Polyvore & Vision Boards

If you are like me, you love collecting images and creating vision boards that make you happy & inspired...a.k.a. "Pinteresting." But there is another site I love using to find inspiration and items for my future bedroom, office or closet:

POLYVORE

I mostly use the site to create home decor or fashion themed vision boards, but if you want to create magazine layouts or art collages - just do it! *Shia LaBeouf's voice*  

So, what is a vision board? 
A place to collect images, quotes or designs that inspire and match your vision. I use vision boards to get ideas for events I plan, rooms I design or outfits I want. As the name suggests, it is creating a "board" of inspiration photos and quotes that match the vision you have for whatever you're designing.

A few of the collections I created are below. I wanted to share my (not so) secret site with all of you so you can create your own and get inspired! I'd love to see what you create! 

"Pretty things that make me really happy"

"Rose Gold Obsession" 

I will be posting fashion, home decor, design & inspiration boards I create on this blog;
so stay tuned & create some of your own! 

Show me your vision boards & see more of mine: HaileyGrace12

xoxo

HaileyGrace

HAPPY MARCH!

The sun is shining, the birds are chirping and the weather forecast predicts snow on Friday -- it's truly spring in Maryland.

Jokes aside, I think I speak for many of us when I say I am excited to be out of the winter blues. I love winter, its coziness, chilled air and snow storms...but only when I can stay curled up with a hot cup of tea and my friends from One Tree Hill (if you haven't seen the show, stop what you are doing and start watching!) Once school and work enters the scene, I am ready for the cold weather to go. 

Check out the professional photos from this shoot I styled with Joy Michelle Photography!

This spring is an exciting one for me, as I both graduate and move house! 

 Our new home under construction!!

I am undoubtedly excited about moving and ready for the DIY projects I can craft, rooms I can design and blogs/videos I can create. 

Enter graduation. 

Now this is where the bittersweet emotions come in. 

When asked daily if i'm excited to graduate from college or what my post-grad plans are, I typically respond with two answers:

                     1. It's terrifying & exciting.

                     2. I am ready to be out of school, but not ready to be out of school.

I'm not alone in this feeling either, most of my friends and classmates feel the same way. So why is this? Why are we both nervous and excited to begin our lives?

My guess, because it's not the beginning of our lives, but the next step.

We are often told that the "big bad real world" is a place to be scared of and told to "enjoy college while you can, working sucks." Call me optimistic, but I would like to think the next 60 + years of my life have not plateaued at the experiences I've had in college. I love my university and I love the experiences that come along with it, but I believe there is still much more to come.

So, while the scary thought of graduation, a career, bills and a "big kid" life terrify me, I aim to focus on the fact that these thoughts also excite me. 

If you are graduating soon or are coming up on a new life experience, remember the excitement over the fear and watch as the opportunities unfold. 

xoxo
HaileyGrace

The back-to-school blues?

I know the drill. New outfits, fresh notebooks and syllabus week. Beginning my senior year in college is quite surreal, but it leads to a thought-provoking start to the semester. Some will say these are the best four years of your life while others believe post-grad life is where the real freedom and experience steps in. So, what do I believe? 

My past three years in college have given me more independence, confidence, responsibility, motivation and knowledge. I have met some of my closest friends along the way in both my first school in New Jersey and the University of Maryland. These positive elements of college have also been mixed with stress, sleepless nights, anxiety and pressure. Like most things in life, it is not about the situation, but your attitude toward it. I learn daily how important it is to take the good things with the bad because that is life itself. 

As I embark on this last year of school (unless by some circumstance I go to grad school in the future) I am excited to spend more time with friends, further enhance my knowledge & skills in the public relations field and better myself daily. But I am not entering this year with the mindset that these years are the best of my life, rather that they are a part of the experience of life as a whole. I like to think that I have better things coming in regards to this blog, my career, my relationships and more. That these are some of the best years of my life, some of many. 

Happy first day of school. 

Watch this space for a "Through the years: Back-to-school Fashion" 

xoxo
HaileyGrace

Sparkle & Kate Spade

I am all about the sparkle and when shopping for a case for my iPad, Kate Spade did not disappoint. There is something to be said about a case that adds the perfect amount of rose-gold glitter into your life. 

I am also loving this beautiful clutch set from Bath & Body Works, my sister gifted to me for Christmas! 

I'm excited to use all of these throughout the year & to add a bit of glitter into my everyday life, because who doesn't love glitter? 


xoxo
HaileyGrace

Happy First Week of Autumn

I am always inspired and excited when the leaves begin to change. The air becomes crisp and the evenings become cozy.

Beacuase this is my absolute favorite season & always has been, I wanted to share a few Autumn pictures that my mom and I took a couple of years ago. These are still pictures that bring a smile to my face and make my fall-loving heart happy! 

So snuggle up with a cup of coffee and hop aboard the Fall Obsessed Train...

Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed!!

Have a lovely day! XOXO
HaileyGrace

Happy 2014!!

Happy New Years!! 

I wanted to do a quick post wishing everyone a happy new year and talk a bit about what I think the new year is all about. This year I didn't set the same resolutions that I usually do, because every year I tend to forget about them after January. Instead I decided to take a moment to reflect on why we all make such a big deal out of New Years! 

I think the main reason why we celebrate with friends, set goals for ourselves, and place such importance on our New Years festivities is because it inspires us. The new year is a chance for us to not only reflect on the positive and negative aspects of the past year, but it is a refreshing time to in a sense "start over". January 1 of every year is the only day that offers a feeling of hope, motivation, and most importantly inspiration. I love how determined and driven everyone becomes in the beginning of a new year. 

For this year, having decided that this was the purpose and the significance of New Years, I want to motivate myself and challenge myself to accomplish things I typically wouldn't or improve upon the things I care about most. Instead of setting incredibly specific goals about weight, diet, relationships, or work I want to push myself to improve and appreciate each aspect of my life. Motivation and inspiration are so important to accomplish the things you dream of and hope for; so for this year, 2014, I hope to accomplish new things, experience new things, and overall, to grow as an person. 

We are all humans, with our own experiences, goals, and dreams. I encourage all of you to challenge yourself to get inspired this year and be the person you desire to be. You never know what dreams can come true when you stay motivated. 

Happy New Years again, I can't wait to fill this blog up this year with all the best things in life! Family, beauty, travel, fashion, and inspiration. 

Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed!! :) 

Have a lovely day!! xoxo
HaileyGrace