It.Is.Finished.

I made it!! I got it done just in time and I have to say I am pretty happy with my little project!

Here is my final board!

and some close ups of my floor plan and elevations..

(which were all hand drafted)

TADA!!!!

What do you think?!

Through this design I will be adding on to my kitchen and will eventually end up with a complete house at the end of the semester!

I have designed a house from the ground up before but I never got to take it step by step which is what I am really enjoying with this project!

Now I am finally off to the wonderful place called heaven (aka my bed) to make up for the eight + hours I missed last night!

<3

Kaitlin Jean

Project In Progress

Project Update!!!!

Project Due at 5:10pm 

Current Time: 12:00

Time spent on campus working on project since yesterday: 8:00pm - current..

Thats right I still haven't gone home! I pulled an all-nighter and to add a little TMI in the mix I am still wearing the same clothes I was wearing yesterday. 

I have two classes this morning interfering with valued project time right now but at 1:30 I will be back into the drafting room!

I really have everything done I just need to put a little glue on my papers and stick them on! 

Estimated time for completion: 30 minutes!

I PROMISE I will have another post tonight with my finished project on it so stay on the look out and plan to come back after dinner! :)

I hope you all are having a super duper Thursday!!

XO

Kaitlin Jean

If I Were a Cottage Kitchen I'd Be...

Howdy Ya'll!

To get straight to the point today...

I have NO clue what to write about today!!

I don't really have any inspirational things going on in my head or some crazy awesome thing going on in my life to share. 

Today all that is on my mind is my Studio One project that is due by Thursday.

I would say I am pretty far a long but at the same time I have a lot to do. 

(anyone get what I am saying?!)

For this project I am designing a kitchen for a couple in their early 50's. They are wanting to downsize to a smaller home into the city. They at one point were interested in buying a log cabin but for some reason that didn't work out. They also really enjoy Michigan styled summer cottages. They also enjoy nature and are big on recycling. 

(and now you get the pic of what/who I am designing for)

The moment I got this project handed to me my mind started going and I instantly relied on Pinterest for some inspiration!

I even made a whole board dedicated to this project which you can see here

Today I am goin to share with you some of the pins that have inspired me for this project and what I am building some of my design off of...

When I think of cottage I think of wood, eclectic, vintage, open, airy, greens, light blues, whites, and grays. 

I already have my actually floor plan planned and done so now I just have elevations and my sample board left!

I will for sure be posting pictures!! :)

Have a very happy tuesday!

Kaitlin Jean

I like Tuesday as the new Monday!

Happy Tuesday Beautifuls!! 

I hope you all had a wonderful Labor day weekend!

I don't know about you all but I could really get used to these three day weekends!! 

I had a wonderful weekend filled with football (OK State won!! Orange Power Baby!) lots of yummy food, friends, family, pillow making, the Bachelor Pad, and a little bit of studying!

I was actually pretty good at being camera ready this weekend too!

I took a ton of pictures at the game... 

waiting to eat at Mexico Joes (the mexican version of Eskimo Joes)

Justin and his friend Neal. Neal is training at the same base as Justin in Missouri and He had not been off a base in 6 months until this weekend! Justin really wanted to bring him home and show him a good time! So Neal I hope you enjoyed hanging with us for the weekend I am glad you came! lol

Me with Eskimo Joe and his trusty companion

Pistol Pete!!!

The band! (Oooooklahoma...) 

Joining in on the tradition of jingling your keys for kick off!

See everyone jingling?!

Go Pokes!!

My Cowboys about to score the first touchdown of the season!

TOUCHDOWN! Here comes Bullet!

My wonderful little family! <3

As you can tell my saturday was a day well spent as a game day!

I cant wait for the rest of the season to evolve!

What team are you rooting for?!

 Do you bleed orange too?! 

Man if you do we should be best friends!

(if you don't we should still be best friend too)

I hope you all have a great start to your week! 

I must go barry my head into a textiles book and dream of whats for lunch while doing so!

Lots of Love!

Kaitlin Jean

Bleeding Orange

ITS FRIDAY!!!

woooooo hoooooooooo!

If you cant tell I am a little excited this week is coming to an end!

Some good stuff is going down this weekend but there is one thing that I just can not wait for...

FOOTBALL

Tomorrow is the opening season game for Oklahoma State University!!

I have been born and raised to bleed orange and when football season comes around the orange power in my family really starts to come out! 

We are playing Louisiana tomorrow and I am really thinking we've got this game in the bag!

Justin and my family are coming up for the game and I am really happy they are!

I plan on trying to take several pictures this weekend and work on being a good blogger so I will share them on Monday! 

Now just for fun I have a few game day photos from the past two years...

Fall 2009

Fall 2010

My Daddy!

Justin and I with some friends - Fall 2010

 GO POKES!!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the start of college football! 

Cant wait to see what everyone's weekend entails on Monday!

Lots of Orange Love,

Kaitlin Jean

Best.Weekend.Ever.

Hello sweet friends!!

First things first, I missed y'all yesterday and I am so sorry I didn't post! 

This whole moving to a new town and starting school at a new university is kinda taken over my week days but once I get in the grove of things I'll be better! I promise! :)

Now I have to tell you about the best weekend ever!!

 (It was this past weekend to be exact)

The very best part of my weekend was that guy coming to visit me for the whole weekend!

(aka my man Justin)

He got in just in time for us to go to College Fest Friday night! Ill be honest, if he wouldn't have been there I don't think I would have loved going so much. It was just so nice to have him there and just be able to walk by his side with my hand in his! (I have been missing him a whole bunch being here in Stillwater with out him) 

Remember when I mentioned College Fest last Wednesday?  Well that was this past weekend and let me tell you it was awesome!! College fest is a big even that lasts Thursday-Saturday on the outskirts of Stillwater. They have a big stage outside in the middle of a field type area and different country singing bands play while a bunch of us college kids just chill and have a good time. Also there is a country dance club called the Tumbleweed (the place that hosts the events) and after the bands stopped playing everyone goes in there to two step the night away!

My favorite part of the whole event was the dancing! Justin and I are not the best in the world at it but I like to think were pretty good! We haven't really learned how to do a bunch of spins and things like that but we are planning on taking classes when he gets back home for good! We had such a good time moving around that dance floor and I feel like it went by so fast because I was having so much fun! 

After that main event we went to a friends house to hang out with some of our good friends and we just chilled and talked until the wee hours of the mornings. Then we all went our separate little ways and thankfully slept in! (aka sleeping in for me is sleeping until 10) 

Saturday is when the second part of the best weekend ever took place. 

Justin and I decided to have the whole day as just an "us" day! We went to lunch and then walked around to a few OSU shops. Justin ended up buying us both the 2011 game day shirt which I can not wait to wear! (he more than spoiled me this weekend) 

After that we went grocery shopping! I had a blast doing that with him! We got some things to make dinner and then he ended up spoiling me again and stocking up my kitchen! 

We then went back to my place and made dinner together! I never realized how much fun it can be to cook a meal with the one you love! We just enjoyed doing such a simplistic everyday thing together and really made the most out of the moment! I was actually a good blogger and we took several photos of our dinner making skills...

getting the chicken ready

Before we put the chicken in the oven

Our meal all finish and ready to eat!

Almond Crusted Chicken, Sweet Potato Fries, Justin's Special Green Beans and Sweet tea! 

Yummmmmmm!!

Justin kinda had an accident with the ranch and pretty much dumped half the bottle on his plate.

Its a good thing he loves ranch and eats it with everything!

Our first meal at my place, our first meal to completely cook on our own...

and a "good job honey" kiss!

After our wonderful meal we proceeded to have some chocolate pie and watch a movie. It was so relaxing and I really enjoyed just cuddling up with my man for a while!

The next day we ended up driving back to Tulsa so that he could get his truck and so he could go back to Missouri. I didn't want him to leave again :( but he only has one month left before he is done and he is going to be back next weekend for the season opening football game!!

That right there was my best weekend ever, all thanks to my wonderful boyfriend! 

We always have so much fun being together and being ourselves! He makes me feel so beautiful for simply being me and I am so blessed for that! I don't know what I would do with our that man! haven't

I hope you all are doing great and I promise I will try to get my act together soon! I haven't really gotten to read anyones posts the past week and i haven't really gotten to reply to comments either but I cant wait to catch up with all of you pretties!

x's and o's

Kaitlin Jean

Backpacks, Books, and Orange Oh My!

Hello Beautifuls!

I hope you are all having a spectacular day!!

I am super excited for this post today because I have been filing away situations and things in my brain for a while now for this one.

Its Awkward and Awesome: School edition!!

woot woot! 

How fun right?! haha I am sure I bring back memories for some of ya'll and I really hope I at least bring a few smiles! 

Awkward

1. Not knowing where anything is on campus. I cant tell you how many times I have had to pull up my OK State app to look up buildings and how to get there. I actually didn't even know where the library was or what it was called so I had to ask my mom! gah I felt like a loser! haha Luckily I now have figured out the where the main places on campus are. 

2. How sweaty I get walking class to class. This may be a TMI moment but oh well! Yesterday was 109 and I was the genius that wore a gray tank top! It was frankly embarrassing and I didn't even want to take my backpack off to show how drenched my body was! eww

3. The way some people dress! I need to  become that person that always has my camera ready because I am pretty sure I could do a whole post on this subject! I don't mean it in a mean way at all and I know everyone has there own since of style and all that glitter and rainbows but let me explain...

a. Jeans and trench coats on a 109 degree day

b. guys wearing jean short shorts. I know its hot out and I feel kinda bad for the guys who wear the appropriate guy length shorts but when I say jean short shorts I'm talking booty shorts!

c. well I still cant get over the guy in booty shorts so I think you get the picture now.

4. Being in the wrong class. This luckily has never happened to me but I have witnessed kids that it has happened to and I feel bad for them. It would be so embarrassing to hear the professor announce the class and then realize not only are you in the wrong place but your now late to the class you actually need to be in. Then on top of that you have to walk out in the silence of everyone staring. 

5. Almost being killed by a girl riding her bicycle. So apparently bike riders do not move for people walking on the sidewalk and I didn't realize this until today. I was just minding my business walking to class and all the sudden I see a girl riding her bike and headed right toward me. The sidewalk is super crowded so I cant move over and she actually has the opportunity to move onto the street before she reaches me and so i keep on a walkin. Then the girl starts screaming and yelling at me to move out of the way! I was so shocked I didn't process everything going on and then when I finally did she was inches away from me and I barley jumped out of the way in time. So the point of this awkward number 5 is that I was almost sidewalk kill. 

6. The kid sleeping in the chair next to me as I type this in the Library

Awesome

1. How much orange everyone wears! Seriously It is so awesome how everyone wears their Oklahoma State stuff! It not just for a spirt day or anything like that I am talking about any day and anytime!

2. I have successful made it to all my classes at least 10 minutes before they start! I sometimes have to walk from one building to the next building way down the road and I was a little worried I would have trouble making it to class on time. It has not been an ounce of a problem yet though and I am hoping it stays that way!

3. I have made several new friends and I am loving that! I have classes with a lot of the same people due to the fact that my major is smaller and specialized. Also I made a friend during lunch one day just because I ended up sitting by her and then another I met by walking by her to class. Everyone seems fairly friendly on campus and it has been so nice meeting and getting to know new people!

4. I am getting a lot of exercise in simply by walking to my classes! I swear I at least walk 5 miles a day! 

5. Tomorrow is Friday!! Friday means I only have one class! 

6. All the free stuff on campus this week! I have successful had lunch two days this week by getting free pizza and today I had a refreshing Popsicle. Also a lot of companies have come out through out the week handing out coupons and having entries for free stuff!

7. That I am loving being on my own and living my college kid life!

That's all folks! The awkward and awesome of being a college kid! 

Have you ever had these awkwards and awesomes happen to you?? 

If so you should share them with me and ones that I didn't mention too!

<3

Kaitlin Jean

I'm Still Alive!

Thank you everyone for your sweet wishes, encouragement and comments for my first day of school!

I am loving my classes and campus so much already but it is definitely official that school is in session! 

I am sorry I didn't post this morning! I literately have class today from 8:30am - 10:30pm with only two hour breaks the whole day! 

(so feel so loved that I am using one of my breaks to post right now! (; )

*note to self start writing Tuesday's posts the night before*

The first days of the semester are about to be over and now its time to be thrown into hours of homework. 

yay! (sarcasm)

I have already met a few new "friends" and I think I am going to like most of my professors!

So basically I just wanted to share with you that I think this semester is going to be great and a bunch of other things like...

Awesome, super busy, fun, stressful, challenging, productive, entertaining, and filled with many cups of coffee! 

Be more than sure I will be posting about all of the things that contribute to the adjectives above describing my semester! 

I am so excited to be right where I am and I love that I can share and save my life and the events that it holds here on this little blog! and what makes it even better is all of you is who I am sharing my stories with! 

I hope you all had a very happy Tuesday and do not fret because I will be back to posting in the morning tomorrow! :) It is one of my favorite days of the week so ya know I wont be missing it!!

Peace. Love. & Orange

Kaitlin Jean

It's My...

Boy oh boy!! I cant believe I am starting my first day of my Junior year of college! Topping it off by with it being my first day at Oklahoma State University!

I feel like I have waited forever for today to come, knowing more than a year ago that I wanted to be attending this university. I am missing all my TCC friends a whole bunch but I have already made a few new friends that I think may be some keepers! 

Being an Interior Design major taking classes with fellow design and fashion majors you can imagine that the first day of school is usually a major fashion show! I honestly do usually dress a little nicer than normal for the first day of school but when I woke up this morning it was raining pups and kittens!! So I decided I would take my self out of the fall 2011 show and dress comfortable and in rain weather attire.

 I ended up walking out the door with rolled up boyfriend jeans, sandals (not the smartest decision...I should have pulled out the rain boots), a v-neck t-shirt and a light hoodie.

(should of taken a picture! opps!)

Anywho I hope all of you cuties had a wonderful weekend and that your Monday is the best Monday you've ever had! Good luck to all the students, teachers, moms and dads entering the school year! :)

xo

Kaitlin Jean