Goodness

Photo cred: Meagan Abell

"My goal is for you to become so convinced of My goodness that nothing can shake your trust in Me."

 I'm so overwhelmed by God's goodness lately.
It's the best kind of overwhelmed.
I feel so full of joy my heart just might burst.
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  I apologize for the unintentional break from blogging! 
I currently have 15 folders of photos on my desktop awaiting editing.... so things have been pretty busy lately.
I should be getting back into the swing of things here shortly though.
With lots (and lots) of photo posts for you to enjoy!
I know you can't wait.

Brian McDaniel

Brian has been mentioned several times here on the blog.
Here, here, here, here, here, here, here and even here.
Ok so a lot actually.
I met him almost two years ago when we were mutually semi stalking each other for street style photos. We've been friends ever since. 
Though I don't get to see Brian all that often, I always love catching up with him when I do. He's such a fun person to talk to and I feel like I always learn something new from his cultured and fashion forward self. 
Not to mention we are glasses twins.
So clearly we were destined to be friends.
Brian's been busy with some new projects lately, but he is probably most known for his Richmond street style blog Dirty Richmond, on which I've been honored enough to be featured a few times!
But anyway, I came across these photos on my hard drive which I took this time last year for a feature for From The Runway To RVA. Due to some website maintenance and other things, the feature was never able to be published. 
So I thought, hey, there's no reason why they can't still be shared with the world!
So here we are.
And though anyone that knows him (or even just follows him on twitter) knows that he loves Adele, vinyl records and has a VHS collection, I feel like these images portray not just those things, but Brian's fun and charming personality.
I definitely would love to do a photoshoot with Brian again at some point, now that I have more experience, a better lens and a better eye, but I still love these photos. We had a lot of fun shooting them!
So enjoy and be sure to check out Brian's current tumblr where he posts beautiful and enchanting photos of what he's up to every so often in Richmond and elsewhere.


The Kind Of Friends



There are some days you are extra grateful for friends.
The kind of friends who pull you out of slumps.
The kind who pray with you, out loud, in the middle of a Starbucks for a solid ten minutes without even being a little bit embarrassed. 
The kind that wander around big cornfields and abandoned houses to find that perfect shot.
The kind that almost always try to pay for your food and/or drinks when you're out with them.
Even when they can't afford it.
The kind that inspire you and motivate you to be better.
The kind that remind you what you're capable of and how much you have going for you.
The kind that text lyrics to that one song to you in ALL CAPS.
With lots of emojis.
The kind that send you youtube videos to really dumb but really funny things.
The kind that love you simply because you're you.
Even if you're a little bit weird.
Especially because you're a little bit weird.
Those are the kind I'm extra grateful for today.

Modeling

Modeled for James and Meagan just for fun last week.
I'm not really much of a model honestly, I really have to be posed to a T because I don't know what I'm doing. At all.
I'm more comfortable behind the camera, which is to be expected I guess.
(Although Meagan's definitely been working on that with me as you can see here, here, here and here)
Not to mention when I take serious photos I usually look like I'm going to cry.
Such are my limitations I suppose.

I have to confess this is kind of a filler post for the week. I have a lot of photos to edit from a wedding this weekend so I kinda need to go do that!
But James and Meagan are both fabulous so they always deserve a shout out.

You can see more of their beautiful work here and here.

Cheyenne Part 2

So remember this stunning girl?
Well I am finally posting the rest of her photos!
About time right?
I definitely loved working with her, and can't wait to hopefully shoot again with her in the future!
Thanks again Cheyenne for being such a gorgeous and fun model.
Seriously, everyone who saw these raved about your natural beauty!

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Check out more photos here.
Interested in getting some portraits of your own done?
Email me for more info: by.leney@gmail.com

P.s. Like Cheyenne's hat? You can get one of your own in my shop here!

Life According To Instagram

So this is a little bit of an unconventional week in review post.
Mostly because I haven't done one in ages. So this is kind of a mish-mash of some things that have been going on for the past week or two!

-Announced the brand new blog design! Let me know what you think. :)
-Had our (hopefully) last snow of the season. Ready for warm weather now!
-Worked on some new designs for the shop
-Posted more Europe photos
-Went to the zoo! The meerkats and giraffes were my favorite.
-Wished someone special a happy birthday
-Celebrated Easter
-Spent a whole week getting over being sick. It was pretty awful. Finally on the mend though and ready to get back to work!
-Figured you've heard about Google Reader biting the dust this Summer. So I thought I would mention that you can now follow me on Canopi (a super cool up and coming new site!) or Blog Lovin. :)


Follow me at @agirlnamedleney

New Blog Design

Before

After

Super excited to finally reveal the new blog design!
After months of working on this it's finally done!
I can hardly believe it.
Huge thanks to Bri of The Secret Life of Bee for working with me on it! She put in a lot of hours of hard work and I really appreciate it. Definitely pop over to her blog and tell her how awesome she is.
Also big thanks to my friend Meagan for taking all the lovely new photos for the about page and photography page and the welcome photo etc.
She is fantastic as always.
And of course it can't be forgotten that she helped me design my logo in the first place!
Melissa is also in need of thanks for helping out with a lot of little technical difficulties (which she was awesome enough to work on very late at night) and for even making me super cool new icons for my Facebook page!
Basically I'm surrounded by awesome people and I now owe everyone a lifetime supply of knits.

So what do you guys think?
Do you like the new look?

About



I remember being eight years old, sitting on a taupe-colored couch, clutching pencil-sized, plastic, red knitting needles and wrapping multi-colored purple and green yarn (which, at the time, I thought was beautiful) around them. My grandmother was teaching me how to knit. 

And so the obsession began. 

My name is Leney, and I work full time at designing and creating things for my Etsy shop, which holds a variety of knits, jewelry pieces and other things! I've been artsy ever since I was a little girl, and I can't remember a time when I wasn't knitting, sewing, painting or drawing. (Or making super- attractive paper bag vests with pom-poms glued to them, but that's a story for another time!) I love working with people to create custom pieces, and I'm always open to a new idea or challenge. 

Additionally, I'm a photographer! Taking photos is another one of my many passions. You can read more about that and how to book a photo session on my photography page, as well as in this post here. 

In short, creating is what I do, whether it's with yarn and knitting needles or with a camera capturing images. I live and breathe it every day, and through it I strive to give glory to my Creator, because He's the one who gave me these talents and abilities to begin with! When I'm not knitting or taking photos you can find me... 

Thrifting, eating fried green tomatoes, making lists of everything, watching Gilmore Girls, reading library books, playing dominoes, listening to Billie Holiday or Beirut, drinking soda from glass bottles (because it tastes better that way), finding excuses to travel and taking care of a bunny named Lewis. 

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoy your visit! 

♥ Leney