Some Weekend Ponderings + Premade Designs!

Hope everyone's weekend is going swimmingly.
Ahahaha...what a weird word. Mine has been good - I have got heaps of design
work finished and started on my new project of premade designs! I am having so much
fun getting to do designs that are totally me and completely my ideas and not having to
follow someone else's idea of what they want, so expect to see tons of these in the future.

Here is a little peek at my favorite one:

How sfhkjdskhfdsjing cute is it??!?! I am in love. I have been dying to make something

mustache-inspired for who knows how long...so woooohooo! If you need a new blog

design and want a cute premade on the cheap, check out my options HERE!

I've also revamped the whole design section to be it's own website, but you can
still access it from within my blog by clicking on the design button in my nav up top.

So guess what everyone, my brother who is 16 and has never travelled anywhere in his
short life other than going to Disneyland when he was like 6...is coming to New Zealand to see me!
TOMORROW! Well, he flies out of Vancouver tomorrow and then gets here on Tuesday.
I can't imagine how intense it would have been if I had travelled to the other side of the world
without my parentals at sixteen years old... props to him. I'm stoked that I am able to give him
this opportunity. That's not meant to sound self-centered haha, I just mean he never would be
coming here if I wasn't living here. So I am super happy for him and so excited to have family here!

Me & my brother Matt, we look so much alike it's nuts.

Now - I want to address some heavy posts happening lately in blog-land.
We are all feeling the pressure since these posts, and honestly - we damn well should be!
If you haven't guessed what I'm talking about, it's about how blogging has lately become very
impersonal for some of us {myself included, guilty!}. Our blogs have been taken over by
link-ups, sponsored posts and the whatnot. Amanda at Royal Daughter Designs addressed
this very bluntly and honestly in her last post, Winning & Losing. It was a pretty brilliant post
and she hit the nail on the head. With a really great hammer. Yeah, I went that far just then.

I called this photo "New Beginnings" when I took it, so I guess
it's kind of appropriate for this topic, haha. Thought I'd add it to
"spruce" things up a bit.......hahahahhaah I'm so punny. Get it?

So anyway, I want to do my part in getting my blog back on track with being more personal
and more me. I started this to document my life and I want it to continue to be that way.
Now I'm not saying I'm going to stop doing link-ups and giveaways...but I'm going to make
an effort. Because, I like linking up. And I like giving away stuff. Why not? It's my blog and I'll
do it my way. And hey, I am SO excited about my new hop starting up next Wednesday!
But on the off days that I am not doing these things, I am going to make an effort to post
something me - all Chelsea and all real. Not necessarily deep and meaningful, but I want you
guys to get to know the girl behind the blog a bit more. I hope you stick around to learn more!