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03.19.12

jeans: burlington, shirt: kohls, cardi: target, shoes: blowfish, belt: charming charlie

un – when husband cooks dinner.

deux – eating said dinner on our lovely lit patio on a beautiful, warm sunday evening.

trois – drinking coke out of a fancy wine glass. we’re classy.

quatre – when husband says, “hey sarah, do you have a ticket?” … “to what?” … “to the GUUUUUUNNNNN show??” and holds up his biceps. (sorry nic, i just had to share that one. at least it’s not the video of you singing and making burritos.)

cinq – awkward mirror photos because it got too late to do photos outside and husband was busy.

six – eating 2 sprinkles cupcakes for lunch.

i’m working on a little special something.

due to my recent interest in fashion blogging and other artsy things, i’ve been contemplating transferring all of my personal stuff to a new blog.

i’ve come up with the name. although, when explaining it to nic, he thought i was nuts. but that’s nothing unusual.

so for now i’ve been working on the illustration and design for the new blog.

not sure when it will be finished, but hopefully soon!

have a lovely monday!

–sarah

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riley and susan – wedding

03.10.12

i am behind on the style posts. this past week was super busy. my best friend is getting married today, so i’ve been busy the last week attending the “wedding activities.”

i didn’t have a chance to have nic take some photos of me for the outfits, but i do have some lame photos from my iphone of a couple outfits from the last 2 weeks, so i’ll share those hopefully tomorrow, along with some mushy love stuff. ;)

for now, i give you some more photos from riley and susan’s wedding a few weeks ago.

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the biggest mistake you could ever make is being too afraid to make one.

02.28.12

so, all thanks to my mini rant this morning, i decided to face my fear of wasting a perfectly good piece of paper.

i went to weheartit.com to find a pretty picture to draw, i saw this one:

i decided i would only use it for the “base” and fill in the detail on my own. so after getting the outline of my drawing (which is still a little different from the photo), i minimized the photo above and finished it.

voila.

i’m done fearing.

“the biggest mistake you could ever make is being too afraid to make one.” – unknown

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imperfectionism.

02.28.12

i need to come up with topics to write about. because this could get really boring.

for now i will tell you a few random things.

ready?

and….

un – i love it when nic calls me snappy (as in with comebacks and witty remarks.) it makes me feel like i’m actually funny.

deux – i have a fear of imperfectionism. yes, that is now a word. no, i don’t think i’m perfect. i’ve had a “wreck this journal” for 6 months now, and haven’t started it because i don’t want to ruin the book, even though that’s the sole purpose of it. i want it to just look so pretty and creative, not beat up and destroyed.. it’s also the reason why i don’t draw very much. because i know that what i draw won’t look like what i picture in my mind. therefore, i don’t start because i don’t want to waste a perfectly good paper. i better get over that fear if i ever want to create anything… duh. when i do draw it turns out somewhat decent-ish.. so i don’t know what my problem is..

trois – i get health insurance on thursday! yeehaw!! and i start training for my new position on monday.

quatre – my studio (“office” as nic would battle me with) needs to be cleaned. and i need to finish decorating. this will be my “studio” if i can get some dang art supplies. waiting for a nice, chunky paycheck. first on my art to-do list.. watercolor. so excited!!

cinq – i can’t wait for spring when we can eat dinner weekdays and brunch on saturdays on our lovely patio.

i’m off to work.

ciao,

sarah.

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oh hey, some days i dress up.

02.21.12

i’m done trying. trying to make things go my way. i’ve tried everything i can think of to get clients “in the door” – lowered prices (without cheating myself), discounts, etc.. nothing is working. and you know what? i’m starting to be okay with it.

i lost half of my last high school year experiences because i was busy trying to run a business. i never really had a fun adolescence adventure because i was too busy trying to be a grown up. now that i’m married i think it may be hard to have the “crazy adventures”, but i still want to have fun. so i’m done worrying. i’m finally starting to feel content with where i’m at. i’ve complained a lot about my desk job. a certain loving someone i get to spend every day with reminded me to be grateful for the amazing blessing of having a steady income. i’ve been promoted to a new position in the bank, making a very decent salary (not sure if i should really say the amount, but we will be able to save for a nice getaway). i’m grateful that i have a job that allows me to know we will have a home to live in and food to eat. days may be mundane, and SO boring that i want to bang my head on the desk. repeatedly. but this is what i’m supposed to do for now, and i know that now. i just have to be patient and let go of the life i’ve planned, so i can breathe and just enjoy every day without worrying that my plan won’t work out like i want.

while remaining patient, waiting for clients that may rarely come, i’m going to be adventurous.

i plan on picking up on painting, drawing, style blogging, blogging in general, singing, practicing the piano/guitar/uke. all of the creative things that will make my heart happy.

speaking of style blogging-

i started writing my list for 101 goals in 1001 days, still haven’t finished it. but one of the goals was to style blog once a week. so today i give you my first attempt. so far, i LOVE it.

“what sarah’s wearing wednesday” ?

“trendy tuesday” ?

“fashionable friday” ?

too cliche? i thought so too. any ideas for my weekly post theme title?

jeans: burlington, cardi: buckle, white shirt: forever21, scarf: charming charlie, heels: ross (brand is kenneth cole)

all of the images are all thanks to my wonderful husband for snapping the shutter (except for the closeup, that was a self portrait, after he lost interest. oh yes, that butt shot was all nic’s purposely planned idea but hey, it was great composition, showing a little more detail; i ended up liking it. haha.). nic HATES being in front of the camera, but every great once in a while i can get him behind it for me. love that silly man of mine.

au revoir-

sarah.

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