We get by with a little help from our friends!

So last night the ladies and I went out for what turned into a little dance party. Now, I know Friday's are inspiration day, but I had to include this little bit because my friends inspired me last night to just have a fantastic time. (This was not too terribly hard.)

This one is hilarious to me. Clearly we were all in the moment!

Most of us. Minus Allison and Ciera. 

Now on to the Inspiration Board. I really am in love with natural coloring right now and toss in some navy. 

It's Fri-TIE-DYE-day!

So this inspiration board is a little all over the place. My friend Tris and I are doing a little DIY project tonight. Everywhere you look there is a little tie-dye, so we decided to make our own. I'll let you know how it turns out. Here is where I pulled some of my inspiration and a little more. It's a bit random, but I can appreciate that.

Now I'm not sure how many of you actually read my blog, but if you do...how do you feel about the inspiration boards? Did you like the singular pictures better or the inspiration boards? Just thoughts.

Absolute Friday.

  "Often while traveling with a camera we arrive just as the sun slips over the horizon of a moment, too late to expose film, only time enough to expose our hearts." - minor white. 

These are my current inspiration boards.  

I feel like I need the hotpink outfit and couch and well shoes- Ok the entire thing. 

There is a bouquet made out of old broaches! Gorgeous. 

And well the tea table of macrons, I want to eat the entire thing daily. 

This color palette I adore right now. Here is how I see this happening. I want to be the girl on the bridge in Paris, I want my bedroom to be the one to the right of her, I want both fireplaces, and a SWING in my living room. How fantastic? 

 Then to finish, two things I didn't want to add to the boards. They stand alone. I love this. It says "It is never too late to change who you want to be." 

To finish- another ocean shot. I love this. The sea in the rain. Gorgeous. 

A lovely Friday stroll...

Apparently I am on a blog-posting-picture-loving kick right now. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do! This is my make do inspiration book at the moment.

I want this succulent garden. Isn't it just beautiful?

Okay this bed is in a retreat in Africa. It is simply amazing. Doesn't it seem so comfy and exotic?

Most importantly this bed/room is on the Grand Canal in Venice. I might not leave the room.

Now this is camping or living? Not so sure, but I don't think I'd mind it for a while...

enough said.

My new favorite flower. The peony. Je t'aime. 

I just recently got back from the beach and wanted to 

                                                    try and capture how the ocean makes me feel. This picture was perfect. 

I think I would feel awesome and at ease sitting here. I fell in love with the wall.

I went here every Sunday after church while I lived                                                                                in Paris. It was such a place of solace for me.

This is my favorite place in Paris by day...by night.

A few of the things I love...right now.

I want to wear this everyday. AND walk around in these halls. Gorgeous. 

With the weather like it is, a tingy of heat and perfect nights, I want to sit right there on that rock and read. To be honest, I'd probably lay down on the rock and fall asleep.

Every year in Brussels, they take begonias and create art in the square. I have until August to book my flight!

This gorgeous apartment is in my city- Paris. And so is this bedroom, which I will gladly reproduce and claim as my own. 

All I can say is yes please to these Christian Louboutin

And I'd sit right here and wear them and drink wine and laugh til I cried. 

I will remember this and have it when camping outdoors is simply not an option. 

 Inspiration books. I will start a new one very very soon. 

Darks Only You Know

In the Darks Only You
   know of me
I am Changed
Screaming
Pools of water cloud me
A mosaic of colors
   Broken parts
Crushed
       And brought
    together by a
Sovereign
     hand
In His own image.

Stories

So many questions circle round and round in my head. I turned 28 this year. Funny enough I actually really like that age. It's brought a sense of contentment that my younger 20's never shared with me. I was somewhat of a disaster right out of college. I'm not saying that from time to time that I'm not still a complete mess, but it's different now. Grace I guess has a lot to do with it. 

I'm surrounded by so many wonderful gracious people. However, I have noticed that the overarching quality people are tending to notice about me is my inquisitive nature. My friend Catie finally asked me the other night "Why are you so inquisitive Cara?" Now, she in no way was saying, "Stop that. That's annoying," but I think she was just genuinely curious. My response- I used to think I knew it all. I had no reason to ask questions. But a few things happened. I hit a hard brick wall of pride and both of us broke. When I went to get up, it wasn't pretty. I was bleeding a lot, but people heard my quiet shameful cries for help. My recovery birthed a great deal of things- one of them my screaming awareness of how much I didn't know and how much I loved the people that were loving me in return. So now I can't help but ask people their stories. What more could we desire than to know and be known? And on top of all that love them. I didn't know how to do that when I was under the impression I was "clean". By no means do I know how to do that perfectly now, but I have the "want" to. To me, that's the most important. 

We are all broken, whether we understand that or not. I've been fortunate enough to become really aware of most of my pieces. So that's the short version...ask me some questions if you wanna know more.