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June 26, 2014
Good morning from my couch!!!!! + Engagement party Deets

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Yep, that’s right I am sick today

but kind of enjoying it! If you know me, you know that I have been non-stop and all sorts of crazy go-go-go over the last 3 months!

It finally has caught up with me and I am enjoying the little bit of down time. Luckily enough I can run my whole business from the comforts of my beautiful pink couch (alright that’s not what my couch looks like but a girl can dream right!). I lost my voice, and have a cold…. Not too bad considering the stress and constant action I have recently put my body through.

Now that I had one of THE BEST WEEKENDS OF MY LIFE, our Engagement party – and now that that’s over I have time to chill out a bit.

I am doing yoga before breakfast and ice cream for lunch (coconut ice cream that is dairy free – for my throat of course!).  I think I took the first bath of the year, and I LOVE baths. I started to crack back open the book I was reading and I feel like I have a fresh slate to plan my next adventure.

Yeah kind of loving this cold! Thanks for the “me” time / reflective / planning time.  Thoroughly enjoying it.

I am still on a high from our Engagement party, which was like I said one of the best days of my life. It was like a mini wedding.  Family flew in from all different states, all my bridesmaids (minus 2) were together in the same place, there was a DJ, balloons, gluten free – dairy free cake from Baby Cakes NYC , bouquets of hydrangeas dyed to my wedding color lilac, cute and sparkly little decorations from Etsy, our Save the Date invitations that I designed and night club style sunglasses with our date and name straight from the vendors of LIV from the Fontainebleau Miami (our wedding venue!!!!!) and not to mention an amazing photographer John Chan – I can’t WAIT to see the professional pictures!

There were speeches from people we love and lots and lots of hugs and kisses (hence why I am probably sick but it was well worth it). I even got to spend all day sister time with my sister who lives in Chicago on Sunday with her boyfriend and my fiancé. We walked the highline, went on multiple foodie adventures, made no plans and giggled the night away. BEST. WEEKEND. EVER.

I am still obsessed with my outfit and my fiancés outfit and every single other detail of the event.

Our families got to meet, every one was beaming and I felt so loved, so supported and so happy!!! I am SOOOOOOO extremely grateful!!!

All the stressing and planning that went into it was totally worth it because it came out exactly as I imagined and couldn’t have been more perfect.  It was even held in the same place my family met my fiancé for the first time.

So now, its time to relax, revel in the glory of all of our hard work, soak in the glow of all this happiness and abundance and slow it down a bit until the next big thing!!!!! Which for now is wedding planning next month in MIAMI at our venue!!!!!

I feel so blessed and excited about everything that is to come and I am soooo grateful.

Life comes in seasons, the ups, the downs, the planning, the anticipation, the high and the lows, the recovery periods and the times to reflect.

Take time to notice where you are now. Enjoy the process that is life and don’t ever get down on yourself for where you are because that is exactly where you are supposed to be.

Lots of love and hope that inspires you!
xoxo
Emily

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Here’s some pictures from our engagement party!!!!!













March 6, 2014
Distract me.

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Why are you so distracted?

Illustration of Moschino Mixed Rose Print Satin Romper

Lately I have been so incredibly distracted and planning my social calendar way far in advance.  This year I have SO many things to focus on from planning multiple parties (I’m the Maid of Honor to my best friend since Jr. High and her festivities begin NEXT week!) like bachelorettes, bridal showers, family parties, my wedding, and all the little details in between. I am aware that it is fully justified to be distracted, however I have been noticing this in a rather interesting way.

Maybe being distracted has another meaning all together.

Sometimes when you are distracted, it is an external distraction like someone calling or your dog barking.  That means there is something you must address immediately.

Other times there are internal distractions like deciding to check your email or facebook an unnecessary number of times, wondering what’s on TV, strolling about to get a snack or getting the urge to google that random product you heard about earlier and even obsessing about details for your social plans.  All of these things can wait.

What I have noticed (or googled, while I was ahem…distracted) is that these internal interruptions could actually mean something.

For example, being sidetracked may be causing you to put off your paper, procrastinate on that new project or anything like that.

Sometimes your distractions really mean that you are subconsciously or consciously delaying something on purpose.

Maybe you are afraid of failing, afraid of succeeding, of finishing or moving on. Maybe you’re bored of what you are doing. Maybe you don’t feel good enough to do the job, or maybe your just doing the wrong thing in general.  Could it be our intuition telling us we are just not so into it any more?

The answer to any one of those above meanings is simple.  Get back to being inspired.  Change it up and divulge into the corners of your imagination and your dreams for what you want to be doing.

You just need to get more determined.

Figure out what’s NOT inspiring you so you can figure out what IS (or what CAN) inspire you.

You are in control and the world is your oyster. Decide the who, what, when, where and why of it and make it happen in your life.

Branch out. It’s all about the sticks. Each stick can build a shelter.

One small thing at a time can get you to where you want to be.

Take inventory of these little things to create your master plan and then get it out there to the universe!

Thanks for distracting me with this article Alexis 

Hope that inspired YOU,
Xoxo
Emily

January 9, 2014
Starting over

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So it’s already the first week of January 2014 and although I think new days are pretty good for starting over – New Year’s are really good for starting over.

Whatever it is, your image, your branding, your look, your priorities and your goals – now is the best time to start. And, if you fall off the bandwagon, the moment when you realize you fell off – is a good time to start again.

I love the start of things – it’s open to so much possibility and hope.  Hope for a great new year, amazing memories and life changing milestones.  Hope for a better tomorrow, a year of health, of happiness, of love, of peace, of a cure, of answers.

The mindset you have is really the way to accomplish all of your dreams and to attract a brilliant year and life your way.  I don’t know about you but I believe in the power of positivity, in “The Secret”, in “you get what you give”, in sending out positive energy to get positive energy and vice versa.

I believe in energy – inspired energy, and the conspiring of the whole universe to give you exactly what you wish for.

Each year I start out with goals for milestones and dreams to accomplish. Sometimes I hit them and sometimes I don’t. However, what I realized in this last year – and when I really started feeling true happiness – is that it’s really about the feeling that you have that will set your heart free and make you feel like you finally accomplished your goals.  This is something Danielle LaPorte recommends – acknowledging the feelings you want to feel for this year and marinate in that.  Not the goal – but the feeling.

For example I want to feel happy, loved, cherished, respected, butterflies, inspired, satisfaction, passion, joy, healthy, strong, fit, beautiful, empowered, courageous, determined, chemistry, connection, bold, authentic, safe, real, powerful, divine, blessed, humble, accomplished, like I make a difference, and excitement!!!

Feeling these would make me so happy – as opposed to (for example) loosing 10 lbs but still not feeling healthy or getting a great job but not feeling inspired or satisfied.  Do you see what I’m getting at?

If you could gain 5 lbs of muscle and feel strong, that is better than loosing 10 lbs and feeling gross.  Stop thinking about what society or what others view as success and decide it for yourself!

Perspective is everything.  It is 100% about not being the most beautiful, or richest girl in the world but FEELING like you are.  As opposed to being literally dubbed by magazines and society as being the most beautiful or richest girl in the world yet not liking what you see in the mirror, not thinking you are beautiful or having all that money can buy but having any riches of the heart.

Life is what you make it.  Make it what you want to feel.

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”― Maya Angelou

Flip that on yourself. You may even forget what you said or what you did in the past – but you will never forget how you felt.  Use this to guide your future.

This week’s illustration is a tribute to the beautiful Olivia Palermo with congratulations on her recent engagement to Johannes Huebl

Hope that inspires you!

xoxo

Emily

 

 

 

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