Sometimes I wonder as Nick and I are walking through the grocery store, if people think we are crazy. We are a very goofy couple. We are constantly messing with each other, calling each other names, Nick fake hits me, I fake hit him, sometimes I wonder if people think...
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Visual Journal Page 13: The Tie Dye Cry
This was a boiling point for me. The first few weeks of school were behind me, but the stress of the year had been piling up. It was my second year at my school, my second year as an art teacher, and the first year I felt I was fully on my own. My first year teaching...
Visual Journal Page 10: Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Being born and raised in the south also means that I was born and raised with the Braves. Growing up I remember rooting for Chipper Jones, Javy Lopez, and Tom Glavine. I still remember walking into the Braves stadium for the first time, amazed by the gargantuan size...
Visual Journal Page 6: New Inspiration from Old Places
I was thrilled when I finished my first visual journal cover to cover, and I couldn't wait to start my new book. When I first found my second book I was in love, as I flipped through the pages I could visualize all of the things I was going to create. But just four...
Visual Journal Page 69: Basic Crafts
I finally reached the end. I reached the end of my journey, the end of my first visual journal. I worked cover to cover until every page was filled with my life. This journal, this book, reflects one year of my life. It is a snippet of who I am, my struggles, gains,...
Visual Journal Page 62: Soon to be Happily Ever After
This visual journal page is very sentimental, it captures a piece of our wedding, a piece of the commitment we made to each other. By the time this page was created, I had spent the last five and a half months planning my dream wedding. I had carefully picked...
Visual Journal Page 60: School Year Wrap Up
I survived my first year as a teacher. It was stop and go for awhile, but I made it to the end. As you go through school, student teaching, talking with veteran teachers,...
Visual Journal Page 54: Wedding Registry
I knew the wedding registry was going to be a fun, stress free part of wedding planning. I couldn't wait to go out and pick out gifts for other people to give us. I was constantly keeping my eyes peeled when I was out shopping, always flipping through magazines, and...
Visual Journal Page 53: House Hunting
As I have said before... house hunting can be a bit of a roller coaster ride. When we first started looking for our house, I couldn't have been more excited. That excitement quickly wore off as I realized that things can look perfect on paper but in reality be nothing...
Visual Journal Page 45: The Bridesmaid Dress
THE STORY Exactly one week after I got engaged, I bought my wedding dress. I went to one store, tried on a few dresses, got an idea for the style I wanted, and attended a bridal show the following weekend. I tried on a couple of dresses there, not finding much, until...