Memories by the Sea

I'm definitely not a fan of dull, damp and cold weather and generally speaking I don't see any beauty really in it. But this weekend I was down the country by the sea & I saw the cold, foggy, damp Irish weather in a new light. This post is a collection of pictures, moments & memories I took as I enjoyed my time by the sea. Probably one of my favorite places to be - no matter where I am when I greet it. 


You will also see a little doggie in these pics - he was our friend for the day :) 


I dedicate this post to my wonderful boyfriend & best friend Paddy xxx 
Happy Anniversary xxxx


I hope you enjoy my collection of photographs - Memories by the Sea xoxo

Magical Moments

I was attempting to tidy my room when I came across little things of mine that I see & use everyday,but in my moment of appreciation of their beauty, I decided to share them with you! I hope you will enjoy their beauty with me xoxo

Happiness is....

Graduating with First Class Honors

Being a free spirit 

Having a companion by your side xx

The ability to read to many fashion magazines! 

Having someone to share Valentine cupcakes with x

Staring at my Chanel Bag! 

My nephew's amazing drawings xxx

New York City on a sunny day!

A Pug playing in the snow

Being loved xoxo

Skyping your best friend who lives on the other side of the world! xxxx

Having the opportunity to capture something beautiful

Happiness is having the opportunity to share my love of life with you. I hope you enjoyed my photo's in this post. The photographs included are a few of my favorite from the past few months & each and everyone of them makes me smile every time I look at them. 

I hope they have made you smile to! 

Kathleen xoxo

Sunny Thoughts

At the moment the wind is blowing my house sideways and I will be very surprised if I look out my window and my bean can of a car is still there, but there’s something soothing about being inside when outside is so stormy?  So this soothingness (I know that’s not a word hehe) I’m feeling I’m going to channel into a blog post about my favorite season. A season we can’t help to think about when the weather is the way it is outside. 

Ah summer, with your long evenings, bright mornings and warm temperatures. How I have missed you! I can’t wait for you to come so I can revert back to my denim knee length shorts, glad sandals and my awesome new Ray Bans!  And even though we all know Irish Summers are pretty sucky, how can we not look forward to summer when we look outside our windows today!  

It will be amazing to be woken up by birdies singing and a big yellow sun shining into my room and hurting my eyes before I even open them. Yes gentle ladies and gentlemen, I am a summer girl and days like this don’t stand a chance compared to the happy floaty days of summer that I love so so much. 

Don’t you just love the smell of barbeques in summer!? Or even better eating barbeques in summer!?  I am a fattie bum bum for those of you who do not know: P

But you see the thing about this summer is that I don’t know what it has in store. In fact I have no idea what’s in store! And as I am nearing the end of my current internship, I am starting to worry about what is next. But rather than worrying about the unknown I’m starting (or trying) to be positive and think, this is like an adventure!

This recession has thrown me a loof as I’m generally a girl who is extremely organised, who has her life mapped out and who always has her next step planned. Being thrown into this sudden unknown, isn’t easy for me but I’m learning to deal with it one step at a time and these thoughts of summer, make things seem a little bit easier for us all.

In a country and a climate that I thought I’d never see or live through I believe we need thoughts of a happy sunny summer to reassure us and keep us going!?

There’s no point in worrying about whether or not I will have a job this summer. I mean it’s not the end of the world and unfortunately, I just have to keep the chin up and see this as an opportunity to develop and explore.

Either way one thing is for sure, I cannot wait for bright evenings, walks along the canal and up in the woods, trips to the beach, playing basketball with my nephews, lazing about on my sun lounger whilst listening to my ipod, fighting with Winston the pug, drowning Paddy with the water hose, tweeting way too much, taking pictures, eating 99s, reading fashion mag after fashion mag and generally just being happy in myself.

I welcome the summer with open arms and a happy frame of mind, because as long as I have a lovely tan, sure everything else will work out! ;)

It seems so far away, but it really is only three months! We are almost there folks.

Here’s to summer 2011! 

I can't wait - can you!? 

Kathleen xoxo 

I am Fashion. Are you?

Ok, so as a girl who has a crazy obsession with reading fashion magazines day after day (I mean who doesn't!?) I got to thinking about what "true style" or "true fashion" really is? Although many would consider themselves as “followers” and swear by sticking to trend after trend, I see myself as more of a mover and a shaker. Why is this you ask, well it’s not because I think I’m the bees knees or see myself as the most stylish gal in the world, it’s because I don’t feel the need to stick to rigid trends just to be considered fashionable or stylish.

Now don’t get me wrong, being a small town girl means that I have made plenty of style mistakes over the years (who hasn’t!?) but now as a more travelled & educated girl at the lovely and young age of 22, I have finally become comfortable enough in my own skin to rock any style or look I want. How you ask? Well that’s easy to answer; it’s from finding and defining my own style. Oh yes, style icons are not my thing because I consider myself as a style icon, for me and only me.

Fashion shouldn’t be about sticking to what celebrities are wearing or about what magazines tell us to wear. It’s about being exposed to these things and interpreting them and making them our own. We all have a unique style and this is the one you should embrace because this is the one that you can rock season after season! Now don’t get me wrong, I can’t wait for all the stores to unleash their spring collections, but this is so I can find statement pieces that suit me and that I can wear year after year.

My advice to you? Embrace your own style. Who cares what anyone else thinks as long as you are comfortable enough to say, I’m making a statement for me and nobody else! People sometimes look at the clothes I wear and you know what I do? I hold my head high and smile, because I am rocking my look and that’s all that matters.

I mean can any of you really define what style you are? I ask myself every day what style I am and I can’t pinpoint it?! You know why? Because I don’t stick to a rigid style, there is no word for my style except that it’s my style! I mean my style in words is a mix of preppy girl meets prairie girl meets hippy girl meets American girl meets chic girl!? I mean wooooah! I know I’m a lover of talking but that’s a mouthful! But what is yours?

I guess what I’m trying to say is, define your own style. Have your take on what fashions we are exposed to and let you and your personality shine through because I promise you this, this is what will make you remember able as a style icon and I promise you, you will be forever comfortable in your own skin and who you are.

Things are depressing enough in this country without us worrying about how we look to add to it. Be yourself and shine in this recession. Make your stamp on the world. 

Let inspirations just be inspirations, you should be whoever you want to be! 

Be your own style icon xoxo