Can you believe it? My little blog is a year old already! Well technically it was last week but life has been a little bit crazy over here. Thanks to all of your love and support I have been swamped with orders from my Etsy shop and branching out with my photography! I just finished editing a photo session with two sweet kids who have a very special surprise to share with their Daddy and a couple more sessions that I am just dying to share with you guys soon! By all the time I’ve been spending in the workshop too lately it looks like you guys are loving the new selection of chalkboard speech bubbles and wooden letters in the Etsy shop too! Not to mention the half a dozen special infinity tattoo designs I am working on right now. How cool is that? You guys are absolutely the best! So, I’m sorry I haven’t been around as much lately but I promise I have so many new fun things that I hope to get up here to share with you soon! To celebrate today I thought I would let you take a stroll on back to all of my favorite posts over the last year.
One of my most popular posts is Emma Grace’s Photo Project which is one project I am so proud of. For all the hours and time that I’ve spent editing photos and preparing each shoot it is by far my most rewarding project!
Emma Grace’s Nursery has been one of my favorite projects I have done in years. I poured my heart and soul into creating that room from scratch and I can’t help but smile so big every time I walk in there. You guys seemed to love the reveal too because I heard back from so many of you that you too were in love with her French Provencal Dresser makeover! Guess what..if you sit tight I hopefully will have a couple new photos to share of some new custom-made furniture we created for her as well as some toddler friendly updates!
I still can’t believe how many views my post where I shared with you my journey to get my first tattoo has gotten! You know what is crazy is when you are scrolling through your feed on Pintrest and there is your tattoo staring back at you that was pinned from people you have never met! Or even crazier when your big sister calls to tell you your tattoo also showed up on her feed today pinned by one of her friends who had no idea it was mine! Crazy!!! Then when I actually decided to offer custom designs in my Etsy shop I never could image how big of a response I would get! You guys are amazing!!
Who doesn’t love baking? Because I sure do! That’s why I loved being able to share with you some of my favorite pumpkin pie and irish cream cupcake recipes along with an amazing recipe to make your very own vanilla extract! Don’t worry we will have plenty more where those came from!
Do you know where big wooden letters and bubbles come from? I let you guys take a quick behind the scenes tour with me to see what goes into making some of my favorite products!
Speaking of sneak peeks…remember when I gave you a little glimpse into what I’m hiding in my camera bag, diaper bag, studio and workshop? That was so much fun!
I love holiday crafts and this Valentine’s Day garland was so much fun! I’m thinking of making garland that I can personalize to use for photo shoots! Pregnancy announcements, save the date cards anyone?
After being sick of my old worn out kitchen rug I gave it a fun facelift with a bit of creativity with the help of some paint!
I celebrated Hyperemesis Gravidarum Awareness Day by sharing my own personal journey with HG. It was by far my most difficult post to write but since I wrote about my story I have had several women who are suffering or have survived HG reach out to me. Their stories of strength and encouragement made it worth finally telling my story.
I’ve been able to take my photography journey to a new level by booking several sessions this past month! I absolutely love being behind the camera and being able to capture that one special moment in life that you can hold on to for forever. I loved being able to share with you some amazing pictures that I took at a friend’s wedding. That post along with the photos I shared from the very first wedding have also got a lot of love from you guys. I can’t wait to show you some new photos soon!
Do you know what happens though when you end up with maybe a couple hundred…or more photos that you have taken over the last year? Yepp, you get an awesome family yearbook printed! I always share our book with friends and family who come over to the house and everyone is just amazed by how great it looks. I’m still just amazed at how easy it was! I can’t wait to make more!
If you don’t know already I absolutely LOVE graphic design. So creating free printables to share with you all like the Holiday and Fall Bucket Lists was so much fun. Looks like it’s time to create a new one for Summer soon!
What were your favorite posts? What would you like to see more of? I would love to hear from you guys! Thank you for all the love and support over the past year you guys are amazing!!!
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