brand new

(photo by Karolyn Briley)

I have never been a blogger before. I've never tried to be a blogger before, but I have been sharing on Instagram for quite a while now, and I thought maybe having somewhere to share more than just photos would be nice. That being said, I'm also going to share the crap out of some photos here, too. Consider yourself warned.

I'll start with a little-bitty introduction in case you don't know who I am:

I'm Kara. I'm a mother, partner, stylist, artist, and overall human being. Austin and I met as teenagers and we've been together for over nine years. We live in North Texas and we're just a little bit obsessed with our sweet baby girl, Violet Estelle. We also have two furbabies, Luna and Zeus, that have been with us for the better part of our relationship. I stay home with our daughter while also working full time as a stylist for Stitch Fix. It's tough, but it's what needs to happen to make life work for our family. I have my degree in drawing, but I've slowly let go of that part of my life since becoming a mother and that's kind of sad. Being a parent is all about sacrifices, but I'm trying to find ways to get back to it.

Instagram may display a picture-perfect life for a lot of people, but I'd like to use this platform to show that there is more to it than a clean room and seemingly ideal life with a baby. Babies are insane. Just this morning, Violet took a spill and busted her lip producing the most blood I've seen come out of her yet. But, I didn't take a photograph of that because it's not the moment I want to remember when she's all grown up and moving out. I want to remember the sweet cuddles, the innocent smiles, and the happiest of the happy moments. I know there are nitty-gritty moments in there, too, but I would be pretty naive to think that just because there isn't a photo of them means that I won't remember. Sometimes I share those details, but sometimes I don't and I think that is perfectly fine.

Anyways, here I am. Thanks for being here, too.







Kara