The blog is moving! Not me.... haha. I've decided to switch over to the Wordpress platform because I like the greater flexibility it offers. If you follow my blog in a reader you should switch your subscription over here:
https://kateregan.wordpress.com/
I'm still working on finishing touches so it may look a bit wonky at first but that's where I'll be posting from now on!
(via http://onecharmingparty.com/)
I say almost because Autumn doesn't officially begin until 11:09 pm ET! That's what Meredith from the Today Show reported anyway... :)
Things have been a little sparse on this end because my Mother is in town! We've been hiking, to the beach, crafting, eating and having fun. We haven't documented many of these activities though. Whoops. I did catch Nala "helping" my Mom make some jewelry. :)
I've been working on another cute banner.... I can't reveal too much though because it's a present!
I'll be back with a fall related post later! Don't forget to go and leave a comment (or two) on my application video! http://bit.ly/9tJD4l
Hello Friends! Thanks for all of your help relating to t-shirt wearing so far! We are off to a good start. I've decided that to better prepare me for getting this job I need more contacts.... I have the creativi-tee, I've got social media experience and now I need more people to share it with.
Here's the deal. I want at least one "fan" for my facebook page from every state by October 1st. I'm challenging all of you to contact your friends, random cousins, etc. that live all over the country. Pass on the link to my fan page
so it's easy for them to see.
Once you are a fan you can click on the discussion tab on the top of the page and click the "50 in 15" discussion; this is where people will post what state they are from. The state must be where you currently reside!
No doubles... If you see your state is already there, fabulous! But try and find someone you know in another state that we don't already have listed!
Ok, get to it! I know there are a lot of MO and FL fans already! Who wants to be the one to post in the discussion! I'll be sure to keep you updated!
I just came across these photos and I remembered that I wanted to share them! Remember how we lived in and fixed up the house in liberty all summer? While cleaning and organizing I came across these fun photos.
Lainey (Barber's stepmom who owns the house) works at Hallmark as a graphic designer. She's worked in various departments at Hallmark for about 40 years and at one point she worked as a stylist in the photography department. During that time they did some shoots for a line of cards and she was the talent in several.
I thought these needed to be preserved so we found some frames on sale and gave them to Lainey for letting us live in her house all summer.
Sorry about the crazy glare! Iphone pics because I couldn't locate my camera when I needed it. :(
I did not get hired to wear t-shirts today. It's ok though! We've got 3 more opportunities; the next one coming on October 15th!
To step up marketing I've created a facebook fan page here! Head over there... check it out and become a fan! I'll keep you updated with what's happening!
Thanks for all of your support thus far!
And it you haven't already watched the video and left a comment you can find that here!
I've complete a few more projects in the online sewing class I'm taking. These may not come across as all that cool but I learned something new during each project and I really ended up liking them more than I initially thought I would.
First.... A throw pillow case!
I know it doesn't look that cool, but notice the pink around the edges? It's called piping and it makes the pillow very schmancy.
Yes, the back is navy polka dots. Haha. The back has an overlapping flap which means I can pull it off the pillow and wash if needed.
Next up, a quilted pot holder.
This was actually my least favorite project to make. I like the outcome but it got a little monotonous sewing all of the lines.
Finally, this 'cute' little banner.
I thought this was going to be way more tedious than it actually was which is why I picked a short word (I thought about doing "Hi!"). I really liked making it though and I do think it turned out rather cute if I do say so.
And remember, if you haven't watched and commented on my video, check it out here!
Haha. I'm trying to be a 't-shirt wearer' remember?! I wear t-shirts so I switched up that saying a little to fit my situation. Since we are on the topic of t-shirts these days I thought I'd show the completed t-shirt quilt!
Remember when my lovely parents came to visit last year and my Mom spent all that time cutting up my old basketball t-shirts? Well here's the finished product! (iphone pics, sorry!)
Fun right?! My high schools' colors (as you might tell from the shirts) are green and gold so my Mom and the quilting lady chose the green and gold tie dye for the background fabric. I LOVE it. It's SO big too. We need some fall weather to hurry up down here in Florida so I can use it. :)
There are two more soccer related quilts in the works.... and we had to work HARD to narrow those t-shirts down. I'm telling you people.... I am an excellent t-shirt wearer!
If you haven't already (and even if you have!) watched, commented on, 'liked' and tweeted about my application video you can find it here: http://iwearyourshirt.com/hiring/application/7363/katie-brooks
If you missed the t-shirt info and have no idea what the heck I'm talking about check out my previous post here!
remember when i needed that fantastic white dress from red velvet? well now this has replaced it....
found here! .... and marked down to $22 from $75... and there's one left... and it's my size. practicing self control.
So this morning I've been reading a handful of really interesting essays for my Gender Communication class. My favorite so far was titled "Inventing the Cosmo Girl" and it's about Helen Gurley Brown's creation of the fictitious 'cosmo girl' that shaped a whole new era of women's thought, work, and social class. She almost seems like a 1970's version of Carrie Bradshaw.
In 1962 she wrote a book called "Sex and the Single Girl" that became wildly successful. She was the first to publicly condone pre-marital sex, discuss sex and the workplace and a number of other scandalous (for the time!) topics. Her impact is far more complicated than I care to get into here.....
I don't agree with everything the magazine originally promoted such as prostitution in the form of sleeping with one's boss in exchange for gifts, dinner or money... but, it did discuss a lot of important issues and gave women a new platform for becoming independent, working, pink collar girls. (Funny Note: there was a feminist magazine named "Ms." that started in the 70's.... Ms. readers, compared with Cosmo readers had higher incomes and were more than twice as likely to have gone to college. More than a 3rd of Ms. readers had higher education degrees compared to almost none of the Cosmo readers.... )
There's a point to all this... besides the fun pictures. There are two things that I initially wanted to share; I thought I should preface them with the previous information though....
First: throughout the essay there are lots of titles of various articles that have been featured in the magazine... My favorite - "A Handbook of Elegant Starvation; A Cosmopolitan guide to maintaining a 'desirable image' while pursuing the arts and getting by on unemployment insurance." Ahaha.
Second: Helen Brown, who by the way remained editor-in-chief until she was in her mid-70's, was quoted in 1968 as describing who her magazine was targeting. I love this!
"There are girl who... don't want to be that driven, to have that many affairs; they don't want more than one man or one dress at a time. They don't care about jewelry and they don't want a sable coat or Paris for the weekend... But "my girl" wants it. She is on the make. Her nose is pressed to the glass and she does get my message. These girls are like my children all over the country. Oh, I have so much advice for them... "
Great right? When you put it that way how could a girl (a la 1970) not want to be a cosmo girl?
If anyone is interested I found the essay online (actually I found my whole textbook, ha).... You can read it here. It starts on page 116.
Back to reading!
(end note... the Cosmo available today is vastly different in the information it share but I would argue that many of it's original ideals are still prevalent....)
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