I’ve been really busy this month creating some fabulous invites and Save the Dates for my friends and friends of friends. A couple were pretty well-designed when I got my hands on them and I just did some tweaks and print prep. A few of them were completely from scratch.
Oh yeah … AND I [...]
Me vogue-ing. Summer between 8th and 9th grade.
This was right before my friend Nikki’s and my infamous brilliant bike tour from one po-dunk Eastern Iowa town to another. The 10-mile trek took us longer than anticipated because we took a wrong turn and ended up going 16 miles instead. I [...]
I’m going bridesmaid dress shopping with two of my bestest girlfriends today. We’re trying to find a dress to fit 3 completely different body-types … so we’ll see how that goes. I’m going to try to stand back and let the other girls pick since it’s been pointed out that I can look good in [...]
My friend Kelly recently asked a question on her blog —do you agree with the following?
Love is not an emotion, it is a decision.
– @erinscreen (via twitter)
My answer? I think it’s both.
Love starts out as an emotion and turns into a decision. You’re initially attracted to somebody and [...]
Hey all!
My friend, sewzinski, who makes AMAZING stuff just gave me a shoutout on her blog.
Go check it out!
This is definitely an F-O Friday. F standing for a very naughty word that for the sake of my bloggity-readers and my facebook friends, I will edit out.
My friend Lora (who doesn’t have a blog that I know about so I can’t link here) recently went through a very traumatic time. Her mother [...]
I don’t have a photo of my Halloween costume just yet, but let me just say it’s pretty awesome.
I spent most of my time in my costume at Market Day yesterday. I think the costume helped my salesmanship.
Here’s a few pix from yesterday’s sale … it was a great [...]
OM nom nom nom nom!
What could be better than combining chocolate and beer? Frosting it. With cream cheese frosting. Oh, and putting it in a portable and cute cupcake form.
Last Sunday was my b-day and my friend Danielle and I made Guinness cupcakes for our friends to enjoy at my little gathering.
I [...]
So I turned 26. Last Sunday. I’m a little late on this post, but I’m a little partied out. Not to mention I’ve had a ridiculously busy week at work! We moved from our old office to a brand new space that was built out just for us.
Anyway, 26-year-old festivities began back in [...]
I’ve been working with a local blogger who wanted to launch a bigger and better version of her blog. She curates and posts about local Des Moines vendors that cater to wedding needs. The website: Des Moines Wedding Savvy.
We began talks a couple months back, and after chatting about the [...]

Hi there. I'm Calee. Not Caylee. Also known as chimes or the chimes. I'm 27, a designer, a runner, a self-proclaimed fitness queen, a craftster, a foodie, a music snob — some might call me a hipster. Here's the unabridged version.
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