Kasie Chelanne, Author at Musings on Momentum

Interior Inspiration for the New Year

December 31, 2015

Well, it’s time to say farewell, 2015…you were such a lovely year but I have been craving a fresh start and am ready to move forward in my life. There is no better way for me to get my mind in an open and creative place than with some brand new interior inspiration. I’m feeling the airy and sparse, natural and luxe vibes of these rooms and basically want to spend the next 365 days building my life around these spaces.

Dark upper cabinets with glass fronts, natural lower cabinets and floors, and a marble countertop and backsplash make this kitchen feel modern yet refined.

My Favorite Memories From 2015

December 30, 2015

2015 will go down as an EPIC YEAR! I experienced some of the highest of highs (wedding, I’m looking at you!) and the lowest of lows (ongoing symptoms from a virus that took over my life back in May). There was a lot of joy, there were a lot of tears, and there were what felt like an overabundance of lessons to be learned. I think I will look back on this year as one that really pushed me into a period of immense personal growth in preparation for a monumental 2016. While the entire year was incredibly eventful, there are five memories that really stick out…

AC/DC Weekend One of Coachella

I went to dozens of shows and festivals this year and saw some truly mind blowing performances in 2015, but nothing quite compares to AC/DC completely bringing it Weekend One of Coachella. I have never seen any one individual, let alone an entire band, perform with the amount of energy, enthusiasm and passion those aging rockers did. I really can’t imagine anyone ever being able to top it…and I’m not even a die hard AC/DC fan! From Brian Johnson hitting EVERY.SINGLE.NOTE like he was thirty years younger to Angus Young literally tearing his knees to bloody shreds by sliding across the stage, it was a show to beat all shows. It was one of those times where your body just tingles because you know you are witnessing something close to magic.

AC/DC

Raspberry Peach Bellinis – The Perfect New Year’s Drink

December 29, 2015

We only have two days left until New Year’s Eve! Has this year FLOWN by for anyone else? I don’t know if that feeling comes from the fact that I’ve had such an eventful year or whether it just comes with the territory of getting older. Let’s just say it’s due to an eventful year.

I’m not really one for New Year’s resolutions, but I have always loved the concept that the clock striking midnight on January 1 symbolizes a fresh start. It means that there are 365 pristine, beautiful days ahead to make the most of. 365 days worth of unique adventures to come.

What better way to celebrate that than by clinking together a couple of glasses of champagne when you finally roll out of bed in the morning? These raspberry peach bellinis are the perfect New Year’s drink to keep the party going, all the while convincing yourself that you’re being healthy because you’re consuming fruit along with alcohol.

Happy Merry Everything!

December 23, 2015

I wanted to leave a little note to let you all know that I will be taking this week off in order to tie up some loose ends at work, pack for our honeymoon and journey to Northern California for Christmas.

I will be back next week with a delicious New Year’s Day drink recipe, my top five memories from 2015 and some gorgeous interior inspiration that’s helping me start off 2016 in a fresh and exciting place.

I can not thank you all enough for coming with me on this blogging journey this year. You guys have been so supportive and kind and I can’t wait to share the content I have planned for this upcoming year! Be sure to follow along on our European honeymoon on Instagram! Happy holidays to all of you and your loved ones!

European Winter Wonderlands

December 17, 2015

We are off to Europe for our honeymoon in just twelve days. Excitement hasn’t quite set in yet…perhaps because there is so much that still has to get done between now and then. I don’t think our upcoming European adventure will feel real until we say goodbye to little Lola on Christmas morning. That will be followed by days of tears, my insistence that I don’t want to go and that the honeymoon must be cancelled, then my final acceptance and inevitable excitement the night before our departure, likely resulting in me not getting one wink of sleep. So it goes.

Though the temperatures are starting to dip into the 40’s in Los Angeles, officially qualifying as unbearably chilly, it is still hard to believe that it is full blown winter in some parts of the world. Parts that I’ll be traveling through in less than two weeks. To remind me of this, and to get me into the holiday spirit in general, I’ve been going through photos of European winter wonderlands like the ones below.

Winter bicycling in Amsterdam

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