October | Life Lately
October – November Full Moon
This month was wilder than the last. My schedule has changed drastically since the summer so you'll see I'm excited about a lot of events coming up, as well as a lot of fun celebrations that happened. I chose this picture of my kitty, Belle, and I in the living room a few years back because I miss her terribly. She passed away last October when we were living in Grand Rapids so this month is a year without her. I know that's kind of sad to talk about but the photo actually reminds me how lucky I was to have 18 years with her. It's healing to shed a few tears and honor her. I swear I can still hear her little paws pad through our cottage in the quiet moments and it helps.
Recommended book: The 13 Original Clan Mothers by Jamie Sams
October
Fall 10x10
The Fall 10x10 has officially begun! It started this Monday, October 22nd. See the full post [here] for more on my partnership with Lee & Birch, as well as my style inspiration and how I'm doing it differently this season.
My Fall 10x10 items / Summer 10x10 / Spring 10x10 / Winter 10x10
Meet the Makers Event at Dime + Regal
Local friends, you can come to meet me and other artists at Dime + Regal on Saturday, November 10th from 7-9 pm. I've been selling my hand-lettered prints at Dime + Regal for about a year now. Their shop space is STUNNING, the owners are are talented jewelry makers themselves, and they've built a great community of Michigan makers that I'm so grateful to be part of. Let us know if you're coming on the event page [here]!
Dime + Regal: Facebook event / Website / Instagram
3 Weddings
We have three weddings in a row this moon cycle! We've never had that happen before. I'll never complain about weekends full of dancing, dressing up, and celebrating love and new milestones of all of our friends. It's events like weddings that really remind me of the great community of friends Joel & I are in. I may or may not have gotten a new dress or two for special occasions. Haven't done that for a few years so it was exciting to get a few new cool weather fancy dresses!
Our wedding / My bachelorette party / A letter to my husband
September
Joel's 30th Birthday
Happy to report we survived Joel's 30th. It was a week full of surprises for Joel starting with gifting him a 2-week trip to Morocco next Spring to visit with our very close friends who live there! He was so surprised and excited. Let the travel planning begin! We then had friends over for his birthday weekend to watch football, eat carb-heavy and cheese-loaded food, go to a beer festival in town, and a bonfire in our backyard to finish out the celebrations. I'm pretty sure he had the best week ever. Seeing him as happy as he was is one of the greatest feelings in the world to me.
See more on living & our cottage
My 5-yr blogaversary
This blog milestone kind of snuck up on me this month with all the other things going on in my life right now; teaching, working at a print shop a few days a week, Joel's birthday celebration, some travel, and everything else, but I did take some time on a Friday at my favorite bakery in town to reflect on these last 5 years. See the full post [here]. It's a good mix of nostalgia, some backstory on past jobs, & some fun brand visuals to look at from all my evolutions of my personal brand over the years.
5 years of blogging / My IGTV video about the last 5 years / Top 100 Women Bloggers to Follow
Annual Girl's Weekend at Hocking Hills
The anticipated girl's weekend has come and gone, and much too fast! It was a restful, rejuvenating, and relaxing weekend with my best gal pals from high school. I continue to be amazed, humbled, and grateful to still be close to my girlfriends after all these years. We've been through a lot together and taking the time to nurture our relationship, surrounded by nature, is a feeling of gratitude that is hard to describe. We hiked 9 miles total this year, 1 mile longer than last year! We watched old movies each night, like the season's first viewing of Hocus Pocus with some mulled wine, took naps, shared podcast and book recommendations, and had the best chili to keep warm. We stayed at Eagle Ridge Cabin and I highly recommend it!
See last year's trip to Red River Gorge.
Full Moon Monthly recaps life lately and what’s on the horizon. See all moons here.
