guest blogger: krystal's kitsch

I'm totally grateful that Ashley opened her blog to sponsors. Not only do I get to know Ashley's readers, I get to virtually meet Ashley and help her on her blogging journey!

I blog over at Krystal's Kitsch -- which is a whole lot of random. Two posts won't be the same. I don't have a set theme or even a set goal. I write when I want about what I want. :) I like to experiment with both food and crafts and I love entertainment... television, reading, and magazines. I also am a pretty big makeup hoarder. Sometimes I'll post about those things. Other times I'll post about how I made my house a confetti mess by trying to imitate something I saw on Pinterest. I also have three fluffy dogs, a husband, and a brand new city to adventure in (we just moved three months ago!). I also am participating in Project 366 {it's a leap year so that's why it's 366!}. I'm taking a picture a day to document my year!

So, for my post I wanted to just introduce myself a little further with some likes and dislikes.

LIKES

• Coke Zero
• Peppermint Mocha Coffees
• Old Navy sales
• Target's $1 section
• Postcards
• Funky postage
• Snail Mail
• Surprises
• Kate Spade anything
• Betsey Johnson
• Glitter -- anything and everything! Especially glitter polish!
• Zoya Nail Polish
• Pop music
• Jersey Shore. Haters gon' hate!
• Parks & Rec
• Stand up comedy
• Good beer
• Baseball
• Beaches
• Pirates
• Vinyl -- as in records, not the material! ;)
• Journaling
• Nonfiction Books -- memoirs, especially humor ones, are my favorite!

DISLIKES

• Being late
• Plans changing at the last minute
• Paying shipping for online shopping
• Paying full price for anything
• Days I'm running too late to straighten my hair
• Winter
• Hoarders
• Junk... I like to go through my stuff regularly and PURGE!

Hope you are all having a lovely day and Happy 2012!

don't forget...

hello lovelies.

Monday was a great start to the week with the ever-so-adorable

Rachel guest posting for me (see her post here)

isn't she darling?

2012 has already been a great year for All Things Ashley.

my followers have been increasing significantly already this year.

thank you so much.

it makes me so happy to know that there are people in the blogosphere who actually like to read what i rant about on this ole blog.

i hope that you remember this post from last week.

well, i finally got the necklace in the mail over the weekend, and i just had to try it on

(sorry to the gal who wins this, it's been tried on by moi)

(pretty pretty necklace...i want to keep it for myself)

(that's me...lookin so fresh and hopeful with the necklace on)

so, now that you've seen the necklace in action, what are you waiting for?!

make sure you enter the GIVEAWAY asap.

the giveaway ends this week on Thursday the 12th.

that means you only have 2 days left to enter.

the hope necklace is so pretty.

(and a $25 value!)

so what are you waiting for, go HERE to enter!

and remember, come back tomorrow for another lovely guest blogger.

x - ashley



guest blogger: xoxo Rachel Sayumi

 hello my dear readers!
happy monday
right now, i want to introduce you to the cutest lady!

blogger, please meet Rachel
i have loved loved LOVED reading and following this girls blog for as long as i can remember.
she blogs over here
i asked this pretty gal to be a guest blogger on ATA and she kindly obliged.

without further ado, here is the adorable rachel from xoxo Rachel Sayumi

Hello, friends of All Things Ashley!

My name is Rachel, & I blog over at xoxoRachel Sayumi

My blog is about inexpensive modest fashion

Come say hi sometime! (:

Today I decided to share some random facts about me...

-My favorite color is the rainbow.

-I LOVE ICE COLD WATER!!

-I love anything with a vintage-y feel to it. Gold. Lace. Pearls. Pastels.

Swoon.

-I have never dyed my hair before.

-I'm probably addicted to chapstick {Burt's Bees,of course...}

-I am half Japanese.

-I don't like to exercise.

-I'm the oldest of my siblings,and the oldest of my cousins on both sides of the family. So basically,I am always around kids... and I love love it.

-I don't like feet.

-I don't like being cold

-I LOVE smelling good! I love perfumes and colognes so so much!!!

-I'm obsessed with frozen yogurt. And anything sweet, really...

So there ya go,that's me in a nutshell,I guess...

But really,come stop by my blog sometime.

Thanks, Ash for havin me here! (:

xoxo

Rachel Sayumi.

keep going.

i needed to hear this today.
i gotta keep going.

the many faces of ashley.

i feel like sometimes i don't change up my look that much during the week...

but i realized this week that i have rocked a different 'look' every single day.

mabye i'm a dork, but i don't like my hair to look the same two days in a row.

i like to have a variety in my life and change this up a bit daily.

reader, am i the only one who feels that way?

i sometimes pretend i'm a celebrity and change my look on a daily basis.

with clothes.

hairstyle.

jewelry.

makeup.

shoes.

mustaches. wait. what?

what is your favorite look?

do you have a specific 'style' you're rockin' as of late?

favorite article of clothing?

favorite hair-do?

oh, and ps.

happy FRIDAY

psssst....don't forget to enter the HOPE GIVEAWAY (here)

meet the gal behind the blog

remember this giveaway from yesterday?

well, this is Megg, the lady who made it all happen.

she is the author of the cutest blog and i have loved getting to know her

through the blog world, emailing, and looking at her etsy creations.

i asked her to do a guest post for me this month, since she is a sponsor and all...

and she kindly said YES!

so, blogger, Meet Megg

I'm Megg, and I write over at The Life of a not so Desperate Housewife. I knit, cross stitch, make jewelry and scrapbooks and play mancala and Monopoly at work. I live in Seattle with my husband and two crazy cats.
I'm in a season of my life that I never expected to be in 2 years ago, when I married my husband. Or 6 years ago, when I first met him. Or 11 years ago, as I was heading into my last semester in high school. For better or for worse, this is where I am now.
For better or for worse, I'm working part time, in a job I love that isn't exactly in my field (although it's a lot closer than when I was working in an office last year).


When we first got married, I thought we'd be talking about having a kid after our second anniversary, and start a family soon after that anniversary. Well, we just hit 2 years and though we did have that discussion, neither of us feels that we are ready, for various reasons.


When I graduated with a Masters in Library and Information Science 2 years ago, I thought I'd be working as a children's librarian in a public library by now. For better or for worse, I'm working with kids, but not in a library setting.

 There are so many things that I could be discontent about in my life right now. I'm not living the life I thought I'd be living by now. But you know what? That's OK. I'm learning to be content with the season of life I'm in. It's not perfect, but it's my life.

 So, I go to work every day and smile because the kids make me happy. I wake up every morning next to my husband and smile because we have this time together, just the two of us. I sit on my Freecycle couch instead of the recliners that I thought we would have by now, and I'm thankful that we at least have a couch to sit on.

 The truth is, I'm incredibly blessed, even if I'm not living the life that I always thought I would be. I'm learning to be content in what I have, and not comparing myself to others. It can be a struggle, but then I remind myself that I will never have these years back. I know in 10 years, I will look back on this season of my life and be glad I experienced everything I did. It isn't always what I want, but it's my life, and I'm learning to love it, and myself, just the way I am.


Check out my Etsy shop!
The life of a not so desperate housewife
 

not so desperate...

ok, it's time for yet another FABULOUS giveaway!

the lovely Megg from The Life of a Not So Desperate Housewife

has the cutest etsy shop.

here's proof:

Look at how DARLING all of these pieces of jewelry

Megg is hosting a GIVEAWAY of a pair of earrings

from her lovely Etsy shop.

here's how you enter:

1 - must a follower of Megg (here)

2 - go to her etsy shop & comment on which piece of jewelry you love the most

3 - must be a follower of ATA

4 - follow Megg's etsy shop

5 - tell me what your favorite accessory is at the moment

that's 5 ways to enter.

5

so go show Megg some love, it's as simple as that.

what have you got to lose?

NOTHING.

you can win a darling pair of earrings my dears.

also, Megg is offering a discount on her etsy store.

what could be better than free shipping?

use the code FREESHIP10 at the checkout!

hope you're having the best Wednesday ever.

(don't forget the HOPE GIVEAWAY)

new tunes

these are the songs i am listening to over & over again on my iPhone.
gotta love 'em.

























what are you favorite songs of the moment?!
any suggestions?
i have a huge amount on iTunes in giftcards, so let's just say i've got some cash to burn through online.


let me know.

hope.

when you have hope, you should share it.

i love this necklace. isn't it just so pretty?

because it's a new year, that means a fresh start.

i have so much hope for the coming year.

i have lots of new years goals.

most of them are very deep and personal to me.

spiritual goals.

physical goals.

health goals.

relationship goals.

i am so full of HOPE for 2012.

i want to share my HOPE with you.

i am hosting a HOPE GIVEAWAY.

if you'd like to win this necklace, here's what to do:

1 - be a follower of ATA (mandatory)

2 - leave a comment about something you're hoping for in 2012

3 - blog about the giveaway (and link up to ATA)

three different entries possible my dears.

leave separate comments for each.

i hope you win :)

hope hope hope.

nye 2011

just cause we love to dress up and take photos of ourselves.
we had a fun NYE.
we went up to SLC with some friends and hung out around the U of U campus (yeah, we broke the cardinal rule of hanging out with our rival....)


we then drove home on the exact speed limit because the po-po was out and about.
i think i counted 8 cops on the WAY up to SLC and about the same amount on the way home.
it was crazy.


but we didn't get killed by a drunk driver.
we didn't 
we did have a blast.
we did do a late night run to del taco.
we did come home and watch glee.
we did talk about the men in our lives.
we did talk about our 2012 goals.
we did laugh our heads off.
we did sing along to kenny loggins (danny's song)


i love this gal (t-milla) and i love NYE.
we had a blast.


NYE was so fun my dears.
what did you do for NYE?