I Just Might Explode

disposable summer.

I developed a couple rolls of film today and here are some of my favorite summery disposable ones. <3

 

nineteen.

every year i plan to take these photos. every year i try to put them off and then eventually talk myself into going. my birthday was fine and low-key and i was upset during the course of the day and upset with myself for being upset. i ended up taking a nap and then it was fine. 

with it being a sunday and almost all of my friend gone, working, out of town, and my family being busy, it was a day by myself. the house was empy and i opened up on my laptop screen to turn it on and saw my reflection in the darkened screen.

"it's just me you and me, kid". 

i read somewhere once that one of life's most beautiful joys is to be happy by oneself. it's a truth that has constantly come up in my life over the course of the last year. i feel like i write about it a lot, but there are years for certain things and this year has been about satisfying independance. 

i went to dutch bros and got my free coffee and drove until i found a place i wanted to stop for photos. beyonce was playing on the radio. i usually rush through self portraits, wanting to me done. but today was different. it was calm up there. once i was finished, i spent a few minute leaning against my car like in the photo above. looking over this precious land i have both hated and longed for. it was just me and my coffee and God in the breeze. 

nineteen is going to be a challenging year, with changes and new adventures and who knows what. i'll be fine though. because i'm taking care of myself by myself. with god and family and friends and wonderful people, of course. but, there is that comfort of beginning to know myself. which i have needed. and slowly began to love. i'm excited.

hello nineteen. 

fun in the sun.

Here are a few silly behind the scenes photos from that shoot. 

I love having these two as friends. 

 

I think I'm going to make pesto pizza for lunch and work all afternoon. Have a wonderful day! <3

 

girl in sunshine.

I shared a sneak peek of the this shoot last Thursday evening and I'm excited to share my final edits!

I've been feeling rather uninspired with photography and a shoot in the sunshine with Kaitlyn was just what I needed.

It also helps that Kaitlyn is the same size as me, so styling some of my 70sish thrifted dresses makes it easy. I definitely wore that blue dress to high school a few times. ;)

Like I said in the last post, I wanted a sunny, 70s vibe and I like the spookier edge some of the photos ended up having.

Next up we're going to do a 50s shoot. I'm excited to pull out my Junior year Prom dress (that still has a torn arm from all the dancing, haha!) and get some beehive action going in Kaitlyn's hair. And, man isn't she gorgeous? You might remember this shoot we did last summer. She makes it easy. 

I feel like my editing style is coming in and it was so much fun to edit these.

And, thanks to Darian for coming along and assisting! <3

go rollerskating. done.

Yesterday Darian, Kaitlyn, and I had grand plans of going to the Brunea Sand Dunes(on my list, you see), but it began raining a few hours before we were set to go. I thought it would pass, but it didn't. So, we decided to change plans and go rollerskating instead! (which was also on the list). We went to the Rollerdome in Nampa which I hadn't been to since I was a kid. 

And it was so fun. I had never rollerskated before and hadn't rollerbladed for at least ten years, so I was a little wary when first went out on the rink, but I was up to a nice speed by the end. The three of us were the oldest ones out of the 15-20 kids on the rink and did our fair share of ridiculous dancing and singing to the wonderfully awful music. It was an odd mixture of Top 40, classic rock, and the YMCA song. 

I didn't bring my camera inside, but I did grab my iPhone and take a bunch of ridiculous shots. 

Afterwards, the rain finally cleared and we took some more silly photos in front of the awesome signage.

And, uh, the three of us are sort of ridiculous together.

We headed to Sonic afterwards and then ended up my house watching SNL. They had never seen the beauty known as Stefon and then we had to watch the Judy Lawrence Welk clips for good measure. 

I love my friends. 

 

silly times. (and a winner!)

I was going to blog yesterday, but the weekend ran away with me. I was housesitting in the North End and squeezed in a photoshoot, errands, friend time, and some commission work. I was very happy to roll into bed last night. I won't be sharing the photoshoot photos quite yet(they're for something special), but I did take a bunch of silly photos with my friend Kaitlyn last night. She texted me last night asking if I was busy and wanted to go swimming with her. I threw on my bikini and we have swam for a bit and then went to a park afterward and took a bunch of "friend photos" because we didn't have any. 

Oh, summer... <3

P.S. The winners of the decalLOVE giveaway are Lisa(large wall decal) and Jasmin(small wall decal)! Send me an email at karahaupt(@)gmail.com and we'll send your decal on it's way. <3

 

a little bit of happy.

Things that are making me smile:

Oh. And definitely this. 

Happy weekend, friends! <3

P.S. I will announce winners for the decalLOVE giveaway on Sunday! 

instax wednesday.

Kip and I went out today to do take new bio pictures for our site, so I thought I would share this Instax photo sneak peek! I'm a little obsessed with that camera and can't wait to get my own with birthday money! We also ordered business cards, picked up random supplies, and I found a pair of higher waisted jean shorts. Lovely afternoon. ♥

stanley.

Because of the long weekend and both of my older siblings still being in town, my family and I headed to Stanley, ID for a weekend trip. It was a lovely time, despite the cold, oh, and the SNOW. Waking up to snow when it's practically June is not the most awesome thing ever. 

We stayed at one of those "cabin motels" in Stanley, ID and played Bananagrams and sang Sound of Music songs while paddle boating on Redfish Lake and fought over what TV channel to watch on all 10 choices on the old TV. 

I took quite a few film pictures, but need to finish up the rolls and get them developed. 

What did you Americans do for the Memorial Day weekend?

fairy summer.

Sunday evening, some of our friends came over for silly times, coffee, and a bonfire in our backyard. It's a collection of my some of mine(and my sister's) oldest church friends and other new friends and oh my. Happy. 

This is what summer dreams are made of.