midnight thoughts

midnight on friday. "pony (it's ok)" by erin mccarley. too many things going through my head to think {student loans in particular}. need chocolate milk.

my friend mackenzie is leaving me & the rest of the state of georgia to return home to california & i'm extremely bummed. california & georgia might be the furthest states apart. she's been such a breathe of fresh air & a blessing to get to know, BUT still a bright side: a reason to explore california & visit at some point. cake-baking for her going away dinner tomorrow.

in an effort to shift my mind from that sad thought, as well as how to go about finding a fitting student loan for NYU, i've stumbled up the shoe i've been wanting.

cynthia vincent for target. AHH.

other thoughts: i now want a rinky-dink polaroid camera for when i do go to new york. i'll be taking a schmancy photography class with a quality camera, but these seem to have so much more character.

also decided that i'm moving to hawaii after graduation and selling beach chairs.

on another note: i just remembered how much i appreciate song lyrics. example...

jason mraz {yes, i was skeptical at first too}: "beautiful mess"

your style is quite selective

though your mind is rather reckless.

well I guess it just suggests that,

this is just what happiness is.

hey, what a beautiful mess this is.

it's like picking up trash in dresses

on that note, i'm off to bed. happy weekend.

images via: target & rockstar diaries

blue skies

last day of classes, 70 degree weather & not a cloud in the sky. anticipation for summer is building, as is stress & worry over micellanious things {tests, money, flights, ect.} times like this, breathing is key & blue skies are helpful. on top of the important things i have to prioritize, my head flooded with thoughts of water, salt air, & family time to maintain sanity.

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images via: the skinny, teen vogue, simply seductive

let the baking begin

just got home from my first taste of finals season. {i also have a 3D project due at 6:30 & drawing class in 30 minutes, nooot really sure why i'm blogging?}

regardless, finals season means stress baking :)

like i've said, always a silver lining.

so, instead of getting my materials for my welding wire project together at the last minute like i should, i'm trying to figure out what form of chocolate i can bake for the roomies to get through the last week of school.

we made 2 batches of these chocolate ganache cupcakes in full-on cake form during finals last year. {gone in maybe 2 hours. }

maybe chocolate chip cookies smores?!

leave it to paula dean to add another notch of irrestistable gluttony to dessert.

not that i have a problem with that.

brownies are always the easiest option.

but maybe too simple to fully distract my mind from my studies.

aaaand the winner this season is: "hopped-up" caffeine-rich chocolate cupcakes.
two birds, one cupcake. stress-relief+chocolate & coffee? done & DONE.

images via: audrey hepburn complex, cupcakes & cashmere, foodnetwork.com

blush & bashful

and so it is, Monday that is. the transition from the weekend was made fairly smoothly. sunday night was spent with the roomies, stuffing our facing with oven-baked "french fries" & watching desperate housewives & steel magnolias. not a bad way to wrap up the weekend at all.

the weather today {windy with a bit of chill} is a pleasant reminder of just how sweet summer is. but, for now, it is the perfect temperature for studying upstairs at starbucks downtown with a chai latte & a snug sweater.

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song of today: "mushaboom" by fiest.

the remix with postal service.

this is where i would prefer to be doing my studying. COZY.

so many drawings/paintings due. giselle makes it look so much fancier {& without the mess that seems to cover all of my clothes now days}.

images via: Jak & Jil, Desire to Inspire, Elle, 100 Layer Cake

orange you glad it's FRIDAYYY

cheesy title, but it seemed fitting. the weekend has arrived, which means 13 days until summer break & that much closer to new york. for now, there's projects & drawings galore. the only highlight of the end of the semester is late-nights of delirious laughter & binge-eating greasy chinese food with the roomates. {always a silver lining}

distractions for friday: ORANGE

my favorite color from middle-school is becoming my rediscovered favorite color.

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images via: olsens anonymous, french vogue calendar, sea of shoes, the new yorker

home life

over the weekend, my good friend mackenzie & i ventured to my homeland of savannah. mack was seduced by the small town when she briefly attended SCAD, & wanted to take a mini-vacation there before she left to go home to california.

before we even got in the car, i had mapped out our every destination & our every meal.

saturday morning meant the beaches of tybee island with my parents, boiled peanuts from davis produce & beer.

sunday was dedicated to downtown. we perused the painting exhibit at the jepson center, the vintage clothes & up-and-coming SCAD student designs at civvies, & my favorite place on broughton street, the paris flea market.

mack bought a handful of old polarids for $1 that she's going to make into cute, little glass coasters, while i snagged an vintage black dress for $20 tucked in the downstairs basement.

all in all: sucessful day!

we left early monday morning to drive the 4 hours back to reality & my lovely roomies. i missed them :)

images via: audrey hepburn complex, the paris market & brocante, cupcakes & cashmere

my friend jan & T.G.I.T

i'm happy to say, my roommates & i are semi-obsessed with each other {maybe this stems from our shared love of good food, cupcakes & bad t.v.} as summer approaches, we will have to part ways on our own different adventures. i'll be in new york, helen in australia & jennifer is heading to africa to change the world or something like that. jen {or JAN} will be in liberia on a mission trip doing God's will. visit her & donate to a good person doing good things!

jan, you can bring me back a baby elephant please.

on a second note, it's thursday! which in a college town means it's the weekend. i think it may be a red wine evening. sometimes the school week makes me forget what i look like with make-up on. i'm ready to let my hair down & get dressed up :)

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images via: banana republic, sea of shoes, w magazine

SWEET TOOTH

it's no secret that i have a sweet-tooth. actually, that should be plural: i have sweet-teeth. chocolate milk goes down as smoothly as water & ice-cream is most definately its own food group {random musing: what ever happened to the ice-cream truck?!}

baking is my stress-reliever {seen here & here} & we never discriminate when it comes to sugar.

what a cute combo: red lips & strawberry sherbert.

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xoxo

images via: green wedding shoes & audrey hepburn complex

sunny mondays

like the newly blossoming flowers that dot my bus route to class, spring has been a friendly reminder of how good life can be. our apartment has rosemary/orchid "bouquets" on almost every tabletop, tomatoes FINALLY taste exactly the way they should & early-morning walks feel much less like exercise and more like nature walks.

here's to a little monday inspiration.

images via: design crush, audrey hepburn complex, sea of shoes & la tartine gourmande

garden party

First things first, HAPPY WEEKEND! it's 12:30 in the afternoon here in athens & to most that means it's already happy hour. weekends {at least to me} feel just like champagne: bubbly, refreshing & always needed. downtown athens is having their annual international street festival on saturday, which means gyros & fried rice are totally fine at 10:30 in the morning. love it.

another lovely thing to toast to: the h&m garden collection. a breathe of fresh air.


the only accessory i plan to use is a nice tan after a day of magazines at the pool.

this collection just looks like it feels relaxing.

white dress: spring has sprung.

images via: apartment 34 and h&m

big apple dreaming

SO, it has been quite a while since my last post. i blame spring break & warm weather.

{oh, & st. patrick might have been to blame as well}

in either case, i have tres exciting news! because my parents are miracle-workers & love me more than i even realize, they've given me the opportunity to live for 6 weeks in NEW YORK FRIGGIN' CITY! i'll be taking a photography class at new york university as well as having my own big city adventures (including turning the big 2-1).

living in new york has always been a dream of mine since i was a little girl. i love the dirty smell of the concrete & the food from all of the vendors that dot the streets. while 6 weeks may not last long, it should quench my dream thirst at least until graduation.

i'm excited to traipse around central park, hail cabs, eat way too much pizza, falafel & cheesecake & be a small-town southern girl in an ocean of faces. when i think new york, i think glamour, carrie bradshaw & a collison of culture & chaos. {PURE EXCITEMENT}

images via: audrey hepburn complex, green wedding shoes, apartment 34, & Italian Vogue