On November 1st, my best friend and I drove across the country and created a detailed itinerary for you road-trip loving and adventure seeking humans.
Our East Coast to West Coast itinerary includes Airbnb cities that we loved, road trip jams, and to-die-for burger joints.
Follow along with my day-to-day journey on social media –> Instagram @MadisonCrowley
Along with being a blogger, I am also a photographer! Check out my photography portfolio –> MadisonCrowleyPhoto.com
Welcome back to Forge A Frenzy, where coffee is always in hand and thoughts are running 100 miles a minute.
I have been debating whether or not to write a full on, deep, nostalgic post to sum up 2016, or to keep it short and sweet. I have decided to do a mixture of both. Being a blogger means allowing people to get to know the person that you are, beyond the screen. That is an aspect I have come to love about the bloggers that I follow myself and about those who reach out to me. That being said, vulnerability isn’t always easy.
New Year’s is my favorite holiday because everyone takes a little bit of time out of their busy lives to get together and celebrate the hope that is the new year. I get even more cheesy on New Year’s Eve apparently
In 2016 I:
Finished up my Presidency with the Student Merchandising Association
Struggled with my weight
Graduated from the University of Georgia
Became single
Completed my dream internship with Nordstrom
Allowed myself to push past fear and open the door to my very own creative outlet with Forge A Frenzy
Gained confidence + faith in myself that I did not know I could ever have
Still struggled with my weight, despite said confidence
Moved to California from my childhood home, 2,200 miles across the country
Became un-single
Experienced excitement at the idea of creating new friendships and possibilities in a brand new city
Experienced sadness and terror at the idea of creating new friendships and possibilities in a brand new city
Welcome back frenzies <3
Most people would never, ever want to escape Southern California. I am one of those people. But, when you move from your childhood home to a new place, no matter how incredible it is, your heart still longs for familiarity and comfort. I was able to fly back to Georgia for a week for my boyfriend’s graduation where I also got to see some of my very best friends. When I first arrived, one of my bffs from college (weird saying from college because it feels like I was just in college yesterday) picked me up from the airport. We got Starbucks (I have a problem, I’ll admit) (My favorite order right now is The Holiday Spice Flat White, thanks Kels) and headed to the Classic City. We arrived and ate lunch at The Place, which has super yummy southern comfort food. I was feeling gross from traveling overnight so I got a BLT on multigrain bread with a side of fruit but threw in a mimosa because hey, you only live once. Kelsie got their special of the day which was BBQ and even though I don’t like BBQ (I know, it’s a crime), her food still looked delicious.
Hi frenzies!
The holidays are here (Christmas is on Sunday, what????) and one of my favorite parts of the holidays, besides dressing for all of the fabulous holiday parties and events, is getting to see lots of friends and family. Since I have moved to California, I had to make the trek back to Atlanta and Athens to see my friends! I love traveling so this is not a problem (;
Welcome back to Forge A Frenzy!
So there are a lot of things in life that I love. Coffee, blogging, plane rides, exploring. And these things all have one thing in common. Well, maybe more than one thing. But for the purpose of this post, 1 thing in common. THEY CAN ALL BE DONE IN A COMFY, CUTE SWEATER. Living in SoCal means checking the weather outside before you do anything. And right now, it is super chilly out. Not a “I need a huge puffy jacket to keep me warm” kind of chilly, but a nice comfy and warm sweater. I am listing out my favorite soft and trendy sweaters in this post so you all can be warm and stylin’ as well.
6 COMFY + TRENDY SWEATERS THAT YOU NEED IN YOUR CLOSET
Happy post-Thanksgiving week frenzies!!
I hope you all had a wonderful day/week with the people that you love, celebrating all that  you have to be thankful for.
In the spirit of the holidays that comes with Thanksgiving for my family and I, my brain is now fixed on the people that I want to buy to buy Christmas gifts for! And also for some super sweet deals on items that I have been eyeing for a while…
In order to help with your shoppings lists, for others and just to treat yourself, I thought I would compile a list of my favorite Cyber Monday stops. And also throw in some Black Friday deals that have lasted throughout the weekend.
*Click the capitalized name of each shop for a link to their main website.
Happy Tuesday, beauties!
Nostalgia for Atlanta and the majority of my heart that is still there is hitting me in full force.
The weekend before I left, some friends and I visited a super cool place called the Atlanta Prison Farm and it was an adventure for sure. The prison was previously fully functioning during the early 1900’s and has since then been sitting in Atlanta gathering graffiti and urban visitors. In October 2009 the roof caught on fire and left a good portion of the decaying building burnt crisp.
Hello from California, frenzies!
I am so excited to be able to get back into my blogging routine and return to some semblance of normalcy in my daily life. Moving takes a lot out of ya. While I am compiling my post recapping and outlining my journey across the USA, I thought I would share a few fun photos from my time here so far. We currently live in Newport Beach, which is southwest-ish of LA for those of you who aren’t familiar with Southern California. It’s beautiful and welcoming and dreamy.
Welcome back and welcome to fall, frenzies!
I’m gonna go ahead and say that if you told me I would be wearing a camo dress 6 months ago I would have laughed in your face. I HATED CAMO. Still not a huge fan of most of it but this subtle yet bold dress really stood out to me when I picked it up. Camo is making its way back into the fashion scene and instead of resisting it I decided to embrace it. I also wanted to do a post that highlighted my staples for fall: Olive, bomber jackets, and booties. This outfit incorporates all 3. Fall is the perfect season to combine different pieces and I love the idea of this fall jacket with a more warmer style dress. And camo is back, people.
Let’s start with the shoe of dreams.
