2017 YEAR IN REVIEW
HAPPY (almost) NEW YEAR!! Only hours now until it's officially officially 2018. How crazy is that?! So much is going to be happening in my world in 2018, but hey, let's not get ahead of ourselves here. Let's look back on 2017 and all the highs of the year! Yes okay, there were highs and lows, but right now we are just going to focus on the highest of highs! Let's get into it :)
After ringing in the new year at a questionably fun party in the middle of nowhere Virginia with my friends, the celebration didn't really start until I shortly there after went back to Sunny Savannah to start my second quarter of my freshman year. It was a good quarter! I made lots of friends, memories, had some stellar classes, and did lots of fun photoshoots. Overall it was a great time.
I marched in the Woman's March! Well in Savannah, I WISH I could have gone to Washington, but alas... The March on Savannah was honestly so moving and special though. I am SO glad I marched. I've honestly gone to as many protests and marches that I could have in Savannah and it is seriously so important y'all, let your voices be heard in 2018!!
I turned nineteen! Which was cool I guess! One more spin around the sun for me! Woohoo! (Can you believe I'll be 20 this year though?! Now that's wild to me!)
I started getting more involved in photoshoots and collaborative projects with other students around SCAD. Pretty nifty! I got t to start collecting some model shots for a portfolio!
Ally came and visited me in Savannah for the first time and we had an absolute BLAST! I'm so BEYOND lucky to have a best friend as special and fun as Ally. Seriously y'all, you should be jealous.
I created a BUNCH of cool things in my classes freshman year. Things that I was and still am super proud of! One of my favorite things about SCAD is that 99% of the time projects that I do are projects that I absolutely LOVE! So to SCAD, thanks for keeping me active and constantly creating fun exciting things.
I had the most fun during our annual family beach trip to Nags Head, North Carolina. Every year everyone gets together and we have the BEST time ever. I can't wait to see what's in store for this years beach week... Shenanigans for SURE
Towards the end of the summer I quit my job, hopped on a bus and went to New York City!! Best decision ever. No joke this was the best week of my life.
Flash forward to September! I headed back to school with my expectations VERY low. Let's just say the end of Freshman year was not too great, so naturally, I was nervous to start a new year. BUT boy was I wrong. I had the BEST quarter yet!! I made my now best friends, and just had so SO much fun this past quarter, I can't imagine myself at any other school. I'm exactly where I need to be!
Oh yeah! I totally fell in love with a new guy this year and like a lot of the other things in this post, I seriously could not be happier!! We've been dating for four months now and every day is so much fun when I'm by Matt's side. (heheh cheesy but TRUE)
I traveled to Los Angeles, California for my first ever and THE first ever Teen Vogue Summit! I met the most inspired, passionate, supportive girls and femmes and am so excited to see what we all do to create, innovate and mack change in this world! Watch out 2018, we're coming for you!
After a great Christmas the celebration wasn't over yet... My blog turned SIX!! This was huge for me y'all. I'm so proud of all that I've done and what had come from All Those Little Things. It makes me SO happy to be able to bring readers like YOU inspiration, joy, advice or whatever every day. Seriously you guys, I am so so happy, I love what I do.
On that note, I cannot wait for another year of all this. Blogging, adventuring, creating, innovating, exploring and SO MUCH MORE! Thanks for sticking with me.
See ya next year ;) xo, O
Friday, December 29, 2017
MEET MATT
HEY! This post that you are about to read is a VERY IMPORTANT post!! In this post I'll be introducing you to a very important person in my life right now. My boyfriend!
Meet Matt. Matt is a super cute, inspired, clever, funny, talented, all around fabulous guy. This post may seem some what random, but I want to fill y'all in on my life and Matt is a pretty big part of it, so I decided, what the heck, let's introduce him to the world!
Matt and I met last spring in our Art History class. I'm going to be completely honest with you all here so buckle up. At the time I was still dating some one else, so keep that in mind. That day, that first day of class we were doing some strange ice breaker and our professor asked Matt what his favorite movie was, he said LaLa Land. Almost immediately I whipped around (I'm a nerd and always sit front row center, Matt is too cool for that so he was behind me) because I loved LaLa Land and had to know who this mystery man was. And there he was, wearing some SCAD tshirt, looking like a goob and I thought to my self "well crap... this is going to be bad"
Like I said, I was in a relationship, and seriously had zero intention of getting to know this dreamy boy for that exact reason. But then those intentions vanished when he would without a DOUBT be on the same bus as my roommates and me every single morning before class. He turned into the "guy from the bus", until one morning when for whatever reason Cher (my roommate) and I were singing Christmas carols, it was a jolly morning, I don't really know, and sort of got his attention. I was talking to her like, "I swear to you, that's the guy from our class!" and she was like "No way it's not" and then when we walked to the same room together I was like, "TOLD YOU SO!" which required and explanation to the guy from the bus. During our break in the middle of class we did just that, sort of explained ourselves, with the carols too and whatnot. Then we sort of became friends.
The four of us (my roommates, Matt and I) would ride the bus together in the mornings, Cher and I (Alli ((other roomie)) wasn't in Art History with us, but rode the same bus) would hang out with Matt and some other people during class breaks and just laugh, talk about random crap, and have a good time, get lunch after class and just be friends. We invited him to study for the mid term with us but didn't have his number, so just hoped he'd remember and show up. After that numbers were exchanged between the few of us, we'd eat meals together, study and all that jazz. We were all friends!
We would be standing in between our dorms late, late, late at night (early in the morning actually) and just saying our last words before good bye and I kid you not in my brain it was a battle. CONSTANTLY "Kiss him!" "NO!" "KISS HIMMMM" "NO!" Y'all the struggle was REAL. No, I never kissed him. I did stay completely "faithful" to my then boyfriend but oh man, did I want to be with Matt.
My ex broke up with me in August which was, surprisingly for how toxic the whole relationship was, incredibly difficult, heart wrenching, and just not a good time for me. I was going through so many emotions and so much constant confusion. I needed to get out of Richmond and do something for myself. This is when I decided to go to New York City.
A few days before my trip I decided to reach out to some friends who lived in or near NYC to meet up, get some food, hang out, and just see the city together. I met up with a good amount of people that made me happy. Matt was one of them. He came into the city with the intention of going to Coney Island with me for maybe a few hours. Due to bad subway navigation and just the joy of being together, we went all OVER Manhattan, Brooklyn, Coney Island, everywhere. And we, like old times, stayed up together until the early hours of the morning just enjoying each others company. That was one of the best days of my life. I've never had more fun.
And yeah! We've been dating for four months now as of two days ago, we classify our day in New York as our first date because it was just that special for us. I seriously am so so so beyond happy. I had never been in any kind of good or even healthy relationships, I had never had any kind of success in that field and always wound up getting hurt. But not this time. This time I am truly happy, so SO happy. Everything is good in the world when I'm with Matt, he's my person and I couldn't be more grateful :) So yeah. That's Matt, that's our story. Hopefully it wasn't too much for you....... lol.
If you like more personal posts like this let me know! I love writing them :)
Until next time, xo, O
To see more Matt, you can check out these YouTube videos:
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
HAPPY SIXTH BIRTHDAY ATLT
Back to School Styles with Warby Parker // Self Portrait // Traipsing Around Town with a Camera and a Girl Named Leney // Body Backlash // Oh Fall Photoshoot! // Blogger Besties *EDIT* Collage is messed up, this is supposed to be, Pool Party // Mod & Soul xATLT // Bae
Savannah Spotlights // New Now // SCAD Fashion Show Street Style // Magic of Vulnerability // Blogger Besties (didn't mean to have this in there twice sorry) // Queen of Pops // Applications Now Open: Searching for the B to my V // Blossom // Pool Party // NYC photo diaries // Beach Babe // Spin City
Overall this year was a huge success for All Those Little Things! I cannot wait to see what year seven has in store for me :) I look forward to even more collaborations, exciting photoshoots, and so much MORE!!
Thank you to everyone who reads :) I really cannot begin to thank you enough honestly, you mean the world to me. You're part of the reason I continue to do what I love to do!! Keep reading, commenting, and sharing, thank you from the bottom of my heart <3 xo, O
Monday, December 18, 2017
FEELIN' FESTIVE
Hey! Hope y'all are feeling wonderful this fine Monday night! I know I sure am... today was a productive day for me, one of the first days in a while I've been off from work, and I actually got a lot done! My favorite part? Finally getting a holiday outfit post in!! I have yet to do any kind of holiday look and Christmas is practically tomorrow... what's with that!? To be completely honest, I've just been so busy, I have this new job, I've been catching up with friends, and just all around a been busy being a busy bee. It's hard to shoot photos when the sun sets at 4:45pm and I don't get off work until 6:15pm, ya know? BUT! I was beyond grateful Saunders could come out with me today to shoot this look because 1. I missed shooting, and 2. HOW ADORABLE!
And these BOOTS?! Don't even get me started on my love for sock booties... because the love is real, it's there, it's tangible, and I'm ready for the sock boot trend to stay forEVER, I'm HERE FOR IT!
To wrap things up... (wrap like a present, cause I'm sitting next to the presents, get it? good.) I realize Christmas is very soon, but seriously get excited for some fun Christmas related posts coming your way before the holiday!
Also don't forget, I'm doing Twelve Days of Vlogmas over on my YouTube channel, so if you haven't already subscribed I would really appreciate if you did!! I'm having a lot of fun creating videos, so please, feel free to check it out! See y'all tomorrow with a special DIY! Lots of love, xo, O
Sunday, December 17, 2017
ONE DRESS THREE WAYS
Hello for the second time today! I haven't done an outfit post in 5ever, I'm very happy to be getting back in the game. And once again, I'm back working with Trunk Up Boutique!! I collaborated with Trunk Up my first time this past summer, you can view that here. I really love all their clothing, not only is it local for me, but it's super cute, comfortable and trendy.
The thing that I love about Trunk Up is that they have so many basics that can be worn in so many different ways! Be sure to check out their site, they seriously have so many cute clothes for every type of woman, whether your style is more boho, simple and sweet or edgy, Trunk Up's got you covered.
What are you waiting for? Go shop it up! It's the season of giving, but don't forget to treat yourself ;)
xo, O
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