gala. time

You better work. 

The s.p.d. gala just happened to fall on the same night as I walked at graduation last year, which blows my mind. If you asked me what I would be doing a year from that day, I certainly couldn't have predicted that the answer would be doing a photo shoot with my amazing coworkers from a magazine I adore. I have been through so much since wearing that cap in Boston. I closed my eyes and made some of the scariest, make or break decisions. In some ways it paid off and in other ways, life crashed and burned. All in all, it was a learning experience which taught me a lot about myself and others. And after the six month job search from hell, I landed a job which turned out to be the best place for me with some of the best people around. 

The amazing photographer who took these pictures is our regular at More, Ari Michelson, and these are lovely and talented people I get to spend my days around. My team and I spent night and day creating 2500 buttons, printing out name tags and table cards and picking out our outfits for the event. We got out hair done, nails did and our makeup composed by one of our usual artists, before stepping out of the office and into a fabulous night where we took home some major gold. It ended by closing down the after party, taking pictures with palm trees and whispering in my living room with friends. I watched the sun come up outside my window while talking about design and the industry and I couldn't have asked for a better night. 

I've been working the longest hours, and still loving it, and knowing that makes me realize that i'm following my dreams and doing what I love, and that's what makes me happy.

Cheers to life everyone.

FINDERS KEEPERS MIDNIGHT JUMPSUIT

On a style note, the jumper is my ideal way to dress up for a night and be completely comfortable, and that was definitely the vibe we went for since most of the ladies on my team wore jumpers and menswear and absolutely killed it.