DESIGN // JASON AND RACHEL'S WEDDING INVITE

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Wedding Invite

The BEST party of 2015 is going down in May..... #clungtothejung aka my best friend's wedding!

I had the honour of helping Rachel make her invites happen. See Rachel doesn't need any help at all in the creative side. She has one of the sharpest creative eyes I've seen. And is the most fashionable person I know. 

So when it came to her invites, she knew exactly what she wanted and exactly how she wanted them to turn out....and that my friend's is THE BEST and why we're besties.

Here's how we made them...She drew the outline of her and Jason (how stinking cute is it...seriously!!!) and then scanned it in. I opened it up in photoshop and did my magic...aka straightened out lines, added colour (I'm extremely proud of the natural blush I put on her cheeks) and then entered in the text on the back. It's extremely obvious, but just incase you think the back looks like junk, please note I blurred out the address of her wedding...you know incase any of Rachel's stalkers want to cause some trouble on her big day..NU-UH. NOT TODAY.

Wedding Invite

And she did her magic with the names on the envelopes and stamps. Seriously, I need her writing as a font!!

Wedding Invite

If you're interested in hiring me to do your wedding invite, hit up my design page!

And be sure to follow along the Jung wedding on instagram #clungtothejung and you can be sure that I'll be posting ALL the incredible details that Rachel has been cooking in that brain of hers!!!

Happy Wednesday!

s.s.♥︎.

ON GOALS

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This year I've been making a few changes.

Back in January at our women's ministry (Dream Women), I shared how I'm all about one words for the year (speaking of, I'm going to share mine this week!!!!) instead of new years resolutions. But I have a small confession to make....I do still make a couple resolutions/goals. But before you yell FRAAAAAAUUUUDDDDDDDD at the top of your lungs, let me explain myself... 

I'm NOT ABOUT setting crazy unrealistic resolutions that leave you feeling like you're the wooooooooorrrrrssssst person in the world if you don't meet said resolutions. I am ABOUT setting a few realistic goals at the beginning of the year that will enhance your well being.

Before you set your goals, you need to set your attitude first.

Examine your heart and ask yourself some questions. 

  • Why are you setting this goal?
  • What will this do to my life?
  • If I don't meet this goal, how will I feel?

Like I've said before, SHAME IS THE WORST MOTIVATOR. If not meeting the goal means spending a week under the covers because you can't face the world because you didn't meet that goal than you should probably rethink the goal.

One of my goals last year was to run three times a week. Surprisingly, I kept to it a lot. But on those weeks where I didn't get my three runs in, I made sure to not shame myself. Instead, I encouraged myself and reminded myself that I would run 3x the next week.

So I've made a couple resolutions/goals for this year..

1. Wash my makeup off every night.

Washing your makeup off at night and going for a run have something in common- YOU'LL NEVER REGRET DOING THEM! In 2014 I got lazy and went to bed more than I would like to admit with full makeup on....ew. This year I've been killing this goal (aside from one day where I put makeup on at 4pm and did a killer cat eye and wanted to save some time the next morning so I didn't wash my makeup but I put it on at 4pm so that was like wearing it all day...riiiiggghhht?)

2. Show up on time.

This past year I got convicted on always being late for things. I've been really trying this year to show up on time. It means a lot more organization on my part but it's good for me. 

3. Spend time with Jesus before instagram (and other social media)

Now I gotta be honest with you, this one is the hardest goal for me!!! I heard a preacher (Steven Furtick) say (something along these lines), "no wonder our days are filled with such anxiety and stress when we wake up and look at our phones instead of talking to Jesus." 

#BOOM It makes so much sense but man, when I wake up I naturally start checking notifications. I'll start scrolling through instagram and then facebook and if I'm "really tired" twitter and then OH MY GOOOOOOOOSH I've wasted 40 minutes and now I'm rushing to get ready for work and accomplish goal #3. So this year I'm really trying to get up when my alarm goes off (ok, one snooze is allowed), make a cup of coffee, curl up on the couch and spend some time with Jesus. It's been hard but He's been full of grace and tomorrow is a new day.

#hallelujah 

So what about you? Did you make new year resolutions/goals or do you have a one word for 2015 or do you do both like me???

xoxo,

s.s.♥︎.

BOOK CLUB // FEBRUARY

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We finally picked a book for February book club! Last month, Courtney told you all about #SSHEARTBOOKCLUB and today we start! Take it away Courtney...

 

Hello lovelies!!

I'm super excited to read our first S.S. Heart Bookclub book! This is one I have been looking forward to. A little mystery, a little history and of course a little love story! Laura and I thought it would be good for February and Valentine's Day is just around the corner!

The book we have chosen is, The Girl You Left Behind by JoJo Moyes. 

The book is about two women, in two different centuries who fight for what they love!  One woman is the feature in a painting that is gifted to the second a century later. As the recipient of this painting tries to discover "the girl in the paintings" history, she is tested in what she truly believes in. 

I look forward to hearing your thoughts as we read along together! 

- Courtney

We hope that you would join us in this...because come on, a two person book club is laaaaaame. So please be our friend and read this book and we'll be back to discuss it at the end of the month!!!!

xoxo,

s.s.♥︎.

OUR HOME // SUITE (BEFORE & AFTER

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I'm kicking myself here. You know when you get an awesome hair cut and you wish you had taken a photo right before because you wanted to show the world (aka instagram) how transformed you look?? It happens to me ALL THE TIME...or twice a year when I get my hair cut. lols. (I did just get 8 inches off and forgot to take a before photo! Insert hand to forehead emoticon girl) 

Well that's what has happened with our dear suite. No before photos...SO TRAGIC....but JUST KIDDING.....I checked the MLS listing...yahoooo there are photos!!! 

When we were looking for houses we needed to find one with a suite. This one miraculously had 3 bedrooms upstairs and a 1 bedroom suite. We were STOKED. Our first plan of attack on the house was making the walls in the main living area smooth (worst job ever.) and then refinishing the hardwood floors. After those two were done, our plan was to GET THE SUITE DONZO. We wanted to get a renter in ASAP and start making some $$$. 

We ended up putting a lot more work into the suite than I thought we would have. Before we moved in it was pretty ghetto. Old stained carpets, ugly stained vinyl in the kitchen and bathroom, gross paint on the walls, nasty vanity in the bathroom....you get the gist right?

So James went to work on it. He patched and painted the whole thing, installed new flooring throughout, put in new baseboard, installed light fixtures, put in a new vanity, installed new bathroom flooring and a new toilet and my brother in law did a ton of electrical work (thanks Mike!!!)- fan in the bathroom, new baseboard heater, new electrical plates (which make a WORLD of difference) and I'm sure there is more stuff I'm forgetting!!

James had the brilliant idea of turning the one bedroom suite into a bachelor. That way we don't lose our whole basement and can have a student in that spare bedroom. HELLO GENIUS!

So we did some working and turned it into a bachelor! What do ya think???

WORLD OF DIFFERENCE HEY??? We'd love to transform that kitchen but hey, you can only do so much in your rental. How beautiful is that flooring? I'm loving how wide the planks are.

So the suite is done and our new tenant is moving in February 1st...what a WHIRLWIND! 

We have a few more renos upstairs but right now I'm trying to focus on unpacking and organizing the place...which sounds a lot more fun than it is..ha

Happy Wednesday friends!

s.s.♥︎.