Beauty is..

... whatever you make it :)

Hi guys :) So today's post is something that's really been on my mind a lot lately. Everyone keeps asking me what my type is when it comes to guys, and truth is I have no bloody clue! There are days when I'd totally be down for a preppy, Ralph Lauren sporting, polo playing lad. Other days I want a tattooed, guitar playing, sexy car driving stud. I honestly have no freakin' idea. Then I realized this is how everything in my life is, undecided. Then after noticing this ever increasing trend of inability to make a choice and stick with it in my everyday, I thought to myself, why do we need to choose? Why do I need to be a certain way? Reality is, I don't; there isn't some little box I need to put myself in and stamp a label to. Something about this was so liberating. Here I was 20 years old seeing different people and altering myself to fit little bit of themselves. The only good that came out of this was by trying different things, I created something for me. One day I might wanna rock a scarf and pretend I'm Johnny Depp from Pirates, another day I might wanna be really classic and rock a 1940s hairstyle. Some days I wanna hide my tattoos, and some day I purposefully wear no jewelry so you see them. No one is ever going to be completely happy with you, that is life, but knowing that I am me and no matter what I will always have that. Opinions are opinions, you can't live your life for other people, and I think I finally learned that :)

This week Melissa Jaqua and Abe Barron came to my school, look them up they are amazing! Abe cut my hair and it literally changed me. I feel free, and ready to take on anything :)

Love them!

Today I want to celebrate the different styles people have, what makes them unique :) Take a look...

(my work)

"If you're a bird, I'm a bird"

Being in an industry where fashion, style, and how you present yourself, is an important element it becomes hard to make sure you're doing things because it's what you want, and what you feel in your heart. I know what I want, and I know how to bet there, and I'm ready :)

Inspiration is the key :)

Happy Happy Happy...

... Mothers Day! 

My bestest friend, Alyssa, is a new mother this year. She sometimes wonders what she is getting herself into but she is doing wonderful :) Look at this gorgeous little one she blessed us with...

Ashlyn is super freaking adorable :)

Anyways, my obsession with Stumble Upon has continued and here are some things that inspired me :) Enjoy...

And Happy Mothers Day to my mommy, do not tell me we look alike :)

Inspire someone :)

xoxo.

There dreams...

... are mountains, these dreams are true.

So I'm currently sitting home "recovering" aka being bored and my lovely friend Alex showed me this kick ass website called Stumble Upon :) Check it out, sign in with your Facebook long in and get addicted! Here are a few pictures I found along the way, enjoy! :)

I have to say this might be my favorite :)

Fact: I will have this chair one day! :)

:)

Stay inspired and enjoy this gorgeous day for me!!

PS. Tell someone how you truly feel today :)

Sometimes burdens...

... are truly just blessings is disguise.

Today I found myself feeling a lot of different emotions. This morning didn't start off as planned, and the day seemed to follow suit. People all day were constantly surprising me by their actions, now I'm not saying I never act in ways that I am not proud of but, I couldn't figure out why people were being so... cruel. Then I got home and watched the episode of Oprah from today. I had DVR'd this episode because it was about the freedom riders from the 1960s. These men and women who put their lives on the line, signed their last will and testament, and got on a bus to stand up for those who didn't have the chance to put me in tears. In the 1960s segregation, prejudice, racism, it was all still occurring in America. Martin Luther King Jr was fighting for equality. People shake their heads at me and don't want to listen when I get so worked up about things like this but, who ever said it was okay to judge someone by the color of their skin? Who in their right mind thought that someone's skin made them lesser of a person, of a human being? I can not fathom people like this. Call me crazy, call me a hippie I don't care, but I still see it today. Prejudice is still seen, racism, I saw and heard acts of just this week. I'll just put it out there because I truly care about this individual, someone I know was not invited some where due to the color of their skin. How do you tell someone, a young someone at that, that even though these people have probably never met them, they already dislike them. Not cause of normal high school stuff like rumors, but because they are simply of a darker tone of skin. It literally infuriates me. 

Freedom Riders, 1961

Tonight I was able to attend my friend Lindsey's showing and she was amazing as usual. But some of the other works caught my eye too. A certain series about love, not romantic crap, but loving each other not based upon race, sexual preference, or gender. Which naturally sent me spiraling into a conversation with Alyssa, whom I had taken with me to the show. This then went into a discussion about life. I believe in God, I believe in something, someone, having some greater influence in our lives if we so choose to seek it. I also believe sometimes we are given blessings in disguise. We might not always be dealt the hand we want in life, but God, or whomever you may believe in, wouldn't have given us anything we couldn't handle. Life isn't easy; it isn't easy for the teenager trying to make it through high school, the college senior trying to graduate, or the new mother trying to carve a path for now, not only herself, but her child too. We all have struggles, we all have weaknesses, and we all have times when we loose sight. I don't mean to preach, or rant, or anything. I don't know what I am supposed to do on this earth, and I don't where this life will take me. All I know is I love seeing people happy and I feel that to my core. I feel like there is more to come for me, I feel like I'm supposed to be a part of something bigger then myself.

I guess today my point wasn't to rant, although I did, but it was to how you that no matter where you are in your life, where you're going, or where you might have been, there is always a tomorrow. There is always a better day, it might not come right away but if you seek it, it will come. Those freedom riders who risked their lies and were beaten, they made it possible today for us to be one nation. I ask that you take some time and see what you can do to better yourself, maybe even better America. Smile and remember tomorrow is truly a new day, and sooner or later today, will only be a distant memory in the past...

The purest beauty...

... is within yourself.

Hi all :) This week is crazyy. Tomorrow is Lindsey's Senior Show and I wouldn't miss it for the world, so proud of her and everything she has accomplished. For those of you who don't know Linds this would be her...

She is amazing, and has made a huge impact on my life :)

Thursday is my last night of freedom, due to the fact that Friday is surgery. Then hopefully my weekend is full of visitors :) I don't have much to say other then right now my life is, well, a mess. I'm not sure where I am going, what He has set up for me, or who will be in my life. People tend to come and go in my life, I guess that's why I am afraid to fully invest myself in anyone. I will do anything for anyone, I love knowing that something I did, sometimes so small, can put a smile on someone's face. Beauty is so much more then looks, it  comes from your soul. I love this world we live in and I feel like we don't appreciate it, just as we don't appreciate each other. So take a minute and look at some of the beauty you might over look everyday...

(so freaking adorable, I hope I have that one day)

(love lightning)

All pictures credited to National Geographic :)

These are just a few of the pictures I've collected to inspire me everyday, I hope they gave you a little inspiration :)

Smile :) & Inspire someone.