Sunday Afternoon DIY

Since finishing my Masters coursework and completing my Comprehensive Exams I have acquired quite a bit of free time that I have devoted to practicing and fine tuning my photography, leisure reading, and various other enjoyable projects of my choosing. Much to my delight a good deal of this time has been spent perusing local thrift stores and re-working old finds and my collection of random odds and ends. I have also taken a particular liking to visiting antique shops and collecting sparkly and glittery baubles to add to my ever expanding collection of jewels. To accommodate this collection is a bit tricky since space is limited in our cozy two bedroom duplex. On a past trip to MS I found a hanging jewelry organizer that worked perfectly for necklaces and held a few of my bangles and bracelets but wasn't optimal for the latter so as I usually do when faced with a storage or other DIY dilemma I turned to Pinterest. As I imagined there were a plethora of unique and creative storage options and this past Saturday I happened upon the key component of one of those options...a wooden mug holder/hanger. I have seen these in various places and remember them fondly from my childhood located on the kitchen counters of my most favorite great Aunt Mage and my GrannyNette, however I have been unable to locate one for some time now so when I saw my little treasure on the top shelf I made a B line for it and ran for the door. Below are a few before and after photos I snapped and one of it serving it's knew found purpose! Happy Tuesday!!

Dusty Bibles

We have been in Athens almost one whole year, and what a year it has been. For a Southern girl who thought life outside rural MS was a fairytale in the making I can honestly say this has been an awesome journey and although GA will never be my MS it will do in a pinch. Many aspects of life in Athens remind me of MS so the transition hasn't been all that difficult plus the weather is wonderful although we do occasionally experience MS humidity. On one of our house hunting excursions we drove by this little old country church and in true Southern style this is what we saw...

I do love a good Southern Baptist church sign, y'all! Happy Friday & a wonderful weekend to you!

August Photo-A-Day Photos

Although I haven't been blogging I have been keeping up with the Photo-A-Day Challenge for August. Here is what I have captured so far...

Day 2- ONE (My first thought took me to the Beatles which prompted my "one is the loneliest number..." montage and so I arrived at lonely and thought this "one lonely little park bench" perfectly portrayed MY idea of one)

 Day 3- COIN

 Day 4- SOMEWHERE YOU SAT (This is a comfy beanbag type chair at Pottery Barn)

 Day 5- LOGO (Love some Birchbox so what better logo to choose!)

 Day 6- WRITING

Day 1 Outdoor

Day 1's theme was OUTDOOR so I knew exactly what I wanted to do. Sarah and I drove up to the park near our house and walked around for nearly an hour. We played in the river and enjoyed all the wildlife minus the mosquitoes. Here are a few shots of our afternoon outdoors...

August Photo-a-day

Terrible Blogger!

Alright let's just face it...I my friends am a terrible blogger! Always have been and most likely always will be. Life, aka grad school and Sarah's dissertation, happens and I get caught up and forget all about blogger land.

That being said there are some new developments in the works concerning this blog. I know, I know we already started over and tried again but that is what life is all about...falling down and getting right back up again. So please bear with me as I pull myself up once more!

What's new...Photography

I don't know if I mentioned this but I love taking pictures so when I got my first big girl job I decided to use my tax refund check to buy a real legit DSLR, a Canon to be exact. I made my purchase and have been tinkering around with it from time to time and even had the chance to shoot for a local political campaign last summer. Since then I have just been snapping a few shots of baby/toddler Harry and the new addition Baby Charlie/Charlotte and of course my Fab Five from MS. Here are a few of my favs...

Since I enjoy snapping shots here and there I have decided to take this to the next level. Simply meaning that I plan to expand my hobby into something a bit more lucrative. So with that in mind, I have been working with one of my Reveler Sisters, Laura Prestwich (find her here http://magnolianotes.blogspot.com/)to design a logo that I will use as a blog design and possible watermark. I am so so excited to see what she comes up with because she has some pretty kick butt looking business cards!

Now I know fancy branding and all that jazz isn't going to make me the hot ticket photographer in Athens; I mean lets just face it people I'm ok but I'm no Ansel Adams over here. In addition to a professional make over, if you will, I plan to use this blog as a means to display my craft and fine tune my skill. Fact is I have tons of pictures just sitting on my hard drive that no one else has ever seen and that my friends is a little disappointing. This blog will be my portrait/shot gallery and hopefully the first step in getting my name out there. So we shall see my friends, we shall see!

Photo Peaches...

Ok we already know I suck at keeping up with blogging but remember my 'commitment'...so far so good if I do say so myself! In an attempt to further challenge myself & this commitment I have decided to try the Photo-a-day challenge by Fatmumslim. Here is July's photo list & my day 1 photo!!