Maddie & Taylor | Wedding Preview

Well here's a little sneak peek of their wedding!
One of the most gorgeous weddings I've ever been to and had the honor of photographing for sure.
And just because this lady's one of my best friends doesn't mean I'm biased. ;)
Also, I may or may not have been tearing up (again) as I was editing these...
This day was just too perfect.
Can't wait to share the rest!

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Up With The Sun

I woke up a little earlier than usual this morning, taking advantage of that extra hour from daylight savings, and it feels really nice to have gotten my day started already. 
A resolution for this season is to wake up earlier on a regular basis. 
Something that's always easier to have resolve for Saturday afternoon when you're awake and in the warm sunshine as opposed to Sunday morning when you're all bundled up in blankets in your cold room...

A few early morning thoughts:
Working on some new designs today for the shop, keep an eye out for an update next week!
I have a photoshoot later that I'm pretty excited about.
I wish I was brave enough to leave my iPhone out of its case all the time. It's just so much prettier this way.
The Facebook Page reached over 1,000 likes yesterday! How crazy is that??
Coffee.coffee.coffee.
Morning Light is one of the most beautiful things.


Fashion Friday: Rain Boots & Knitting

Oh you know,
just your run of the mill day, knitting on walls and wandering around in rain boots because you hope it might rain...

The t-shirt dress is courtesy of the London based lifestyle shop Surfdome.
It's so super cozy and easy to just throw on and head out the door. 
I love it. 
Definitely go check them out because they have lots of neat stuff!
You can also find them on Facebook.

P.s. I think it might become a regular thing for me to be knitting during outfit posts...


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See previous Fashion Friday's posts here.



Outfit details

Dress- Courtesy of Surfdome
Boots- Hunter boots
Sweater- Thrifted
Bag: Madewell
Bracelet: Thrifted
Sunglasses: Urban Outfitters

All photos by Meagan Abell


Hello Fall

Photo cred: Meagan Abell
It's not much of a secret that fall is my favorite season. And I know it's been around for a few weeks now but I was inspired by this post and I thought I'd do one similar.


I'm looking forward to...

 eating / chili's and bean soups and all things pumpkin flavored
drinking / chamomile tea with honey (because, really, is there anything more soothing?)
practicing / thankfulness 
mastering / a good work routine
learning / french
playing / in apple orchards and on mountain tops and in cars with friends on roadtrips
finishing / a new sweater
reading / lots of fitzgerald
walking / in lots of crunchy leaves
wearing / endless cozy warm knitted articles of clothing
cooking / an apple pie
working / on new designs for the shop
traveling / to chicago come november (and hopefully nyc again sometime soon too)
wanting / to spend more time with the people i love

Knitting On CBS 6



So if you read my post the other day, you'll know that I was on TV Monday morning!
I had heaps of fun and it was such a crazy and awesome experience. I mean... being on TV? What??
It wasn't at all what I expected, but in all of the nice, this-is-more-laid-back, not-as-scary-as-it-looks kind of ways. And of course Jessica was so very lovely and helped calm my nerves by being so sweet and easy going. 
So here's the video, since you all asked me to post it!

P.s.
I want to thank all of you who sent me encouraging and supportive texts, calls, messages, comments etc. before and after the whole process! Your love and encouragement means so much to me, I can't even begin to thank you fully. I feel truly blessed to have so many wonderful and uplifting people in my life.
Couldn't do this without you guys!

P.p.s.
You can find the pieces shown on the show in the shop!

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I'm Going To Be On TV!

Photo cred: Meagan Abell

So guess what friends?
I'm going to be on Virginia This Morning on CBS6 news this Monday at 9am!
I'll be doing a short segment with a knitting demonstration as well as having a few models feature some of my knits! I'm pretty excited about it. Though immensely nervous. I mean live television?! Where I have to talk about... stuff? And I don't get any do-overs? Or take two's?
Hopefully I'll hold it together and won't laugh nervously too much...

But anyway, all you Richmonders should tune in!
And if someone wants to tape it for me that'd be super.
If you can even do that now a days without VCRs...
Do people even still own VCRs?
Can you tape things on DVDs?
Can you even still tape things?

Clearly I'm very technologically gifted...
I'll just stick to knitting.