Humans of New York-The Crowd Has a Face

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I read very very few street photography blogs, not because I don’t love photography I actually really do, but I interact with a lot of  imagery at my day job so it really takes something exceptional in a street photography site to catch my eye. Something like Humans of New York. The photography is so lovable but what I really enjoy about this site is Brandon Scott’s interaction with his subjects. The tagline for Humans of New York (HONY) is… View Post

Smile File-Tweets from SPACE!

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No this is not a Kanye West crazy tweet this is literally tweets from space! Astronaut flight engineer Soichi Noguchi has been tweeting images from flipping space! I mean probably the coolest thing ever ever ever!!!   Unbelievably awesome…kind of makes me feel like the pictures of my new shoes on instagram are not so cool, lol. For the record! The first tweet from space was in 2010. Follow the space journey @Astro_Soichi on twitter. Found on swiss miss and… View Post

Smile File-Adventuring Food

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Omigosh literally mouth agape when I saw these plates on 1 Design per Day.   Boguslaw Sliwinski new series of ceramics above are called Sport Plates. I love that it takes your food on an adventure! So fun! And not the only fun designs from Sliwinski. Check out Transportion Plates…   Also Slwinski’s FaceOn4 plate provides endless possibilities :). Hmmmm, I’m hungry now. View Post

Smile File-More or Less

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  I kind of love this. I don’t know about everyone else but sometimes I feel like I am so busy trying to do everything and be there for everyone that I need to take a step back and remember it’s okay to, “DO LESS.” And then sometimes I want to change a situation and make things happen and I have to remind myself you need to “DO MORE”. But really for me it’s all about not feeling bad about… View Post

What I Wore…as the Birthday Girl

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So friends most of you know I celebrated a birthday recently… That is right! I turned the big 3-0 :D. I was really looking forward to turning 30; the journey of my 20’s has really felt long (in a good way). Graduating college, trying out lots of media fields, and then slowly working my way to become a professional, and confident in what I do. There were just so many changes, I felt I lived two lives within my 20’s;… View Post

Smile File-Love From St. Lucia

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I really do love a good card. My favorite kind of card is succinct, sweet and smart (you might know this from HERE). So I was delighted while the bf and I were shopping for souvenirs on vacation in St. Lucia I stumbled on these beauties from Naïeli. Of course leave it to me to find an ethical and sustainable souvenir for myself while I was on vacation, lol…I’m not going to lie, this fact made me really happy :).… View Post

Guest Post- Smile File: Friend Day

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Hello made-to-travel, readers!! Kateri of IretakStudios here as another guest for our lovely Birthday Girl (if you didn’t know, she is out on vacay celebrating her birthday!) HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY DARLING FRIEND :). Some notes before I start on our Friend Day. Jamillah and I both laugh at the same things and when we start and the laughing gets good we laugh and laugh and LAUGH :). She is the friend I can sit in front of a TV with… View Post

Smile File-Nearly Time for Vacay

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  So friends in 3 short days I leave for my much awaited and way overdue vacation :). Because I’ll be away for 1 week and then drowning at work when I get back I am surrendering my dear made-to-travel to some fantastic ladies. Trust me I am leaving you in really good hands. Madison of Fashion Tales Claire of My Illustrative Life Mallory of Miss Malaprop Jillian of Coffee Light & Sweet Vicky of MY REAL LIFE :D-I kinda… View Post

Smile File…The One Who Got Away

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So have you ever stalked an item debating, debating, debating if you really need it? Questioning yourself if want to buy it, asking yourself do you want to spend the money? Annnnd finally decide “Screw it! YES! This shall be mine!” Only for it to be not available and then you scream, “Noooooooo!” Well friends, this is one of those guys. Bahhhhh, tell me that is not the cutest tea situation you’ve ever seen!!! Honestly, I might have not used… View Post

Smile File-Aimee Mullins

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love me a good podcast  and one of my most favorite podcasts is The Moth; The Moth is a series of true stories told live without notes. As I was rummaging thru episodes I missed I came across a story told and lived by athlete, actress, advocate and model–Aimee Mullins. I totally found myself crying and laughing as did Mullins while she retold her story. Born without fibula bones Mullins’ legs were amputated from the knee when she was just… View Post

Smile File-Life is Grand

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Friends, I read the most beautiful bit of advice on worrying this week on A CUP OF JO. “Picture that the Grand Canyon is your life–your past, present and future. Start envisioning the various parts of your life within the canyon: Over there is the day you were born, your third-grade choir performance, your job as a babysitter. Picture your present: There’s your apartment, your friends, your mom, the book you’re reading right now. Picture your future: There’s your next… View Post