meet the sponsor // hey sabrina faith

Hey, I'm Sabrina Faith. i'm a 21 year old gal livin' in southern Illinois with my kitty cat, Gregory. Most of my days consist of me laying in my bed drinking sweet tea by the gallon and binge watching T.V. shows on Netflix. I like to think I'm handling adulthood pretty well.

Describe your blog and what drew you to start blogging. What is your favourite part about it? 

Hey Sabrina Faith is a mixture of everything I love. I wanted a place to share it all. I talk about beauty, music, my daily life, music and whatever else seems to fancy me. My favorite part about blogging is meeting new people. I know that's super cliche to say BUT I've met some really awesome people through blogging. I also love being able to share my thoughts on things with others. I like being able to promote things I love.

Is there any particular topic you like to write about most?

Probably beauty. It's the easiest to talk about, honestly. I love writing personal posts but I know I get a lot of crap about "sharing too much online".

What are your favourite blogs? Who inspires and awes you the most?

Oh, this is a tough one. I obviously love Amber's blog because I'm sponsoring her! I also really love Brittney of Like An Arrow - She's one of my biggest blogging best friends. I have so many favorite bloggers right now, check my sidebar for some more awesome blogs!

What are your top five favourite bands/musicians? 

My hands down favorite band is A Day To Remember, I will FOREVER fan girl over everything they ever put out. Lately I've been listening to The 1975 NON stop, I suggest checking them out. I also really love The Dangerous Summer, Bastille, Fall Out Boy and Kodaline.

Do you attend concerts and if so, which has been your favourite and who are you dying to see?

Yes I do! The last band I saw live was Fall Out Boy! I always enjoy seeing A Day To Remember live mostly because they're my favorite and because they always make it super fun. I can't think of any artist I'm really DYING to see but I would love to see the 1975 live.

Do you feel pretty open about your injury and is it a big part of your blog? 

I am open about my spinal cord injury and everything that comes with it because it's important to educate people. There's a negative stereotype that surrounds the disabled community and I think that's crap.. but it all comes from a lack of knowledge. People don't understand so they assume things. I think it's important to talk about the things nobody else wants to and share my struggles so that others can understand better.. and relate.

What's a day in the life of Sabrina like?

Oh goodness, I'm pretty lame actually. I sleep til like noon, then I'll play on my phone for a good hour before taking a shower. Sometimes I put on makeup if I plan on seeing people that day, I'll check my laptop. I clean almost every day but somehow my apartment still is messy.

What are your current favourite make up products? 

I recently made a video about my current favorites- you can view that here.

Guilty pleasures?

Ke$ha, for sure! I also love to jam One Direction's "That's What Makes You Beautiful"

Most importantly, what is your favourite ice cream flavour?

I'd normally say vanilla, but I've been LOVING some mint chocolate chip lately!

You can read what Sabrina's been up to on her blog, and you can also find her here:
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STEF & BRYCE'S WEDDING CAKE

I previously mentioned that I was attending an important wedding in January and that I was doing the cake. It is pretty annoying to not want to touch anything let alone your camera when your hands are covered in sugar. It is even more unfortunate to forget your camera on one of the most important days of one of your best friend's life. Good thing my iPhone is in my clutch at all times. And while I may not have got any photos of my super adorable outfit (may have to dress up again and do an outfit post one day just to show you!), I did happen to get a few photos of the decorating process and the set up.

The cupcakes were two different flavours: Devils Food Cake (a recipe I've memorized from my Martha Stewart Cupcakes book) and a Butter Cake that's been in my family for years and is a no fail fluffy vanill-y cake that we swear by. The icing was white chocolate buttercream, which is a new thing for me and it's been a big hit for two weddings and birthday now. 

Stef and I picked some course sugar and these sprinkles that look like snow to top the cupcakes, along with some white and black sugar pearls. The cake was to be a rosette cake with black pearl centers, but I found these snowflake fondant cutters and my mind raced with possibilities. I came up with snow covered cake with a snowflake on each cupcake. 

This was my first crack at doing a fondant cake. Can you tell? There were a few attempts before actually getting the fondant not to crack in a million places before getting it to look good. I am pretty proud of it and I keep hoping to myself that Stef and Bryce loved it even though Stef thanked me over and over again and told me it was "effin' beautiful, man".

I'm really hoping there some good professional photos done of them cutting the cake, for now I only have a few dark shots of them goofing around (mostly blurry because I was pretty tipsy by that point) and a video of Tyler, a groomsman, attempting to throw the bride into the cake.

I do say, Stef and Bryce sure do clean up well and make for a very handsome bride and groom. I am so proud of them and I get teary eyed just thinking of how they are husband and wife now. Ten years later! All my best wishes to the two of them and their future. Love you guys!

A Little Shout Out

I am crazy about these headbands my friend Bry made for Josie. They're so adorable! She doesn't have an Etsy shop (yet) but I'll definitely be posting again about her once she sets up.

I especially love the colours she used for this one. The gold goes so well with teal - I can't wait until it fits Josie's head. I wish I knew how to knit.

Hope everybody is having a good weekend!