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In case you’re unaware, Mother’s Day is in TWO days! This Sunday!! Being a mother myself, I know how much it means to be shown love and appreciation! This Mother’s Day is unique, as I feel the last week’s leading up to it have been so unprecedented. Only essential businesses have been in operation, so […]

May 8, 2020

// Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

With all that’s been going on in the world lately, I thought today’s featured blog post would be SO helpful! My dear friend and fellow wedding photographer, Loren Jackson, shared some wonderful ideas on her page yesterday on how to help small businesses during this time! Most of these are geared toward photography businesses, but […]

April 9, 2020

// How To Help Small Businesses Right NOW

What a weird freaking time life is right now. We as humans go from being some of the kindest souls to some of the nastiest in .02 seconds. I know this is HARD. I know this is SCARY. But, I also know there is SO much false information out there and trying to keep up […]

April 7, 2020

// TIME

Find this book here: https://www.amazon.com/When-Less-Becomes-More-Making As 2019 starting slowing down, so did my mind and my heart. I found myself using social media and my phone is the most unhealthy of ways. I had this almost…habit formed desire to feel connected, all the time. It was honestly becoming very taxing and very unhealthy. I knew […]

January 14, 2020

// When Less Becomes More

(stock image) It took me a LONG time to realize, understand, and practice the subject of this post. When I became a mother almost 4 years ago, I was made to believe that ANY time I left my child was selfish. Not by any one person in particular, but I just feel like society as […]

January 9, 2020

Why Self Care Isn’t Selfish

I have such a love/hate relationship with blogging. Like most things in life, I overthink each and every post, sentence, and the overall content. But in the words of my girl-crush Jasmine Star— I am showing up and I am putting it out into the world! As 2019 comes to a close, I feel we […]

December 30, 2019

2019 Reflection and Big Dreams for 2020

Photo by: Loren Jackson I’m not really sure how we got here, but today I’m beyond blessed to celebrate another trip around the sun. Birthdays are always a weird mix of emotions for me….it’s a time to be celebrated and also a time of reflection. It’s a time to evaluate your life, happiness, and goals. […]

August 20, 2019

Feelin’ 32

For those who may not know, May is Mental Health Awareness month and today’s blog is SO special. Meet Ray and Natasha Hughes. A married couple who have overcame mental illness within their marriage and are here to share their story. I reached out to Natasha a few weeks back, after reading her story on […]

May 14, 2019

// For Better, or For Worse | Mental Health Awareness

CONFESSION: I never knew “color of the year” was a thing. or real. Or whatever. But the more and more I get into the planning side of things and blogging, I found this out and think it’s SO cool! I absolutely LOVED reading about how the color of the year is selected- and fell in […]

January 23, 2019

// 2019 Color of The Year

Thank you to The Cannons Photography for hosting and capturing this! Guys. I seriously don’t even know where to begin this post. I have the most overflowing heart these past few days and the people pictured above are a HUGE part of that! A few years ago, I became a part of a local group […]

January 17, 2019

// Community Over Competition