Showing posts with label Happy Thoughts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Happy Thoughts. Show all posts

BACK FOR GOOD + LIFE LATELY

Hello! It's been a bit but I'm back!
I decided to dust off the good 'ole blog and start documenting my life a little more here on my corner of the internet. I hope not to take another long break, I really love writing and taking pictures and this is the perfect combination of the two --- I love it so much!

Heres a few little updates from my time off... (whoops!)


My friend Preslee Gates took these amazing sister pictures of me and my favorite girl! These are something I know I will cherish forever! This stage of life I'm in now is one of the greatest!
(All photos edited by me)
This is something I've been needing to hear and have refered back to many times lately.
As of lately I feel like I've compared myself to others all to often and it sucks. Why do we feel like we need to be like someone else and if we aren't "as good as them" or "don't have what they have" we aren't good enough?? I confuses me but it is SO REAL.
As I've seen others around me get experiences or opportunities I wish I had, I've had to take a step back and remember "SUPPORTING ANOTHER'S SUCCESS WON'T EVER DAMPEN YOURS."
I've decided to just try and be happy for those people, (although it may be hard) if we can just be happy for those people and the opportunities they get, our turn will come!! 



Here's another major highlight from the past little bit! Haha for my crazy, over-passionate-for-other's-buisnesses self this was the BOMB.com!
Mary of Made by Mary was giving away a few free necklaces at a park just down the road from my house! She posted on her story and I saw just after 4 minutes or so and luckily my aunt Kelli, who's almost as obsessed with MBM as me, was at my house so we jumped in the car and booked it to the park! I was RUNNING to get the necklace hahaha it was disneyland to me! Mary was so kind and it was so fun meeting her! 


Here's the necklace I scored! I was stoked to add another necklace to my collection, I LOVE this one! Check out their shop, I seriously have to keep myself from wanting to buy every. dang. necklace from there!


Man, this girl keeps life crazy fun! My mom was telling her how much she loved her the other day and her respose was, "No, sissy does!" Hahaha I died when my mom told me this, at least she knows how much we love her!


Jo and I went on a little trip to see our cousin go off to her JR. PROM! It was her first time away from my mom and after a little meltdown going to sleep she was great and didn't want to come home!


Gosh, I love these cousins SO DANG MUCH!
I'm so thankful for cousins that double as best friends!


ALLIE LOOKED ABSOLUTLEY GORGEOUS FOR PROM!
She's the greatest!!


And you can always count of me and Lou to wear SANDALS in the SNOW! Hahaha what's new?!

^^YES IT IS!

I decided I've got too much time on my hands so I'm giving away THREE mini sessions on my instagram right now! Hurry and go enter! There's 3 winners so you've got pretty good chances of winning!! Click HERE to enter!
And if you have any special event or just want to capture this stage of life you're in now, LET'S SHOOT AND CAPTURE IT! Photos are one of the most priceless things and absolutley amazing to look back on and remember the stories and memories behing them!
You can shoot me a DM @maddixkelly on instagram or email me HERE!
Let's get capturing those special moments!

Thanks lots for reading!
Have a great day!

Xx, Maddix

Let's Be Kind, Always

Be Kind. 
Two simple words that have so much meaning.


Being kind effects those around us more than we will ever know! 
We never know who we will leave an impact on by just BEING KIND!
To be kind to others is something SO simple yet, something that impacts others in such a big way. 
Our actions towards others can leave a mark GOOD or BAD forever. 
So make that mark GOOD + let's be kind ALWAYS.
Each day let's be kind to all those around us, let's lift others UP - let's not pull others down.

Let's all try a little bit better each day to live by the words of the amazing Hailey Devine :

"May we all remember to be a little kinder today."


-Maddix


Be You

Happy Tuesday [that feels like a Monday] to You!


Part of my goal in creating this blog was to be able to share inspiring + uplifting messages with my followers! If you didn't know... I create prints + am working on opening my Etsy shop SOON [I will write a post on my shop later!] ANYWAYS... my all time favorite saying to write is 'BE YOU' because I love how much meaning these two short words have!


Just BE YOU because everyone else is taken.
In a world full of so much comparing, we would do good to just be ourselves, don't try to be like that other girl who seems to be just perfect without any flaws. Just Be You, your wonderful self. You have so much to give, GIVE IT! You are unique in your own special way, SHOW IT. And You have so many talents nobody else does, SHARE your talents with those around you! 


I think we all need a reminder each day to just Be Ourselves, we are so so so much more fun that way! I don't know about you but being ME feels SO MUCH better than trying to be someone I'm not. I hope you love this saying [+ the meaning behind it] as much as I do.

Photos by Preslee Gates [from last summer]
Hat - GIGI PIP
Dress - Lettie Boutique
Watch - ARVO
Letter Board - Etsy
[This board is sold out but I will share some
of my other favorite boards on a blog post later!]

-Maddix