INSTAGRAM LOVE OVERLOAD

I have taken about a million instagram photos since the last time I shared (not that long ago).  So today's post is a huge photo dump of the last few weeks of life.  I absolutely love the ease of taking photos throughout the day with my phone, otherwise, most of these moments would not have been captured.  It will never take the place of real quality photography, but for daily moments, its the best thing ever.  By the way, have you seen how Instagram made your profile page look?  Pretty cool!  Here is mine.

All good days start with the music behind them right?  A few tunes I enjoyed this week.

Having these kids at my house.  Precious full of life girls these are.

These moments that happened during Katelyn's visit.  So many more, but these were some of my favorites.  Especially capturing both girls dancing in the living room.  And watching James interact with them.  Priceless.

Our photoshoots.  We only got a few behind the scenes of day two since James was there to help us.

Endless hours editing, editing, editing.  the work on this upcoming lookbook has been non stop and I'm about to pass out it seems, but I know it will be so worth it and I absolutely can't wait to release it on the 13th.  And then actually clean my house, ha.

So much good food has been consumed.  (along with lots of not so good food this week.  Ive been so bad and have been eating chips and dip for lunch, seriously).

Rearranged the house a bit after company.  Bundled tons of sage.

And yes of course, feet shots.  Because that's what I do.

The past two weekends in a row we helped my brother move.  I got to spend time with my family, spend the night with my nanna, play with my nephew Aiden, go out for a girls night out with my women.  Good stuff.

I managed to snag several shots of my boy.  Without begging.  That's the best part.

I got to wear beanies, test out James new tshirts coming soon to his shop, wore my hair straight alot and fell in love it, then got a hair cut which was a very bad idea.  Oh, and I ate a massive carrot.

Took countless pics of my kitty Bella laying all over the house.  It's so cute how many different places I find her.  She is the ultimate lounger, let me tell you.

When I could, I squeezed in reading and a bit of IChing.  I'm taking my time through the last part of Women Who Run With Wolves.  Enjoying every word.

Even just taking time out to post this blog feels lavish.  Time to get back to work on the collective.  I forget each time how much is involved towards the end.  I could use a team of 10 working around the clock for real.  Katelyn has been a saving grace for how much she has helped me out with this project!  I'm not sure if I'll be back at all until monday, but I have a fun giveaway for you... and then tuesday is the big release!!!  

ANNOUNCEMENT:
If your name is Danielle Covington or Kristal of Swabbycat, PLEASE email me at violet_bella (at) hotmail (dot) com by Sunday to claim your winning.  Otherwise I will be drawing a new winner for the blowfish shoes giveaway and the love, life and babies giveaway.  Thank you so very much.

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SOME DAYS

 
 some days, i just wish i was a cat.

the end.

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NANOUKIKO NECKLACE GIVEAWAY

The ever so sweet Natacha from Nanoukiko is joining me today to bring one lucky reader a free necklace from her shop!  The winner gets to choose any necklace that they would like.  I love her simple geometric style... Each piece still stands as a statement piece through its simplicity.  Natacha also has another shop called Nanoutriko where she sells her hand knitted wears.  Be sure to check them both out, she is having a free shipping sale right now!

<<< TO ENTER >>>
visit Nanoukiko and tell me which necklace you would choose
follow Nanoukiko via facebook

<<< EXTRA ENTRIES >>>
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(please leave a comment for each thing you do, must be a follower of my blog, please leave your email address)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The winner of the Cosmic Bath & Beauty Giveaway is: 

{Congrats Zoe!  Please email me at violet_bella (at) hotmail (dot) com}

I am still waiting to hear from a few past giveaway winners!  Please visit this post and this post to see if you were a winner and email me.  After a few more days, I will need to choose a new winner and forfeit your spot if I don't hear from.

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OUR HALLOWEEN

This is what our halloween ended up looking like.  We had plans to go to our friends house to hang out, and possibly walk around town with the kiddos like we do each year... but between the emotions and stresses of this week, and knowing James had to be at work at 4 am this morning, we decided ultimately to just stay home and have our own halloween.  Since we are moving a new couch into our living room today, we decided yesterday to move the other one into the bedroom a day early so we could make a big palette on the floor for movies.  I had a few drinks, made taco salad, and we watched two of my alltime favorite movies, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and House of a 1,000 Corpses.  I love watching these two films together b/c you can see the influence Rob Zombie had through his movie.  I absolutely love Captain Spaulding's (above clown) character.  No matter how many times I watch this film, I love it just the same.  This ended up being the perfect way to celebrate our halloween.

Now for today I'll working as much as I can on editing for The Bohemian Collective.  Ive been posting some sneak peeks of the upcoming winter lookbook over on the blog.  And this past week I added the google friend connect, so if you weren't already 'officially' following the blog, its super easy to do so now.  Just look towards the bottom of the sidebar for it.  And while your down there, don't forget Kelly Ann has made an awesome music playlist to listen to while browsing the blog!  We will be launching the new lookbook on November 13th and I'm getting super excited! 

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