writers from the Ellen show tweeted back to me and it totally made my day!

Be Open to Opportunities

I had a bit of a rough weekend. It was the kind of weekend that made me look at the world a little more jaded than usual. I was reminded that you can't always trust strangers and that I probably shouldn't be as naive as I am. The weekend ended with me leaving my card in the ATM machine. Who does that?! I actually went by the bank first thing this morning and watched them take my card out. However, for "safety" reasons they refused to return my card to me and instead I had to close out my account and reopen a new one. I sighed as I left the bank mentally going through my head of all the places where I'd  enter my new card numbers.

Needless to say, I was having a serious case of the Mondays. My life is currently in a state of boxes as I'm moving across town later in the week. Somehow my P.O. keys got lost in the mix of boxes, so I had to spent the morning in line at the post office getting a replacement set. I was cranky, tired, and completely over the cold weather we've been having lately. 

I decided that perhaps a long run would make help me re-set the day right. I bundled up and headed out the door. There is just something about breathing in the air, feet pounding against the pavement, and great songs to jam out to that makes a day a little better.

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I got to about the half-way point of my run when I noticed a lady across the street. She was at the bus stop and I couldn't tell as to whether or not she was waiting for the bus or had just gotten off the bus. I noticed that she had about 12 plastic grocery bags around her feet and I watched as she attempted to gather them all into her arms. I called across the street to see if she needed any help. I really wish I could of shown you her face because she was over the moon with my offer. Sometimes I forget that we need each other, that we are meant to support, encourage, and inspire others. That life is simply not meant to be walked alone. I helped this sweet lady carry her groceries back to her house. It was seriously such a humbling experience and she talked about life without a car, and how it means that she often does one large grocery shop a week. Her house was nowhere near the bus stop, so I'm not entirely sure how she does it the long walk every week. As we neared her house, her sweet mailman stopped by and gathered up all her groceries in his mail trunk and grow them home. I needed to be reminded that people are good and kind. All the things that felt big and annoying about my life faded into the background.

My take away: Life is messy, hard, and beautiful. Things will not go your way. Help others in spite of that.

5 Things to be Happy About

1. I have recently fallen in a love with a store nearby called Carolina Pottery. They sell all sorts of home goods and furinture. I found a really cute pink and green set and wished I had a deck big enough to put them on! I also stumbled across a ton of pink and green ribbon. I was in heaven to say the least.

2. I just recently added some mini bows to my shop. My model ended up looking very "Rachel Berry" in the photos, which I loved.

3. I'm in the processing of writing cards back to everyone who sent them to my PO box. Your words warmed my heart to no end!

4. Kate and I have recently made a weekly habit of meeting up at Panera. We are starting to run into the same people because we are there so much. ;) She took a picture of herself on my camera while I was getting food, so of course I put it on instagram.

5. Sweet potato waffle fries are amazing and then some.