perfection: a diptych

A cup of tea and a cupcake. The perfect way to end a day. :)

~Kendall

{who accidentally almost wrote 'Starr' :P Old habits die hard!}

P.S. I did originally have a different post for today, that I published and then promptly deleted. Sorry if that confused anyone. :) I just wanted something simpler. Thus this insanely short post.

what's in a name {the truth}

I feel like I owe you all the truth.

And the truth is that my name is not Starr and until I am completely honest about that then I can never be truly myself on here. When I first started blogging, way back in 2008, I guess I was a little paranoid. A long time ago, my friend and I used to pretend that we were 'Heart' and 'Starr' so I just used the name Starr as my alias. And everything was fine. But that was my old blog, a different part of my life. It was a different part of me. But here, I want to try and be as close to the whole, real me as I can. Thus, the truth. Some of you already know this {cough, cousins, cough, in which case you can disregard it, but for the rest of you, I just wanted to let you know.

My real name is Kendall. Apparently, it is from a surname which comes from the name of a city in northwest England meaning "valley of the River Kent". {via} How superbly interesting, eh? My nicknames range from dumb to ridiculous, including, but not limited to: Kendallita, Kendallio, Kandall (pronounced Kahn-dul), Ken-Ken and probably some more. :P

My name is Kendall, and this is me.

check out that epic sunflare. :P

This is my blog, full of my pictures and words, thoughts and hopes and musings. I am fourteen and I live in Texas. I am a lover of photography, music {pop, rock, alternative, acoustic, anything along those lines}and cats. I like simplicity and quiet but frequently contradict myself. I'm shy but not at home. Smile is my word for this year.

So if you see my name, don't be confused. It's just me, the same old me, just a different name. It's going to take some getting used to, not typing 'Starr' but I think it's a good change. It's a pleasure to meet you. :)

~K.

baking endeavors

Today I did something I'd been wanting to do for a while...I made red velvet cupcakes, complete with cream cheese frosting. They were delicious, if I do say so myself; though I'm sure my sister and her friend would gladly agree. ;)

I gathered all the ingredients...

And the recipe, of course: {courtesy of Abbey}

And I set to work, measuring and pouring and beating everything until it was just so.

In went the batter and out came the cupcakes, fresh and warm and just right...

Then came the frosting. My frosting abilities leave much to be desired, but I think they turned out alright.

And then, of course, I did what I'd been waiting to do. I devoured my cupcake.

But not before taking plenty of pictures of it. ;)

 So, that, my friends, is the story of my adventures in cupcake baking. It was a lot of work {mostly the cleanup!} but totally worth it. Have you baked anything recently? 

~Starr