a year behind, a year ahead

2012

You were the hardest and best year of my life, that's about all there is to say.


4 simple goals for 2013

1. simplify our life

This goes for so many things. What we eat, how many clothes we have, my craft room, my business, the amount of dishes we have. If we have fewer things we will be able to spend less time cleaning them and picking them up. Which leaves more time for reading and being creative and spending time with each other.

2. read more

This year I got busy in September and forgot about reading. Then once I was out of the habit I just couldn't get back into it. I have quite a few books on our giant book shelf that I haven't read so I don't even have to buy any books to read. :)

3. apply to 10 craft fairs

For some reason my crafts sell much better at craft fairs than they do online and I'm still trying to get myself out there more so this can be something I do part/full time. Its really my dream so I need to give this the time it deserves to make it a possibility.

4. use my camera every day (and not my iPhone camera).

I really want to get back into using my film cameras and my DSLR. I might come up with a 365 theme idea but I haven't fully decided yet.

kinfolk - an ode to summer

just lovely.

couple shots

All of these photos were taken by our very talented friend Maria Davey. 

We took them the day after our wedding which was so nice to not have to worry about them the day of. I would highly suggest this if you have the time, and availability to your location.

my handsome husband

me

us

I made my wedding dress, it's a simple vogue sheath dress made out of raw silk and lace.

our over 100 year old farm house

the porch swing

we have a creek and an old bridge by our house so we walked down there. boy was it cold.