Weekend in My Life Vlog

This weekend I decided to do a vlog because why not. So click below to follow me around Austin! Hannah visited me for a day, we got our new members in our spirit organization and there were lots of laughs to be had. How was your weekend-xoxo darling, Hayden.

Quotes of the Week

All images can be found here.

Articles I'm Reading

1. So many of these are amazing, and I can't wait to watch more // The Best British Shows You Should Be Watching // Refinery 29
2. These look so beautiful // The Secrets of Sydney's Unsurpassed Swimming Spots // Afar
3. This made me laugh so hard // One of the last Blockbuster stores in the world has a hilarious Twitter account // Entertainment Weekly
4. Still incredibly fascinated by all of London // See London’s Underground ‘Mail Rail,’ Then and Now // Atlas Obscura
5. W O W // 12 of the World's Most Stunning Public Staircases // Architectural Digest
6. I want to see so many of these // 25 Indie Films and Festival Favorites to See This Season, From ‘mother!’ to ‘Call Me By Your Name’ // Indie Wire

In Case You Missed It:

1. I shared my whirlwind trip to Los Angeles...
2. Talked about my new portfolio and how I did it...
3. Shared my go-to study playlist on Spotify...

Study Times Playlist

Being in my last year of college I have studied a lot. Like a lot a lot. So I thought why not share the songs that I listen to on repeat while I study with y'all? It really depends on the kind of studying I'm doing but these are the most consistent songs. Appalachian Spring Suite is about 25 minutes long and I will put that on repeat when cramming for an exam the night before...sure I don't do that... Anyways, hope y'all like this and please let me know what songs you listen to while you study-xoxo darling, Hayden.  

My New Portfolio

Very soon I will be graduating from college...let's not talk about it...but in order to get a job after graduation I created a new portfolio site. My old one was...iffy but the new one I am incredibly proud of. I hope y'all will let me know your thoughts as well. Here is a link to my portfolio, feel free to explore it.  But I thought this was a good opportunity to talk about portfolios in general. I think the more minimal the better but to each their own. Also, I used to use WordPress, something that I have always hated. But now I use SquareSpace and it is so worth it. I bought a year subscription and my university gives a 50% discount {check, your's might too} so it was only $7 a month. With the fee you also get a custom domain name. I was able to buy www.haydenpigott.com, thank goodness. The whole system is fairly user friendly and they have great Q&A pages if you can't figure out how to do something {ie. me}.  I created a static open page:

If you click on Portfolio it takes you through to the whole site or if you click one of the social media icons they will take you to my various sites. I went with very basic fonts because I wanted to choose a really colorful photo - which is me in a nutshell. I adore this pink wall in Austin & the color orange {hook 'em} so that was important for me to showcase.  Once you click portfolio you are taken here:

The squares, which continue and look like below are links to my various pieces of work. As you can see HT is first, I do my most work on it. Some of the photos are my own, the others are images I found online that went with the organization. Some of them link directly through to the site, for example I write for Spoon University and it takes you right to my page that has links to all of the articles I've written. 

If you click on something like, Arcadia London Guide, I have created a seperate page {hidden it from view} with links to other separate pages {also hidden from view}. The landing page has links to the articles I've written that weren't published online so they have their own page where they are written on the site. 

Other than that there is the About page, I went with a simple description of myself because I also have my resume on the site {you'll see that below as well}. 

I embedded my resume onto my site so if you click on it, it takes you to wear you can download a PDF.

Lastly, my contact page. I included my email address because my phone number is on my resume if someone absolutely has to get to me. 

Overall, I'm really happy with the way it turned out and I hope this might help y'all with your portfolios. I would love to see them so send me the links-xoxo darling, Hayden.