I’ll save the “Where did the year go?” freak out for Chris (but seriously, where the heck did this year go??).  Let me preface this post by acknowledging this year has been very difficult for many people and not without challenges for our own family. That being said, I haven’t hated this year. I’m not […]

Courtesy of @thetonik_co via Unsplash Let me start off by saying this post, more than anything, is a gag post. I caught myself wondering what a wedding registry may look like if it were created specifically with self-isolating/social distancing due to a pandemic in mind. Thus, a blog topic was born! While this list shouldn’t […]

Even after my first post addressing the pandemic, I still didn’t think I would be starting off so many posts mentioning COVID. Like it or not though, the virus heard ‘round the world has impacted us all in some fashion and navigating the residual effects it leaves will take some time – and a lot […]

As COVID-19 was gaining traction in the Carolinas, I found myself wanting to be part of the hundreds of small businesses who were responding to the pandemic by helping their local communities. By the end of April, this lead me to doing something a little crazy and dare I say… bold? I wanted to tangibly […]

Self-Isolation. When this term began circulating the world, it made me think back to my teen years where I would spend lots of time lounging on my bed with a family sized bag of peanut butter M&Ms in hand as I binge watched The Office. My, how times have changed. Now I lounge on the […]

I’m a Carolina girl at heart – No matter where I end up in this world, South Carolina will always be my first home and a special place. I’ve seen a lot of small businesses start and grow during my life here and I hold each of them close to my heart. Behind every business […]

Courtesy of Danielle McInnes via Unsplash It’s so funny that this post happens to be dropping on this particular Thursday. Why, you ask? This week I did something that I have never done before in the history of my blog. I completely, totally forgot about it. Yep, you read that right. It’s been a weird […]

It’s only practical to know that a lot can happen in a year, but what about in just a few weeks? Four weeks ago, I was on a hike with a fellow photog to practice with a new lens and take in nature. Three weeks ago I was gearing up for wedding season and promoting […]

Courtesy of Ilya Pavlov via Unsplash Just a couple weeks ago I was telling Chris that I was going to light something on fire the next time I heard the word “coronavirus”. I was just kidding. Sort of. Now here I am typing a whole blog around it. Unfortunately, this is something that needs to […]