taking stock

taking stock

Making: plans Cooking: blackberry and plum crumble {last night} Drinking: coffee. lots of it. Reading: various cookbooks and the moment maker Wanting: for it to be thursday! Looking: {currently} outside, {as a whole} for peace Playing: outside as much as i can Wasting: the second half of my cup of coffee Sewing: nothing Wishing: it was the weekend Enjoying: sunshine pouring through the windows Waiting: for what comes next Liking: my new cell phone case {this one!} Wondering: how tough pilates will be tonight Loving: family and friends Hoping: in what’s to come Marveling: at how quickly things happen Needing: lunch Smelling: peonies! Wearing: leather top, bright floral skirt and heels Following: @justinslens’ travel adventures in thailand […]

a quick update

a quick update

hello friends! i hope you’re having a great week so far! i wanted to give you a quick life/blog update. when i started polish my crown over three years ago, i never imagined it would be a place where i would continue to share well into my mid-twenties. it’s been such a blessing for me to have this little place on the internet and to write and learn and grow. the purpose of the blog is to encourage people to live their best lives possible, to view themselves as queens. this, of course, never means to be bratty and stuck-up, but instead, clothed with strength […]

on emotional ditches

on emotional ditches

hi friends, i was digging through my wordpress drafts and discovered this blog post i wrote on july 22, 2013. i never shared it because i was too scared or too nervous or too confused about what state my life was actually in. re-reading it to myself over six months later almost brought me to tears. while i definitely don’t feel this way all the time and it certainly has been happening less and less lately, i sometimes still struggle with feeling insecure and down. it was an important reminder for me to shift back to truth; to thankfulness, to love, to constantly and even […]

2013, you’re one of my favorites yet.

2013, you’re one of my favorites yet.

2013 has been one of my favorite years of my life. It’s been a year marked by friendship, adventures, celebration and joy. I feel very fortunate for the opportunities {both personal and for work} to travel and explore. This year also was a year spent surrounded by both new and old inspiring, challenging and loving people who have made my life so much better. Here’s a few of my favorite Polish My Crown posts from 2013 and two quick videos sharing a few of my favorite little moments. Looking forward to what’s to come! Happy New Year! (also love reading my December 31, 2012 post […]

July/August Monthly Resolutions

July/August Monthly Resolutions

It helps me to write down what I want to work on, or my monthly resolutions, and place the list somewhere I can see it every day. I have this month’s {which is rolling into next months} list hanging on a mini clipboard next to my bedroom door. The list is on top of ten or so other lists; I absolutely love seeing how my goals and resolutions have evolved as I’ve grown and changed. Here’s my July-turned-August resolutions – things that I’m working on, striving toward or in general, just trying to focus on. 1. Wake up before 7am every day: this comes from the […]

May Resolutions

Will someone please tell me how it is already MAY? Wasn’t it just Christmas and then just February and then just April? The older I get the faster time goes by – or at least the more conscious I am of how quickly those minutes dissolve. I haven’t shared a monthly resolutions post since January and think it’s time I press the reset button on sharing these monthly goals and aspirations. Some are silly and little and day-to-day decisions I just need to make; others are deep and require much more digging into my heart and mind. Anyway, here are the nine things I’m working […]