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Dissecting My Time

Do you ever wonder how you spend all your time? Well, I definitely do and because I love making infographics so much, I decided to make one of how my week breaks down time-wise.

I'm a little stunned to see that in the long run, I don't spend that much time doing any one thing. I work two jobs (an internship and I work as a kitchen assistant in one of Sur la Table's kitchens) and although at times it may feel a little hectic, breaking it down in this way makes it seem so...simple. I couldn't believe how much of my week is eaten up by sleep (8 hours a night)! All of my extra hours are dispersed by what I have going on that week; this week it's mostly packing up and cleaning our apartment before our big move on Saturday.

How does your week break down?

Movie Wall

David and I are still slowly getting settled into our home (seriously, very slowly. We've been here for almost 8 months now!). One of the projects that David tackled was our awesome movie wall. We are both big fans of movies and after I had an idea of doing a gallery wall, David came up with this: framed posters and prints of our favorite films. It came together beautifully. 

I didn't want to post a tutorial only because there really wasn't anything crazy awesome and groundbreaking about how he set up the wall. In fact, it was actually more simple than what most (more professional) people do. All he did was hang them up with push-pins first and then put in nails in the "official" places. He did such a great job of setting it up.

Two HUGE tips that I would have fo anyone considering doing this is to keep all your posters very simple. We kept a modern-ish theme to all of the posters we purchased and printed to keep it clean and simple without making it feel cluttered. We each chose a favorite movie to get a huge print of and then chose other favorites to have smaller prints of. The second tip being that you should really give some space to your frames. As much as I adore gallery walls that I have tighter spacing and diversifing objects, it just doesn't work with these posters because they're all so colorful and each one has one or more words on them, which is plenty to keep it looking fun.

Because it was very difficult to find small prints that we could purchase, David edited and printed all of the posters except the Rushmore, The Life Aquatic, The Royal Tenenbaums, and Big Fish. In case you're wondering, we did consider re-naming this "The Wes Anderson Movie Wall." What can we say? We're huge fans.

If you were to make your own movie wall, which movie posters would you chose yourself? xoxo

p.s. The first three photos were taken with my iPhone 4S and edited with the Afterlight App. All other photos were taken with my Canon 60D, as usual.

Bloom the Workshop

This past Friday, I headed to Grand Rapids to attend Bloom: the workshop. It was an absolute BLAST! The workshop was taught by bloggers Michaela and Ashley and they did just a fantastic job. I learned a lot of new things throughout the entire day -- even photography tricks that I didn't know (and I really wasn't expecting to learn!). We went through a few different lessons including blogging, social media, styling, and photography. Afterward, we were able to shoot some pictures of a styled tablescape and some brides (they weren't actual brides) and that was followed by a Q&A included both Michaela and Ashley, as well as Tieka, Julie, Abby, and Meg. I can't even stress how wonderful everything was throughout the day and how much fun I had with all the lovely ladies that came!

^^ Ashley teaching away!

^^^ Awesome tablescapes that Michaela designed!

^^^ Adorable miniature horses at Hydrangea Blu Barn

 

Shower Invites

My sister's bridal shower is coming up soon and we're so excited! I thought I'd share the invites that Amanda and I created together. I designed them and she hand painted the bumblebees and poppies, which I then scanned into the computer and added them to the design. I had a lot of fun creating these and I think her awesome and unique paintings really helped make them even more cool!! I orded them from GotPrint in a 4 x 4 size. I can't wait to be able to share some of the DIY's that we're doing to decorate! You're gonna really love them!