Sponsor Love- Life Through His Eyes

Today I have another awesome guest post for you! Enjoy, while I take the day off and make some smores (even though I'm not camping), that's alright though. 

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Hello everyone! I’m Katharine from Life Through His Eyes blog. And I’m so grateful to Kelly for giving me this wonderful chance of meeting you all through this guest post. :)

I am having a fresh start as a fresh grad in a different land -- Hanoi -- my new home away from home. So most of my blogs would be about my expat life in Hanoi and other random ramblings. :)

I am a traveler and a language learner. I love music...a lot! I love LOVE. and most importantly...I am a daughter of God who hopes to inspire other young ladies and everyone who comes across my blog to see the beauty of life through His lenses. 

Living life in a foreign place especially when you just graduated from the univ is not easy. I am twenty and I totally jumped from one life to another. I could’ve just stayed in my hometown, have a vacation for a month or two before looking for a job or something. But I didn’t. I believe I was called for a bigger purpose. And as my blog name suggests, I want to see life through His lenses because everytime I do, everything just makes sense. I understand why I’m here, what I am here for, and instead of being burdened how difficult life is, I see the beauty it brings. I may not had the 2-month vacation every fresh grad wants after 4 years of sleepless nights but God gave me something better, everyday in this foreign place has its own little surprises for me. 

There would be a few bumps on the road for sure but the number of good things cancels it all out. And though I have been caught up with work for the past few weeks which left my blog dead for a while, I do believe life is just about to get more and more exciting for me here! I can’t wait to blog about everything that happened for the past 2 weeks and for the things to come. 

Thanks to this guest post, I’m back on blogger world! How’s that for a comeback? Haha. I have just updated and completed my blog series on Love and Waiting. And I would really like to share it to all of you.  So you can visit my site, read through it and leave some love!

From Blog Life to Real Life

I'm linking up with the wonderful Jessica and Brit from Lovely Little Things and The Magnolia Pair. They came up with 10 questions for other bloggers to answer about their favorite bloggers. So let's get started!

1. Do you have any real life blog friends?
Yes I do!! My real life best friend, Nikki is the writer behind Across the Sea With Nikki P. She just started blogging about a month ago and she does some really great nail tutorials like this and this, so check her out! She recently moved to Japan with her hubby so she's enjoying her time being a wife and the wonders of Japan. Love you girl!

yeah, we wore the same shirt. Not planned.

2. Which blogger are you just dying to meet?
There are so many! I think the top two would definitely be Kylee and Hannah. I'd literally fall over dead if I met them. I follow their blogs like it's a religion.

3. Which blogger's closet would you love to raid?
I'd have to say Kinsey from Sincerely, Kinsey. That ladayy is a freakin' genius when it comes to dressing herself. If I could have half as much talent as she does when it comes to dressing myself in the morning, I'd be one good looking (insert naughty word).

4. You are stuck on an island, which blogger would you want with you to help you survive?
Okay, so I was lucky and got stuck with three bloggers. I think having Rachael, Daryl, and Amanda stuck on an island with me would be a party. They've been all over this world so I think they'd know a thing or two about foraging for exotic fruits or talking the man eating inhabitants out of eating us for dinner. Or at least that's what I hope for.
 
5. The first blogger you remember meeting and connecting with?
The first blogger I ever started reading was Jenni from Story of My Life. It was because of her that I got obsessed with reading blogs and soon after started my own. She writes all about her life in Austin with her handsome hubby and two adorable pups.

6. Any blogger that you remember and look up to?
Jenni from Story of My Life
Daryl from Roots, Wings, and Other Things 
Elsie from A Beautiful Mess

Jenni really inspires me to be a better blogger and with that enjoy what I blog about. I love reading everything she writes, I could spend hours skimming through her blog.

Daryl is such a great soul and I'm so jealous that she's off traveling the world.

Elsie is my favorite and has the greatest DIY/ fashion / everything else blog. She's my go to gal when I need some major inspiration.

7. Who is the craziest/funniest blogger?
She may not be the craziest blogger I know, but she sure has a good sense of humor. Callie is the writer behind You Don't Even Know and posts like this make my stomach hurt.

8. There's a reality television show for bloggers, who would you want to be casted with you? 
Again, I think having Callie as my co-host would make for one awesome show. Then Hannah would have to do a fashion segment and Ashley could be our DIYer. I can already see it....ahhhmazing. 


9. Some bloggers have really cool jobs, anybody you'd like to swap careers with? 
Dana from the Wonder Forest has an amazing talent for web design and photoshop. I'd love to take over her shop and designing business. I'd probably go crazy, but I'd have so much fun doing so.  


10. Favorite blog design?
Let's just cut to the chase and say, I love mine. The amazing Hannah created it for me a while back and I couldn't thank her enough.  


Then we have Kinsey's, it's so simple and I adore her header. Monica, who is only 14, has an adorable blog design that she made herself! I love her doodle inspired layout. Last but not least, the dynamtic duo of Casey and Savannah have an awesome design. Again their header is one of my favorites. 


So now that two hours past writing this post, I should get on with my day. I really enjoyed writing this and it was so much fun to go through all my favorite blogs again, hope you all enjoyed too! 

Happy Thursday everyone!

Sponsor Love- Sweatpants and Highheels

Today, i'm relaxing and letting Allison take the reigns. She's the creator and wonderful writer behind Sweatpants and High Heels. She's also one of my wonderful sponsors. Head on over to the side bar and take a look and stay to check out this awesome DIY she has for all of you!

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In case you haven't figured out by now, Kelly is one talented individual when it comes to crafts, photography, and baking. Every time I see a picture of cupcakes in one of her posts, I always end up with the same dilemma: do I want to eat it, or hang the picture of it on my wall?

In short, this girl is fabulous when it comes to presentation and I am so excited to be a guest on her blog today. When it comes to crafts and DIY, I am new to the game...I was a full time career buff until I became a mommy in December. I am enjoying this season of my life because I'm actually at home long enough to tap into my creative side. I like to stick to short and sweet crafts since I have a little one who will be crawling any day now!

 Today I'll show you how I painted a few jars without the use of a paint brush. It's hard for me to believe too...but anyone can do it! It's only 3 steps and if you have 10 minutes available, you will end up with some pretty awesome decorations for your home. I was inspired by this Youtube tutorial.

 

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Supplies:
-can of paint
-jar

Step 1: Fill the jar with paint about 1/8 full. (paint and jar picture)

Step 2: Slowly turn and tilt the jar while letting the paint coat the inside of the jar. Do this step over another jar or paint can so that the excess paint is poured into the other jar/paint can. 

Step 3: Dry!

And there you have it...my latest obsession because it's so stinkin' easy!

-Allison