• Wild Violet

    It’s been awhile since I have gotten out my canon camera to take some portraits of the little two, but lately I have been challenging myself to get it out more and more. Most of the photos of Violet and Fletcher stay on my phone and are just snapshots of whatever funny, cute, crazy things they do during the day. Last week, I asked Violet if she would pose for some “real” camera photographs for me and after some coaxing, she agreed. Violet is worlds apart from my first two, Hazel and Owen. She definitely puts the sass in sassy! She is very opinionated and strong willed. Recently she stopped…

  • Simple Spring Entryway

    I’m back again already! Can you believe it? Once I got back into the swing of taking photographs (with my actual camera and not my phone), I have had a lot of motivation to share more. It made me realize how much I have missed this creative outlet and the community I have come to know here. Today, I am sharing a few more photos I took of some simple spring decorating I have done around the house. Our entryway leads to the dining room on one side and living room on the other. It hasn’t gotten a lot of attention since we moved in a few years ago, but…

  • Spring in the Dining Room

    Well, hello there! It has been quite awhile since I have been here! I am happy to pop in today to share with you a little spring/summer vignette in our dining room. Life has been all sorts of crazy over the past year and I have not really focused on the house or decorating or doing much of anything other than chasing kids around and making sure everyone else has what they need. But as my youngest two gain more independence (and one takes lengthy afternoon naps), and my older two are back to full time school, I am finding time to get back to some of the things I…

  • Choosing Art for the Bedroom

    I have partnered with Photowall for this post. All expressed opinions are 100% my own. Full disclosure. Hey Friends! I hope this July finds you well. Things are still pretty low key here. We have started having a few small family get togethers but are staying home most of the time. Life is sure busy with an almost 9 month old, very spirited three year old and seven and nine year olds! I never know how the day will go. We make the best of staying home and have certainly been enjoying the warm summer weather. A much needed change these days is that little Fletcher has *finally* learned how…

  • Master Bedroom Color Palette and Inspiration Pieces

    Hey Friends! I’ve been working on getting our master bedroom decorated since we moved into our suburban colonial a couple of years ago and have made some decent (albeit slow) progress. Today, I wanted to share the color palette I decided on and inspiration pieces that helped guide me. I made these two mood boards in the Over app (which I am loving!) to show you the images from my previous posts that are inspiring me and colors I am gravitating towards for the full room design. The post contains some affiliate links. I may receive a small commission for any sales placed through them, but the cost to you…

  • Photographing the Youngest (how being the fourth changes things)

    My sweet baby boy Fletcher just turned six months old on April 14th. Maybe it’s just because he is the youngest of four, and I am one busy mama, but these months have flown by. I feel like he was just born, or rather, I was just 9 months pregnant feeling like he would never, ever come. But came he did and grow he did. Very quickly. It made me realize that since he has been here, I have only gotten out my dslr camera a handful of times. With my first born, Hazel, I was literally photographing her every day. I saved up for a special lens and would…