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Elizabeth // Sean

May 23rd, 2013

A few Saturdays ago we walked all over Lakeland with our recently engaged friends Elizabeth and Sean. We love getting to know people through the act of photographing them. It’s especially wonderful when we get to photograph those that we already do know. There’s an automatic ease and sense of adventure about it! Elizabeth and Sean are seriously stylish and all about outdoor spaces so we really wanted to keep it simple for their shoot. We didn’t feel the need to go very far, instead we chose to explore their backyard. Lots of lush greenery, alleyways full of interesting shapes and textures, and two silly-hearts in front of the camera….no need to get complicated.

 Oh, and their cat, Cheshire, followed us all around…which was even more fun!

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PS  if you want to see more photos of Elizabeth and Sean, take a peek at the Penny&Finn blog!

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tiny plant life

May 22nd, 2013

Yesterday our home was filled with Lakeland creatives that we have the utmost respect for. Shuffling decorative elements here and there, placing plants, making styling decisions. More than a dozen beautiful plants were brought in to quite literally bring life to our space, and we also had the good fortune to have extremely talented creative friends with incredible taste that allowed us to borrow items here and there to round out the proportions of our space. Some of what we borrowed included about ten lovely, handmade succulent terreriums made by our friend Elizabeth (*ahem you may or may not be seeing a ton of photos of her and her fiancé right here later on this week, just sayin’) These lovely little terrariums were places all around our living space, and every time I looked at them they made me smile.

Elizabeth was kind enough to leave behind a couple of her tiniest (cutest!) little succulents for me to love (and hopefully keep alive)  as well as some cuttings from other succulents for me to transplant and start creating my very own terrariums! These little guys are currently on our kitchen counter on a damp paper towel waiting to be placed in a pretty vessel to grow!

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true story: the first time I saw/held the teeny tiny terrarium in the little navy vessel on the left, I cried…cried!

Tears of cuteness I tell you ! …I’m so glad she belongs to me now!

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Matt and I spent time enjoying our apartment after the shoot . We enjoyed all the corners of our space  while we watched The Life Aquatic.

Confession: we may have watched The Life Aquatic twice yesterday. Maybe we love it, a lot…..don’t judge us.

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Wish me luck with my new little plant friends…

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current read // water for elephants

May 21st, 2013

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Water for elephants. This is what I am reading in 30 minute spurts on lunch breaks at work and right before bed. I am really enjoying it! I saw the movie a couple years ago when it came out and I loved it so much that I knew I would enjoy the book as well. There’s something about a circus story that’s already interesting even if there isn’t a hero , damsel, or villain. Lucky for me this circus story has all three!

I really like to have actual books. I may not ever be a kindle person. Unless, I go on a three month long trip and can’t haul that many books….then perhaps. But I like to have physical books, and the best part about having physical books is passing them along when you are done with them. But I always keep the ones that I know I will read again…I will not be giving this one away.

Bonus: I keep forgetting what actually happens in the movie, and the book is so well written with it’s own twists and turns that it’s as if the story is brand new to me!

Also: Christoph Waltz is PERFECT for August. IF you have also read the book and seen the movie then you know how true that is.

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inspire me Monday : apartment painting madness!

May 20th, 2013

 Hello! Good Monday!

It has been a marathon around the Kent home as of late. The kind of life chaos filled week that creates a manic giggle effect. Do you know what I mean….It makes you good ever so slightly coo coo for a while. We have been creating and preparing for our apartment to be photographed tomorrow. It’s so fun, and it’s been a challenge because we have like zero budget. But that’s the kind of fun, creative challenge that I enjoy! We were preparing to paint most of our main living space yesterday morning when a water main to our water heater busted. BUSTED. Within ten minutes, our floors we covered in an inch of water. This threw off our schedule to say the absolute least.

But Matt and I are NOT quitters. We are determined, and maybe even a little bit stubborn. So, as soon as we got all of the water sucked up and fans set up on the carpeted areas, we got right to work! We spent all night painting and cleaning. Everyone should totally have a flooded apartment two days before it’s to be photographed….it keeps you on your toes. ;)

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 What our living room/kitchen looked like before the paint:

Light blue on two of four living room walls, and a very turquoise kitchen.

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 Goodbye turquoise, hello coral. YES.

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 Matt ended up taking all the cabinet facings off while he painted. And, since I’m a weirdo, I just had to take photos of my constantly growing mis-matched dishes collection.

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We are using some paint that we have had left over from when we moved in, as well as some leftover paint from friends with fantastic taste in color to keep cost down. All this painting recently has got me thinking about our bedroom and the office. I’m inspired to paint the entire apartment! Most of my descriptions on Pinterest lately have simply been “paint”…there are so many gorgeous colors out there!

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I’m so happy that we are in full swing again after “The Great Flood” ( which is what Matt has decided that we shall refer to it as. haha) The painting is done aside from some touching up…..it all happens tomorrow.

Should I document the process a bit for you to see? I may not be able to share any images until the issue comes out, but is that something you guys would be interested in?

hmmm…..now what else can I paint?

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blerg

May 18th, 2013

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Greetings!

I have experienced a completely unintentional blog hiatus this week.  At first, I had every intention of posting every day, and then, as things this week got a bit more complicated, and I realized that blogging wasn’t in the cards this week….I had the intention of doing a quick post about how I wasn’t going to be posting the rest of this week…and here we are on Saturday. Haha.

The good news: I am distracted and chaotic in my brain for very fun reasons. The main reason being that Matt and I have been paying a lot of attention to and spending a lot of time beautifying our home this week in preparation for it to be photographed on Tuesday! We have been painting, rearranging, and cleaning!Let me tell you,  it is WORK. But it’s been fun to work on this project with Matt, as well as nerve racking just knowing that it will be photographed soon.. I want it to look just right, and reflect us well. so… it’s been exciting!..and time consuming.

Other good news: I have had a ton of awesome new ideas for future posts during this little blog-break!

Consolation prize: a silly photo of my sweet dog, Daisy…I love her little face!

Happy Saturday friends! I will be back in full force on Monday!

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