When I grow up I want to be the girl who has the private plane and pilot to take me and my wonderful husband wherever we want to go. Until that day, I’m happy being a girl who lets my imagination take me everywhere.

By day I design bad-ass custom cards and branding for every kind of company (and event) you can imagine, and by night I design travel to every corner of the globe. Follow my real and imaginary holidays here and drop a line to karen@klpdesigns.com when you especially enjoy a trip!

Florida-bound in two days! I feel as though this (completely questionable) product at the Chinese market in Cary is the middle part of a Venn Diagram intersecting Florida and Epcot.

Florida-bound in two days! I feel as though this (completely questionable) product at the Chinese market in Cary is the middle part of a Venn Diagram intersecting Florida and Epcot.

Today, I went to Heaven. I mean, Brooklyn. Greenpoint’s own Peter Pan Donuts. And yes, as pun-ny as it sounds, I WOULD HAVE LOVED to stay in their Never Never Land.

Today, I went to Heaven. I mean, Brooklyn. Greenpoint’s own Peter Pan Donuts. And yes, as pun-ny as it sounds, I WOULD HAVE LOVED to stay in their Never Never Land.

Is it ironic that I had my first (and potentially last*) Manhattan Special in Brooklyn? *by last, I mean last by choice. As opposed to egg creams and Brooklyn lager, this may have been the only NY beverage that didn’t have me coming back for more. Sorry, Brooklyn. Or, ahem, Manhattan.

Is it ironic that I had my first (and potentially last*) Manhattan Special in Brooklyn? *by last, I mean last by choice. As opposed to egg creams and Brooklyn lager, this may have been the only NY beverage that didn’t have me coming back for more. Sorry, Brooklyn. Or, ahem, Manhattan.

New York, I am here. Bring me your bodega coffee, tuna melts and everything bagels with cream cheese STAT. Also, bring me my fat pants, please. I think I might need them.

New York, I am here. Bring me your bodega coffee, tuna melts and everything bagels with cream cheese STAT. Also, bring me my fat pants, please. I think I might need them.

Apex, NC: Panthers v. Bears. Today, our stomachs are in Chicago: deep dish pizza dip and brownie football field* *because after extensive research I found out the brownie was invented in Chicago. Talk about the next great dinner party convo…

Apex, NC: Panthers v. Bears. Today, our stomachs are in Chicago: deep dish pizza dip and brownie football field* *because after extensive research I found out the brownie was invented in Chicago. Talk about the next great dinner party convo…

Apex, NC. Panthers v. Cowboys. In honor of Big Tex. Trivia fact: the pecan is the Texas state nut.

Apex, NC. Panthers v. Cowboys. In honor of Big Tex. Trivia fact: the pecan is the Texas state nut.

Lobster on holiday! Fire Island, NY.

Lobster on holiday! Fire Island, NY.

Girl. On. Holiday. Outer Banks, NC.

Girl. On. Holiday. Outer Banks, NC.

Carolla, NC. The coolest feeling in a car is to drive until the roadtrip literally ends at the ocean.

Carolla, NC. The coolest feeling in a car is to drive until the roadtrip literally ends at the ocean.

Happy reading! ❤ Karen