Weekly Wears: Home Sweet Home

As I mentioned yesterday, I missed out on our first Missouri snow this weekend.  My friends were all sending me snaps of beautiful snowflakes and it reminded me all over again of why I love my home.  It's not the weather, it's the people.  Home is where your best friends are, and though I have tons of people I care about all over the country, this concentrated friend spot is my very favorite.  I have so many quality people in my life... people who do little things like send me pictures of snow because they know how much I love it.  They are good.

Dress: Urban Outfitters;  Bodysuit: F21;  Tights: ASOS;  Knee Socks: ASOS;  Shoes: Nasty Gal;  Coat: c/o Emerging Thoughts;  Necklace: Shlomit Ofir;  Clutch: DIY here

Now it's time for me to dive back into work in order to meet my deadlines this week.  I hope you are all having a wonderful one so far!

Smell Ya Later, Nashville

As I mentioned last week, I took a weekend off (four days, to be exact) and flew to Nashville.  I stayed with my sweet friend, Gowa, who I met through the internet.  When we first met up in person, we had already been friends for months via texts, emails, etc, so when it was love at first sight earlier this year, neither of us was surprised.  We share a million common interests, so spending 4 days with this pal was nonstop fun.


She lives in this darling little cabin in the woods and we had fires in her wood-burning stove every morning as we planned our day.  This place could not be more charming.  Straight out of a book.  She has a really great Etsy shop full of handmade leather goods, so you should definitely check it out if you're looking for gifts this holiday season.


We shopped, went to honky tonk bars, saw Jenny Lewis (!!!), went to the Opryland Hotel, ate like kings, and heard SO MUCH great music from local bands.  It's crazy how talent-saturated Nashville is.  Everyone I met was amazing.

It was nice to have a weekend away, but you know how great it always feels to get home.  I'm getting back into the swing of things today, as I have lots going on this week, but it's great to be back in Missouri... though it did snow while I was away and I was a little jealous I had to miss that.  The trade off was worth it, I guess.  ;)

Happy Tuesday, friends!

Snapshots: iPhone Edition

**Lips sweater from Emerging Thoughts and Bob's Burgers and Simpsons pouches from Danny Brito's shop.

Friday, you're here again already???  It's been another crazy/good/weird/exhausting week, but I have the weekend off (what?!).  I'm taking a trip to see see an out of town friend, catch a Jenny Lewis show AND a Cotton Jones show, and do some serious vintage shopping.  It's going to be a really good weekend!  I hope you all get some relaxing in!  xo.  Katie

My Office Area Makeover

When we first moved into this house, I was more than pumped about our bedroom.  It's large enough to be a multi-functional space for my work, our music gear, and still be a sweet space to sleep.  You can see our full bedroom tour from last year right here.  As months have passed and I've worked on project after project, this lovely space has turned into a disaster.  My desk wasn't super functional, my fabric stash has gotten out of hand, and storage for craft supplies became an issue.  I knew I needed to rethink the way I had things set up, or just accept that our sacred space was going to forever be covered in scraps of paper and piles of fabric.

So, first things first: my desk area.  My desk was cute, but it was also uncomfortable and I rarely found myself working there.  We had this desk we snagged from the Red Velvet estate sale last year on the other side of the room for Johnny, but it was just a station where we parked papers and junk... so I swiped it.


I got this pink paint on clearance (I ALWAYS check the clearance paint-- you never know what you're going to find) and was saving it for the right project.  BINGO.  I went to town painting the desk pink and sanding the black paint off of those chrome legs.  I know it's just a matter of taste, but geez... who paints chrome legs black???  I decided to leave the drawer alone for a little bit of contrast, and I love the way it turned out.


I pulled an old record player out of our basement to use as a printer stand and transferred my favorite desk pieces from my old desk.  The Rilo Kiley quote is from this DIY, the dreamcatcher was made by my favorite pal Gowa, Hope made the ceramic pizza in pottery class, I bought the hair print from ChipperThings on Etsy, and the little framed guy is a Laura Berger original.  The other stuff is either vintage or crafted.

I love my little functional office space now.  It's important to have a space that not only inspires you, but is easy and comfortable to utilize.  I'll be showing you my other work areas soon!  Sometimes it takes time to figure out what works for you and what doesn't.  xo.