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...
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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 65: You Take Me the Way I Am
THE STORY I wanted to capture multiple moments of my wedding in my journal, which meant multiple pages. I wanted to keep my favorite picture page simple, which meant a lot things were left out. Because of that, this page had to follow. I loved our reception space, and...
Visual Journal Page 64: I Mean I Think You Really Like Me
This journal page is tied with only one other page as my favorite in my book. I absolutely love it. Perhaps I love it because it took hours to make, or because it’s my favorite wedding photograph, or maybe it’s because it reminds me of my wedding day. The entire day...
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 58: Our House
I knew that eventually Nick and I would find our home... and we did. It took a couple of months of constant searching, disappointment, and frustration, but we found it. By the time we made our way to check this house out, I had mentally prepared myself to be...
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...