I have always been fascinated by photography. I have spent countless hours studying photographs of people, while considering the angles, the lighting, and the editing the photographer used. I love the fact that photography has the amazing ability to transport us to a different time, or place with one single shot.
It was not until I started blogging that I decided to take photography more seriously. With camera in hand, I started experimenting with photographs of my apartment, of friends, and family. It was after experimenting in this way that I realized my passion for photography. I have no formal training or background in this field, but I realize that passion can open your eyes to the impossible, so not only did I invest in the proper equipment I also spent the necessary time to learn everything I could to enhance the skill it takes to be proficient with this passion.
I enjoy, and appreciate the opportunity to photograph bloggers, couples, influencers who make an impact in their profession, families, and also lifestyle type setting. I take an individual approach to each person I photograph. I make every effort to embrace and highlight the focus of what they are trying to convey to their audience with each session.
I look forward to working together and capturing the potential magnificence of your moments through my eyes and the lens of my camera.
When I am carousing around Instagram my eyes are always peeled to who people are mentioning and what they are wearing. Since I love the minimalist approach to european style I try to fill my feed with those influencers. While on my daily scroll I came across a post of the most amazing bags. I quickly clicked on the name tagged and was directed to the dutch designer, Denise Roobol. Denise’s bags instantly struck me! They were minimal, clean, classic, and chic – four things I love in a bag. I also love her process of designing bags and how she creates a story and scenario each bag will best fit. To name a few, there is the Cruise Bag designed around those summer days you sit on a dock sipping champagne with your friends, the Road Bag for those days bike around your city and discover new settings and the Daily Bag which is designed for using public transportation for a casual visit into the city or to attend a business meeting.
Denise has also spent her time working on finding the highest quality faux leather. To be honest, in the past I have never been a fan of faux leather. It always seems too stiff, looked too plastic, or didn’t seem high quality but Denise has found a way to work with and create such a classic and beautiful product, faux is easily overlooked. While her bags are everything I want and more – minimal, classic, chic, under $250, she doesn’t yet ship to the U.S. I will continue to check-in for the day she ships stateside but for now I thought it was a brand you should know about! And if you are ever in the Netherlands, be sure to check her out!
Happy Monday + Cinco de Mayo! I rang in Cinco de Mayo a little early this year at a celebration of the new Biscuit Home store opening in Houston. Bailey who is the owner and founder did an incredible job designing her new space! Every wall, room, nook and cranny is done to perfection. And the bedding, oh the bedding! There really isn’t anything else out there like it. I have been a long time fan of Bailey’s work so was excited to finally buy a few pillows I have been lusting over for months. Since my room is dark and the bed is light I went with the Marfa and the Taupe. I am so excited to finally complete my bed! Right when I finish this post I am off to the store to buy the inserts. I honestly can’t type fast enough!
A few days before I left for Houston I couldn’t help but live in my Frame Denim and a little white blouse. Have you ever tried Frame? Oh my denim goodness! This is how amazing they are – the day I bought them I came home, emptied out my jean rack, and tried to sell every other pair of jeans so I could have a closet of only Frame. They not only stay skinny on your body but they are as soft as butter. I am always a bit skeptical when people say they found the perfect denim, so when my friend Sally told me I had to try them I was hesitant. A few weeks later I was trying them on and wishing I had done so sooner. Being a girl who lives in her denim, finding Frame was like finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. I am not sure I will ever wear any other denim.
“What’s for dinner?”
“Uhg, I don’t know. What are you in the mood for?”
“Anything.”
“This is so annoying. Just pick!”
“I picked last time. You pick!
“I am cooking. YOU pick!”
Yes, this is embarrassingly how my husband and my usual conversation goes when we are deciding on what to eat. It is one of the only challenges marriage has brought this far – choosing what to eat for the week. Figuring this out, making the list, and then going out and buying the food for one person was always stressful enough, but two, I might as well be on a high does of xanax every Monday morning. I know, i know, this is totally a first world problem but for as much as I love food, I loath the process of buying and making it even more. Sometimes it is just too much work to come up with a list, buy the necessary ingredients, and make the dish that I get overwhelmed and just order in. I know it sounds ridiculous but I always say when I become fabulously wealthy the first thing I will have is a personal live-in chef who also does ALL of the grocery shopping! Want to know a secret to cutting out 2/3 of the work, basically having a personal shopper, and not having to be fabulously wealthy? Aritzone. Yes, miracle.
I can’t even begin to explain what a lifesaver Artizone is to any household. You can literally go to their site, find your groceries, and voila they are delivered to your door the next day. You can also shop by recipe which is a game changer! I used to stress about what to make and then making sure I bought all the proper ingredients but Artizone does it for you! If that wasn’t enough to sell you I have a few more points that you will love – not only are the products of the highest quality but everything is local! I.love.this. I absolutely love supporting small business and Artizone is a master at it. All of their products are hand selected from local stores which makes it feel like you are not only getting quality but also like you just raided your moms pantry. It all just feels so homey and yummy. My favorite discovery? Kulfi Ice Cream. My husband and I melt over these bars. They are made with four ingredients that you can actually pronounce and are only 140 calories. I am not an ice cream lover but these are unreal! Trust me on that!
Artizone is my new lifesaver and I hope you get to try them out because I promise, your life will be changed. You place the order in the morning and you get the food that evening or the next day. Andddd delivery cost is only $5. I know, I know. Insane! It is so stress free I feel ridiculous I ever worried about groceries before. So for the best part of this entire post – Artizone is offering my readers a 20% discount on their orders for the next week. Enter MAS20 at checkout and voila! life.changing. Even if you don’t buy for yourself it would make the perfect gift – making sure your husband eats well while you are away, sending to your elderly parents who can’t make it to the store anymore, or giving to your kids in college who are too lazy to go out and buy quality food. Possibilities are endless. I personally would have loved for my mom to send me some groceries when I was in college (cough, cough)…or now? Mom, are you listening? Helllooooooo….?! Okay so you aren’t reading but the delivery cost is so inexpensive I think I can handle this on my own. I hope you try it out and let me know what you think!
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