Post College Survival Kit Giveaway...

Time for a fun giveaway from one of my sponsors!  Please just leave a comment below telling me your post college fears to enter...

 College teaches us many things: how to make and support academic arguments, the importance of a room of one's own, that rhyme about beer before liquor.

But college doesn't necessarily teach us how to deal with The Real World.  There are no classes that  cover 401ks, credit card debt, live-in lovers, networking or making friends once you're out of the dorms.  And isn't that a pity?  Four years, fifty thousand dollars and zero courses on how to navigate the next sixty years of your life.

Never fear, friends!  We're here to rectify that.  The Post College Survival Kit is an eight-week ecourse that will teach you the things that college didn't.  Our teachers (Sarah Von, Alex Franzen, Marie Joseph, Sally McGraw and Sarah Storer) are all experts in their fields and bona-fide college survivors.  We're going to talk about loan consolidation and forgiveness, cover letters and internships, grad school, dating, questionable landlords.  We'll cover just about everything you need to know.

The course includes:
* 8 weeks of fresh posts on a private, passworded blog
* 60-page workbook
* 4 Vokle webinars
* a private message board
* 70% less post-college stress (okay, I made that up)"

So the giveaway item would be: a place in the Post College Survival Kit Ecourse (www.thepostcollegesurvivalkit.com)
 

Our Weekend in Photos...

We had a fun filled weekend with company.  Our friend Katelyn and her hubby and daughter came to stay with us to go to the Renegade Fair in Austin.  Over the weekend we went to Isabel's ballet performance, had a bbq, swam in the river, had lots of giggles and way too much good food.  It was so nice to see them and little miss Leena did not want to go home today.  It was a super fun weekend with all of our friends.  There were a ton more people and events than pictured here, but I didnt get it all captured.  I purposely did not take my camera to the river so I could really enjoy myself.  I think I had a kid in my lap this whole weekend!!!  I loved it.  But I must admit, its kind of fun being like the 'gran-friend' who gets to play with them and then they go home :)  I get the best of them!


Now its hard to get myself back to work, but it must be done!  I have orders to fill & ship, as well as lots of blogging goals, including a giveaway!  Maybe tonite :)

PEACE,
Laura

An Interview with Me & My Boy...

Okay, so I have this super duper cute friend who now lives in California... way too far away... whom I just adore.  Funny, we had class together in school but never really talked.  It took her being a mutual friend of two boyfriends to become good pals.  And more so in just the last few years.  Those of you who have been following me for a long time will remember her beautiful face from photoshoots I did.  She is such an amazing model and Ive had so much fun shooting her over the years.  She is working on branching out with her own handmade designs and I think they are just so her and so creative.  Her etsy shop, Christee Gee, has handmade recycled tshirt necklaces and some of the raddest recycled magazine necklaces, you must check them out!

She also has a blog where she interviews amazing artists and musicians with a headline called "20 Questions"... Im honored to say that James and I are the feature this week.  It was such a fun little interview, and I love the way she did it with both of us answering the same questions.  James wrote some pretty sweet things about me and it melted my heart.  Go check it out here.  And follow her blog while you are at it.  You'll get to read some interviews from some awesome people.  Last week was Mike Herrera from MXPX.  And she makes an adorable video like this one for each interview... she is so cute and creative.



Go show this sweet girl some support.  She is working so hard on creating her dream of moving towards branching out to run her own shop and other things.  This girl has one of the biggest hearts I know.

And if you missed my last post, check out another interview on Ruche's blog...

PEACE,
Laura

Ruche Interview + Photoshoot...

Remember this post I did just a week ago?  Well, I love this dress so much, I had to do another shoot.  This time I paired it with three different pieces of Violet Bella jewelry that can all be found in Ruche's shop along with this lovely dress.  (the ring is coming soon)  This photoshoot was actually a very inspiring one for me.  I havent dont an outdoor shoot playing with lovely lighting in far too long.  It brought back my passion for it, and I had so much fun exploring the trees next to our new house all by myself.

The Outfit:
pearl & bow earrings - Violet Bella
little chair necklace - Violet Bella
pink tights - Target
vintage boots
hair bow by Sookie Says


I just did a lovely interview with Ruche on their blog!  Check it out here.  Im so very honored for them to ask me.  I truly love and believe in their company, they are all so awesome.

PEACE,
Laura