I've been blogging for over 7 years with Katie Like Me and it's been the most fun, most rewarding hobby I have ever had. It's been a time full of ups--like being invited to fashion events and being recognized for my style--and downs, like when Google removed all my photos on accident and I had hundreds of broken images on my blog Or, when my Instagram was hacked. But, times are changing and so am I. So are all of us.


I'm no longer going to update this blog.


For a long while, I have been uninspired by my own blog and I think it's gotten to the point where it's a chore to update, and I never wanted to it to become something like that. All of us deserve more than that, and I hate wasting people's time.

But, just because Katie Like Me is ending does not mean I'm no longer blogging.



The Katie Edit is something I've toyed around with for a long time. I've had a second blog for years  and I have debated with transferring Katie Like Me's content to the second blog for archive reasons, but now I feel is the time to make my second blog my main blog.

The Katie Edit is about me. My style, my thoughts, my not-taken-by-a-thousand-dollar-camera outfits. I have a new reignited love for blogging and style and I hope you'll follow my journey.

Thank you all for a wonderful 7 years.

You can check out The Katie Edit here: https://www.thekatieedit.com




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It's been a while since I have sat down and really written without an outfit being involved, or being the focus.

Weddings are stressful, guys. I know it's not been said a million times on a million different websites, so this is brand new information for you all. At the beginning of the year, I wasn't thinking about planning a wedding myself, or even having one. We didn't have a date, a time, a venue, or an even an idea that a wedding was going to happen this year. In all honesty, I thought if we were going to get married this year, we'd be eloping in a local park, or going downtown with a witness to the courthouse. But, when we talked about it, me at the kitchen sink, and Tony on the other side of the kitchen bar, we decided that we would get married this year. In November. We decided this in June.

We made this stress ourselves, don't get me wrong. No one told us to plan a wedding in 5 months--that was all us. But, at the same time, we thrive on time constraints and on stress. Or, at least our track record says we do.

What is making this whole thing stressful is the thought that planning it is all on us. Thankfully, we found a venue that comes with a day-of coordinator (thank the gods), and our wedding is small, but dang, my whole head is in planning mode, and it's pretty insane. Could I hire extra help? Totally. Will they be of help this far into the process? Probably not...

We sent out invitations on Friday and are paying the deposit for our venue this week. I have my dress, I have my bouquet (silk flowers for the win, no allergic reactions here!), we have catering on the lock down. It's real. It's real, expensive, and scary, but it's real.

This is a budget wedding, too, so that adds extra to the situation. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of sites out there for wholesale or "cheap" wedding supplies, but cheap is pretty relative. It's like going to a restaurant with 2 dollar signs on Yelp and realizing that Yelp lied because $20 for a salad is not cheap. Just me? Am I the only one who experiences this?


So needless to say, wedding planning is an adventure I never wanted to go on, but am on it anyway!





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It's the end of August, and it is Summer's last hurrah!

Stripes are some of the best and easiest prints to wear, and I love them. I also think they're the greatest for pattern mixing, too, as they act as a "neutral".

Everyone puts a striped shirt on and says "Oui" as if they're taking a picture in front of the Eiffel Tower. Yeah...I'm not French.

It's a lazy Sunday, so of course I'm donning a graphic tee and comfy skirt.

I wore this dress is a similar way around this time last year, but you have to admit, it's pretty perfect for the hot summer.

Floral skirt in a garden, so typical.

Dazey LA is a slow fashion brand that embraces slow, woman owned and ethically made clothing. It's only natural that the golden tones and female empowerment would draw me in!