KATE SPADE OBSESSION

So I just realized that if I made A LOT more money - I think I would wear only Kate Spade clothes. Tell me why she has made the most ADORABLE fall collection and I'm pretty much drooling over here because I want it so bad. The prints, the sleeves, the dresses, the COATS!! Not to mention the shoes, accessories and the purses!!

I already own 1 Kate Spade bag - which needless to say is my baby. I treasure that thing like it's alive because it was my very 1st designer bag that I bought all by myself! Please see below for a picture of my baby :]
Now - as I mentioned before, I just want to wear Kate Spade clothes!! I was in San Francisco the other day on a field trip for school...and we happened to walk by the Kate Spade store in the mall. My teacher had to drag me away, I was dying. I wanted this coat so bad I didn't know what to do with myself! Sigh - why can't I already be fabulous is the fashion world and able to buy such beautiful things?So cute, I could just imagine walking down the street in the that - somehow I must recreate these outfits to fit my income..but it still won't be Kate :[So I'll let you know how I fair on getting these outfits - I think I'll start with the 1st one.

In other news - fashion show is about 2 weeks away! CUE PANIC MUSIC NOW. However I am sure we can get it together and make it fabulous! Then I have 2 weddings, and rehearsal dinners, and a charity event, store opening, trunk show AND a hotel opening. Phew! Talk about a lot to do :]

God makes my heart sing :]

1 Corinthians 14:1 Go after a life of love as if your life depended on it—because it does.

WEDDINGS WEDDINGS WEDDINGS

Maybe its because I have my first wedding in September & I've been reviewing wedding details all day but I can't seem to get weddings out of my head! Though I suppose that's a good thing considering I'm working in event planning.

So with other peoples weddings swirling in my brain I couldn't help but think about my wedding. Which lets be completely honest - I totally have NO business thinking about my wedding, its so not happening anytime soon. But you can never be too prepared I guess :]

I found this Monique Lhuillier design that I LOVE. I have this love that borders obsession with old things. Antiques, old clothes, books, jewelry, you name it I'll most likely like it. This design is just so old fashioned and elegant - its really modest considering wedding dresses these days but I would love that dress.

OMG - speaking of Monique Lhuillier she's on Project Runway right now as a judge! Love it!

Anyways, I think I'll close this post with something else that I love, a simple thing again. I love the color of the sky on a cool fall day. When its varying colors of dark grey and light grey, it always makes me smile when I walk out the door in the morning and I see grey skies.

AND THE EVENT CONTINUES

SO in addition to school and working a boring office job [not that I don't love it because I do! But seriously, software is just not that exciting] I started at an amazing event planning company as an intern/associate producer! It's been fantastic and to say the least incredibly hectic. I never knew there were SO many things that you needed to do to plan an event.

On that note, we're currently working on an event for Hamilton Family Center - they work with homeless families in San Francisco and they are so amazing at what they do! They really make a big difference in the community and I'm totally honored to be on the committee for this event.

The Location: the magnificent Julia Morgan Ballroom at the Merchants Exchange Building
The Time: October 16th, 2009
Count down: t-minus roughly 49 days to finish this thing!!

But my boss is like super woman - I swear she could pull these things off in her sleep if she wanted too. I finally got to see the venue yesterday and all I can say is WOW. This place is going to be simply magical when we're done with it and it's all in the name of a good cause! What more could a girl ask for?

So I think I'll leave you with that, I have to finish up some more work before I jet off to school today - which should be incredibly enjoyable considering I get to work on our fashion show [more on this later] and interview male models today. My life is so difficult - sigh :]

PRETTY LITTLE THINGS

Today as I sat in my office trying to figure out how to handle work, an internship, school, church & keep some form of social life going I began to wonder if I truly ever appreciate the things around me. I'm always go go go - I never stop. A perfect example of this is my sister's acupuncturist, he took one look at me and told me I needed to slow down and breathe once in awhile. My question is, exactly how am I supposed to accomplish that? I have way too many things I have to do, but I WANT to do them! I like the chaos, which is most likely a deeper issue that I don't wish to ponder at the moment but seriously, I enjoy what I do...really I do.

On that note, my understanding on this is I need to see more around me. There are too many times when I just fly by things and never take them in. When I'm doing one thing while thinking of the next thing I need to get done. I know I'm not the only one that does this - I know there has to be tons of us that are guilty of that. So..that being said..I want to see the beauty in things, I want to slow down. A little bit. Ok not really slow down but maybe pause for a minute or two before rushing off again.

I tried to think of something simple, something that's in my everyday life that brings me peace and a sense of warmth or something like that. My first thought was God, since my faith is something that brings me peace everyday of my life, but I wanted to think of something on this world that made me feel that way as well..then I came to cinnamon - totally random I know but there's something about the smell of cinnamon that I love. It reminds me of my daddy, he would eat anything if it was cinnamon flavored. I think of Thanksgiving and Christmas, the smell of pies in the oven or the little bowl on the table full of cinnamon sticks. I love the way it looks, the warm brown color molded into swirled perfection.

So now I'm off to the store to buy things for pasta dinner with Jessie & Rachel - it should be a masterpiece with 3 Italian girls working on it.

comfort in Him

I was reading a book the other day and I found this...

"that in heaven, there were cards on which were printed the names of every person on earth. The cards were in Gods hands. Written on each card, in real big print, were three words: I LOVE YOU. she found comfort in this, and so did I. I still do.."

The will of God will never take you where the grace of God will not protect you.

I understand that such small gifts were one seed that blossomed in two hearts.

So a lot has changed the last couple of weeks - in an odd way I feel like I've grown a bit. You wouldn't think that you could "grow" in 2 weeks - but I really feel like I have.

I found a new church and so far I really love it there...there's something about it that just gives me peace. There's a college group there and I'm going to start going on Thursday so we'll see how it goes but so far the people I've met are super nice. While I miss my old church..I feel like leaving was the right thing to do. I really felt in my spirit that I needed to grow more and become a more independent Christian and holding on to my best friend wasn't the way to do that. While he's always there for me no matter what - I need to find my own place in church and in my Christian life. So far so good - I just hope it continues :]

What I'm struggling with the most is that I like someone who doesn't have my ideals for my future spouse. Which makes me wonder why I like him at all - if he isn't what I'm looking for? Love, lust, attraction - its all so confusing. While you feel one way and know what you need - you can still see something and then change your mind. It's quite annoying that our mind and hearts can be so flimsy...we really are nothing without the strength of God. However all this is - its spiritual warfare...it will always be here in any shape or form they can throw at us. So I learn and I pray - I listen to God to show me what he wants of me..and I move on.