About Me.

My name is Kara Haupt and I'm 17 years old. I live in a blue house too far away from the ocean and I have yet to decide what color my eyes are.

I've been homeschooled my entire life, but take classes at a high school half of the time. I like being dual enrolled, the best of both worlds.

I have three siblings, a Mama and a Papa, and two very pissy kitties. I grew up on public television, doing schoolwork on my kitchen table, playing make believe for hours in my backyard, and believing that Halloween was Satan's holiday.

I've been scrapbooking/artjournaling, whatever, since I was 11ish. More intensely since I was 15. I got a digital SLR when I was 15 and have been obsessed with photography since. I've been writing this blog since May of 2007. Reading my archives is a scary task and I don't recommend it.

I'm a little frightened to grow up, I love spending time with my friends and holding hands with cute boys. I like documentaries, black nail polish, thrift stores, watercolors, rain, and green grass.

I love God. I try to glorify Him in all that I do. I believe these not because I've grown up in that or because I've been blessed my magical, warm fuzzies. I believe because I see the reflection of God in the day-to-day and because I know there is something greater than me. I believe that Jesus Christ died for my sins. I don't think faith is a feeling. God isn't a formula. Those three things were the hardest things I've ever had to learn. Ask me about that sometime.

I go on emo rants sometimes and am much too introspective for my own good. I want to be a photographer, mama, and artist when I grow up. I'm not good at letting go and summer skies are one of my most favorite things.

I've been blessed to work for Hambly Screenprints and I'm ecstatic to be a part of two amazing challenge blogs, The Art is Found and Work Your Soul.

Links to places you can find me are over there to your left.

I read a lot of blogs and I also eat way too much fast food and rarely redye my roots until they really bad.

I love hearing from you, so if you have a specific question or just want to say hi, email me! Thank you for reading! :D

Photography/Camera question post.

Woot. Look at me! Two posts in one day.

Soooo. I'm really excited for this update.

I've been wanting to do something with film photography in my etsy shop for awhile, but wasn't keen on selling prints. I had thought about doing postcards for a bit now and it finally evolved into something I liked. I like how that works out. :)

This one is called "Captivated". It's romantic and cute and soft.

This series is called "Backyard Confessions". My backyard is one my favorite places in the world. It's green and magical and trustworthy.

It's like a marriage between my confessions and my love, film photography.

I'm really impressed with the print quality. It's really beautiful and the paper is so thick and shiny. Link to shop here.

Yay! Happppy week to you! :)

Hi hi!

Okay, so I've had a super productive(okay. more just like "productive feeling") weekend. Stories!

Stephanie and I were all geared up to go the Paolo concert on Friday night. I procrastinated buying tickets and then by Friday I was like "we'll just buy tickets there". Yeah. We show up and it's SOLD OUT. I was so bummed. We did a little downtown shopping and then decided we'd go rent a movie and go back to Steph's house.

I am not familiar with driving downtown and missed the turn to get onto the connector onto the freeway. I knew the general direction of how to get out of downtown the other way... Stephanie was getting mad at me because I kept going "okay, we are totally lost" and the next second I was "nevermind. i know where i am". That happened on repeat several times.

We end up driving by a big cemetery(and then I knew where I was! Go me.) and were like "ohmagosh! let's get out". So, until it was dark we walked around the cemetary talking about death, cremation, demon possesion, and creepy tombs. Because, y'know, we're normal like that.

It was all wonderfully, morbidly fun.

We decided to come back in the morning before sunrise to take some pictures in the beautiful morning light. Here are a few of my favorites. :)

Friday night, after going to the cemetary we drove back to Steph's house, listening to emo music, not really saying anything. Cemetaries will do that to you.

Saturday was great, did some thrift shopping with my friend Morgan and go some wayyy cute stuff! Will be coming to an outfit post sometime soon. :) Then, Saturday night it was watching a dance festival with an old friend of mine(haha. because friends from freshman year constitute "old" now). AND. Finished all my Bad Girls layouts, in one day! Goodness. I need more Saturday like this!

Been cleaning and organizing and purging stuff again all day in my room. It feels good, but, oh my, my week to-do list is frightening!

I shall prevail, I shall prevail!

Allrighty, now to edit photos for my Etsy update later tonight. Happy Sunday to you!

"Oh seriously. You're gonna make mistakes you're young".

Maybe one day I'll blog something other than music. Maybe. I just haven't felt much like saying anything. Haven't felt much like doing anything. I'm getting restless and kinda bored with summer approaching so quickly.

And I decided that I want to do a Summer-clothes series posts. And I'm saying this so I'll do it.

Tonight is Paolo Nutini. And tomorrow is thrift store shopping. Music+thrifting better be the therapy I need first.

But, first it's a date with hanging up my inspiration wires, making new lists, and cleaning my room.

Gah. I neeeeed new music. And a job. Gah.

"You reach out for something and they slap your hand"

Today is iced coffee, sunshine, headaches, "normal clothes", freshly painted black toe-nails, Ray LaMontagne, new thoughts and questions, lots of new questions. It's weird how you start thinking about something and suddenly it's everywhere. Reminding you about it.

I want a cute, hippie boy that can sing. Preferably with a beard and a little mellow. Right about... Now. A hippie best friend, mmmm, sounds great.

He should also be able give good back massages and where flannel like there's no tomorrow.

There may come a time, a time in everyones life
where nothin seems to go your way
where nothing seems to turn out right
there may come a time, you just cant seem to find your way
for every door you walk on to, seems like they get slammed in your face
thats when you need someone, someone that you can call.
and when all your faith is gone
feels like you cant go on
let it be me
let it be me
if its a friend that you need
let it be me
let it be me
feels like your always commin on home
pockets full of nothin and you got no cash
no matter where you turn you aint got no place to stand
reach out for something and they slap your hand
now i remember all to well
just how it feels to be all alone
you feel like youd give anything
for just a little place you can call your own
thats when you need someone, someone that you can call
and when all your faith is gone
feels like you cant go on
let it be me
let it be me
if its a friend you need
let it be me
let it be me

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Hey, hey! Two posts in one day, wootness to the bucket of joy! Yay! :)

Sooooo. I'm not sure if you've heard about the Hambly + TwoPeas Contest? Read allll about it here! :)

I've been wanting to do a little Hambly giveaway for a bit now and thought I'd perfect opportunity to do it now! BUT! There's a bit of a catch.... Follow the directions to enter the contest at TwoPeas, then link me up here. Next Tuesday I'll pick a random winner from the comments section of this post and send you some of these goodies! Easy, right? Not only will you be entered in the contest over there, but you'll have a chance at this little giveaway! YAY!

So, get to using some of that Hambly! :D

(And check out what TAIF Girl, Debee, did for Hambly this month! Deeeelish.)

Allright, happy Tuesday! Link your projects, link your projects! :)

This is a vlog, man.

Because Kim dared me to, okay?

This is a vlog, man. from Kara on Vimeo.

Goodness, I use "that's not the point" and "anyways" four hundred times in 6 minutes. This really concerns me.

This is a post in which we all giggle together at cute boys, bask in my cleverness, and, uhm... other cool stuff!. It's stellar writing like this, I know, that brings you back to this blog.

Prepare yourself for awesomeness.

Allright, we'll get it over with. Phew. PROM.

Sunday morning I was getting up all early for this beautiful Sunrise church service we had outside. (which, by the way, was amazing and inspiring. it's days like those where I go "Dang, Jesus, you're cool"... except much more reverently). Anyways, it was 6:45 and I was half asleep and I made my mom go with me to the service. We were pulling out of the driveway and my mom noticed easter eggs all over our lawn and Easter basket on our front porch. In the basket was a totally cheesetastic and adorable note asking if I'd go to prom with The Boy*, consisting of way too many 'egg' puns.

CUTE! Right? Yeah, I know. He's a good egg...

(heheheheehe. did you notice my pun? gah, my cleverness surprise even me).

So, we had to leave for the service and when I came back I went on an easter egg hunt, which was way more fun that it should of been. And inside the eggs it's spelled out his name and other random words.

Again. Let's all do it together!

CUTE! YAY!

So, now, we fast forward to Tuesday. All the loser Seniors had to present their Senior projects at school, meaning the rest of us underclassmen got out of school and ran away giddily, screaming "SCREW YOU, SENIORS!"...

Well, at least I did.

So, during the Boy's presentation, Sara and I find The Boy's truck and fill the bed of it with hay. And 220 easter eggs. In one of the eggs, it say's "yes". And then the best and most hilarious poem ever(well. i thought it was great) taped to his car. And we streamered the car and laughed really hard and felt exceptionally naughty.

I love feeling exceptionally naughty. Love it.

So... Then... I started feeling kinda bad. Because, he asked me in this totally cute and sweet way. And what do I do? Fill his truck with hay and make him search through 200-something Easter eggs.

And, after feeling bad, I just laughed.

Yep. That's the story. I hope you got your teenager-fill for the week.

*Bwahahaha. The Boy is my BBFF, Boy Best Friend Forever. And right now I'm very tempted to write all sorts of embarassing things about him because he's a creeper and reads my blog. Jacob? Stop being a creeper. :P

(And, yes, I've bought the prom dress already. And it's perfect and vintage and not very prom-ish and so very me. But, I'm keeping it a secret because I'm cool like that. Now, don't being getting your curls in a uproar, I'll share all zee pictures after May 2nd. Though, if you want to share your links for pretty, feminine, cheap flats, let me knoooow!)

Next post:

The Consequences of Wearing Modest Clothing to School. In which I discuss my agression towards modest clothing and what the cow I'm going to wear this Summer. It's gonna be epic.

Hehe. I think I am way too clever, man.

H'lo, H'lo, H'lo!

The room is rearranged. And I quite like it. I still need to fill in holes and put away things and put up stuff. But, geeeez, it's so refreshing and nice! I love it. I will most definitely show pictures when it's completed(and, yes, you are allowed to bug me about it in the next couple weeks... or months... if i don't share).

Because I seriously cannot focus for the life of me. A bulleted list! How exciting, no?

1. PROM! I was asked this past weekend and it's a cute story and all. But, it deserves it's own post. Since, I am quite sure that many of you live your past younger days through me and want it share in the glory of giggly girlness. And since I'm a totally lame teenager, I usually have none to share.... (note the sarcasm please. except... that i really am a totally lame teenager... one of these days i'll rant about my teachers and parents and how the world doesn't understand me and how my life sucks because i have a two page paper(two pages! oh my) due the next day and how claire is such a jerk for stealing my boyfriend and telling me that my blouse makes me look fat... or maybe i won't).*

2. There is a new prompt up at The Art is Found. It's about time, I know. And this one is delicous and springy and Green! Sneakkkky. But, you really should head on over and play. Vintage plum, oh my!

3. You must head over and comment on the Hambly blog and Bad Girls blog to get a chance at this month's kit. Do it, hurry!

4. Would someone please buy these shoes already?!?!?!

Because, every freaking time I stalk Half Caf, they are there. And they're blue, Springy, and high heeled. Not to mention, that they'd probably fit me. JUST BUY THEM, SOMEONE! Because they are pretty and I shouldn't buy them. Thank you.

5. I'm getting progressively closer to my new Etsy thing. And, I really am making it more exciting than it should be... But, I figure if I talk them up, that means I'll actually finish them sometime soon. The same reason I post my monthly resolutions. Because someone will be like "hey, you said you were going to make a vlog post while impersonating little edie from grey gardens and singing in your beautiful sopranoe voice".... (wait... i totally promised a vlog months ago, didn't i? (yeah... i don't have a sopranoe voice..)).....

(looky, double parantheses!)

6. Ummmm. An outfit post! Of me looking disgusted. Go me!

7. I'm going to stop talking now...

Good day to you!

*i do not, in fact, have a boyfriend before all of you start bugging me about it and wanting all the juicy details. boyfriends? are totally gross.

completely wowed by her work. the colors, the colors, the colors! sigh. she has a blog too!

this week was wearing "weird" clothes to school(i heard that i looked like little school boy or a scottish person... i'm not sure what to take of that). seeing hannah montana: the movie and laughing my face off... i liked the movie way more than i should of.

being angry for a good two hours on wednesday and art journalling emo and introspective thoughts... which surprisingly didn't make me feel any better.

sunnnnnnn? where are you? gahhh.

this week was hard and good at the same time. we had spots of sunshine on monday and tuesday. the weather was glorious, 60's... now it's overcast and gross. at least rain, okay? please. thanks.

about an hour i started to deep clean my bedroom for the big, ole room rearrange... and now i don't feel like finishing it. i had no idea that i had accumulated so much freaking art/scrapbooking crap. seriously? sigggggggggh.

i feel like some sunshine and "one summer" perfume by calvin klein that i kept eyeing at sephora... i went to sephora for the first time last saturday while shopping at the mall in the first time in months... anyways. i was trying on fingernail polish and somehow manage to get a long swipe of fingernail polish across my forehead.... while the sephora ladies stared at me...

anyways.

i feel like a spring dress and dancing on a dock and then going swimming in a cute red and white vintage looking swimsuit.

i need one of those.

allright. back to my room.

Two things you told me
That you are strong
And you love me
Yes, you love me

I've had a bunch of emotionally bad days in the last couple of weeks. It seems when God is teaching me something, he is really teaching me...

I don't know what I need to do. Or how to do it and this scares me.

His love is strong, his love is strong.

Goodness gracious, I'm late on blogging this...

Well, the absolutely fantastic Bad Girls Kit went up last week and it's seriously a beauty. This kit was chock full of pretties and so much color! I went a little color crazy....

You can get this kit right here. You really won't be dissapointed.

And, again, the whole Design team blew me away. Check out what they did.

Allrighty, I sent out the Life Story email tonight. If you took the class and didn't get it, please email me at karahaupt(@)gmail.com! I've already had a few sent back to me.

Happy day to you! :)

Good morning. :)

I think Spring is here. It has been so crazy beautiful here and I'm loving it. I've been opening my windows and open windows are seriously wonderful. :)

This week I'm ready to begin. That makes me feel good. Going to begin the big ole rearrange for the bedroom tomorrow, I need it desperately.

Let's see.... Hopefully a vlog this week. Haha, that could get scary.

Oh, just a note to my class takers--

I am finally almost done with prettying up the Word Document from the Life Story class. That will be sent out tomorrow night and the blog will be closed up shortly afterwards. I apologize for it being so late, can we say procrastinator?

Also... If you'd still like to take the class, email me and I can arrange it. :)

Inspiration wires!

Some random photos that I've taken for my photography class. :) Apparently I'm really into black and white...

So, in about two week, I'm going to be attending a "Portfolio Workshop" with a bunch of art school representatives.... I'm not entirely sure what to expect and was wondering if anybody had experience attending one of these, if they could give me the scoop. Thankyoumuchly. (And, gah, how I am going to choose 12-20 images? Sigh)

And share your favorite documentaries. I'm becoming a documentary dork. Or any of your favorite indie or bizarre films... :)

I need to go to a concert this month. (Eeeek! And I just looked and Paolo Nutini is coming here........ Ohmafreakinggoodness. I am so going).

Anyways.

Loooooves.

Kara.

Working....

I'm immature. That is what I've decided today.

I desperately need to busy myself up, I'm going nuts. And I'm very sick of being lazy. Very, very sick.

Installment Number One of Project Un-lazy Kara--

Etsy shop update!!!

Wootness in bucket of yaypants, people!

Some pretties I've listed.

Next update is on the 20th... And this one is going to be good. Sneaky---

I'm going to shoot for doing two Etsy updates a month from now on.

There are so many things out of life that I want and that I, quite frankly, need before I go crazy. Laziness is overriding my life and it's just making me angry.

And, I can deal with this, I can do it. I'm going to go for it and work hard... Something that I've been afraid to do, because that means I could fail even harder. Oh well, if I fail, I shall fail with gusto.

Happy Sunday.

Be back tomorrow with more regular blogging and pictures! Ahhh. I'm taking lots of pictures this week, I've decided.

Etsy is inspiring... Very much so. :)

I feel angry for no reason.

And I'm sick of annoying posts like these, I'm sick of hearing the sound of my own voice, and this dumb attempt I make everyday to get the approval of others.

It's like I have this violent urgency to hear it constantly. Someone to say "you look great today", "good job on that paper", "that's beautiful, kara". It's not enough for me. I was maybe going to write that it's not enough for me anymore. But, I don't think it's ever been, I've been pretending it's enough.

And, I'm just to accept the fact that I can't be content? Why can't I bloody be content? That's what makes me angry.

Why I am so obsessed with being defined by others? Why can't my relationship with God define me?

I just want to be loved. I guess I'm broken like that. Like everybody else. It makes me angry. So angry.

I hate every word I just wrote. Because it all sounds the same. All the emo, and ridiculous and overdramatic journal entries, art, and blog posts I make.

It's because, I feel, like it all boils down to this. Again and again.

I know. I'm not supposed to be happy all the time. Why isn't it easy to choose being joyful? Anything will come into my life and it seems to distract me for awhile, but then I can't pay attention when someone is talking or all I can think about is just getting away.

Right now wish I had an excuse to be mad at someone, anyone, a reason to cry and throw things and march away in a huff. Drama for the sake of drama.

Gah.

HATE that.

I'm done now.

Ignore. I just need to vent.

April.

Watch this...

Sometimes I feel like the people on the train... Forgetting, not knowing, not even caring that Jesus Christ died so you and I could live for eternity.

I don't know what else to say really...