Shop Sale!



Sale sale sale!
But just until midnight tonight.
I'm trying out a new platform for the shop, and so in honor of that, and testing new things out, I'm offering 15% off all orders from now until midnight tonight!
Just use the code: WEEKENDSALE2014 at checkout.

Only A Page

 In Flight
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"I've always agreed with Saint Augustine when he said 'The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.'...traveling is the motivation for me to grow as an artist." | Caleb Jordan Lee 


More travel plans are in the works.
(Which is, let's be honest, always the case over here)
Still planning on sharing heaps and heaps of photos soon soon soon.
Promise.
Meanwhile, I hope you're having a lovely Wednesday.
Make it great, okay?

The Desire


Photo Cred: Meagan Abell

"Artists are people driven by the tension between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide" | D.W. Winnicott 

The desire to hide.
I think it's a feeling we've all experienced from time to time. 
No matter how confident and outgoing we may be. We are all on occasion going to be out of our comfort zone, whether it's in a new social setting or in facing an unfamiliar challenge.

I've recently come out of a season like that.
And I think it's a good thing, to be there, in that place of wanting to hide.
Because you're being challenged.
And it's in being challenged that you (or at least I) often discover the things that make your life the most beautiful and the things that are the most important.
Which you can so easily forget when you're in a state of comfort and sameness.
So it's a good thing.
That desire.

So I'm grateful for those seasons of discomfort, of challenge, of wanting to hide.
(Not always of course, especially in the midst of it, but it's always easier to be grateful in hindsight isn't it?)
But I'm also grateful for the others.
The ones where I know I'm exactly where I need to be, where I feel fully alive and able to completely communicate my ideas and passions and express fully who I am and what I want to do and be.
But isn't that the key to it all?
To be content in whichever season you're in.
Something I feel like I'm always striving for.
Which is actually kind of an oxymoron if you think about it. Because striving, defined in and of itself, goes against the feeling of being content.

Hmm... I'll have to think more about that one.

Adventures | Tangier Island

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Tangier Island is a tiny little place in the Chesapeake Bay.

The population is less than a thousand and the true natives speak in a unique english like accent that is pretty unmistakeable and something thats super neat to hear. They also primarily drive golf carts, or scooters as there's no real need for cars on such a small piece of land. 

Milton (as seen in the last photo) is the keeper of the Marina and has quite a lot of cool stories to tell if you happen to run into him and have time to chat for a bit. He was on the island before they had electricity and was among the first graduating class of the local high school. 

(Quite an accomplishment to be sure)

It's definitely a cool place to wander around and explore, which you can do in less than an hour or so since the whole island is only about a mile long!

P.s. There are also

a lot

of cats.

So there's that too. 

A Blur


Life has been quite a blur lately.
But a rather beautiful blur.

Lots of changes and transitions and things happening fast fast fast. 
I'll get back to blogging again regularly soon though. 

P.s.
I have so many lovely photos to share, I just can't wait to show you all! 
Weddings and traveling and styled sessions and traveling and portraits and more traveling.
Get ready.


Powhatan's Festival of Fiber

A few months ago I went to my first ever fiber festival. 
For those of you are aren't knitting/crocheting obsessed like I am and are possibly wondering what the heck a fiber festival is, I will explain.
 It's essentially an event where people from all over the country come and rent booths/tents/spaces to sell their knitting/crocheting/spinning/and other fiber related hobby wares to other knitting/crocheting/spinning/other fiber related hobby obsessed people. 
It's pretty much my version of heaven.
It's actually pretty surprising that I've never been to one before because of just how up my alley it is. 
Anyway, while I was there I learned how to spin yarn on a wheel and from a drop spindle (the former I'm pretty bad at, and the latter I'm still working on mastering...) which has been on the bucket list for quite some time (didn't know that could be on anyone's bucket list did you?). 
So needless to say I felt pretty accomplished and proud of myself by the end of the day.
I also tried my hand at a bit of weaving which was also super fun. 
All in all it was quite the successful day (though my wallet might think otherwise) and I met so many wonderful, helpful and fun people.
I will definitely be returning next year!

(You are now welcome to insert all of your knitting granny and cat lady jokes here)


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You can check out the Powhatan Festival of Fiber on Facebook, Twitter and on their website here.
The next one is on April 25th, 2015 so mark your calendars! 

Maternity | Mary Beth & Dan

So happy for Dan and Mary Beth (and Piper too) and their new little one they have on the way. 
Madi is going to be one loved little girl when she arrives, that's for sure. 
Thankfully it wasn't too hot on this July day, something you always have to worry about when taking photos outdoors in Richmond around this time of year, and I just love how these turned out. 
I mean, isn't Mary Beth just stunning? 
Seriously, what a babe.

Definitely can't wait to meet little Madi and knit her heaps of tiny little baby clothes. 
;)

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

A Giveaway | Win One of The New Designs!


So I mentioned this giveaway in the original lookbook post, but since I've been traveling and since I haven't been doing the best job of promoting it, I know a lot of you missed it!

So I've decided to just go ahead and extend the giveaway for the rest of July. 
Read on to learn how you can win one of the new designs from the shop!
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In honor of traveling, the new designs and stylish crocheting/knitting loving people everywhere, I am doing 
a giveaway this week for one item of your choice from the shop!
All you have to do is email (by.leney@gmail.com) or message me on Facebook (A Girl Named Leney) a photo with your favorite memory of being on the road.
It can be a sentence, or a small paragraph, whatever you like.
At the end of the month I will put them in an album on my page and people will vote for their favorite!
The winner will get their choice of one free piece from the shop.
So spread the word, the more the merrier!
I want to hear your stories.
Because I love stories, especially travel ones.